Harold Atridge Faces Morning Fallout After Night Out
Harold Atridge staggers through Morley Park with a black eye and torn clothes after a night out. Miss Clarence seeks Doctor Brown while Harold scrambles to call in for help, rushes to the bank, and endures amused coworkers and a late arrival. The chapter ends with his anxiety over the day ahead and a bank deposit errand still unanswered.
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Miss Clarence
Harold
Nhow
Brown
Mabel
Ashford Road
Mr. Clarence
Doctor Brown
Scone
Mia
Polind
Mrs. Pound
Mr. Atridge
Danvers
Marks
Mason
Brierly
Morley Park Station
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Child of War Finds Work at Bank After Aunt’s Death
Harold Norman Atridge, an orphan living with his great aunt Matilda, is left penniless after her death. After the war he secures a banking job as his sole means of livelihood and spends his evenings playing tennis. A disturbing line implies a man dies from a father figure’s violent act involving tremens.
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Harold Norman Atridge
Matilda
Eagle as a Symbol in Ancient and Christian Art
The eagle represents rapid motion in Greek lore and meditation in Hebrew tradition. In early Christian art it stands for spiritual power due to its tireless soaring to lofty heights, while the lion symbolizes human pride and temporal authority.
Anagram Champion Denied by Judge at Corners Store
A Connecticut citizen writes angrily to the Wall Street Journal claiming he was cheated out of a county anagram title by a judge at The Corners general store. He disputes the word zloty, which the editor confirms as a Polish coin.
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Connecticut
Wall Street Journal
Young Brookline Society Girl Passes Driving Test
In Brookline Massachusetts a young society woman passed the driving test with skill parking neatly. The oral exam revealed a troubling answer when asked what she found hardest to see she replied she would hit pedestrians with the least damage to her car.
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Brookline
Mass
Not Her Hair Gossips Spark Bleach Hair Quip Stir
A playful exchange echoes through the page as a social quip about hair and fortune circulates. A reader notes a husband’s supposed alchemy turns trivial styling into gold, prompting cheeky banter about bleach and vanity.
Jolly Tramp and Wit Spark a Laughing Sketch
A fragment from a humor column describes a tramp by a wood pile while a housewife delivers a joke without a smile. The tramp laughs loudly, and the scene ends with a playful quote from a satirical column about loyalty and money spent on politics.
Good Sign Mr Moore and the Easy Payment Furniture Deal
A playful exchange notes couples in a park on seats with thuds as one speaker jokes about being in the easy payment furniture business and the other agrees in a light moment.
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Mr. Moore
Mr. Law
Easy Payment Furniture
Laughs and Patter from a Penny Press Cartoon Page
Comic exchanges feature a political cheer, a toy car gag, and light dialogue between characters. A brief joke sequence includes a nurse, a Regulator vehicle pun, and a memory course gift. The strip ends with an impending plan for a planned event.
Opera Bite Bluntly Misunderstood By Comic Exchange
A playful exchange teases a listener about confusing opera with baseball. The joke centers on the punchline that the event was an opera, not a baseball game, highlighting a misinterpretation of the evening’s main entertainment.
Unusual Ad Offers Money for Body Parts Across World
A newspaper article recounts an alarming ad offering £100 for a shapely female finger for grafting, attracting 27 replies. It cites American scalps and skin values, legends of proxy punishments, Drake curses, Belgrade prison posts, and a St Louis florist’s failed attempt to hire an ugly cashier due to marriages.
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America
Tunis
England
Francis Drake
Drake
Belgrade
Varodny
St. Louis
Job offer sparks flood of applicants in London
A London notice notes a cashier position offering 30 dollars a week. Within three days more than 250 applicants lined up, illustrating money talks and the job market's pull.
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London Mail
Warm Corpse Prank Beats Nerves in Midlothian Kirkyard Stunt
A gentleman lurking near a Midlothian kirkyard witnessed two men wheel a sack from a grave and load tools into a cart. He hid in the sack, but overheard the crew cry that the corpse was warm, triggering a wild chase and his headlong ride toward Edinburgh. The gear later served him for years.
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Midlothian
Jamie
Corp
Edinburgh
Firmly Planted An Tast Side Resident Prepares Rose Bushes
A resident carefully prepares soil for planting rose bushes in his yard. He mixes soil with what he believes is fertilizer, waters the roots, and takes precautions to ensure healthy growth.
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Tast
Man Misplaces Cement For Roses In Concrete Base
An Indianapolis News item describes a gardener who, after tending roses, finds they wither and die. Investigating, he discovers he had mistakenly used cement and placed the roses in a concrete base, not soil.
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Indianapolis News
The Man That Moved and Neighborly Departure
A fragment notes the departure of Smith, regretted by neighbors. It hints his garden tours made him well known in the neighborhood, though the text is incomplete and unclear on specifics.
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Smith
Modern Pastime and a Soda Fountain Scene
A fragment depicts a street scene with the line Else, where is Junior and Over on the corner waiting for an accident to go by. The soda fountain is now fizzible.
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Junior
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