Wed, 31 January 2007
Wed, Jan 31 2007
Mister Ron's Basement #625 Stories with a touch of slapstick take the spotlight in the Basement this week. From 1866, Robert Barry Coffin (writing under the pen name of Barry Gray) takes us on a pleasant train ride, with sparkling conversation, and a chicken on the loose. Time: approx eleven and a half minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html |
Tue, 30 January 2007
Tue, Jan 30 2007
Mister Ron's Basement #624 Stories with a touch of slapstick take the spotlight in the Basement this week. From 1874, Max Adeler tells a tale of his serving-maid, and a floor full of wet cement in 'A Captive Maiden.'  Time: approx five minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Max Adeler Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/maxadeler.html |
Mon, 29 January 2007
Mon, Jan 29 2007
Mister Ron's Basement #623 Stories with a touch of slapstick take the spotlight in the Basement this week. We start with Charles Battell Loomis's 1902 tale of a gathering in which everything that could go wrong does -- 'Mrs. Bidwell's Tea.' Time: approx nineteen minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Charles Battell Loomis Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/charlesbattellloomis.html |
Sun, 28 January 2007
Sun, Jan 28 2007
Mister Ron's Basement #622 Our Monday book serialization is Ellis Parker Butler's 'The Cheerful Smugglers' from 1908. Today we present Chapter Four, 'Billy.' Time: approx twelve and a half minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Ellis Parker Butler Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/EllisParkerButler.html Read lots more about Ellis Parker Butler at: http://www.ellisparkerbutler.info/ |
Sun, 28 January 2007
Sun, Jan 28 2007
Mister Ron's Basement #621 Mr. and Mrs. Spoopendyke go over their bills for the month in 'Straightening the Accounts' by Stanley Huntley from 1880. Time: approx six minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Stanley Huntley and Spoopendyke Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/Spoopendyke_Stories.html |
Sat, 27 January 2007
Sat, Jan 27 2007
Mister Ron's Basement #620 Join Mr. and Mrs. Bowser for a friendly family game of cards in 'The Bowsers Play Poker' by C. B. Lewis from 1902. Time: approx eight and a half minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The M. Quad (C. B. Lewis) Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/quad.html The M. Quad (C. B. Lewis) Mister Bowser Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/mrbowser.html |
Thu, 25 January 2007
Thu, Jan 25 2007
Mister Ron's Basement #619 This week we are reading stories about Winter and wintery weather. From 1891, Bill Nye relates a yarn about a sudden September snowstorm on a summit in 'A Mountain Snowstorm.' Time: approx seven minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Bill Nye Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/billnye.html |
Wed, 24 January 2007
Wed, Jan 24 2007
Mister Ron's Basement #618 This week we are reading stories about Winter and wintery weather. While it is nice to stay warm inside during the coldest days of the season, your gas bill can sometimes go haywire, as in Max Adeler's 1870 yarn, 'An Unruly Meter.' Time: approx five minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Max Adeler Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/maxadeler.html |
Tue, 23 January 2007
Tue, Jan 23 2007
Mister Ron's Basement #617 This week we are reading stories about Winter and wintery weather. A small patch of snow on the sidewalk triggers a fascinating tale in O Henry's 1906 story 'Lost On Dress Parade.' Time: approx fourteen and a half minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The O Henry Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/ohenry.html |
Mon, 22 January 2007
Mon, Jan 22 2007
Mister Ron's Basement #616 This week we are reading stories about Winter and wintery weather. Today, we feature Marcus Mills ('Brick') Pomeroy's tale of embarrassment and aggravation in 'Our First Excercise In Skating' from 1868. Time: approx seven minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Brick Pomeroy Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/brickpomeroy.html |
Sun, 21 January 2007
Sun, Jan 21 2007
Mister Ron's Basement #615 Our Monday book serialization is Ellis Parker Butler's 'The Cheerful Smugglers' from 1908. Today we present Chapter Three, 'Kitty's Trunks." Time: approx eighteen minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Ellis Parker Butler Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/EllisParkerButler.html Read lots more about Ellis Parker Butler at: http://www.ellisparkerbutler.info/ |
