The Warner Palace Romance and a Fatal Secret
Mary Warner, California’s wealthiest widow, plans to buy the San Francisco Journal and marry its editor Richard Headley after backing away from loneliness. He asks for a true partnership, but she dies from chloral overdose on the eve of their union. A year later Headley marries Nellie Keane as the Journal prospers, and Headley visits a Lone Hill tomb each Sunday.
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Mary Warner
California
Warner
Menlo Park
San Francisco
Warner Palace
Mme. Luque
Luque
Mrs. Warner
Menlo
Sporting Reporter
Duncan
Cushman
Flynns
Herald
Old Parsons
Reece
Causene
England
Mme
Nice
Journal
Society of Girls
Richard Headley
Nellie
Sacre Coeur
Nellie Keane
Marie
Edmonds
Jane
Fragmented 19th Century Humors and Headlines
An assortment of items from a historic newspaper page includes reflections on English vs American views, a Pittsburgh suicide linked to an anti-fat remedy, Umbrella advice on accepting natural idiosyncrasies, Geronimo’s capture fate debated in Washington, a medical advertisement for Acker's Blood Elixir, a Cleveland Leader romance note, a Brooklyn bridge suicide quip, and Floyd County sisters running a Jersey herd.
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Pittsburgh
Fashionable Society Versus True Social Virtue
The piece argues that genuine society rests on culture, virtue, and refined conduct, while a glittering fashion culture relies on expense and empty courtesy. It condemns hollowness and ostentation, praising sane circles of taste and real friendship over boastful displays.
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Curtis
Monkeying with a turtle sparks talk at a supper club
A man recalls Billy Jones as a hard-working, first-class youth who supposedly secured a good outcome after “monkeying with a turtle” in front of a restaurant. A tramp found sleeping in a box car is discovered with $100 in gold and CD certificates totaling 2500. Humorous comments on temperate shifts, Bedgwick’s Revolutionary fame, and Indiana volcano rumors close the column.
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England
France
United States
Billy Jones
Billy
Illinois
St. Louis
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Brivepeitian
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Headley
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Ashmead Burdett-Coutts
Bartlett Burdett-Couts
Nell
Mountain
Sunday Morning Journal
Sunday Journal
Ingleside
Geronimo
Washington
Arizona
West
Acker
C. B. Henderson
Cleveland
Brooklyn Bridge
Tie Misses Beard
Floyd County
Ind
Drudder Okra
Jess
Bedgwick
Battle of
Brandywine
Russia
Indiana
Dan Voorhees
Hood
M. J. Davis
Brockport
J. . Toompson
Register of Deeds
Lowell
Mass
Pearl
Patocr
Aamacbe
Sittsburg
SA Ealers
the Bank OF Athens
Athens
Deposi
John Brown
J.D. Brown
Cashier
Sean
Knowles
Welch
Ohio
Supreme
U.S
John Welch
Tacks Welch
J.M. Welch
W. W. Watkins
Athens, Ohio
John Ring
W. Towsley
Atkinson
Warren House
Ohbio
N E. Dean
Amesville
Athens County
Basom
D. D
J. E. Edmundson
Phonix Block
D. G. A. Dille
Frick—Perkins
Geo. P. Rowell & Co
Spruce St
New York
A. Snow & CO
Ofice
Washington, D
Athens Gas Works
Letsere, Ane
Orme Atulens Gas Co
Bexe
ENGER
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