Thanksgiving Surprises Bring Two Weddings in Small Town
In a pre Thanksgiving tale a spinster Miss Hepsy Peabody plans quiet cleaning and wallpapering when Dulcie Cooper returns with news of engagement to Lorenzo Wingfield. A traveling visitor enters as Dulcie reunites with her fiancé, and the Deacon invites Miss Heps to marry him, producing two weddings before the holiday sermon.
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Miss Way
Deacom Cooper
Connecticut
Tor Lhgit
Marie
Dean
Hank
Daicre Cooper
Miss Peabody
Betsy Barnes
Caithy Dalcie
Miss Hepsy
Dankie
Sewin
Daleie
Dulecie
Pius
Dalcie
Dale
Dulcie
Lorenzo Wingfield
Erene
Lorenzo—Wingfield
Dulcie Cooper
Deephaven
Montana
Arden
Deacon
Hepsy
Hephsibah
Creeter
Mrs. Cooper
Thanksgiving Dishes Abroad
A Paris diplomat hosted an American Thanksgiving with dishes including custard-thinned beans and a thick crust pumpkin pie. Berlin menus feature holiday items for Americans, though translations mislead. a Berlin hotel offered "Palse air stewed American fashion."
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Paris
Berlin
Berkin
Willie Wants More Turkey at Dinner
Willie Hicks protests for extra turkey during a family dinner. He trades humor for food and jokily promises quietif he gets enough to feed three boys.
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Willie
Mr. Hicks
Wille
Thanksgiving Dinner Ends in Mourning for Gobbler Family
Mme. Gobbler breaks into sobs as she tells her frightened children that their bear father attended a Thanksgiving dinner yesterday and was detained by fate. The tale blends whimsy with a hint of tragedy in a late era newspaper tone.
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Mme. Gobbler
Gobblers
Thanksgiving Reminiscence From Lafe About Teasing Friends
A nostalgic line from Lafe recalls being teased for avoiding food given at Thanksgiving. He asserts self awareness, saying others could not fool him as Thanksgiving approached.
The Prisoner Procurers of New York City
A study of jailhouse lawyers and middlemen who harvest cases for defense firms. Reavey, a former embezzler, built a lucrative scheme inside the Tombs by linking prisoners with outside attorneys, while another "accident agent" hunts injury cases at hospitals for commissions.
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New York
Reavey
Wien
Alle
Scientific and Industrial Notes From a 19th Century Journal
Diverse observations cover microbiology, sterilization, and sleep, noting that air quality affects oxygen and carbonic gas in sleeping rooms. Other items report coal use for gas making, railway tunnel plans through the Pyrenees, a large king cobra like snake in London, and microbes in oceans at various depths.
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France Militaire
Pyrenees
Saint Chiroti
Oloron
England
London
Jane Frazer
Zoological Gardens of
India
Burma
East Indian Archipelago
Deer Hunt Ends in Tragic Rescue Gone Wrong
Riverside guests Dr and Mr Derby stayed with Moreno residents Mr and Mrs Leonard. A deer hunt went awry when the hunter attempted to stake the animal, reviving a stunned buck. The creature toppled the hunter as it lurched down the slope, leaving a grisly scene with torn footwear and a fallen man.
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Mr. Derby
Riverside
J. T. Leonard
Moreno
JeZpert Hunter
Derby
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Helena
Rn. Stanton
Helen Durrest Graves
Ieeliane
Daleie Cooper
Sal
Turkey
Sing Sing
Canary
Florida
Labrator Carrenta
Fieb. de
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