MICAH CLARKE Hears of a Welsh Inn Meeting with Nobles
In a crowded inn, Decimus Saxon hosts Dame Hobson and guests including Sir Gervas Jerome and Sir Micah Clarke. The group debates loyalties, future travels to the West, and the risks of sharing political views in turbulent times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gervas Jerome
Surrey
Beacham Foard
Reuben
Decimus Saxon
Micah Clarke
Reuben Lockarby
Hampshire
Salisbury
Saxon
Wiltshire
Inns
Bruton
Mall
Pentack’s
Mars
Venus
West
Jame
Devon
Somerset
Sir Gervas
Indiana Soldiers at Gettysburg Shine in Action
The narrative recalls the Nineteenth Indiana and a Wisconsin regiment on day one, their gallant stand revealing Confederate strength and a brigades capture. Henry Shaler of the Twenty-eighth Indiana is praised for taking twenty five prisoners including a lieutenant and eighteen men, then using a ruse to gather Confederate captives before rejoining Union lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Gettysburg
Wisconsin
Henry Shaler
Company K
W. H. Smith
Wit and Humor Parade in Quick Jokes and Quips
A string of lighthearted quips and puns tone this humor sketch. Jokes cover judges, self made men, pirates of cliches, and playful exchanges about geography and daily life with brisk punchlines and vivid character moments.
Reflections on life and old questions for a new year
A reflective meditation contrasts aging humanity with enduring human flaws, urges self discipline, and questions marriage norms. It opens with nature and the maker, casts the ideal life as a broad, character driven goal, then moves to a poignant Thanksgiving kitten tale of hunger, rescue, and a kind master.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Confucius
Beser
Mottie the Kitten and His Evening Return
A short children's tale follows Mottie a lone kitten living with his mother in a stable rear. She feeds him daily and cares for him, but one cold fall day she returns home late leaving Mottie to navigate the chill and shelter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mottie
Dreamland Tree inspires Dollikins dream adventure
A lullaby from Dollikins mother leads to a dream in which she wanders a garden with red and yellow leaves and meets a dream baby, a White Kitten with a blue ribbon and silver bell, and playful dream mice before waking. The tale ends with the author Margaret Johnson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dollikins
Kkine
Dellikias
Margaret Johnson
Reading the dictionary sparks jokes in a family scene
In a humorous exchange from Little Shavers a child asks what another is doing and the answer is reading a dictionary. A judge asks about a sister while a young man speaks of a betrothal, as a playful Harper's Bazaar style aside notes a mock engagement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Africa
Jimmie
Wille
Willie
Harper’s Bazaar
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A. Conan Doyle
Banneret
County of
Dame Hobson
Met
Peter
Hobson
Prithee
Mischievus
Jane Hobson
Aoman
Fleming
Mel
John Dryden
Watch
Bazen
Heaven
Tommy Jones
Papa
Johnny
Europe
Satan
Rafferty
Mr. Dolan
Clanty
Alaska
Eigen
Nature
Adam
Mattie
Bob
Onkitten
Albert Bigelow Paine
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