Cordelia Hackett and Tom Rogers Reunite After Years apart
Cordelia Hackett, who has tended her family and garden at a faded cottage, faces a chosen future when Sam Rogers returns from the West and reveals a long held truth about her engagement to a past suitor. A rekindled romance with Tom Hackett offers a second chance, challenging her plans for family duties and life with John and the children.
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Ordelia Wacket
Carden
Steckett
Gilley
Cordelia
Ter
John
Wins
Sam Rogers
Nou
Lizzie White
Sadie Adams
Sadie
Ed Parcell
Coralelia
Correlia
Jake
Hackett
Ed Puree
Ile
Ed Turcell
Tom
Quotations and snippets from literary quips and jokes
A collage of humorous exchanges and brief gibes from various papers and magazines. The bits include a winter remark about a wife flattering her husband, a windy street scene near factories, a waiter in Paris, and a wife noting a woman in the orchestra. plus a line about a doctor measuring the speaker’s tongue, all presented as short, dated clippings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Strongsmind
Paris
Stening
France
Mr. Strongmind
Detroit Tree Press
Not a Mere Clerk in Love and Law
A rash volley of social satire and scandalous exchanges appears in this gossipy column. It juggles romance between a rich parent and a youthful Tupester, dismissals, and hints of a staged engagement. The snippet also notes fashion, small talk, and a grim execution scene with a quip about debt collection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tupester
van Jonesberry
Mole on Dr Fourthlyaechin Quietly Hidden Dinner Table
A Chicago Tribune passage recalls a boy named Tommy who is warned by his mother not to discuss a conspicuous mole on Dr Fourthlyaechin during dinner. The remark hints at an unusual, perhaps legendary, character the history records mention.
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Tommy
Fourthly
His Mistake and Quick Wit in Town Topics
A collage of quips and humorous exchanges from Town Topics and various periodicals. Ned confesses rejection after confessing love, while others joke about marriage, enlightenment, and social conventions. The snippets include remarks on proper nouns, drunkenness, and light banter from Puck and other outlets.
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Ned
Ted
Publicity of scattered lines from era humor column
A collection of brief quips and dialogue snippets from period newspapers. Humorous exchanges reference lawyers, marriage, preachers, a turkey dinner, a girl and her father, and a uniform error in an employer’s order.
Dancer On Lodging House Fire Fears Narrated
A narrative voice voices nervousness about sleeping in lodging houses. The speaker jokes that a fire at night would trigger fast firefighter responses, imagining a hose being turned on within a minute.
They Fall Down They Fall Down When They Look Sardonic
A fragmented comic exchange from a Detroit Tribune warning about mockery in a bargain sale. The piece contrasts masculine bravado with inevitable failure while lampooning the wary mood of critics. It references Mrs Tay and Mrs Bay in a clipped dialogue about a disengaged cook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit Tribune
Writing Stories for Boys Emphasizes Facts Accuracy
A classic discussion on truthful writing for boys features James Otis warning against misstatements in fiction. He recalls a Tampa Bay water depth error corrected by readers, noting boys rebuke authors for inaccuracies. Also mentions magazine subscriptions and light humor about grandparents and schooling.
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James Otis
Tampa Bay
Florida
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Williston
Ton
Steve Cordelia
Jes Toler
Missouri
Bu Purcel
Ed Purcell
Ledger
Tom Rogers
Frederick Jimson
Benderly
Frederick
Texas
Monsieur
Wilkins
Chicago
Light Brigade
Tennysons
Bride—Horrors
Lite Ile
Johnny
Maud
Chicago ‘Tribune
Texas Siftings
Charley
Laura
Fliegende
Blaetter
Advanced
Vassar
Mrs. Muchblest
Mr. Muchblest
Henderson
Puck
N. Y
Ye-es
Penelope
Tan
George
Chicago Tribune
Grubb
Pal
Steve
Tina
Chicago Times-Herald
Tay
Bay
Century
Adam
Trenty
Bill
Pathfinder
Chicago, Milwaukee& St. Paul Railway
Geo. H. Hoafford
Old Colony Building
Heanp
California Fig Syrup Co
Delong
Hood
Minnesota
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Minneapolis, Minn
P.O
New York City
Mark Twain
George Kennan
Caucasus
W. D. Howells
Alfred T. Mahan
Nelson
Amelia E. Barr
Hebrides
Marion Crawford
Rome
Albert Shaw
America
Mary Hallock Foote
W. M. Sloane
Napoleon
Henry M. Stanley
Africa
E. J. Glave
F. Hopkinson Smith
Tom Grogan
Reinhart
Bret Harte
Frank R. Stockton
Tissot
Christ
Prof. Sloane
Union Square
New York
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