A Little Society Affair In A Winter Party
Josie and Dick, bound by past affection, navigate jealousy, flirtation, and social pressures at Alice Durham's party. Josie confronts Alice, chides Dick's attention to others, and wrestles with trust while Professor Wigand entertains, culminating in reconciled yet unsettled affections among Josie Dick and their circle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josie
Alice Durham
Alice
Pater-Josie
Vapa
Mamma
Mister
Mins
Miss Durham
al Pwirley
Ife
Professor Wigand
Duck
Ile
al. Wwirley
Joven
Pwirley
Miss Duarhaim
Sliss Durham
Alidi
Mr. Dwirley
Dwirley
Diels
H. A. Stewart
Gr Wood
Household Magazine
Fop Colliers
Three Words of Strength in Quiet Sermonodes
Three lessons arise from a burning pen: Have Hope, Slave Faith, and Travel Love. The lines urge shedding shadow and seeking dawn, trusting God to govern heaven and earth, while embracing love toward all people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asiman
Bar Exam Humor from Western Lear Journal
An amusing dialogue mocks bar exam questions with jokey responses about duties of lawyers. The examiner offers a drink after praise, and the candidate struggles with a question about declining a drink, ending with the certificate being signed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lear Journal
Enterprising Editor Seizes Tragedy For Obituary Sale
A White Oak farmer loses his wife and the enterprising county editor offers to publish an obituary in the Cascade for a fee, scooping up two dollars and vowing a free obituary under the bereaved family’s sorrow. The joke ends with the editor deeming the piece “mighty smart.” The piece also notes Iowa statistics claiming blue-eyed people commit many thieves and murders.
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Ife
White Oak
Ingham
Cascade
Detroit
L’ree Press
Editorial tastes in Texas ladies dress decline to guard
Editorial correspondence from Baltimore notes Texas women meet Northern standards in dress quality and display fine jewelry. It describes a young lady riding with the editor in Texas wearing black silk closely fitted with floral sprays and black edging, a high throat, and a blue silk scarf tied as a bow cravat.
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Baltimore Cimeriera
Texas
Wilds of
Curious Proper Names Echo In Congressional Rolls And Poems
A column surveys eccentric and biblical names like Ebenezer MeJunkin and Yelezekiah Bundy on congressional rolls and notes poets laureate debates involving Tennyson Swinburne and royal nuptials. It includes fashion quips on pantalettes, a Loganport sign about ten-dollar bills, maternal advice on child discipline, a debating society question on untidy wives, and local observations on barber talk and cooperative stores failing in Tuon don due to lack of display.
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Eap
Ebenezer MeJunkin
Twenty
Pennsylvania
Yelezekiah Bundy
Abraham
Isaac
Reuben
Lot
Zachariah
Timothy
Moses
Aaron
Deli
Josias
Nosea
Elijah
Abijah
Ephraim
Nathan
Jeremiah
Hyangelista
Lazarus
Chester Darrell
Philetus
Roderic Random
Eppa
Silvinus and
Lobeiski
Gare
Popnyson
England
Duke of
Indinburgh
Tennyson
Prince Albert
Prince of Wales
Wexandria
Swinburne
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Prospectus
THE
Cincinnati Weekly Enquirer
Dte
Enquirer
Disoto
TIE Miastssippi
Tlis
Enquirer Almanag
Ghranger
Paran & McLean
Cincinnati
Ohio
Jacob Berth
Thrall & Noumford’s
San
Alain and
Wendel Schmitt
Merchant Failor
East Main Street
New Starmony
Ind
Guaranyhred
Rey
Lichtenberger & Sons
Postoffice
Odt Wendel Schmitt
Nbergh R & Sons
New Orleans
Juni
Thrall & Mumford's
the Register
Slater
QALY
Wili
Coane
Georgia
BY Schiller
AL Alexey Beesipeneenaad
Icens
Iowa
St. Louis Republica
Logansport
Westmoreland Co
St. Louis
eaCo Operative
Tuondon
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