Ties of Money and Mortgaged Fortunes in Challacombe
In Challacombe, Mr Leighan faces pressure over Mary Sidcote’s fortune and the will that may pass six thousand pounds to Mary or David. Will Leighan choose Sidcote lands or hand Mary the wealth, while David learns of Aunt’s will and plots amid family tensions and debt.
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Will
Mr. Leighan
Mary
Gramor
George Sidcote
David
Sidcote
London
George
Dan
Grator
George Bidcote
Gratnor
Challacombe
Will Nethercote
Tts
Woman Earns Living by Entertaining Children In Europe
A Washington Post clipping profiles a performer who imitates children and tells stories to entertain youngsters. Starting with tiny capital, she developed a single skill that charms mothers, sings and dances, and dresses as a child, now earning a living and planning to travel in Europe with a letter of credit of ample funds until November.
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Europe
Washington Post
From Clerk to Magnate James J Hill Rise in Rail Era
A historical profile traces James J Hill from a mud clerk on Mississippi steamboats to railroad magnate. Born in 1838 at Guelph Ontario to Irish and Scotch parents, he built a vast empire including the St Paul Minneapolis & Manitoba Railroad and the Great Northern system, expanding into steamship ventures and planned Asian trade with Nippon Yushon Kaisha.
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James J. Hill
Mississippi
Hill
Guelph
Ont
Rockwood Academy
St. Paul
West
Dubuque and St. Paul
St. Paul & Pacific Railroad
Hill, Griggs & Co
Young Hill
North Dakota
Red River Valley
Young Hillforthwith
Red River Transportation Company
Northwestern Wilds
Hudson Bay Company
St. Paul & Pacific
Lord Mount Stephen
Sir Donald Smith
St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railroad
Great Northern
Advertising Pays Dividends for City and Country Merchants
The Advertiser underscores advertising as a valuable, cumulative tool for retailers. It notes city dailies and country weeklies both drive returns, with ads informing readers, building local loyalty, and steering shoppers away from mail order houses to circulating money locally.
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India
Orthfield
Over the hill to the poorhouse a aging woman laments
A seventy year old woman recalls youth past joys and the shame of poverty. She describes hardship after her husband John dies and her son Charley and daughter in law mistreat her. With few places to stay she faces eviction to the poorhouse while relatives prove distant.
Lobster Trust Reality Revealed by Poor Percy
The piece notes Catharine and Myrtilla in distress as Percy, reading the paper, discovers that the lobster trust is real and concerning.
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Catharine
Percy
Myrtilla
Profitable Fellowship in Travel and Friendship
The article extols intelligent travel as a path to profitable friendships formed with people from different environments. It notes travelers gain insight by meeting diverse individuals and sharing varied experiences beyond their own neighborhoods. It mentions the value of exchanging perspectives of the East and West and ends with a quip about a woman known for starching shirts who is long dead.
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Lttle
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the Advertiser
John
Charley
Susan
Thomas
Rebecca
Isaac
Will M. Carleton
Mr. Laybor
Miss Niederman
Mr. Laybon
Philadelphia Ledger
NEW York Stock Exchange
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