Love of Fish Eaters Across History and A Seaside Tale
A long extract mixes ancient and royal feasts on fish with a seaside fiction scene. It recounts rulers like Gatis of Syria and Louis XIV’s fishmongers and garum sauces, then shifts to Beatrice, Billy, and Jack Winston at a seaside resort as misunderstandings and a letter bridge a romantic tangle.
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Lucullus
Gatis
Syria
Philoxeres
Cytheria
Athens
Rome
Naples
Edward II
England
France
Louis XII
Francis I
Henry the Great
Louis XIV
Prince of Conde
Boston Globe
Billy
Jack Winston
Dicky Smith
Miss Brereton
Beatrice
Mr. Winston
Winston
Bill
Mr. Fenway
Fenway
Billy Boy
P’r’aps
Winston Best
Goodby
Forgetful Annette Forgets Bridal Gift Again
A West End club of young women hosts two bridal showers for Forgetful Annette. She again leaves her present at home and suggests others forgot theirs too. The group declines to help and jokes about past forgetfulness as a way to excuse the lapse.
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Annette
Newark News
Selection of Joe Miller Jests and 18th Century Wit
A Kansas City Times summary notes a reprint of an early 18th century joke collection called the Joe Miller Jest Book. It highlights brief jests on taxation quips, Irish satire, and a few literary riffs, with Mark Twain praising the volume as the alpha and omega of dejected humor. The piece describes a secondhand copy found for 25 cents and quotes several sample lines.
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Mark Twain
Alpha and Omega
Joe Miller
Kansas City Times
Good and Sufficient Reason in a Letter Snippet
Editor remarks on timely opportunity and lack of a stamp in a London Tatler style exchange. The quip compares readiness to chance, noting that opportunity rarely arrives with a formal introduction.
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Jerrold
Leitch
John Leech
Alderman Woods
I, Wood
London Tatler
Trains Schedules North and South Listings 1910
Chicago and the North Indianapolis and the South timetable dated January 19 1910 shows daily trains. Fast Mail Express and passenger trains run north and south with set times including 7 56 am 12 41 pm and 6 14 pm north and 6 58 am 9 40 am 1 27 pm 4 04 pm south. S A Royster agent.
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S. A. Royster
Doan's Kidney Pills Named For Sheridan Resident
Prosper Six of Circle Street, Sheridan Indiana says kidney trouble and backache improved after using Doan's Kidney Pills from Elliott's Drug Store. The testimonial notes first box relief and overall improvement after several boxes. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY sole US agents. price 50 cents. Remember the name Doan's.
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Prosper Six
Circle Street
Sheridan
Ind
Dean
Elliott
Doan
Foster- Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Sale of 80 inch end lever peerless paper cutter
Broken and patched end lever paper cutter from News Printing Co. still capable of doing good work for many years. Priced at 25 dollars for quick sale. Open to offers if sold soon.
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News Printine Co
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Sheridan News
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J. H. McMourtry
Sheridan Indiana
Sheridan,Ind
Republican County
Tiveet
E. J. Mendenhall
R.R. Foland
Will F. Wall
John E. Bert
E. G. Decker
Fred L. Kinnaman
Sheriff
Lyle York
J. S. Shannon
J. E. Hanna
J.H. Harvey
Shepler Noble
Philadelphia Record
Agnes G. Brogan
American Press Association
C. A. Briggs & Company
Hogues
Oxford
the Inquirer
Joe
Dido
Aeneas
Jekyll
Johnny
Coleman
Theodore Hook
Hook
Eye
Chicago
Indianapolis
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