Love story blooms as father and mother wed again
In a diary style scene, Mary narrates how her father hopes to renew his marriage with Mary’s mother. They plan a second courtship, with the father risking a reconciliation, and the couple soon announces they will marry tomorrow, then plan a spring move to Andersonville. Mary stays to finish school and embrace a new life as Mary Marie.
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Mary
Mother
Anh
Father
Dhawed
Nenet
enPather
Aunt Hattie
Grandfather
Hattie
Lester
Andersonville
Marie
Mary Marie
Twelve Years Later In the Attic Memoir
A narrator recalls aging while packing to leave her husband Jerry. She discovers a manuscript about Peculiar Manx cats and traces their origin from shipwrecked arrivals on the Isle of Man, noting possible lines from Japan or eastern Asia and distinctive physical traits.
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Mary
Marie
Jerry
Isle of Man
Japan
Asia
A Cock and Bull Story Origins in Prior Phrase
This note explains that the term describes an impossible tale and traces origins to Matthew Prior who quipped of “Cocks and bulls and flutes and fiddles” and idle riddles. It cites Prior’s 17th to 18th century era wit and the phrase’s evolution into common usage.
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Matthew Prior
Turned Joke on Mrs Gould at Georgian Court
A New York dramatist recalls Mrs. George Gould entertaining Augustin Daly with a playful moment at Lakewood gardens. A curious group asks to visit her famed hothouses and Daly, in a grand pose, grants permission with a humorous flourish.
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George Gould
New York
Augustin Daly
Georgian Court
Goulds
Daly
Lakewood Gardens
Rights and dress codes cited in Worcester Tele excerpt
A Worcester Telegram note on civic freedoms references restrictions in some cities where a man cannot enter a theater with a coat on his arm even in heat and remarks on discipline at Haverhill schools where boys are required to wear collars.
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Haverhill
Worcester
Parallel Drawn by H Wells on Bolshevism
H G Wells discusses Bolshevism noting the movement meant well but went too far. He argues the trouble is people either do not go far enough or go too far, illustrated by a French restaurant joke about a man misreading a menu and ending with toothpicks.
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H. G. Wells
Carrie Weill in custody dispute admit to giving up
A Boston Evening Transcript item records a family dispute where a mother declares willingness to give up her daughter Carrie to her father, with no fixed timetable for custody or agreement. The note is a brief, terse glimpse of a private family matter reported in a newspaper notice style.
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Chevrolet
Ae Wheer
Fisher
Carrie
Weill
Boston Evening Transcript
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Peer Eee
Sean Seewenee
Chevrolet Motor Company
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Goan
Grand Avenue
19Th Street
Kansas City
H. Wells
Devil
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