The Thirteenth Commandment in a Wall Street Drama
Daphne Kip seeks independence amid a financial crash as Bayard Kip sinks into debt. Bayard borrows on his securities, Daphne resumes work with theater impresario Reben, and Leila pledges jewels to save her father in law. Daphne's resolve to pay her way clashes with family hardship and moral strain.
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Synopais
Clay Wimburn
Cleveland
Daphne Kip
Clay
Wall Street
Daphne
New York
Trousseau
Bayard
Europe
Leila
Tom Duane
Duane
Reben
Miss Kemble
Kip
Hoe
Beaver
Uries
Grand Central Station
Fifty-ninth Street
Hull
Wesley
Wealey
Aord
Belgium
Tve
M-An
Bayard de
Letts
Wea Jey
Bess
Mia Chivvis
Working Girl Daphne Faces Trials in New York
In a New York setting Daphne becomes a working girl and endures some of the common challenges she encounters. The continuation promises more about the toil and resilience within her urban experience.
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Daphne
New York
Canadian Money Orders Mix Up Local Post Office Stock
AOntario woman sends a remittance to a Boston firm using a batch of 80 cent Canadian money orders printed with denominations. She explains the postmaster kept 60 cent orders in stock six years ago as the slower sellers and now has none other on hand.
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Leila
Clay
Daphne
Tve
Bayard
Rich
Dass
Newport
Lella
Belgium
East Prussia
Ft. A Lndy
Ontario
Boston
Eix
Household Cleaning Tips for Kitchen Maintenance
Practical advice on using newspapers to line floors during spills. Guidance covers dampness and rust prevention in unused summer kitchens and the efficient disposal of waste with a gas range.
Painful Appreciation and Hamlet Deadpan Audience Response
A Birmingham Age-Herald quip recalls a performer asking what to stage, with a teacher character preferring Hamlet. The joke notes four audience members enjoyed the staged deaths and laughed as if hoping the actors would remain dead.
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Rantington Rearer
Hamilet
Birmingham Age-Herald
Fragmented OCR Muse of Patience and Pride
A garbled OCR snippet touches on patriotism and social ascent. A man recalls past poverty as a shirt salesman before the baby arrived, while others discuss fame and folly in casual dialogue. The piece evokes a Boston Transcript tone with nostalgic reflections.
In Other Days and Dittos Amid Sailor Tales
A fragment from In Other Days questions the mermaid rack et and the ship’s racket as sirens blare on rocks. A social tease notes Mabel’s telephone connections and a quip about an uptown exchange. Other bits include a riff on smoking husbands and a cashier who failed to clear a muddle, ending with Uncle Eben’s joke about arguing.
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Mabel
Poor Investment Joke from London Answers
A humorous quip about a man named Gibson who hid money in his wife's name and faced divorce. The exchange includes a jab about his wife’s pearly teeth and a punchline about finding them in oysters, illustrating a sharp London humor tone.
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Gibson
Riggs
Rigge
Work Clothes and Night Watchman Tangled in Odd Talk
A garbled exchange centers on a night watchman and a work shift. The dialogue hints at terse responses about starting work soon after returning home. Names and clear context are incomplete, limiting precise meaning.
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Mr. Torporson
Commutation Tickets Sold Amid Aged Air Service Doubts
In a clipped exchange from Daya to Come a timid passenger questions the safety of the airplane service while the manager repeats a misheard word dafe. The line hints at a light critique of travel confidence and sales pitches in the era.
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Daya
Lite
Pollywagneran Frogs Echo Wagnerian Notes
A quirky line suggests deep-voiced frogs near by hint at Wagnerian music for the speaker. The remark playfully contrasts frogs with varied tones, calling some notes pol lywagneran to evoke a humorous image of amphibian sound.
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Rupert Hughes
Serbia
Austria
Sarajevo
Bavaria
Herod
Bayard Kip
America
Lelia
Bhe
Boston ‘Transcript
Mr. Napoppe
Colle
Uncle Eben
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