Injun Bay Courtship Turmoil In Pratt's Tale
Mary Ann Dollinger argues with Jake over grammar and fate in Injun Bay as she pressures him to marry. He declares independence from others' talk and asserts his own words while she trembles yet answers yes. F. E. Pratt notes their long friendship and a stubborn crossfire of language in a rural village scene.
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Mary Ann Dollinger
Injun Bay
Jake
Mary Ann Kep
Mary Ann
Miss Someage
Fisher Boy's Hunt Ends in Bond of Brothers
Dan Fuller sails from Gloucester in the Jaunty to seek his lost brother Will, believed dead at sea. Amid a northeast gale Dan rescues rival Ben Lewis from ruin at the Banks, hearing Will’s voice as a guiding call. Dan returns home gravely ill, but in death he sees Will and his brother reunite.
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Dan
Dan Fuller
Will
Gloucester
Arthur
Ben Louis
Will Fuller
Rocky Point
Ben
Black Bob
Clipper
Tim Jeffrey
Ben Lewis
Skipper Jeffrey
Grand Banks
Newfoundland
Georges
Europe
America
Gloucester Harbor
Fuller
Chamber of Death
Hark
Christian Union
A Medley of Humorous Bits From the Street
A collage of vignettes and jokes about daily life includes a roses drop from a window, a Boston station quip, a mock engagement, and light sketches of photography, clammers, a nurse, a pension mix, and a playful exchange with a patent medicine ad.
Terrible Bedfellow Haunts Pennsylvania Baby Case
Mrs. T. J. Eby of Juniata County near Mahantango found a large black snake in her three month old's carriage after the child cried in the night. The snake coiled around the baby's throat leaving red marks and was burned. The infant fell ill but is nearly recovered after the frightening incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gettysburg Pa
T. J. Eby
Mahantango
Juniata County
Palatka Man Believes He Is a Teapot
A Palatka resident imagines himself a teapot amid otherwise normal behavior. He gestures with a spout and handle, hisses like steam, and worries others will strike his limbs and break him.
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Palatka
Fla
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F. E. Pratt
Edward A, Rand
Music IN the
Clara
Ethel
Charley
Himmel
Harold
Boston
Boston and Albany
Washington
M. Paperwate
Reddy
Hobson’s
Canada
Weill
Brown
Robinson
Old Man
V. Robinson
Man
Pany Smith
Cricks Cricks
Re. Cricks
Cricks
Afine Distinetr N
Johnson
Jimmy
Freddy
Stella
Emperor William II
Amy
Reuernal
Baltimore American
Maine
Augusta
Bless
Army
Blobson
Shere
Nial
Isa
Atent Medicine
John Smith
Zid-Bi
Ely
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