Soap-Boxers at River Bluff Romance
Miss Selina Tue runs a day nursery behind her grocer shop and shelters the neighborhood babies. Alan Kent, a young artist, is drawn to Cynthia Page as Blossom the adopted child and Miss Selina’s ward. Cynthia and Alan confess love, a mortgage threatens the Page homestead, and a reconciliation follows a tense drive with Cynthia and Alan Kent Sr. ensuring harmony at last.
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Selina Tue
River Bluff
Fler
Cynthia Page
Widow Page
Cynthia
Miss Selina
Alan Kent
Blossom
Joe
Alan
Selina
Lave
Evelyn
Se- Mina
Mr. Kent
Alan Kent, Sr
Adventurous family departure in an ottermobile outing
Miss Selina Sue leads a joyful river trip with Ethel Maud Luella and others as the family evacuates their home in a carefree car voyage. Children crowd the back, the sleeper is carried away, and the group revels in the novelty as they roll toward the river view on the hill.
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Ethel Maud
Blossom
Luella
Young Jim
Selina Sue
Tonneau
Clemmie
Pattie
Confort
Security
Bennie
Sammie
Ella Virginia
Woulder
Rich Bluff Adventure Ends With Healings And Wedding Hope
Miss Selina Sue orchestrates a rescue on the Bluff after Ethel Maud and Blossom tumble from a floatsome machine. Alan reunites with his father, receiving forgiveness and family harmony as townsfolk celebrate with Mr. Alan and Miss Selina Sue. Alan hints at a wedding gift and a future chapel painting inspired by love and faith.
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Blossom
Carrotl
Cynthie
Selina Sue
Mr. Alan
Miss Cynthia
Bennie
Miss Selina Sue
Mr. Kent
Benais
Sammie
Dominick
Hill Mansion
Jackson Page
Two Words with History
The piece traces word histories from fudge to bosh and traces origins to Gaelic deception and Captain Fudge. It cites Isaac Disraeli and a 1712 record of Degory Marshell aboard the Black Eagle with master Fudge. It notes Turkish bosh meaning nonsense and cites Beddoes on religious wording.
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Fudge
Isaac Disraeli
William Crouch
Degory Marshell
Crouch
Jamaica
Hyde
Twisden
Tenants and Clerks Cited Over Rent Costs
A New York Sun quote contrasts tenants and government workers who neglect upkeep or underwork. It argues every dollar spent by the government is funded by taxation and shared by all, including the workers themselves.
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New York Sun
Counter Diplomacy in Cleveland Shop Interaction
A Euclid Avenue salesperson patronizingly suggests goods for a stout, middle aged lady. The customer reacts with anger as the clerk apologizes, claiming a mistaken identity involving a young woman shopping for her grandmother. The exchange ends with a pivot to another item.
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Euclid Avenue
Cleveland Plain
Editor Adds Witty Heading To Poem
A brief exchange reveals a dispute over a poem's headline. One speaker says the heading is the best part, while another apologizes and notes the editor added it.
That Was The Last Straw In A Chore Driven Divorce
An Atchison couple’s divorce story reveals the wife’s long day of kitchen labor with bread pies cake cookies and more. The husband returned to a cold supper and exclaimed you have an easy time, prompting the divorce petition.
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Atchison
The Lesser Evil Duel at Gresham College 1719
London Chronicle recounts a serio comic duel between Doctors Mead and Woodward at Gresham College in 1719 after a quarrel over a medical question. They fought with swords in the college square. Woodward fell wounded and Mead offered mercy with the remark Take thy life. Woodward, feigning relief, asked for anything but your physic before fainting.
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Gresham College
Doctor Mead
Doctor Woodward
Bishopsgate Street
Woodward
Mead
London Chronicle
Far From Bohemia Described as Lovelorn Bohemian
In a chat between Bjenks and Tjarks they discuss a lean unscis sored bohemian seen with the laundry girl and rumor of an imminent marriage. They remark on the oddity of a bohemian near a laundry.
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Bohemia
Bjenks
Tjarks
Beau mont quote on happiness and sensibility
Noted aphorism states that a person who cannot sense another's happiness is a living stone, emphasizing empathy and human warmth.
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Beaumont
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Marie Thompson
Mrs. Kinney
Mrs. Dobbs
Kinneys
Tynes
Mr. Finnity
Miss Cynthie
Hill
Selina Lue
Spose
Allen
Mother Gray
Olmsted
le Roy
Post
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Battés Creek, Mich
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