Mistaken Identity brings unexpected summer guest
Madge Vaughn agrees to host Dr. Tom North Aunt Mary North’s stepson arriving for the summer. The pair grow closer during days at Pinecroft as Madge discovers love while Mrs. Vaughn navigates family expectation and a quiet office life. The story blends humor and budding romance on a sunlit summer at Pinecroft.
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Mary
Mr. North
North
Pinecroft
Tommy
Asy Itine
Hether
Tle Daffy
Miss Vaughn
Madge Vaughn
Dr. North
Tom North
Madge
Tommy North
Mrs. Vaughn
Out of the Schoolroom
A schoolboy misstates poets the Cary sisters and Longfellow in a humorous college-like misremembering of literary figures. The report notes Massachusetts origins and Whit tier friendship among Cary sisters.
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Cary Sisters
New England
Massachusetts
New York
John G. Whittier
Echool
Longfellow
Roundup: Wrestlers, Jockeys, and Racing Rivalries
Hughey Jennings teases a conductor on a western train while Walter Miller earns 12,090.88 from James R. Keene, bringing his 19 year total near 50,000 before January. Hitachiyama dazzles Roosevelt as Burns and Sharkey clash in talk of future fights and the Paris Grand Prix prize tops 60,000. Rival track owners in New Orleans edge toward big money despite tensions. Jack O'Brien and Willie West close the roundup with wary reflections.
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West
Sharkey
Hughey Jennings
Hughey
Jennings
Walter Miller
America
James R. Keene
National City Bank of New York
Mr. Keene
Miller
Keene
New Orleans
Trading as a Fine Art and The First American Duel
An 18th or 17th century style item tells of a Nelson shopkeeper woman advised to weigh jars for treacle jams or pickles. It also recounts the 1630 first American duel between Edward Doty and Edward Leister, punished by authorities but released after an hour.
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Nelson
Lancashire
Liverpool Mercury
Edward Doty
Edward Leister
Mr. Hopkins
New England
His Apprenticeship Joke Captures Father Son Witty Exchange
Mr Pater explains apprenticeship as binding of one person to another with teaching duties. His youngest son counters with a quip about apprenticing to mother, provoking laughter from the audience.
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London
Herbert Spencer and the Puddles
A curious habit of Herbert Spencer involved carrying old newspapers to drop into mud puddles. He did this to protect his dress shoes on every street crossing, ending with muddy shoes on the return trip but intact attire.
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Herbert Spencer
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Frank Gotch
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United States
Hitachiyama
Hitachi
Washington
Tom Sharkey
Tom
Tommy Burns
Burns
Fitzsimmons, Corbett and
Jeffries
Paris
Sheepshead Bay
Jack O'Brien
Willie West
Prize Rive
Mattoes
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Sandersville
Creedmore
Daie
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