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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1902
Page
2
In a lively society vignette Bridant and her mistress tease the fantasy ornamenting scene while Gemman Goodman, described as rich yet ragged in his early days, moves by the door. Mabel and her mother debate money for a new dress with a tense weekly-back-and-forth about promises.
A fragment of dialogue from a society page style piece features couples discussing campouts, typhoid fears, overcoats, and messages. The excerpt includes lines about a brass band, gold band jokes, and a mix of flirtatious quips. Names mention Mildmay, Lean, Major Pickwick, Hawkins, Minx Dawhway, and others in a series of banter.
A humorous old-time vignette shows a knight kneeling for a toast and remembering knee spikes causing an undignified retreat. In the same domestic scene a mother negotiates a birthday cake guest list with Tommy and his two playmates Jimmy Jones and Willie Brown, noting Timmy’s cake menu.
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