Sister Bernardine Hidden in Old Saint John Era Community
A woman from a nearby city joined the Sis era of St. John the Haptist in a backwoods settlement and visited the rural post office asking if letters addressed to State Bernardine had arrived. The postmaster, puzzled, queried who Sister Bernardine was and doubted the tale. He finally mused that she might have been dead nearly 390 years.
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Bernardine
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The Housekeeper and the Japanese Reader
A housekeeper with a small pantry discovers Georg the Japanese cook studying philosophy. The cook cites Soliloquy and jokes about cooking and gender. A humorous exchange follows about understanding philosophy and taking advantage of others.
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Georg
George
Honoratin Madim
Convenient Uphill Battle at Rome Courtroom
A tale from the Atlanta Georgian recounts Judge Mose Wright in Chattooga and Rome circuits who fines a mountaineer $15 for failing to appear as a witness. The man grins, argues the sum, and suggests settling at Summerville. The judge delays payment, hoping for better behavior, as the two exchange sly banter and a lesson in wit.
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Mose Wright
Rome
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Summerville
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Grape-Nuts Promises Nourishment For Mother And Child
An advertisement extols Grape-Nuts as fully nutritious, made from whole wheat and barley, baked to preserve nutrients. It claims rich phosphorus supports brain and nerve development, aiding both mother’s strength and baby’s growth, with testimonial notes from a mother and a doctor.
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Nature
Anil
Wattie
Story of Francis Cludde Ends The Queen S Death
Sir Anthony contends with change as word spreads that Queen Mary is dead and Elizabeth is now queen. Petronilla grows anxious while Ferdinand and Carey face pressure from shifting faiths. two strangers arrive with a secret tied to Francis Cludde and a nest hints at hidden loyalties in the Cotone End household.
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Elizabeth
Petronia
Iateriine
Francis Cludde
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Petronilla
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Arden
Cookhill
Nome
Martin's Nest
Coton
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Tennage
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Martin Rather
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Erald
Petronila
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Ferdinand
Chiangya
Martin Luther
Rand
Ferdinand Cludde
Soren End
Henry
Edward
Coton End
Br Anthony
Lollards
Order
Comelit
Reformed
England
The Woodman's View and the Shadow of Cludde Land
A frosty December day frames Sir Anthony Cludde's somber walk with his daughter Petronilla as rumors of church conflict and a sheriff's remonstrance echo through Branthil forest lands. He surveys fields, woods, and river, asserting ownership while the girl bears silent sorrow and farewell in his departure from the old home.
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Petronik
Baldwin
Carey
Coton End
Ther Carey
Anthony Tie King
Ald Kiletit
Cludde
Spain
Sir Anthony
Petronilla
Coton Chase
Branthil
Mill Head Copse
Beacon Hill
Stratford
Cluddeland
Moonshiners Run In Cleveland Hidden In Plain Sight
A Cleveland report describes a thriving moonshine trade in the city with hundreds of gallons of spirits distilled and sold under revenue officers’ noses. Moonshiners use basements and upper floors to hide stills and rely on careful surveillance and smell detection to avoid capture.
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Cleveland
Kentucky
Tennessee
Ade Brings Pearl Necklace and New Comedy Plans
George Ade, the New York playwright from Brook, Indiana, arrived at Holland House with a bag of pearl props and delivered the manuscript of The City Chap to Wohan Harris. He praised the new comedy and noted Willis Sweatman in mind for a main role, while presenting George M. Cohan and Sam H. Harris with pearl tokens. Ade plans to visit Brock to oversee crops and revise The Fair Co ed for Purdue students.
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New York Morning Telegraph
George Ade
Pearl Fisher
New York
Brook
Ind
Holland House
Wohan & Harris
Jack Norworth
Willis Sweatman
Ade
George M. Cohan
Sam H. Harris
Iroquois
Fifth Avenue
Perler
South Sea
West
Cohan
Jack Welsh
Taft
Brock
Purdue University
Awakening to Strangeness of Morning Memory
The speaker Reflects on waking from sleep and the puzzling return to consciousness Memory resembles a fading light as thoughts slip back to the day before The poet notes how life feels altered yet unchanged upon awakening and questions the afterlife of memory in a lone moment attributed to Helen Hunt Jackson.
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Toy
Eric
Helen Hunt Jackson
The Art of Organ Grinding
A fragment from The Youths Companion describes an organ grinder on a back porch with a summer resident feeding him bread and attempting to turn the crank. The organizer retorts with broken phrases and wistful humor while a Sunday School teacher questions whether the scene is wicked.
A Careful Man and Other Humorous Snippets
A Harper's Weekly item recounts Dawson’s tooth extraction under nitrous gas, noting the dentist charged ten dollars for a difficult pull. Also included are jokes about finishing finishes, a kidney remedy endorsement, mole significance beliefs, and a verse about guessing the next U.S. leader with New York’s Catskill aqueduct noted for large future water supply.
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