Delicate Point and Foggy Tales From the Waterfront
A collection of humorous vignettes from newspapers. A Sewickley couple’s brief honeymoon prompts playful remarks on dinner, with an elderly friend joking about beefsteak and onions. Another tale recalls fogbound mariners at a seaport tavern and a revival baptism quip. A teacher notes that pupils catch up with current events while solving a math riddle about a millionaire’s will benefiting wife son daughter brother and foreign missions.
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Sewickley
Angel
Sam
Pittsburg
Post
Knickerbocker Quiz Tune Turns To Baseball Gaffe
A playful exchange features Becker and Cordelia joking about explaining baseball to a girl. Becker confirms she grasped the concept of diamonds, while Cordelia notes a red face does not prove a man is a bully.
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Becker
The Heart of a Woman at London Mystery
Louisa Harris, a charming English singer, attends a Brussels to London society night where the murder of Philip de Mountford sparks gossip. Luke de Mountford becomes prime suspect amid a web of family dynasties, heiresses, and a public stirred by clues and rumor. Louisa faces danger as truth about the crime threatens her future and the Radcliffe lineage.
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Radcllyffe
Mountford
Philip Dé Mountford
Luke
Miss Harris
Louisa
Guy d'Hordelot
Denmark
Louisa Harris
Tale of a Crime Heir and Mourning in a London Court
Philip de Mountford, heir presumptive to the earldom, lies in a London police court mortuary chamber after a night of tragedy. Lord Radycliffe is awakened at 7:0 by police with news, the old man unguarded and puzzled, as he returns to a lonely, well-worn home to face shocking events.
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London
Luke de Mountford
Louise
Lord Radcliffe
Luke
Phillip de Mountford
Phillip
Lord
Drury Lane
Adelphi
Erite
Ale
Shy
Bernard Shaw
Philip de Mountford
Arthur de Mountford
Radclyffe
Governor Square
Carlton
Lord Radclyffe
Arthur
Philip
Ike
Crim
Radyeliffe
Walla
Heir Precinete
Radycliffe
Wars
Ain
Bng
Child’s belief defies grief with cradle honesty
Ada Lewis recalls a girl who loses her mother and grieves moments then returns to play declaring her mother has not truly left because her crutch remains a symbol. The tale contrasts persistent faith with the stern history of book destruction by Puritans Cromwell and crusaders.
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Ada Lewis
Heaven
Tey
Ian
Clark
Law of Life on a Rainy California Walk
Two men out walking in Indun-kinsed California face a sudden downpour far from their car. One laughs at paying meter water rates while the other mourns paying ten dollars a day for climate. The tale ends with a twist on the old saying that one man’s meat is another man’s meat.
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California
Jin
One Man's Way and Pejorative Reflections
A Brimson man reacts to trouble with swearing and inventive profanity, while others cope by bold posturing. The piece muses on courage, self-assertion, and resilience in facing misfortune, and promotes Paxton Antiseptic douches as a remedy for pelvic trouble.
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Brimson
Paxton Toilet, Co
Boston
Mase
Destined for Many Trips and Troubled Advice
A fragmented feature mixes quotes on storytelling steps with old trade wisdom. It cites penny stamps, value of old friends, Garfield Tea claims, and warnings about self harm. It references Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup, and ends with a quip about people wrapped in themselves as human twine.
How Girls May Avoid Periodic Pains In Rochester N J
Rochester New Jersey mothers report relief from menstrual cramp headaches and dizziness after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Testimonials from Mrs Richard N of Rochester and Miss Cora B of Stoutsville praise improved health and gratitude for the remedy. Hundreds of letters from mothers praising the product have been received by the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Company in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Rochester
N. J
Sattar
Lydia E. Pinkban
Mra
Lydia E. Plothan
Cora B. Foatavam
Stoutaville
Ohio
Rif.d
No. L
Lydia H. Pinkham
Lydia Inkham Medicine Company
Lynn
Mass
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Roam 4
Bee Boliteg
Omaha
Rei
The
Agen
Newfoundland
San Francisco Chronicle
Cate
Cordelia
Thal
Postum Ceres Company, Ltd
Battle Creek, Mich
Opina
Hruswell
Lola Hargis
Friafhue
Waterloo
Brussels
Madame
Loulga
Mr. Dé Mountford
Colonel Harris
Loufaa
Law
Laurea
Tuto
Little Tattle
Lyre
Shaftesbury Avenue
Hyde Park Corner
Green Park
Cromwell Road
Museum
Loutan
Bruetels
Battersea Park
Robin
Oxford
Europe
Russia
Big Slater
Jack
Ole Ir Samuel Pitcher Pamplin
Bears
Charles E
Brosd St
Philadelphias
Daisy Fly Killer
Harold Homeh
Averill
Dakar Ave
Brooklyn
M. Fe
Rityava
City Ptg, CO
Chesebrough Manufacturing Company
State Street
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