Little Green Door ends farce at Seccombe table
In a muddled dinner with Lord Amberthorpe and Lady Gertrude Seccombe, Foxwell's smug humor collapses as Gertrude flees with the truth of her feelings. Jarvis reveals social snubs and a bitter, comic escape, setting Gertrude on a plan to seek suburban life. The tale ends with a note that The Little Green Door by Mary E Wilkins will begin Monday.
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Seccombe
Jarvis
Foxwell
Gertrude
Stree
Fox- Well
Horseradiah
Beccombe
Lord Amberthorpe
Gertrude Seccombe
Poxwell
Paxwell
Reival Foxwell
Amberthorpe
Lady Gertrude
Lord Archdale
Lady Archdale
Mary .E Wilkins
The Caravan Venture of Beccombe and Foxwell
English traveler J Philip Beccombe and daughter Gertrude travel England in a living caravan. At a roadside dinner Percival Foxwell harshly judges their vegetarian, improvised meal and social pose. Gertrude's interest in Foxwell grows as her father’s satire unfolds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertrude
Foxwell
Archdale
Tales of Juries and Lawyers in Courtroom Anecdotes
Dr Robert D Sheppard Northwestern university recounts a juror story where a farmer shifts a trial by noting the opponent dropped his watermelon. The tale includes Halstead and remarks about Sullivan Johnson family lines and a Cincinnati brass ornament joke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert D. Sheppard
Northwestern University
Dr. Sheppard
Courtroom anecdotes from old legal cases and jest
A collage of courtroom vignettes and quips from various cases and judges. Tales include a prohibition trial with a barrel marked Pat Duffy and whisky, a juror who never read about a case, and judges and lawyers trading witty exchanges about perjury, misstatements, and interruptions.
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Daniels
Buffalo
New York Supreme
Congress
Greenfeld
New York State
Court of Appeals
Robinson
Syracuse
Munyon Remedies Advertised Despite Political Speech
A long US ad lists Munyon’s Medicines with prices and testimonials for Dyspepsia Rheumatism Cold Cure and more. It includes a political digression where an orator proclaims free coinage of silver before a mob hanged the speaker, a vivid historical aside.
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BE. L. Booz
West Chester
Munyon
Sue A. Mowery
Spruce Hill
Juniata County
Price
Ad Druggists
Arch Street
Philadelphia
Unalterable Principle Declared Before Execution
A condemned Arizona horse thief faces execution amid defiant talk from the crowd. The leader of the Regulatora challenges any testimony with a brief offer to speak, while the prisoner concedes his harsh past and refuses mercy.
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Chicago Tribune
Arizona Regulatora
Widow farmer’s closing line to stranger on the highway
A lone widow working a plow farm speaks to a passing stranger asking about marriage. She notes debts from her late husband and rejects the man, while inviting others to move on and finish the field before another arrives. The scene unfolds with a horse and mule harnessed to the tool.
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Cartiniy
Galt
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Halstead
Murat Halstead
Detroit
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Johnson
Cincinnati
Mr. Halstead
E. B. Green
Ottumwa
Washington Star
Endershott
Hawkeye
Uy Endershott
Mr. Green
Orenet
Aw Endershott
State
Iowa
Pat Duffy
Plolatif
Frank Lockwood
Yorkshiire
Lockwood
Costa
Bar of Justice
Commonwealth
War
Anli
Missouri
Erle
Ar. Bovill
Q. C
Jim
Coloni
Texas Siftings
Baltimore Medical College
Bpeer
Speer
Harvey L. Byrd
M.D
Avengers
Thaan
New
Sterling
Majestic Steel
Howard Dockash
Scranton
Foote & Shear CO
Washington Ave
Electric
Gia Linden Street
Rease & Long
Kameas
Mes
Our
Wyoming Avenue
Mercereau & Connell
Jewelers
Wyoming Ave
E. Robinson
George R. Agkerly
Telephone
Rinoce Rimadut
Matthews
Can
Mtantic Refung CO
Jenuine
Qabushs
Ricker General Dealer
Pennsylvania
New Telephone Exchange
Adame Ave
Washburn-Crosby Co
Peal
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