Reformed drinker redeems marriage in quiet village
After years of alcohol trouble and a legal separation, Harry Rogers and Nettie Ray meet by chance at his farm. Nettie comforts him as he reveals his vow to stay sober, and she agrees to remarry him. The couple walks home under a rising moon to Nettie’s father’s house, and vows renew their life together.
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Shaw
Owever
Marty Rogers
Nettie Ray
Larry
Kid
Ile
Fim
Harry
Nettie
Ilorry
Sam
Amy
Shoe
Harry Rogers
How a Girl Yelps to Clean House
A tale from Terre Haute Press depicts a well bred girl reluctantly agreeing to stay home a week to clean and dutifully begins chores. She socializes briefly with a friend and later distracts herself with reading and music before resuming dusting, piano practice, and a croquet game with Robert.
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Kate
Odin
Robert
Terre Haute
African Proverbs and oddities from a 19th century column
A miscellany of proverbs about hope friendship and nature contrasts with humorous snippets about a Poughkeepsie belle at a menagerie and a domestic divorce case. The text blends light moral maxims with clippings on domestic life and quirky tableaux.
Another World asked of the fellow-planetants by Punch
The London Punch seeks curious facts about a planet kingdom in a fancied book. Questions cover debt, marriages, weather, talk of us, telescopes, beards, lawyers, jobs, fashion items, languages, locomotion, street music, servants, umbrellas, lord mayor, and Punch, ending with an old proverb about words and coach and six horses.
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London Punch
Primrose Hill
Duke of York
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the Register
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