Damory Court. a Valiant heir finds love amidst family ghosts
John Valiant, heir to the Valiant fortune, discovers his corporation’s collapse leaves him with little but a motor car, a bulldog, and a Virginia estate. At Damory Court he rekindles a bond with Shirley Dandridge while learning of his family’s brutal past through portraits, a duel weapon, and ancestral legends.
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Johm Vallant
Valiant Corporation
Damery Court
Virginia
Shirley Dandridge
Shirley
Valiant
Bla le
Imrey
Damory Court
Bivant
Question on a Duel Haunts John Valiant at Doorstep
In Chapter XVII John Valiant asks if the duel involving his father could cast doubt on his honor. The major insists the duel reflected his father’s bearing as a gentleman, while the doctor and major show tense silence and discomfort. Valiant’s voice steadies as he fears a hidden past may stain his name.
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Valiant
Ball
Southall
Uncle Jefferson
Sald Theator
Devil- John
Devil-John
Bristow
Ula
John Valiant
Beyond the Box Hedge Chapter XVIII Ends in Tension
In a moonlit garden, a trespasser and a guarded woman share wary warmth. He recalls past danger and thanks her for saving him, while she hints at sorrow and fear. Their opening flirtation gives way to haunting memory as the scene promises continuation.
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Shirley
Catalpa
Shelley
Rose
Alfalfa Bill Murray recounts a fatal monument feline tale
A Washington Post item recalls Oklahoma Representative Alfalfa Bill Murray visiting the Washington Monument with a party of friends. After a long talk about the shaft, a guard mentions a cat that supposedly climbed 600 feet and died by its own action, a tale Murray presses for details.
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Bill Murray
Oklahoma
Washington
Washington Monument
Offeral
Murray
Mr. Murray
Washington Post
Mushrooms in Tyrol A Traveler’s Odd Finding
An American epicure recalls mushrooms in Tyrol Austria where real mushrooms grow. A traveler notes border trees and a large Italian chestnut trunk. He sees a dark gray creature that turns out to be a mushroom plant gathering by a peasant who warns not to disturb it.
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United States
Tyrol
Scourge of tuberculosis still deadly in mid era
The National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis states there is no proven cure for tuberculosis. The U S Public Health Service agrees that beyond rest, fresh air, and proper nutrition, no drug, serum, patent medicine, X ray, or electric treatment has curative value.
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National Association For the Study and Prevention
America
The
United Stated Public Health Service
Hygienic Salta for the Bath Advice
A physician urges regular bath use with Epsom or Carlsbad salts as a tonic. Use no more than twice weekly, one ounce per pint for sponge baths or a pint per tub for full baths. Buy salts wholesale at about four cents per pound. Salt water acts as a tonic and helps carry impurities through the skin pores.
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Carlsbad
Discovery of Tintoretto Adoration of the Magi in Paris Storerooms
A municipal councillor Adrien Milh ouard uncovered a Tintoretto Adoration of the Magi among discarded canvases in Auteuil Paris storerooms after ordering a scrub. The rediscovery sparks genuine happiness though initial neglect had left the work nearly unseen.
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Tintoretto
Adrien Milhouard
Auteuil
Paris
Women credit Lydia E Pinkham remedy over doctors
Two letters from Chicago and Dayton describe relief from female ailments after using Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound. Women report headaches, appetite loss, and pain abating, with claims of avoiding surgery. They offer to help others by personal letters and confidential guidance from the company office.
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Chicago
Lydia E. Pinkham
J. W. Sherer
Cass St
Dayton
Ohio
Lydia BE
Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn
Mass
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