What’s to Blame A Satirical Riddle Poem Page
A fragmented verse like riddle column lampoons consumer fault and fit questions, mixing ad copy style with cryptic lines. It muses on shoe fitting honesty, coin cure claims, and a stream of unanswered queries from a narrator addressing a boy and ancients.
Market Hearts Allure in a New York Morning
Archy Galbraith and Mark Elliott navigate a rainy New York day and a brewing romance. Mark falls for Miss Peyton at first sight while Aunt Margaret pushes a Maryland debutante, Flora Kelvin, toward a contested bachelorhood as tensions rise over love, duty, and independence.
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Archy Galbraith
Mark Elliott
Mark
Archy
Margaret
Twenty Eighth Street
Maryland
Broadway
Mary
Teun
Flora Kelvin
Entangled Passions and a Shifting Love Triangle
Mark Elliott pursues Flora Kelvin while Mary Peyton's flirtatious marriage life hides his growing deception. Flora rejects him when she learns of his betrayal, and Elliott discovers a social web of consequences involving family ties, engagement to Captain Home, and an aunt’s influence, leaving him with remorse and bitter realization.
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Archy
Mark
Mrs. Elliott
Mary
Flora Kelvin
Flora
Elliott
Tam
N. S. News
New Englander Appeals Overconductor After Nine Mile Misroad
Provincial New Englander, traveling on the New York, New England and Hartford line, is misled by conductors to Stamford nine miles beyond his target. He refuses to pay extra and later repeats the trip, declaring he is even with the company. The anecdote includes a Washington anecdote about Reed, Berry, and Curtis and a hypnotic scene about Maud and Edgar Popham.
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Washington
New England
New York
Mamaroneck
New York, New England
Hartford
Stamford
Youreman
Tom” Reed
Representative Bynum
Berry
Kentucky
Bynum
Reed
Rae
Curtis
Mr. Reed
Mr. Berry
Mr. Curtis
San Francisco
Chicago
Old Hoss
Bargain bedstead and clever quips in a busy shop
A Broadway furniture store scene features two maiden sisters debating a seven piece bed set priced at twenty eight dollars. They debate the style and height, then walk out, considering the bargain. Other items include a tale of mischief and a witty exchange with a clerk.
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N. Y
Sarah
Mary
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Indianapolis Journal
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