Notable laborer plans for future amid hardship
Roy to leave his distillery job to accept a promised position with a wholesale dry goods firm. He seeks a future after a planned separation from Hettie and betrayal by her father, vowing to return wealthy and honest. His mother offers counsel on perseverance and faith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ola
Mrs. Berry
Roy
Mr. Hines
Hettie
Berry
Thomas Hines
Kentucky
Mill Springs
Massa Hines
Mose
Bern
Massa
Roy Berry
Uncle Mose
Jim Jinkens
Dorcas
Gwine
Agin
Hines
Dareshter
George
Harry
Jessa
Jin C
Ads
Mother
Father
Irony of Fate and Morning Wit in a Dated Jab
A mosaic of quips and sketches lampoons fate irony and public life. A toper style tragedy humor and satirical vignettes weave through misprints and shards of dialogue from a bygone era. The piece mixes sly wordplay with social commentary and light poetry parodies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Rifles
Frederick
Bill Nye
Tus Weather Bureau
Andre Clearwater
Rumseller
Conemaugh
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Warren Mail
Geo. W. Woolsey
Tureree
Hart County
Bob Bobo
Tucson
Ark
Atlanta
Weathersfield
John Lewes
America
Elmira
Indiana
Preston County
W. Va
Peter Coover
United States
Tus
Denver & Rio Grande
Marshall Pass
Kinzua
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Poughkeepsie Bridge
Philadelphia & Reading
Jersey City
San Francisco
Detroit Free Press
Ors
Wm. Ayres & Sons
Baker
HL. A. Arcuer
M.D
Oxford St
Brooklyn
N. Y
Tar Cextaurn Company
Murray Street, N. Y
Henry
T.S. Messner & CO
Warren County
Voce
Brooke Hall
Shortlidge Media Academy
Swithin C. Shortlidge, A.M
Harvard Graduate
Media
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Scihioole
Warren, Pa
Charles A. Vogeler
Baltimore, Md
Christian Smith
First National Bank
Warren
Natary
Servia
Tas
Austria
Grunfeld
Rubenstein
Emirror Dom Pedro
Brazil
Victoria
London Times
Hanover
Europe
Gmunden
Duke of Cumberland
Sweden
Court Journal of
London
Queen Victoria
Netherlands
Denmark
Wurtemburg
Saxony
Norway
Portugal
Roumania
Turkey
Italy
Russia
Bavaria
Siam
China
Spain
Atlantic
Newfoundland and Labrador
A.C. Waghorne
Mediterranean Sea
Bahama Islands
Tux
Paris Academy of Science
Andes
Peru
Harvard College
Colorado
Pike’s Peak
Henry Baxter
Mandrake Bitter
Ladieg
Henry, Johnson & Lord, Props
Burlington, Vt
Jacob Keller
B. F. Morris
N.C. Allen
Glade
W. H. Pickett & CO
H. A. Jamieson & CO
Scott
Scott & Bowe
Police
Scotland
Convent Garden
Iowa
Covent Garden
Sherman S. Jewett
Syracuse
Gale
Pittsburgh
F. O. Pierce
P. Greenland
Episcopal Church
Mammoth Furniture
Pr. Greenlund
Overholts & Co
Finch
Ray Coy
California
P. O
JOS. Fleming & Son
Market St
Pittsburgh, Pa
Herv
E. C. West
Johnson & Siegfried
Ayer
George W. Whitman
Albany
Ind
L. H. Bush
Des Moines
C. Bickhaus
Roseland
Ill
W. T. McLean
Augusta
Ohio
K. L. Parker
Fox Lake
Wis
C. F. Calhoun
Monmouth, Kansas
Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co
Lowell
Mass
L. D. Wetmore
County
England
Ireland
National
Antwerp
Hamburg
Premivre
Paris
Gothenburg
Christinia
Copenhagen
New York
P.& Railroad
M. Brecker
MORCK
Warren, P
August Morck
Optician
Rand
MNO
Finzer & Bros
Louisville
Uiburg
Luburc Mfc. CO
North Eighth Street
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