From Labrador to British Columbia The saga of Jesse and Kate
Jesse Smith narrates his birth and troubled life from Labrador to a sailor's career, Texas cowboy days, and a marriage to Polly. Kate Trevor enters, contemplates death, aids Jesse against Polly and Brooke, tragedy follows, and Kate and Jesse unite to face thieves, bandits, and Polly's schemes. The tale ends with their quiet family life and a postscript of the authorship.
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Jesse Smith
Labrador
Esse
Jesse
Texas
Polly
British Columbia
Kate Trevor
Kate
Trevor
Rapids
Jim
O'llynn
United States
Billy O'Flynn
Billy
Vancouver
David
Sparate
England
Brooke
Jesse in Cathedral Grove Dream Scene
A lyrical scene unfolds in Cathedral Grove with Jesse at rest amid twilight. The narrator describes friends passing on a Sunday stroll as Pete in Sabbath black and Mrs. Pete in silk accompany Billy in a quiet procession through the glowing grove.
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Jesse
Cathedral Grove
Blackbird
Pete
Mrg
Billy
Earth eating as a widespread habit across cultures
The text surveys earth eating as a common habit in various regions including India Sudan China and the Malay archipelago. It notes earth as a disease symptom or perverse appetite and mentions preparations such as diatomaceous earth flour in Siberia and Lapland and ant-made digestive earth in Bengal. It also cites the Ainus of Japan and Guatemalan Indians consuming sulfur-containing earth for health reasons.
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India
Soudan
China
Malay Archipelago
Siberia
Lapland
Japan
Guatemala
Bengal
Deaf couple perfects optical telegraph for deaf speech
A Berlin deaf couple invents an optical telegraph using a keyboard and lamped letters to spell words and numbers. Each station needs sender and receiver and distant rooms or homes can communicate silently, suitable for quiet or secret transmissions.
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Berlin
Germany
It Was Still Hard Bridget cooks an egg tale
Bridget, a green maid, is ordered to cook a soft boiled egg for her mistress. After five minutes the mistress asks if it is done and Bridget responds with a confusing bargaining about fearing the egg, insisting it remains hard.
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Bridget
Not Necessarily A Girl Not Cut For Prima Donna
A terse remark notes that being hard to manage does not disqualify a girl from being a prima donna, suggesting temperament alone does not determine suitability for leading roles. The line implies a nuanced view on performers and management.
Cat Crosses Street With Kitten DelaysTraffic on Fulton
A street scene on Fulton Street halted as a mother cat with a kitten struggled to cross between line of trucks. A police officer signaled traffic to stop, allowing the feline pair to pass and disappear into a cellar.
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New York
Mother Cat
Fulton Street
Useful Relative
A humorous exchange describes a mother-in-law who helps by sweeping ice off steps. She slips on a step, falls to the sidewalk, and cracks the ice on every step. Her strong language afterward supposedly melts the debris, leaving the steps clean and smooth as in July.
Paw Knows Everything Storyline
A playful exchange about a piece de resistance and a steak as a mother fry scene ends with a child told to go to bed. The dialogue blends affectionate pet speak with familial mortality humor.
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Paw
Willie
Do you eat moh meat my dear air
A playful exchange between characters mocks modern manners and medical talk as a mock dialogue reveals peculiar speech. The humor hinges on mispronounced phrases and the fantasy dialect of two speakers.
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Air
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Nurse Panton
Atower
Nurse
Chinaman
Spite House
Andro
Miss Panton
Sam
Panton
Carroty Kate
Jease
Carrots
Mathson’s
Ashcroft
Jess
Patsy
Apex Rock
Mr. Nisted
Jared
Sarly Brown
Carrotl
Sonny
Maria
Marie
Jesus Christ
Chicago
Leeson Patie Eee Ler Eilean Lar Cope Soar Ik Aad Oda
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