Mistaken Identity and the New Year's Marriage Twist
Colonel Taylor plans his daughter Annie's arranged marriage to his cousin William Burnett based on a ten year betrothal. On New Year's Day a different William Burnett arrives, Annie marries him in error, a legal mix up ensues, and the truth, love, and a baseball career reshape the family.
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Eth
William Burnett
Annie
Taylor
Annie Goodby
Carter
Colonel Tayor
Annie Taylor
Apollo
Colonel Taylor
Hone
Sam William Burnett
William
Burnett
Bob
Ife
College Nine
Clasper
New Year’s Morning Mood Turns to Auntie’s Defiant Declaration
On New Year’s morning a young girl’s bright expectation falters as she notes nothing has changed. A quick, scornful glance at grandma follows her pouty answer that it is the same old year with nothing new about it. The moment captures a lighthearted family exchange.
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Grandma
Vero
A. C. Stoddard
Boston Globe
Comet fears grip urban tramp as reporter recalls crisis
A derelict man in City Hall park tells a Tribune reporter he faces a grim fate as a comet 1 000 000 miles away speeds toward earth. He claims no money or medicine yet insists he seeks only one question from an American citizen. The strange exchange unfolds with grim humor amid poverty.
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Tribune
City Hall Park
Brooklyn
United States
Heavens
New York Tribune
New Year Swap of Tradition Over Christmas Turkey
A husband suggests on New Year’s Day that he and his wife forgo the Christmas turkey. The exchange hints at a playful resolution and domestic dynamics as they discuss holiday leftovers and rituals. The dialogue captures a lighthearted moment of personal negotiation between spouses.
New Year's Advice From the Washington Critic
A verse admonishes restraint about worldly temptations as the new year approaches. The speaker urges storing away vanity and forbidden loves until a safer time, suggesting patience and prudence for a future month or six weeks.
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Washington
St Peter and 1992 Ghost Dialogue
A brief stage style exchange where the 1992 figure asks St Peter to let him in and the saint warns to shed earthly habits first. The vignette frames a humorous ghostly moment about entry to the afterlife.
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St .Peter
St. Peter
Earth
Contradictory Call About Ultimatum on a Suit
A fragment notes a friend calling last evening regarding an ultimatum in a matter of a suit. The terse wording suggests personal dispute and tense exchange between individuals. No clear names or locations are readable.
Minister Delivers Cautious Funeral Oration in Follet Case
An orthodox clergyman, new to the Follet family, officiates at the funeral of Mr. Follet, the third husband of Mrs. Follet. In a cautious moment he prayers the widow, referring to her as a “widowed handmaid” who has been bereaved again and again, then hesitates and repeats “perkps again.”
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Papa
William Burnett
Annie
Burnett
Jane
Paradise
New England
Follet
Argonant
Josh Billings At White Mountain Hostelry
The tale recalls Josh Billings spending summers at a famed White Mountain hostel near Mount Washington. At Emerald Pool a crystal spring was marked with Billings verses and a warning about a missing cup, later noting the loss and a quip about bears.
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Josh Billings
White Mountain
Mount Washington
Emerald Pool
Bear
Haerper
Oyster eater wins bet after marathon 196 oysters
A barroom loafer eats 196 oysters in forty minutes to win a fifty dollar wager backed by a sportsman who bet on 175 oysters in an hour. He explains hunger and lack of food prior to the feat as the reason. The exchange appears in the Chicago Tribune.
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Chicago Tribune
fragmentary scene at a social club last night
A terse exchange recalls a gathering at Clubberry's last night. One man says he looked around around midnight but saw nothing. another teases that the search should extend under the table.
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Ee Het Press Association
Tom Taylor
Charlestown
Charlestown Grays
Grays
Arvie
Scott
Paps
Germany
Deak i
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Burdett
Gulf
Niagara
William Arnett
Marrie
A. Vere
Louvre
Napoleon III
Europe
Paris
Ethel
Con Amore
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