Story of a Potato Ends in Parisian Marriage
A fifth floor potato mishap sparks a comic chase in Paris. Potatoes fall past Mile Agine, Edgar, Anatole, and Molesquin, the bassoonist, leading to a humorous misidentification, milk spills, and a breakfast negotiation that ends with a marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mile, Agine
Anatole
Edgar
Anatole Bautruche
Edgar Brichetun
Jie
Old Bidoche
Molesquin
Tam
Theatre Des Gobelins
Bidochs
Tyou
Mile. Aglae
Curious Tales From Birds and Beasts Across A Day
A New Orleans Times Democrat tale recounts a child and dog friendship, an owl’s pond bath with a duck, and the strange joy of a dog’s companionship. Greenland egg hunters risk cliffs for falcon and gull eggs, selling to Europe’s museums and traders amid peril and daring rescues.
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Greenland
Humorous Snippets and Oddities From Daily Life
A collage of light dialogue and cartoons mixes office banter and social wit. Scenes include editors, suitors, and shopkeepers trading quips about editors fathers fires and finances alongside a near miss from lightning on a watchmaker’s bench.
Little Hazel Fairchild Defends a Kitten on the Car Track
Hazel Fairchild, a young activist for animal welfare, confronted a conductor after a kitten was killed on the track outside her grandmother’s home. The scene drew applause from passengers as she insisted on policing the cruelty with her Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals badge.
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Hart
Agise
Haze Fairchild
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
Hazel
Angel of Mercy
Hanel
Mr. Sanger
Bay St. Loui
Fairchild Wharf
Priscilla Teaches a Quiet Garden Dishwork
A historical verse fragment describes Priscilla the maid at daybreak tending a garden. She toils with a wheel and a bowl of pies, while a drowsy drone and sunshine frame her simple tasks in a neat kirtle.
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Priscilla
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Will T. Hale
M. Bidche
Bidoche
Anatule
M. Bidoche
Heltar-Skelter
Agae
Aglae
Agie
Monsieur
Mademoiselle
la Place Pigalle
Rue Des Marty
Ebbein
Theatre Des Robelins
Delicio
ChildrensiColumn
Nicholas
Sanger
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Europe
Chicago
Sumner County
Keneas
Chan
Fanny
Mr. Bacon
Crossley
Grladstone
George
Edwin
Wardpull
Bzskoxeki
Heelah
Monte Carlo
Nice
Aaron C. Haag
Bernville
Mr. Haag
Chicago Record
Champion OF
Jane
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