Kiddie Katydid and the Locust Cousins Visit Pleasant Valley
Freddie Firefly learns Leaper the Locust failed to greet the arriving Locust cousins in vast numbers. Kiddie Katydid fears the invasion will strip the valley, while Benjamin Bat relishes the chaos and feasts on the newcomers. The night proves tense as many shorthorns arrive and stealthy trouble looms.
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Freddie Firefly
Freddie
Kiddie
Leaper
Benjamin Bat
Benjamin
Pleasant Valley
Grosnet & Dunlap
When I Was Twenty One by Joseph Kaye
A 21 year old H Bedford Jones is described as an indeterminate position man who worked a fake boat wrote poetry learned to set type and held various odd jobs before becoming a world famous department store figure. He aspired to write good stories then as now.
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H. Bedford Jones
Hotel Stenographer Roe Fulkers Goads On Singers
A hotel stenographer questions a guest about tonsil surgery and jokes about singing talent. The piece reflects on the impact of singing at social events and critiques program choices at dances, noting the tension between performance and dancing.
First Artist It is the Tile Touches That Count
Becond Artlet comments on artistic detail and agrees with emphasis on craftsmanship. A query asks for a lender named Ger offering support. The exchange centers on collaboration and resources in art.
By Rule of Thumb A Seamsmith Proves Exact Measure
An old saying about rough measurement is challenged when a seamstress uses her third finger to measure material back to the knuckle, showing exactly one eighth of a yard. The example suggests rule of thumb can be precise in at least some cases.
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Farmer Green
Leaper
Cricket
Leaper the Locust
Gotzelly
Kelly
Sal
Mena Jooker
John
The
McNaught Syndicate, Inc
Bell Syndicate, Inc
Dick Morrison
Irvin S Cobb Tale Of Auctiioneer List Near Miss
The piece recalls an 1920s tale by Irvin S Cobb about a auctioneer listing a household. He notes items in order then overwrites a final entry to read One ghottle partially full, plus a Turkish rug, illustrating the humor of misread inventories.
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The
Central Press Association
Parked husbands and woodland dreams at Drury Lane
A New York wife engineers a temporary swap of her husband for a night at a London theater. They simulate a long day by using hired helpers while she and her husband meet a mysterious Englishwoman who calls their place a Thought-wood. The encounter ends as they resume their separate roles with a shared secret.
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Dick Morrison
New York
London
New
Drury Lane
Sadie Sanderson
New York Patriot
Sadie
Lyceum Club
Drury Lane Theater
Bond Street
Mr. Morrison
Allan
Dryad
Childe Roland
Woods
Sandie
Field Notes on Hospitals and Doctors by Nellie Revell
Nellie Revell recounts hospital life with doctors in plaster casts and braces. She reflects on Sayre’s dual role as surgeon and Olympic pistol coach while contrasting veteran and intern language. The piece contrasts patient care priorities with medical student authority gained during a summer as a sub junior interne.
Reflections on Rebuilding Friendships and Faith
A speaker contemplates human frailty amid hardship, stressing reconstruction after discontent. He recalls hospital memories of estranged friends reconciling at his bedside and muses on faith, resilience, and the primacy of life over attachment to things or people. He notes a theatrical producer's quip about crowds and jokes about publishing poems for doctors.
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God
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Joseph Kaye
Mr. Joness
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Gidligag
Roe, Fulkers
For
Barbara Luddy
By Jean Newton
Irvin S. Cobb
Western Newspaper Union
Nellie
Revell
Houdini
Reginald M. Sayre
Ameriea
Cloak and
Auit
Eddie Cantor
Medical Pickwick
Goonsight
MaNaught Syndicate
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