My French Heiress at Brent Castle Seeks a Husband
A twenty year old narrator in exile from Paris narrates life at Brent Castle in England. She mocks her Aunt Elizabeth and the Portman sisters while detailing family debts and a lack of dowries. She longs for marriage and questions English matrimonial customs.
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Brent Castle
Elizabeth
Portia
Muriel
Ermentrude
Aunt Elizabeth
Papa
Helen of Troy
Harriet
Madame de Stael
Paris
France
Madeleine
Crac
England
Lili
Colonies
Brent
Florence
Violet
St. Cyr
St. Catharine
All the Poisons Cure Claim via Home Remedy
A historical ad-like text promotes a home remedy titled All the Poisons. It prescribes fluids of Juniper berries Balmwort and Hypophosphites with dosage before meals and at night. The claim alleges relief for stomach bladder rheumatism indigestion and kidney issues and claims blood cleansing benefits.
Nine Little Lodge Men Dine After Cocktail Fatality
A playful but grim verse fragment shows ten lodge men dining when a cocktail kills a Mac cabee, reducing them to nine. the jagged line hints at a continuing troupe of brothers.
Loyal Moose Fraternal Initative At Lawrence Encampment
Regular meeting and initiation of candidates at Lawrence Encampment is Friday evening, Jan. 26. File application and take medical examination at once. Loyal Order Moose offers $7 a week sickness or accident, $100 funeral, free medical care for members and families, dues 75 cents monthly, no assessments, non sectarian. Initiation $5 then $25, examination $1. Organizer N Waldo Kennedy invites reliable men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Boston Todge
Moose
Publication plan for weekly Sunday Post Magazine
Chapters II and III will be published during the week to allow Post readers to continue with the second instalment next Sunday in the Sunday Post Magazine.
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Post
Chicago Doctor Given Life Term for Fatal October Murder
Dr. Harry Webster of Chicago was sentenced to life imprisonment by Judge Richard Farrand in Oregon Illinois for the murder of Bessie Kent Webster last October. The judge called life confinement the greatest continuing punishment for a young, intelligent man.
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Oregon, Ill
Harry Webster
Chicago
Richard §. Farrand
Bessie Kent Webster
Publisher seeks Senate seat in Manchester bid
Rose Crans W. Pillsbury publisher of the Manchester Union announced his candidacy for the United States Senate to succeed Senator Henry E. Burnham. Burnham has said he will not seek renomination.
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Manchester
N. H
Piles Cured at Home With Pyramid Pile Remedy
A home treatment claim promises painless, private cure for piles without surgery. It offers a free trial package by mail from Pyramid Drug Co at 434 Pyramid Building, Marshall Michigan, then a full box for 50 cents.
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Pyramid Drug Co
Pyramid Building
Marshall, Mich
Massachusetts launches Highway Safety League for safer streets
A group of Massachusetts citizens met at the Twentieth Century Club and formed the Highway Safety League to enforce laws, seek new legislation, and build public opinion to reduce automobile accidents and promote safe travel for pedestrians riders and drivers.
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Massachusetts
Twentieth Century Club
Highway Safety League
The
Commonwealth
Call to organize to curb dangerous highway conduct and power interests
A call urges collective action to curb reckless driving and powerful interests in law making and enforcement. It proposes public opinion pressure, replacing unresponsive officials, and forming local associations to make highways safer and protect fellow citizens.
Formation of the Highway Safety League in Massachusetts
Moorfield Storey was elected president with Albert E Richardson and W H Emerson as vice presidents and Lawrence G Brooks as secretary. A board of directors includes J Murray Forbes and others. The League calls for stricter automobile regulations, urging citizens to support by voice, example, and money to curb dangers, pollution, and noise from autos.
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Moorfield Storey
Albert E. Richardson
W. H. Emerson
Lawrence G. Brooks
J. Murray Forbes
Franklin T. Hammond
Royal Roobing
Arthur I. Ware
Corwin McDowell
Francis H. Rowley
H H. Chamberlain
Richards Bradbury
Richard Saltonstall
Charles H. McBurney
A. Shuman
Edward S. Dodge
The
Highway Safety League
J. H. Murray Forbes
Charles F. Dole
Edwin A. Rogers
Edward §. Dodge
Massachusetts
Carriage Accident Kills Frank Stone in South Brookfield
Frank Stone aged 21 died when a horse started abruptly throwing him from an improvised rear seat in a carriage. He was with two companions on a fishing trip. Stone worked at a local hotel and his family details are unknown.
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Papa
Elizabeth
South Brookfield
Frank Stone
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Sunday Post
My. Vauquieres
Ess
Porthaven
London
Mademoiselle de Vauquileres
Saint. Veronica
Ile Des Sauvages
Maurice Ketten
Trom
Sonny
John
Suet Arner
Tae
Iolo
Pater
Sha
May Sa
Ian Oe
Happy Lodge
Little Lodge
N. Waldo Kennedy
A Rand
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the Sunday Post Magazine
Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Battle Creeks, Mich
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