The Test of Vane Hamilton and the Twin Claimant
In a tense court scene the plaintiff presses for proof of identity as a man named Vane Hamilton. Ashley, long believed dead, is revealed as a claimant with a dark past, a dramatic hair color change, and a tale of memory loss and domestic deception surrounding Mrs. Hamilton and a mill in Grovedale.
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Tony Osborn
Mr. Morley
Hamilton
Osborn
Vane Hamilton
Solomon Marks
Grovedale
Raintlif
Vane ‘Amilton
Mr. Hamilton
Hannah Sargent
Tle
Barnstead
Hurd
Portland Depot
Ashley
Goodwill
Harrison County
Nebraska
Primus Edes
Edes
Constance
Carter
A Cab Driver Whisky Tale From Dublin
Former Boston mayor Patrick Collins recalls an Irish cab story told in Dublin about a fare in the country. The cabby finds a bottle, shares it with the horse, and describes getting the horse to dance in the shafts. He insists he was not drunk nor sober but on the defensive after the night.
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Patrick Collins
Boston
Dublin
Cabby
Mr. Collins
Pittsburg
Opera In Arkansas Comic Exchange At Polkville
A San Francisco Call item recalls a Arkansas visit where a patent churn man discusses a promised scenic production. The tavern landlord guides him aside, joking about the chorus in tights and jokingly calling it an obsteria production.
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Arkansas
Polkville
Ark
Armise
San Francisco Call
A Great Light. Homeless Holmes-Dis Here
A quirky, fragmentary item notes a long standing curiosity about a staff said to bring social good. The text blends dialect and rumor, mentioning a rumored figure and life questions while offering little concrete action or names.
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Holmes
Pete
Fairies and a Badger in a Prairie Tale
A collage of childlike pieces covers fairy dreams and crafts, then a vivid note on how a badger creates burrows with rapid digging. The excerpt shifts to Ma-wan-ee, her tale of moonlit animal gathering near the Platte, and a mother bear disciplining cubs before the night ends in a chilly tepee scene.
Night of the Dark Moon tale of Spike and Spangle bears
Old Ma-wa-nee narrates a Platte River story about two mischievous bear cubs, Spike and Spangle. Their truancy leads to a bear pit rescue by their grandfather, a promise to attend school, and a warning about the Dark Moon eclipse. The tale ends with a plea about venturing out as night falls.
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Old Mawa-nee
Platte
Spike
Spangle
Bear
View-Cliff
Ma-wa-nee
The
Mother Bear
Agency
Spangie
Little Bear
Grandfather
Thettle Bears
Spike and
Man Returns From West Tells Of Shelter For Lamb
A traveler recalls riding past a sheep and helping a lamb stuck in a shallow pit. He lifted the creature free and describes the mother sheep’s grateful gaze as lasting consolation.
Why Do We Say Hurry Hurry A Word From Mules To Speed
The passage explains the origin of the word hurry from mule and horse drivers. It notes similar forms in German arri and harris, French and German usages, and Spanish muleteers shouting arri arri. It also mentions old Anglo-Saxons speeding horses by cries like harrer.
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Huri
France
Germany
Arri
Harris
Harrer i
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By Mary R. P. Hatch
Bank
Valparaiso
Salvation Army
Ferguson
Fairyland
Lippincott's
St. Nicholas
Eugene O. Mayfield
Rex M
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