A Puritan Fancy and a Larragona Love Triangle
In a late 19th century tale set in Larragons and Tarragona, a bachelor narrator recalls Medora Budderfi and a web of suitors vying for her favor. A widow named Leda and a staged Pageant with Captain John Smith lead to a comic mix of vanity, secrecy, and a surprising marriage born from a public spectacle.
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Mins-Medora Budderfii
Pan
Larragons
Gabo
Madame Crinklem
William Henry Jon Jones
Jon Jones
Crinkiem
Wilton
Nellie Pinman
Medora
Smithers
Brown
Gaho
Larragona
Mrs. Dunready
Mr. Budderfli
Miss Pinman
Miss Clintoe
Indies
Dunready
Leda
Mts Ciinamn
Mra. Dunready
John Smith
Mra Wastings
Mr. Budderiil
Dunready’s
Eough
Powhatan
Pungent Paragraphs From 19th Century Nonsense Lines
A collage of wry quips and short jokes from various papers. Silly puns about egotists, measuring people by fireside, an Irishman’s coat, a shepherd, a lawyer as carpenter, and a scientist debunking mustaches. A street father, a pitcher earning big pay, and a jailhouse lullaby close the snippet.
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Boston Commercial Bulletin
Boston
Tommie
Boston Beacon
Robinson
Utica
Plo Gare
Ang
Scott
Washington Post
Bobby and Featherly dinner chat sparks light rumor
A boarding house scene unfolds as Bobby questions Mr. Featherly about light on the top floor while his father and Clara discuss the matter after returning from the theater. The exchange reveals a quiet curiosity in a domestic setting.
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Bobby
Mr. Featherly
Clara
Robert
W. F. Gun
The Circus Pig Helpers and the Joy of Wonder
Oscar and Fanny, two bare footed children, rescue Hoop Co. s educated pig from the brook and drive it to Scottsboro where they gain admittance to a circus. They marvel at elephants ponies lions and jugglers and leave thrilled by the pig s tricks and their own good deed.
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Bill Nye
MR Watts
Mr. White
Missouri
Round Knob
Plymouth
Old North
White
Friend White
Nebraska
Florida
Congress
Boston Globe
Cincinnati
France
Boston
New York Produce Exchange
Chicago Tribune
le Genie Civile
Boston Transcript
Dufour
Geneva
N. Y. Examiner
Quaker Bridge
New York
Lake Champlain
Adirondack
N. O. Times-Democrat
Philadelphia Bulletin
Oscar
Fanny Hatton
Hoop & Co
Scottsboro
Fanny
Ozcar
Wade
Tony Grim
Tony
Will
Jet Sect
Mr. Hoop
Mr. Pig
Asia
Canton
Li She Chan
Bengladen
Siberia
Siberian Squirrel Furs Market Details and Costs
Siberian furs from northern provinces flood Moscow and St Petersburg markets as villagers ship 300000 skins from Globodsk and as many as 200000 fox skins. Irbit fair opens February 1 with prices around fifteen kopeks per squirrel and pelts turning into millions in trade. Strong fur trades accompany large bear and sable yields. garment prices range from 300 to 7000 rubles.
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Rasea Turo
Moscow
St Petersburg
Viatka
Globodsk
Irbit
Albany
N. YF
Argus
The Bump of Goodness and a Mourning Widow
A rich appreciative patron rewards a sculptor with high praise and requests a small alteration to a bust, as a widower insists the sculpture captures his late wife’s likeness and even asks for a larger nose. The piece notes mica mining shifts in North Carolina and Washington Territory.
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North Carolina
Washington Territory
Chicago
Inter-Ocean
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Sam
William
Sarragona
P. Darling
Bailey's Magazine
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Banbury
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Jones
Searct
Thompson
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Hope
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Mercy
Farwell
Fare- Well
Hopewell
Hope-Well
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Truhart
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Trent
Queen Elizabeth
Nehemiah
Zerubbabel
Christ
Damned Barebone
Thomas Carew
House of Commons
James
Charles
Temperance
Skyes
Poe
Bishopsgate
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Dancell- Dauphebe
Trevor
Heaton
Smart
Stringer
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Pimple
Spelman
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Circas
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Golden Daya
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Abiel Pease
Connecticut
Enfield
Fouth
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