Auctioned Flirt Becomes War Bride at County Fundraiser
In a wartime charity event, Judge Karns presides as Andy is auctioned off for tobacco funds. Marilyn Morris bids the highest, revealing mutual love. she declares immediate marriage to Andy to stay close to his camp, while he proclaims his devotion despite poverty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andy
Marilyn Morris
Dan Phillips
Phillips
Natalie
Susan Gallagher
Judge Karns
Karns
Marilyn
The Letter That Came Back in a Bachelor's Heart
Jack Allen writes to Nell Hunter pleading for marriage but she delays, choosing a long engagement. He leaves for the West, hoping for a response, then travels Chicago to forget. A year passes. Nell's health fades as she tours the country to cope with lost love.
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Nell Hunter
Jack
Allen
Chicago
Ble Daugher
Nell and Jack Reunite and Plan Marriage in Rocky Inn
Joella Johnson recounts Nell and Jack Allen meeting unexpectedly at a Rockies inn dining room after years apart. Jack declares love, Nell replies with surprise, then agrees to marry once they return home. A framed return-to-writer letter on the library wall foreshadows past misaddressed correspondence.
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Jack
Rockies
Nell
Jack Allen
May Queen Pageant Ends With Injury At City Hospital
In a small town May Carnival, Olga and Jane Lilian competed for Queen. The throne collapsed, injuring Jane Lilian who was cared for by Margaret Hent and Dr. Stanwood after ambulance transport to City Hospital. Jane Lilian's leg was broken as Margaret confronted a rekindled affair between Dr. Stanwood and the mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommy Quinn
Olga
Margaret Hent
Jane Lilian
Tommy
Tommy Jane Lilian
Mark
Jane
City Hospital
Margaret
Dr. Stanwood
France
Quiet Visits Tie Doctor and Teacher In Hint Of Romance
In a vignette of affection and family visits, Jane Lilian adores Dr Stanwood and envisions a union with Margaret. Olga and Tommy meet the child with mothers present while Margaret notes her own blush as Alan Stanwood answers that marriage is for Margaret to decide.
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Margaret
Jane Lilian
Olga
Tommy
Jokes and Humorous Skits From Wartime Laughs
A column of light humor features a pompous sergeant major, a bungling private with a bucket, and various gags about farms, honeymoons, and etiquette. Cartoons and quips touch on temperance pistons, eating words, and clocks of social pretensions with playful punchlines.
Turn-of-wee wit and wartime quips in old humor
A collage of comic dialogues and gags from wartime life. Jests about tanks and science, a schoolmaster quiz, gender jokes, sailor and soldier banter, a wife’s complaint about the cook. The piece blends old humor with home front observations and a light satirical twist.
Politeness Pays Punchline in Old Irish Soldier Joke
Tom Johnson recalls an old joke about an Irish soldier who bowed to a shell, which missed him but decapitated the man behind him. Pat quips that no one loses anything by being polite.
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Tom Johnson
Pat
Bathing Debate Echoes Old-Time Bathhouse Rivalry
A playful exchange at a seaside bathhouse features Mabel urging to leave the water while Dolly compares bathing to baseball with the line that the inning should never end until the last man is out.
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Dolly
Mabel
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Therston
Winona Turner
Abner Anthony
Nell Dear
By Joella Johnson
Elsie Endicott
Teacher
Jennie
Killarney
Tom
Golden Crown
Eliza Ann
Eliza
Beatrice Beelzebub
Vic
Cartoons Magazine
Billyo
Willie
Ger
Slipshod
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