Prize for brave brindle dog saves boy from river
In a city, a loyal brindle dog dives into the river to pull a drowning boy to safety. At a beach dog show, bystanders learn there is no formal prize for such rescues, until a judge awards five dollars and blue ribbon to the dog’s owner. The event turns into a celebration of the brave animal as street children lead the dog away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim
Bill
Buster
Theel
North Fourth St. Bel Green
Philadelphia
Germany
England
France
Austria
Orrich Houna
Quotations and Quips From Various Local Anecdotes
A collection of humorous clippings recalls a Quitman Ga case where a defendant blamed the wrong testimony, office etiquette antics about passing messages up a chain, a Bishop Ames anecdote on ignorance, book demand spoofed titles, a Fitchburg road joke about Hoosick, and a double surname wedding pun with a song titled Old Hundred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Smith
Mr. Brown
Johnson
To the Letter The Guv'nor Lights Lowered by Mistress
In a terse exchange they describe lights being lowered by the mistress. Michael confirms the action and replies with a respectful apology. The Guv'nor questions the lowering, and Michael repeats the reverse instruction with the same apology.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael
Judy
Romance of Prodigal Sons and Boston Man with a Cane
Major Steele recalls an in Virginia tale of two runaway Reynolds brothers who vanish after leaving home and later reunite with family then travel to Mississippi and California. A Boston man with a cane guides a tourist group through streets causing comical near misses before a grateful sentiment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Major Steele
Albany
Alleghany County
Virginia
Reynolds
Mississippi
California
Albany News and Courier
Boston
Milk Street
Fielh
Maine
Bar Harbor
The
Mercury
Providence
Chicago Herald
Parker
MeJses
Surgical Institute
North Spruce St
Nashville
Tonn
On Its Last Legs at Central Park Kangaroo
In a Central Park scene Gus Snobberly jokes the kangaroo is dying while Gilhooly counters with certainty it is near its end. The exchange captures a sketchy, humorous moment from Texas Sittings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Centralpark
New York
Gus
Gilhooly
Texas
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Quitman
Biz
Quitman (Ga
Ames
West
New Jersey Mirror
Faux
Smith’s
Ouida
Trim
Harry Stoffle
Demmos Theenes
Theokydieds
Fitchburg
Troy
Falls
Hoosick
Alfred Rufus
Papa
Primus—Briggs
Secundus
Yetriggs
Primus
Romance OF Prodigal Sons
New York Tribune
Greta Beverly
Good Housekeeping
Scott's
Scott
Yat Carter
Carter
Carter Medicine CO
Struthers
Warren, Pa
Warren
Warren Book Bindery
Sullivan
Old Numper
Francia Sullivan
North Second SL
Humphery Smith
Yorkshire
Cattaraugus
N. Y
Castoria
Asun de
Portland
Greenlund
Berckey & Gay Furniture
Grand Rapids
Nelson Greenland Undertaker and
Exchange Block
Siegel's
Diamond Block
Penn’a
the Diamond Furniture.co
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