The Wife's Secret Ends in Tragic Turn of Events
Captain Pelling accepts a grim duty to rescue Pauline from a doomed path as Ethel urges him to visit his wife in Paris. Pauline dies after a riding accident, leaving Pelling to tell Sir Geoffrey of the tragedy and plan for Dornton and Jack as life moves toward an uncertain future.
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Ethel
Lord Summers
Sir Geoffrey
Pauline
Luttons
Geoffrey
Dornton
Pelling
Misa Collins
Jack
Central Africa
Paris
Alec
Babette
Italy
Alexander Pelling
Unwelcome Return in a Torment of Revelations
Pelling confronts Pauline in her apartment on a third day after their separation. He seeks truth about their child and his wife’s guarded past. Pauline reveals a frail baby born after hardship and her fear of being found. She resents Pelling for his influence and vows, if found, to kill herself rather than expose them.
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Pauline
Mallingford
Pelling
Proverb Comes Out in Mild Exchange
The dialogue recalls Lapleigh who went west and married an heiress. his wife reportedly divorce from him recently. Giles notes unbelief, saying a fool and his money are soon parted. The scene hints at trouble and claims of rivalry, with a jab about being crowded out in a waltz.
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Miles
Lapleigh
Giles
Tolbert von Watson
St. Louis
Austria
Washington
Private von Watson
Asking Mother in the Woods
Young boys Fred and Joe seek permission to hunt, each appealing to their mother. Freddie's mother allows him while Willie’s suggests caution. The speaker recalls his dead mother and wonders if she would ever forbid him to go hunting with Joe.
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Joe
Willie
Freddie
Washington Star
The Household Tale of Bobby and His Grandmothers
Bobby receives gifts from two grandmothers and plays with red jingling reins while a Maltese kitten named Pussy Gray chases the toy horse. A minister visits and Bobby shows photos of his family, including the away-off grandmother. Rain threateningly tests upstairs and a close call with a wet album ends with gratitude to Pussy Gray.
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Bobby
Pussy Gray
Grandma
Papa
Horsey Hero Saves Family From Flood
Bobby and grandma recount a flood rescue aided by a calm horse named Horsey. The horse stood still as the family escaped, and Grandma laughs as Bobby credits the animal for protecting everyone.
Tantalum: A Metal Harder Than Diamond Emerges
An article describes a new metal tantalum touted as harder than diamond and ductile enough to form wire and sheets. It explains production by reducing tantalum oxide, notes strong acids and air resistance, and claims tantalum could outshine diamond in drilling tools and carbon filaments for lamps.
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Bolton
Siemans & Halske
Vacuo
Night Foraging Badger Beats Prairie Ground Squirrels
In daytime a badger sleeps in a Western burrow then emerges at twilight to raid prairie dog and ground squirrel colonies. Using blunt claws he digs furiously, throwing dirt aside and banking it behind him as he widens the hole. The rapid, relentless work makes it hard for a man with a spade to outpace him.
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St. Nicholas
Woman Seeks Twenty Five Pounds of Beef for Laugh
A woman roles into a butcher shop smiling and asks for twenty five pounds of beef as a joke. The butcher doubts the request but completes the cut. She explains she has lost twenty five pounds of flesh by cycling and wanted to see how it looked in a lamp.
Crowded to the Rear in a Wry Exchange
Muchpop declares Tenyy crowded by lack of children. Noklds asks why, noting a husband matters little without offspring. The rueful reply admits a wife has two rubber plants in the home as a distracting detail.
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Muchpop
Noklds
Pitsburg Post
Woman resigns from sewing club over inactive meetings
A Milwaukee Sentinel excerpt notes a woman left the Women's Sewing Cluny complaining meetings were rarely held. The piece adds a wry comment on popularity lasting like a sixteen year old beauty, noting it is nice while it lasts but does not endure.
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Milwaukee Sentinel
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promises Blood Purity and Vitality
The advertisement claims Hood's Sarsaparilla purifies and enriches the blood, builds the whole system, and permanently cures all blood diseases from pimples to scrofula. It cites cures for catarrh rheumatoid pain and dyspepsia and touts over 40 000 testimonials in two years. It notes availability in tablets and liquid, with 100 doses for one dollar.
Millionaires and marriages under a modern business lens
The article critiques millionaire divorce patterns linking wealth, stage stars, and Pittsburgh ties. It notes the cool business attitude toward divorces, the role of younger show girls, and calls for insured or indemnified arrangements to protect first wives in high profile separations, with details on Corey and a system of compensation.
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Pittsburg
Wall Street
Coreyse
Corey
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Bertha
Miss Collins
Miss Malling
Bois de Boulogne
Cleveland Plain Dealer
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Horsey
Hood
Ayer
J. Stesxls
Kiten
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