The Beautiful House That Love Built Binds Town in Folly
A long comic tale follows the 1886 Clobberton Town Council as they fear a Jubilee baronetcy for their mayor. The plot centers on Stopple and Snooks, two scheming figures, and Griper the reformist lawyer who engineers political intrigue. After draws, resignations, and a web of private deals, Snooks loses his bid while Stopple's name is crowned baronet by error, prompting exposure, exile, and a tragic end for Stopple.
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Tiss Palace
Love
Josephina Pollard
Butunn
Clobberton
United Kingdom
Joseph
Maria
Mr.Middles
Mr. Griper
Middles
Stopple
Oliver Cromwell Stopple
Mr. Stopple
Scipple
Griper
Mr. Chawner
Chowles
Billsom
Gribbing
Stomply
Sopeleigh
Jerryton
Tam
M. Chowles
Sir Oliver
Jane
John Cade Stopple
Walter Tyler Stopple
Mrs. Stopple
Oliver
Cresus Snooks
Carlton Club
Creesus Snooks
Snooks
Mr. Snooks
London
Ceil
Croesus Snooks
Tappeal
Stop
Viet Binas
Council
Chawner
Chawles
Cannes
Times
Croesus
Corporation
Monte Carlo
Casino
O. C. Stopple
Monaco
Quips and Quests in a Patchwork of Wit
A collage of humorous snippets from readers and editors, including quips on England and the C’s and H’s, old sayings from the Philadelphia Call, a Boston optician remark, dialect exchanges, tales of rubber shoes worn for generations, barber shop first cuts, price jokes, flax as fuel pulp, and reactions to a Romeo and Juliet performance by the Mather company.
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Philadelphia
Mike
Omaha
Mather
Patterned morals in a talking animal tale
In a Golden Days piece Carria Vathcart Day presents talking animals debating virtue. A donkey, pig, butcher’s dog, peacock, and robin discuss manners, pride, and imitation as they observe a human child’s behavior and reflect on what constitutes a good example for young readers.
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Piggie
Brates
Carria
Noted trainer on horses calls them the most stupid animals
Chicago Newsboys’ Appeal recites M Loyal Paris circus ring-master remarks on horse training. He claims the horse has only memory, must be taught with cavesson and long whip, rewarded with carrot, and that age five to seven is ideal. He details methods to make horses obey, dance, and retrieve items using boxes, handkerchiefs, and staged rewards.
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M. Loyal
Paris
Cavesson
M. Royal
Chicago Newsboys
Every Thread Forms a Weak Point in the Warp
A mother narrates a story of two girls learning that every small action matters as the tale links a captain's death and a vanished moral. The piece urges readers to make their own thread firm and strong, drawing a parallel to a Massachusetts railroad accident blamed on a flawed truss and the resulting tragedy.
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Richard
Kitty
Marion
Massachusetts
Christian Union
Not Saved by Ancestors Treasure Trove Tale
A peasant drives geese to town as travelers complain about being treated like common fowl. The geese boast of Rome’s heroes, but when pressed about personal deeds they admit “Nothing” and face a harsh rebuke for relying on ancestors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reese
Rome
Rame
Advertising Inclosure Explains Longevity Of Ads
A discussion on the value of continual advertising argues that lasting, well-placed ads stay in public memory longer than short campaigns. It notes that some firms thrive without ads, but many successful merchants invest consistently, treating advertising as an art and aligning it with the paper’s guidance for advertisers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asoushers Berman
Was anyone ever burnt alive in history
A Notes and Queries correspondent questions the belief that anyone was burnt alive at stake. He cites Savanarola and notes most educated people think he was burned, though he was not. The item also mentions a Californian note on hummingbirds and bees sharing flowers and a Paris, Canada traffic fine for fast driving by three girls.
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Savanarola
Dumas
Paris
Canada
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Tomy
Gstention
Ak Fraud
Bui
Jericho
Ape
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Ispaban
Jack
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Hayden
Geological Survey
Thistle Station
Utah
Germany
Maine
Florida
Government of
India
Constellation of
Orion
J. E. Gore
W. ¥. Ledger
Henkels
Baptist Weekly
WM. Fremy
French Academy of Sciences
M. Verneuil
The
Age of Steel
American Iron and Steel Association
England
Boston
N.o
Portsmouth
Boston Globe
Salem
Father
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