The Kivala 1668 Love Complaint on Cold Ground
A fragment from 1668 shows a speaker lamenting lodging on the cold ground and urging a beloved to return. The speaker pleads for love as remedy, promising to endure misery if not. The text mixes plea and banter with rustic imagery and a plea for liberty through union.
Ghosts Seen by a Dog and a Clairvoyant Wife
In a Chambersburg home, a mastiff named Hube alarms the occupants as a mysterious presence seems to cross the room. The dog’s reaction, cat’s distress, and a later encounter with Tibbits the clairvoyant woman lead to investigations that challenge belief and suggest psychic perception rather than supernatural interference.
Visions in the Dining Room Prompt Unease Among Witnesses
Crampton objects to fear from an uneducated woman yet recalls a clear vision in two animals that unnerves him when alone in the dining room. Farwell asks if others shared the shock and Crampton replies no. He notes that the horse end was burned down while he was away in England.
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Termin
Hobe
Pettus
Morocco
Crampton
Louisiana
Journal of Psychologic Knowledge
Tibbits
Varick Street
France
Germany
Dr. J
Mrs. Tibbits
Hube
Farwell
England
New York
Political Collar Trust Sealed Despite Party Tie
A Chicago Pest quote depicts an officeholder claiming a collar and cuff trust is formed yet denying party involvement. A constituent counteroffers that the arrangement remains nonpartisan since it excludes political party collars.
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Chicago
Did you mean to say dat you done
The Washington Star quotes a playful rural exchange featuring Miss Miami Brown and Mr. Erastus Pinkley in dialect about not taking a contract to help buy something, with Brown stating she won’t be part of the arrangement for the rest of her life.
Domestic Repartee Dialogue Cited by Chicago Times
A brief cartoonish exchange notes a wife speaking up and a husband quipping that she talks too freely. The item cites the Chicago Times Herald as the source of the repartee.
No Mercy For Him Boers Catch English Lord In Stage Plot
A dramatic jab by the Cleveland Plain Dealer depicts Boers capturing a young English lord famed for stage work. The excerpt hints at brutal punishment and a harsh wartime stance. No further details are provided.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Dobley Buys Dictionary for Wife in Emergency Note
A terse exchange notes Dobley buying the latest dictionary for his wife as a precaution. The comment hints that a future need or emergency might arise she would want to know about, though he is not at home when the remark is made.
The Magic Letter Tale Of U Replaced I
A Boston Beacon brief recounts a fairy tale in which a girl who always starts words with I learns to use the letter U instead. Fairies remove I and gift a stronger letter, teaching growth as the child becomes kinder and more social.
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Boston Beacon
Ambitious playwright urges readers to catch his works
The narrator explains he has written 21 plays with 62 acts and 732 scenes and urges readers who missed performances to attend next time. He notes German managers underrate his merits yet continues to produce plays and signs as a contemporary playwright.
One Act Play, Two Missed Rehearsals, and a Publisher
A writer recalls sending a one act play to publishers after trial with three attempts was rejected, then meeting a theater manager who offered to stage it for 18 marks plus 19 tickets. The first rehearsal collapses amid a dismal theater scene and a wash day excuse, followed by further delays as the company vanishes for a festival.
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Chance
Lessing
Klein
the Temple of Art
Patroclus
Henry IV
Schiller
Wallenstein
Rehearsal Chaos Ends in Stage Night Irony
A narrator recalls a chaotic first rehearsal where actors bungled lines and misread cues. Despite panic and near ruin, the performance proceeds to a painful, ironic triumph as the author delivers a guarded, self ironic speech to the delighted audience.
Where It Rains Frogs From Arizona Sky
The piece recounts tales of extraordinary showers such as frogs raining in southwestern Arizona after a summer rain along the Southern Pacific line. Local old timers insist frogs appear in pools after floods, croaking by day and night, with no clear source beyond sky lifting or underground emergence.
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Atlantic
Arizona
Southern Pacific
Colorado
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Slade
Sibyl
Chambersburg
Pennsylvania
Hubert— *‘Hube
Dave Pettus
Alice
Lafitte
General Jackson
Chinckbug
New York Journal
Chicago Times
BY Karl Pauls