Tommy the hard tackler wins peaceful mine stand
Tommy Stevenson, a former college football star praised for his sure tackling, blocks a strike attempt at Walnut mines. He halts a Musk crossing deputation by Bill Tomlinson, keeps miners from entering the mine without passes, earns Bill’s respect, and later reports a calm ending to his uncle. The tale ends with a Native American joke about a missionary exaggeration.
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Thomas Stevenson
Tommy
Walnut Mines
Walnut
Quincy
Bi” Tomlinson
Bill
Tules
The Squire and the English Farmer Tale
In Canada a local magistrate is joked about as the squire for differing customs. A story recalls a farmer remarking on the title while the Canadian Justice of the Peace explains that things are different at home. A British reply highlights the class distinction between a squire and a gentleman.
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Canada
Squire
Volks
England
Man Seeks Marriage License in Seventh Avenue Drugstore
An apparently laboring man enters a Seventh Avenue drugstore asking for a marriage license. The clerk refuses, directing him to city hall, citing the shop does not handle such matters. The exchange shows confusion and a hurried demand for the document.
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Seventh Avenue
Rensé
Eure
Consul at Ajaco Faces Ring and Riot Showdown
Colonel John Smithers, newly appointed American consul to Ajaco, confronts a corrupt dictator Don Huasco and a ruling ring. After months of pressure and threats, he fortifies the consulate with sandbags and rifles. A planned mob assault on his 27th day backfires as he stands firm, backed by 500 sandbags and Old Glory amid a 30,000 strong crowd with 10,000 outsiders joining the spectacle.
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John Southers
Ajaca
Hussep
Ajaco
Huasco
Smithers
Man Smithers
Ring
Secretary of State
Consul Smithers
Con
Ceremen
Fanceas
Saventbresk
Dic
Washington
Alameda
S Rubber
Smithera
Don Huasco
Old Glory
The
William Black and the praise he bore for women
The biographer notes William Black exaggerated admiration for feminine grace beauty and fascination. An anecdote from his sister shows Black pacing in despair over Miss M arriving, begging not to hear her name and hoping she would call him Wi-Wi-Manir, illustrating early unattainable affection.
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William Black
Black
Dnent
Wise Expectations in Fragmented Courtship Dialogue
A fragmentary dialogue presents a suitor asking for marriage, and a chain of expectations about consent, forgiveness, and an allowance. The exchange hints at social pressures and negotiations in arranged union contexts, with lingering questions about acceptability and control.
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