Grateful Ad Finds Stetson and Miss Woodrow Meet
A wary romance unfolds as Robert H Stetson slowly answers to a mysterious Grateful via an advertising note. Miss Alice Everton Woodrow replies with warmth after a staged misdirection, and the two arrange a meeting with her father to seal a budding union.
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Sterson
Financial News
Dodds
Central Square
Gratefeil
Morning Mail
Robert Hardy Stetson
Stetson
Alice Everton Woodrow
Auburn Avenue
The Sage Advises a Political Candidate
A traveler seeks political guidance from the Sage on campaign tactics. The Sage recommends bold rhetoric, smear, and self invention to win votes, culminating in a plan involving a painted horse and a dramatic self accuse. The tale ends with a moral of a large majority and a saved country.
When Sister Hannah Came When Sister Hannah Came
Dorothy Spencer living near Grafton shelters a quiet life with a servant and cat. Her widowed sister Hannah arrives and presses why Dorothy has never married, learning of Henry Goodheart who visits twice weekly for nine years but never proposes.
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Dorothy
Goodheart
Goodliver
Hannah
Mr. Goodheart
C. B. Lewis
Dorothy Spencer
Grafton
Perkins
Henry Goodheart
Wedding Advice Sparks Comic Exchange
A narrator recalls a chaotic wedding scene where a sister quips that the way to marry is to be married. The dialogue features a widow, a brother, and sister Han nah. the knot is tied, and the exchange ends with a wry remark about experience.
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Hannah
Dorothy
Beatrix Reade
The Doctor and Patient Dialogue From Chicago News
A doctor questions a patient about a medicine’s effectiveness. The patient, a poet, asserts he has taken it after each meal, claiming regular use. The fragment reflects a humorous exchange published by Chicago News.
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Chicago News
Do you think your daughter could live on my salary
A Cleveland Plain Dealer quip ponders practical marriage prospects as a father questions a suitor about supporting his daughter. The exchange highlights humor on income, responsibility, and family expectations in mid twentieth century life.
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Cleveland Plain ‘Dealer
Economy at last in Maryland Senate towels
The Baltimore Sun notes 24 towels for 27 Maryland Senate members show comity as six senators share three towels. It questions which six form the three pairs and praises thrift amid extravagance. The piece ends with a kitchen safety tip to fill a kerosene cabinet with water to prevent accidents.
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Maryland
Senate
Baltimore Sun
Grand Trunk exhibit at Sportsman's Show spotlights Canadian wilds
Mr. 4 R Chariton of the Grand Trunk Railway returns to Montreal from New York where he oversaw the Grand exhibit for the annual Sportsman's Show. The display features motor propelled craft, gasoline launches, and skiffs, plus mounted fish and northern game, camping gear, and scenic photos as the eastern Madison Square Garden end hosts Canada. Attendance is projected at 10 000 to 20 000 daily over nearly three weeks, boosting Canadian promotion.
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4. R. Chariton
Grand Trunk Railway System
Montreal
New York
Madison Square Garden
Canada
Grand Trunk Railway
Grand ‘Trunk
Fatal row in Deadwood ends with four wounded and two dead
A visitor learns in Deadwood that a gunfight involving Bill Plummer and Abe Wisner led to two deaths and four injuries. Locals dismiss the incident as a gentle zephyr noting the long effort required to count the dead and hang survivors.
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M. Quad
Deadwood
Koss
Bill Plummer
Abe Wisner
Abe
Bill
Memory Aid Goes Wrong With Absent-Minded Customer
A man ties cotton around his finger to remember a hair cut. On his way home he recalls the task and visits the barber but discovers the hair was cut earlier that day, unaware of the mistake, prompting a puzzled barber.
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Dorothy
Mr. Goodheart
Goodheart
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