Sat, 20 January 2007
Sat, Jan 20 2007
Mister Ron's Basement #614 'Sunday Salad' offers a look at the 1880 Presidential contest from the oblique (and exasperating) point of view of Mrs. Spoopendyke in Stanley Huntley's story, 'Women In Politics.' Time: approx nine and a half minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Stanley Huntley and Spoopendyke Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/Spoopendyke_Stories.html |
Fri, 19 January 2007
Fri, Jan 19 2007
Mister Ron's Basement #613 'Mr. Bowser Tunes the Piano' -- Needless to say, this turns out about as expected -- but that's one of the things we all love about the cranky old gent. From 1902, by C. B. Lewis. Time: approx nine and a half minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The M. Quad (C. B. Lewis) Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/quad.html The M. Quad (C. B. Lewis) Mister Bowser Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/mrbowser.html |
Thu, 18 January 2007
Thu, Jan 18 2007
Mister Ron's Basement #612 Some good advice for attendees of the National Game in the entry from the 1905 book, 'The Silly Syclopedia' -- 'Baseball -- Being A Guide for the Grouchy Grandstandee.' Time: approx five and a half minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html |
Wed, 17 January 2007
Wed, Jan 17 2007
Mister Ron's Basement #611 Hungry? The High Price of Food was dealt with by the 1905 book 'The Silly Syclopedia' (by Noah Lott, of course), in the featured listing, 'The Poor Man's Cook Book.' Take notes and set the table! Time: approx eleven minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html |
Tue, 16 January 2007
Tue, Jan 16 2007
Mister Ron's Basement #610 Another entry from 'The Silly Syclopedia' by (ahem) Noah Lott, from 1905 -- 'Insomnia.' Time: approx five and a half minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html |
Mon, 15 January 2007
Mon, Jan 15 2007
Mister Ron's Basement #609 Back in 1905, the Dillingham Co. published a strange volume called 'The Silly Syclopedia' by 'Noah Lott' (whoever he was). From that book comes a list of rules for those newfangled things -- 'Automobiles.' Time: approx seven minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html |
Sun, 14 January 2007
Sun, Jan 14 2007
Mister Ron's Basement #608 Our Monday book serialization is Ellis Parker Butler's 'The Cheerful Smugglers' from 1908. Today we present Chapter Two, 'The Box of Bon-Bons." Time: approx sixteen minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Ellis Parker Butler Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/EllisParkerButler.html Read lots more about Ellis Parker Butler at: http://www.ellisparkerbutler.info/ |
Sat, 13 January 2007
Sat, Jan 13 2007
Mister Ron's Basement #607 'Sunday Salad' presents TWO Stanley Huntley stories today -- the first details the visit of a dignitary from Bismark, South Dakota to a Manhattan Beach Clam House, with a poker player's perspective in 'Society in Dakota' and the second, a fun Spoopendyke story, 'A Friendly Game of Checkers,' both from 1880. Time: approx sixteen minutes NOTE -- Curtis Eriksmoen of the Fargo-Moorhead Forum newspaper has written a fascinating three part article concerning Stanley and Florence Huntley -- the segments can be found by searching for "Spoopendyke" at http://www.in-forum.com.NOTE -- The Forum charges to read articles more than a week old! The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Stanley Huntley and Spoopendyke Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/Spoopendyke_Stories.html |
Fri, 12 January 2007
Fri, Jan 12 2007
Mister Ron's Basement #606 'Mr. Bowser Buys A Cow' by C. B. Lewis, from 1902. Need we say any more? Time: approx nine and a half minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The M. Quad (C. B. Lewis) Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/quad.html The M. Quad (C. B. Lewis) Mister Bowser Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/mrbowser.html |
Thu, 11 January 2007
Thu, Jan 11 2007
Mister Ron's Basement #605 An assortment of strangers on a railroad smoking car find they have a common interest in a mysterious murder, in Charles Battell Loomis's 1906 story 'Mystery Train.' Time: approx six minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Charles Battell Loomis Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/charlesbattellloomis.html |
Wed, 10 January 2007
Wed, Jan 10 2007
