The Redemption of David Corson
David Corson abandons his old life after a shock reveals a hidden past. He meets Pepesta and the quack healer, who push him toward a new path with drink and schemes. He seeks a fresh start while being drawn to Pepesta’s grace and a promise of belonging.
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David
Bern
Corson
Pepesta
Themestves
Doctor
Bine Stee
P-P-Pepesta
Tyne
Pepecta
Pepeeta
Ceee
The Disadvantages of Chinese in a Los Angeles Case
A Chinaman witness in a Los Angeles police court is unable to understand English as a driver’s dog is run over. The judge calls for an interpreter, who translates a garbled exchange into a report for Lippincotts Magazine. The scene ends with the interpreter declaring the time as two o'clock.
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Los Angeles
Lippincotts
John
Bing Gong Tong Yit
At the Beach and Local Quips in Penny-Wise Exchange
Dialog snippets from papers describe romantic doubt at the beach and vacation talk. A Cleveland Leader quip notes a shy suitor and a photographer’s showman in a scene of social observations.
Old Favorites and Pilgrim Melodies in a Rural Parade
Fragmented verse and prose recount a childlike play of ages Long Ago By and By and a farmer’s reminiscence. It sketches Eugene Field style poem lines and a wandering pilgrim lyric with clipped anecdotes about rural life and community gatherings.
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Grendeire
Eugene Field
Absinthe Rise Thrills France and Other Oddities
A tabloid digest notes rising absinthe use in France and odd facts from 1908 including corn value at 1.616 billion dollars, Alaska salmon output surpassing several nations, high farm value at 722 million, and ships wrecked off New England. It also mentions mahogany houses, turkey eggs, influenza in cats, glass cigar boxes, and a stone Wieser viaduct in Switzerland praised as beautiful. It highlights prohibition driving soda bottle demand and electric iron temperature control advances.
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Manduras
Western Pacific Railway
England
London
Alaska
British Columbia
United States
Japan
Irvine King
Grovetown
New England
British North American
Switzerland
Wieser
Davos
Filisur
Paris
Alton
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David Corson
Charles Frederic Goss
The
Bowen-Merrill Company
Washington Herald
Cleveland
Mrs Line
Bink
T Hat
Wink
Doug
Stan
Destin
W. J. Atkins
Banner Springs
Tenn
Cc. F. Moore
Shuffie-Shoon
Amber
ShuMe-Shoon
Iain
Lyceum
New York
Western Union
Turk
Lab-T
City Hall Park
New York Telegram
France
Heathe
Shakespeare
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