The Inner Voice of a Woman in the Desert
Mary Edith Griswold narrates Jane Mackenzie who abandons a failed life in Arizona. She travels with an Indian family, learns self expression through painting, and finds love and independence with Guadaloupe and Juan, as a railroad town fades away. Jane sells the painting for money, promises care, and plans a future with her new kin. The story blends desert imagery with personal transformation and ultimate freedom.
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Sierras
Gil
Arizona
Jane Mackenzie
Jan
Malcolm
Jane
Jané
Buenos Dias
Benonita
Bueno
Guetatoupe
California
Ren Listreed
Guzézlo
Juan
Onis
Guadaloupe
Hfe
Guedalonne
Alexican
Nothing Doing and Its Slang History
A fragment discusses the phrases nothing doing and nothing going with Walter Domber and Son references. It notes the line's historic use and claims the expression is not slang, tracing its meaning back half a century in a discussion of language habits.
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Domber & Son
Sol
Walter
Ragging Hazlewood in Hong Kong Court of Brotherhood
In Hong Kong regimental life, Tom Hazlewood clashes with senior officers over a stingy mess bill and a rift with Muriel Gaston. A planned court rumor erupts into a mock ragging as Hazlewood resists, drowning the plotting with resolve and a bold counter threat.
Ragging Incident Ends Quietly in Bathhouse
The account describes ringleaders being ducked in the bath as a raid was halted. Hazlewood, armed with a chair back, refused ragging and warned assailants as he went to bed. He remained in the regiment and later married Muriel Gaston, with a potential rise to command noted.
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Shefir
Hazlewood
Tom Hazlewood
Tom
Muriel Gaston
Diamond Lost and Pearl Found in Passaic River Adventure
Miss Evelyn Dayton and Joan Howard Benton from New York City retrieved a missing diamond hairpin after a copperhead and a predatory mollusk battled over it in the Passaic River near Hanover Neck. A jeweler assessed the resulting pearl like pebble as value at least $1000. The girl plans to set the piece in a copperhead snake skin souvenir.
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Passaic
Evelyn Dayton
Auss Dayton
Miss Dayton
Joan Howard Benton
New York City
Hanover Neck
Miss Darton
Mr. Benton
Twain
Passaic River
New York
Dayton
Benson
New Jersey
Essex Falls
N. J
The
New York Tribune
Precautionary Christmas Dinner Prank at Oakland Table
Attorney Grant Carpenter attends a Oakland Christmas dinner where the hostess asks him to say a prayer. After a moment he improvises a muffled line that sounds like a blessing. A daughter clarifies the hostess is atheist but feared his religiosity.
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Grant Carpenter
Oakland
Carpenter
Matima
San Francisco
Dean Stanley’s Odd Palermo Ride in a Hidden Coat
While traveling from Monreale to Palermo, Dean Stanley shivered with cold. A friend urged him to put on something, and in Palermo they entered with the dean wearing an extra garment found from his bag. The scene caused astonishment among onlookers.
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Dean Stanley
Monreale
Palermo
Stanley
Staley
A Curious Sermon Text Told by an Old Preacher
An African American preacher recounts a high minded sermon using a colloquial phrase about a possum as a lesson. A listener asks if such a text exists in the Bible and the preacher acknowledges it is not exactly from scripture.
The Real Folks in Washington Star Verse
A verse lament on social climbing and false praise in the circles of influence. The speaker favors sincere, steady companions over flattery from the crowds who seek status among the select.
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Washington Star
Bizarre Newspaper Snippets and Jests Across Papers
A collage of humorous quotes and jokes from various periodicals features barbs about romance, social roles, and public figures. Snippets include jests about Jones girls, Bridget’s place, gossip on egos, and light quips from Punch, Puck, and Chicago papers.
Get For Him. A Naval Officer and His Daughter
A famous officer’s daughter attracts a young ensign with little income. He asks for her hand and the father retorts that he will not live on his son in law. The ensign defends himself by noting the elder married while a midshipman, but the old admiral replies he lived on his father in law for ten years and will not allow dependence now.
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Muriel Gaston
Mali
Tom Hazlewood
Miss Gaston
Tom
Hong Kong
England
War Office
Hazlewood
Smart Corps
Southdowrs
Southdown Fusiliers
Tae
Subalterrs
Eeven
Father-Iniaw
Talking Lovebird Delights Ambleside Correspondents
A lovebird in Ambleside amused locals with fluent speech. It greeted a correspondent with Kiss me quick and How do you do followed by Youre a little beauty. It whistled two bars of the national anthem and mimicked thrushes sparrows and other birds in a soft tone.
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Ambleside
London Daily Mail
Year with Fifty Three Ray Dars in Can Not Be So Worse
Fragmentary note discusses employment risk and hardship with a cryptic phrase suggesting concerns over work status and stability. No clear people, places, or organizations are readable to anchor details.
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Mary Edith Griswold
Promised Land
Terior
Mexico
San Fran
Raul
Lea
Aliss Gaston
Jardine
23Liss Gaston
Jack Forest
Pletcher
Bachstors
Daroline
Margielf
Fistcher
Birch
Sandhurst
Felca
Tors
Fletcher
Forest
Prasentir
Pieteberard Birch
Wazieweoeed
Harin
Jimson
Puck
Bridget
Abs
Booker
Louisville Courier-Journal
Columbie
George
Daddy
Teddy
Tommy
Mrs. Houlihan
Houlihan
Chicago Daily News
Langaid
Lancelot
Chicago Tribune
Philadelphia Press
Lite
Sorghum
Tusa
Washinston Star
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