Mister Ron's Basement #604 Charles Battell Loomis registers his complaint over the bane of husbands everywhere in a piece from his 1906 book 'Cheer Up' -- 'Housecleaning.' Time: approx seven and a half minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Charles Battell Loomis Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/charlesbattellloomis.html |
Tue, 9 January 2007
Tue, Jan 09 2007
Mister Ron's Basement #603 A truly delightful suggestion by Charles Battell Loomis from his 1906 book 'Cheer Up!' -- 'Kindness Day.' Time: approx nine minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Charles Battell Loomis Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/charlesbattellloomis.html |
Mon, 8 January 2007
Mon, Jan 08 2007
Mister Ron's Basement #602 'Make Your Wife Happy' is the subject of Charles Battell Loomis's piece on telephones from his 1906 book 'Cheer Up!' Time: approx five minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Charles Battell Loomis Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/charlesbattellloomis.html |
Sun, 7 January 2007
Sun, Jan 07 2007
Mister Ron's Basement #601 Presenting a new book serialization on Mondays -- 'The Cheerful Smugglers' by Ellis Parker Butler, from 1908 -- today, the Fenelby family sets up their own nation, 'The Commonwealth of Bobberts,' and set to arranging tariffs and representation in Chapter One, 'The Fenelby Tariff.' Time: approx seventeen minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Ellis Parker Butler Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/EllisParkerButler.html Read lots more about Ellis Parker Butler at: http://www.ellisparkerbutler.info/ |
Sat, 6 January 2007
Sat, Jan 06 2007
Mister Ron's Basement #600 EPISODE #600!!!!! Break out the Iced Cream and Cake!Today's 'Sunday Salad' Spoopendyke story by Stanley Huntley studies the effects of a minor annoyance that turns into an explosive situation in 'A Trifling Inconvenience' from 1880. Time: approx six and a half minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Stanley Huntley and Spoopendyke Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/Spoopendyke_Stories.html |
Fri, 5 January 2007
Fri, Jan 05 2007
Mister Ron's Basement #599 Mr. Bowser recognizes the reincarnation of a dear departed friend in a stray cur dog in C. B. Lewis's 1902 tale, 'Transmigration of Souls.' Time: approx nine minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The M. Quad (C. B. Lewis) Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/quad.html The M. Quad (C. B. Lewis) Mister Bowser Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/mrbowser.html |
Thu, 4 January 2007
Thu, Jan 04 2007
Mister Ron's Basement #598 George Horatio Derby returns to the Basement this week, with a selection of classic humorous stories from his 1865 collection, 'The Squibob Papers.' Today, we take a fresh look at that newfangled invention, in 'Sewing Machines -- Feline Attachment.' Time: approx seven minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The George Horatio Derby Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/derby.html |
Wed, 3 January 2007
Wed, Jan 03 2007
Mister Ron's Basement #597 George Horatio Derby returns to the Basement this week, with a selection of classic humorous stories from his 1865 collection, 'The Squibob Papers.' Today, we intercept a missive from a miner to his betrothed in 'A California Model Love Letter.' Time: approx nine and a half minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The George Horatio Derby Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/derby.html |
Tue, 2 January 2007
Tue, Jan 02 2007
Mister Ron's Basement #596 George Horatio Derby returns to the Basement this week, with a selection of classic humorous stories from his 1865 collection, 'The Squibob Papers.' Join us today for a thrilling spectacle of "three hundred tewth carpenters' on the march in 'The Massachusetts Dental Association.' Time: approx nine and a half minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The George Horatio Derby Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/derby.html |
Mon, 1 January 2007
Mon, Jan 01 2007
Mister Ron's Basement #595 George Horatio Derby returns to the Basement this week, with a selection of classic humorous stories from his 1865 collection, 'The Squibob Papers.' Today's piece lays out plans for a significant civic endeavor -- 'The Great Railroad Project.' Time: approx six minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The George Horatio Derby Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/derby.html |
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