Woman Against Woman Chapter XIII Continues
Myra is told to rise early for a mission to Nestly town and London as Dame Burden plans to move a feeble woman. Myra pledges to stay with the sick sister and to guard her from George while Count Jura arranges diamonds and prepares escape.
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George
Myra
Sam
Dame Burden
Alice
Nestly Town
London
Bill
Count Jura
Moses
A Daughter of Poe Plots in Abbey Ruins
In the abbey ruins Count Jura and accomplices scheme to move a hoard, while Alice wakes in the vaults and plots to escape with the help of Dame Burden. The count doubts, Paul Ross resists, and Myra awaits to melt the treasure as a doomed plan unfolds.
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Moses
Sam
Dame Burden
Myra
George
Count Jura
Alice
Paul Ross
Paul
Geoffrey Armistead
Armistead
Darrell Castle
Dan Lowry
Master George
Roy
Valerie
Abbey
Frank Weredith
Poe
The Rise in the River Steamer They Float on Low Water
A southern river steamer laden with cotton emerges from shallow water as a deckhand dumps stale water overboard to refill the river. The vessel acts as a dam, raising sufficent water to lift it over Gunboat Shoals and continue downstream. A northern traveler witnesses the scene and exclaims in astonishment.
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Chattahoochee
Harper’s Weekly
Seventeen Proposals and a New Beginning
A man asks Phyllis to marry. seventeen rejections and a running joke about counts and hobbies set up a turning moment. In a warm domestic scene the couple tease each other and finally he asks again, promising a new climax and a real start.
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Phyllis
Darcy Graham
Kitty McPherson
Kitty
Willie Atkinson
Jack
Parks
Rawshaw
Bessie Fleming
Seedy Customer Demands Full Treatment in Barbershop
A rough looking man from the countryside visits Fockler's barber shop last week. In the second chair he requests the "whole works" and stalls Charley with a running gag list of misheard grooming tasks. The exchange ends as the man settles in, his head resting on the chair. Hobart News-Republican.
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Fockler’s
Charley
Leslie Niblack
Hobart News-Republican
Nine year old pupil offers observation on lexicon omission
A Boston private school pupil quotes a line about the word fail and suggests to publishers that the omission be noted. The tale is told with glee by a well known Boston writer, reflecting a playful sally from a nine year old.
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Boston
Harper’s Weekly
Modified football described in 1920 Chicago News
A 1920 scene recalls a pale graceful man in evening dress and white gloves guiding a field ceremony as players collide in a game of modified football. The observer notes the theatrical vibe and questions the display while a man proclaims the event as football.
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Chicago Newa
Ikey the Usher Foils Burglary at Wedding Home
An usher at a wedding warns burglars by shouting Ikey get off the wagon when a party attempts to enter the host’s dark home through a porch window. The skipped ring bell plan nearly ends in tragedy as a revolver gleams in the hall and the bride’s father keeps calm, appreciating the tale.
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New York Sun
The Cruel World and Columbus Faith in Roundness
The Catholic Standard notes Columbus swore the world was round and remarks that since his time many find the world anything but square.
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Columbus
Marked Down and the Duke of Reduced Circumstances
Stella questions the duke’s value while Bella notes his finances are in reduced circumstances as reported in New York Sun.
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Stella
Bella
New York
Suna
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Moreton
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