Mrs Bray Sparks Jealousy Then Reveals Truth About Love
A narrator in a staged early 20th century tale recounts rivalries around Mrs Bray a divorced beauty who flirts with several men. An engagement stands with Harry as Effie Fay and others witness schemes. A mysterious fire endangers Bray and a life is saved, exposing a note swap and a reconciled truth between Bray and the narrator.
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Madge Burt
Barbara Brown
Millitant Bray
Mrs. Horton's
Mrs. Bray
Mrs. Carman
Mr. Carman
Effie Fay
Harry
Abe
Effie
Charlie
Harry’s
Ethel
Madame
H. Heatacors
Tyes
The New Craze for Amateur Clay Modeling
A guide on clay modeling as a learning aid for drawing and related arts. It covers materials, basic tools, setup on a slate, building a bas-relief from a plaster cast, shaping eyes and features, drying and baking, and methods for producing molds and ivorylike finishes.
That Was Business in Omaha Sermon
A jokey exchange compares a new Omaha minister to a business man. The speaker notes he preaches on hypocrisy and invites hypocrites to stand, but none do, exposing the minister’s focus on business themes over preaching.
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Omaha
Dress and Undress Exchange at Theaters Sparks Banter
Grimby and Noodles debate theater goers as men attend to see actresses while women attend to the dresses actresses wear. The Chicago Ledger notes a quip on theater attire and a New Orleans Picayune item mentions defense efforts to avoid hung juries in murder trials.
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Grimby
Noodles
Chicago Ledger
A Mare's Nest Origin Recounted in Slaves Tale
The piece explains the expression a mare's nest as a slave misinterpretation of pumpkins in a field as eggs laid by a mare. It recounts a slave's astonished call to his master to see the "nest," noting the phrase's folklore status in early American rural lore.
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United States
America
Mare's Nest
Man Goes Tobogganing With Wife In East
A man described as temporarily insane says he has not seen a specific fan of tobogganing. The fact he went tobogganing with his wife was reported by the Journal of Education.
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Journel
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Tyros
Parish
Ourder
Vew
Orieany Picayring
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