Guitar Lesson Sparks Village Romance in 1874 Troy
In a Troy village, Major Seth Ingoldby seeks a guitar teacher. Tom Tracy arranges Vic Stanton, a deft cousin, to tutor him at a Varick Street house. Vic wins him over with skill and charm, leading to budding romance and a comic clash with Tom over the lessons and social expectations.
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Aaid Ingo Daby
Varick Street
Tom
Leon
Cne
Dodaworth
Ingoldaby
Seth Ingoldby
Vic
Major Ingoldsby
Beth
Woeless
Ton
Niobe
Stanton
Ste
Miss Blanton
Tom Tracy
Seth Lugoldsby
Sam
Mias Stanton
Potomac
Luvid
Imo
Ingoldsby
Mies Vic
Seth
Nellie
Suth
Spelling reform advocate at Hartford conference
Professor Francia A. Maret urged phonetic spelling before the American Philological Association in Hartford. He argued that current English spelling wastes vast time and effort at school and in life, hindering reading and literacy across generations.
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American Philological Association
Hartford
Francia A. Maret
Germany
Absurd Snuff Box Dilemma Baffles Friend
A man famed for absent mindedness misplaced his snuff box on return from a visit. He drafted a note to a friend asking them to search and send the box, then found it in his own pocket and sent a postscript canceling the search. His wife objected, and he quipped that he would not let his friend chase a box he already possessed.
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Mr. Levings
Tuld
Kansas City Dimes
Ilia
Irioad
Nus
Selorie
Arkansaw Editor Dodds Recites Unusual Caller Tale
Colonel Orzo J Dodds, former Ohio first district congressman, recounted a comic call from a seedy Arkansaw editor claiming to seek support amid his financial woes. The caller praised Dodds then asked for a dollar, jokingly noting Dodds’ supposed role in salary grabs before Dodds admitted his own involvement and contributed two dollars.
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Arkanene
Orzo J. Dodds
Congress
Ohlo
Ile
Dowling
Oreo J. Dodds
Dodds
St. Paul
Arkansaw
Juno
Suskingum Valley
Civelmatt
Great Republic
Chinese exile Hong Chin Foo lectures on Americans and China
Hong Chin Foo educated in the United States lectures at Rochester noting that Americans mingle with Chinese best among all groups. He criticizes Chinese in China for misrepresentation of the nation and explains Confucian propriety versus American freedom. He cites missionaries facing disadvantages and recalls a Fourth of July picnic incident where a fight erupted after a misunderstanding between two men and a woman.
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Hong Chin Foo
Rochester
Desmid
England
France
China
Sulylery
Covington
Countryman helpfully vies for wine at hotel table
A countryman sits opposite a man drinking wine at a hotel. Assuming the wine to be common property, the countryman helps himself using the gentleman’s glass. The wine owner protests, calling it cool, while the countryman retorts with a muddled defense about ownership and propriety.
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Troy Herald
Guitar
Major Ingoldeby
Mark Fearn
Cow
Pix
Horse
Ingoldeby
Anid Tom
Yone
Ingoldsly
Geveral Idiera
Eldes
Tom Cams
Branton
Abe
Seth Ingoldaby
Froid
Mish Stanton
Seth Ingoldsby
Jake
Otten
Stanton’s
Her & R
Muely
Seth Snoldsbey
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