Cora Depeyster Seeks Prince and Finds a Con
The tale centers on Cora Depeyster who yearns for a princely husband at Happy Valley’s pavilion. A flashy Montgomery Smythe woos her with grand talk of lineage, but a detective exposes him as Dill Ligging, a con man, leaving Cora to recover with Arthur Dayne’s steady support.
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Cora
Cora Depeyster
Broadway
Thaddeus
Warsaw
Prince of Wales
Happy Valley
Cora Depoyster
Arthur Bayne
Arthur
Mr. Bayne
Old Bayne
Tappy Valley
Corn Depeyster
Montgomery Smythe
Ilo
Vern
Judge Dewey
United States
Commodore Smythe
Commodore
General Smythe
Ismythe
George III
Ife
Mr. Smythe
Sho
Europe
Paris
Piazza
Smythe
Phere
Adi
California
Pacific Hotel
Holice Montgomery
Prince
Arthur Dayne
From the Galaxy Homage Poem Fragment Series
Poem fragment titled From the Galaxy Homage explores beauty and love through nature imagery including daisies roses and harvest scenes. The speaker speaks of praising beauty, romantic love, and eternal affection across seasons and landscapes.
Stokes' wife is divorced and opera house plans rise
In scattered notes a variety of items are cited. Stokes' wife ends a marriage. Peoria plans an opera house. Milwaukee schools face a cost noted as 1 £,500 for the year. France shows odd signs, the Czar’s youth recalled, and odd quotes like Shoot that nut. Canaries imports and other curiosities fill the page with brief items.
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Stokes
Peoria
Milwaukee
France
Russia
Boston
Gotham
Harper's Bazar
New York
Germany
Cornell
Florida
Mr. Gosling
St. Louis
Goldwin Smith
Church of England
Dio Lewis
San Francisco
Bill Tweed
San Diego
Cal
Massachusetts
Cumberland County
Kentucky
Breaker, a French lesson, and the old Blind Man’s Buff tale
A humorous dialogue on English verb trouble and prepositions leads to a long history of the game Blind Man's Buff. The piece recounts Jean Colin Maillard, his mallet, and how Liege and France popularized the pastime from the 10th century onward, ending with a verse about the Now familiar game.
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Mr. Arcourt
Clindhman
Eungland
William the Conqueror
Liege
France
Robert the Devout
Hughes Capet
Joan Colin
Tie
Samson
Maillard
Jean Colin
Terrible
Jean Colin Maillard
Count de Louvain
Blind Samson
Robert the
Ife
Bervan
Normandy
Colin Maillard
Europe
Robert
New Probabilities and Everyday Weather Signs
A compilation of household hints linking perceived behavior to future mood and weather. It notes patterns such as late returns, unpaid bills, missing meals, party promises, and spousal reactions as indicators of storms, showers, or sunshine, plus a digression about dictionary use and tobacco cultivation in Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles
Cal
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the Register
Cc. W.slater
Iinsertion
WALY
Guy
Lichtenberger & Bons
New Harmony
C, Duclos & CO
Eps
Wilson Alsop
Main Street
Indiana
Evansville Road
Itive USA
Williams & Donaldson
Thrall & Mumford’s
Jacob Breet
Wendel Schmitt
Merchant Trailor
East Main Sereat
Ind -1
Lichtenberger & Sons
Postoffice
Wendel Schmity
Lichten Berger & Sons
Feh7
Lightenberger & Sons
New Orleans
Thrall & Mumford's
Penberger & Sons
JN Sugar House
Aurangee Janl
Timall & Mumford's
Ant
Roth
Gar
Kahane
Boca
Asgx
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