Mrs Saville plots for Hugh amid a London scene
Mrs Saville, a sharp, high society widow, plots a move to secure her son Hugh’s future amid marital and financial tensions. A trusted solicitor, Mr Rawson, arranges an admittance for a refined amanuensis while Hugh’s admiralty appointment looms after a letter from Whitehall.
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Hugh
Russia
Mrs. Saville
Nice
Hilton
Rawson
Captain Hilton
France
Lord Everton
Hugh Saville
Mr. Rawson
Gold Cannot Buy Love in A Compelling Home Circle Romance
Mrs. Saville, a wealthy domineering matron, believes money buys power and happiness. Her son Hugh marries against her wishes, and a young woman daughter-in-law enters as her companion to win her heart. Through patience and sacrifice, she reveals true womanhood, ending in reconciliation and lasting happiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hercules
Mr. Rawson
Mr. Saville
Hugh
Nice
Monte Carlo
Hugh Saville
Mrs. Saville
Lord Everton
Australia profited from thoroughbreds in war and sport
General Hoad discusses Australia supplying American troops with horses for the Philippines and Boer War deployments. He argues thoroughbred blood improves cavalry mounts, notes Civil War lessons, and cites Melbourne and Sydney racecourse crowds as evidence of public interest in speed and stamina.
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Australia
Philippines
General Hoad
Washington Post
South Africa
America
Melbourne
Sydney
Barbershop Banter and Uganda Sickness Statistic
A street cartoon style exchange shows a barber and customer reacting to a hot towel. The caption notes two thirds of Uganda’s native population wiped out by sleeping sickness over seven years.
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Puck
Uganda
Ship of Dreams Ends On The Sea
In a climactic chase on a cliff and ship, Duponceau sacrifices a treasured box while enemies close in. Barbara saves him as he collapses, and the chest sinks into the sea. The narrator and Barbara resolve to sail the Ship together toward new horizons and shared adventures.
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Rodney
New York
Charles
Duponceau
Duppenceau
Barbara
Duponcea
Fle
Fortunate Isles
Duel on the Beach as Duponceau Fires and Fights
From a balcony the narrator witnesses Duponceau entangled in a running firefight with enemies near a cottage. Bullets strike sand walls as Duponceau reloads, dodges, and fires back, edging toward a distant schooner long-boat amid rising danger.
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Duponnceau
Duyoneeau
Duponceau
Rodney
Paponceau
The Ship and Barbara After the Pirate's Return
On the beach the narrator and Barbara reflect after Duponceau and the pirate arc ends. Rodney departs for New York while Barbara contemplates the Ship and the vanished events. The narrator recalls Duponceau as an uncommon man whose grand plans faltered at sea.
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Rodney
Barbara
Duponceau
New York
Felix
Alastair
Duponceanu
Sxidd
Monsieur Pierre Duponeran
France
Jowan Yields to Seattle Charm as Ames Letters Describe Night
An Ames Iowa Times writer recalls Seattle's splendor from an elevated view, praising the city lights and Puget Sound. The correspondent notes boats, new homes, and the busy building boom, while sharing personal health and job offers in real estate and plaster—yet he stays to see the sights.
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Jowan
Ames
Iowa
Times
Seattle
Earth
Heaven
Puget Sound
Jerusalem
New York
Cascade Range
Yonder Grove
George Ashford
Ashford
Story County
Laughing Lovers and Witty Exchanges Across Rooms
A collage of light banter and flirting snippets from urban life. Quick quips about love, money, and social quirks feature as characters trade jokes about pipes, baths, marriage, and manners amid bustling city humor.
Electric Tea Invitation Sparks Bachelor Girl Curiosity
A woman doctor invites the bachelor girl to an electric tea raising questions about what will happen. The speaker jokes about receiving a battery or entertaining themselves with an electric stove and even the risk of electrocution. A line about a dollar quickly vanishing and a tombstone epitaph appears.
Drummers of the Past and Road Life of Merchants
The piece traces commercial travelers who balanced road life with other careers from Marshall Field to Dwight Moody and Charles Crewdson. It notes Crewdson’s Egypt travels and later success in launching a side business with a road partner, yielding substantial salaries and profits.
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Marshall Field
John Wanamaker
Tom Murray
Dwight L. Moody
Richard Cobden
Frank Black
New York
Walter D. Moody
Chicago Association of Commerce
Forrest Crissey
Milton J. Foreman
Chicago Bar
Chicago Charter Association
Charles N. Crewdson
University of Chicago
Egypt
Short Sermons On Worth And Faith From Various Faiths
A collage of sermon snippets from ministers in Fresno Portland Tacoma Seattle Akron Boston Huntingdon New Haven San Jose and Cour d'Alene. Each brief meditation urges core values saving the center of worth, unity across classes, belief in future life, healthy-mindedness, patience with faults, and resolve to act.
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Rev
C. C
Woods
Episcopalitan
Fresno
Cal
W. H. Foulkes
Presbyterian
Portland
Ore
Mamdoch McLeod
Tacoma
Wash
Rev. W. W. Bustard
Baptist
Boston
W. H. Stevens
Huntingdon
Canada
Gout and Inheritance Quip From Doctor Tale
A physician dismisses hereditary gout after a young patient asserts family history. The doctor jokes that inheritance cannot pass through veins as a broken leg does. A brief vignette contrasts medical skepticism with family lore about blood.
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Dore
Willie
Learning from Others: A Cautionary Rhyme on Leadership
A peculiar aphorism compares learning from others to a baby sharing candy. It also notes that when a boss is absent, clerks seem to act with unusual cheer.
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Everton
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Rupert Sargent
Harvard
J. B. Lippincott Company
Monsieur Duponceau
Ash Mademoiselle
Hojax
Tomdix
Horax
New York Times
Eben
Mamma
Minerva
Gladys
Herbert
Maybelle
Boston Transcript
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Marie
Bertha
Cornell
Hubby
Washington Herald
Kansas City Journal
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Cynicus
Philadelphia Record
Richpurse
Church
Gotham
Yonkers Statesman
Aly
Bykins
Washington Star
Mercy
Cleveland Leader
Cleveland
Newlywed
Ida
Brooklyn
Bill
Jill
Boston Home Journal
Brickrow
Dr. Grim
New York Weekly
Detroit Free Press
Slimpurse
Gailie
Joe
Mike
Baltimore American
Mr. Newwed
Mrs. Newwed
London
Staton
Cour d’Alene
Idaho
J. P. D. Lloyd
A. M. Batley
Methodist
Akron, O
A. T. Hadley
New Haven
J. C. Hayes
True Life Church
San Jose
Darky
Marie Billy
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