A Broken Honeymoon and Elopement Tale in Tennessee
In this fragment from a Tennessee tale, Colonel Tom recounts a late 1800s elopement. He describes meeting Miss Lucy, an engagement, and abandoning a prior pledge to Miss Hampton. The couple marries in 1888, travels via Clarksville and Cincinnati to Chicago, where work begins. Letters from Emma trigger marital strife and reveal a web of romances.
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Tom
Tennessee
McMakin
Clarksville
Tenn
Cincinnati
Chicago
Hyde Park
Gehen Lacy
Eeys
Emma
Gil
Chi
Licy
Lucy
Dramatic Chicago confrontation unlocks a fated marriage
In a tense dialogue driven scene, Colonel Tom reveals Prent McMakin’s duplicity and Lucy’s hidden marriage to the doctor. The trio pieces together that Lucy’s flight, McMakin’s schemes, and a later letter imply a marriage long denied by her family. Meanwhile Colonel Tom recounts reaching Lucy years later and hints at continuing pursuit.
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Lucy
Prent McMakin
Palmer House
Tom
Armstrong
Colonel Tom
McMakin
Dave
Chicago
Colon
Galesburg
Tennnessee
Prentiss
Colonel Tomi
Prentiss McMakin
Athens
Indiana
Miss Lucy
Actress Adele Ritchie secretly weds Charles Bell in Greenwich
Greenwich June 14 Miss Adele Ritchie the actress formerly planned a June 13 wedding. Urged by family she wed Thursday at Stamford City Hall at 3 pm with Justice Croce. The couple, Mrs. Charles Boyd and Dot N., left for the Berkshires afterward. Bell, son of banker John Bell of Allenhurst, is a New York wine importer.
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Greenwich
Adele Ritchie
Charles Nelson Bell
New York
Applejack Farm
Miss Ritchie
Charles Boyd
Dot N
Stamford City Hall
Justice Croce
Allenhurst
N. J
Fifth Avenue
Finnegan
Ritchie Place
Mr. Bell
Miss Ritchie Seave
Pete
Duchess
Chicken
Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Praised
Two women from Warren Ind and Esmond Rhode Island share relief from female troubles. Mrs Artie Hamilton reports relief from head and back pains and blue feelings after using the remedy. Mrs Anna Hansen says the medicine helped her irregularity and fatigue while running a boarding house, restoring happiness.
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Artie Hamilton
R. F
Warren
Ind
Esmond
R. L
Lydia E. Pinkham
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Danny
Miss Hampton
Doubleday, Page & Co
Martha
Mo’ Tse
Miss Lacy
Taman Lis
Cag Peepers
Geery
Gore
Miss Buckner
Ackshellay
Croesus
THE
Bridgeport Trust Co
Grenoble
Carnegie Hall
56Th Street
7Th Avenue
New York City
Central Park
Grand Central
Pennsylvania R. A
Geo. W. O'Hare, Mer
the Poli Players Plaza Theatre
Lyric Theatre
Eleanor Cleveland
Robert Conness
Cleveland Players
Deserters
Wilson- Hammel
POLI
Newfield Park
Hartford
Bridgeport
New London
Ooster
Bridg
George P. Rand
G. P. Rand & Co
Tranistan Ave
Audel
Post Office
W. D. Cook & Son
Water Street Phone
Risbie
the Burns Co. la Pairvield
Moline Typewriter
Atlantic
Gladstone Narragansett Pier
R. 1
Culs
Ten
Mm. J. Maloney
W .A. Miles
Bartholomay
Jones Avenue
Kelley’s Cigar Store
Fairfield Ave
James H Kelly
En Hawley
Wilmot & Reynolds
Undertakers and Bebners
George B. Hew
Wm. Lieberum & Son Embalmers and Uniterfenkces
Matin Street
John F. Her
Margaret L. Gallagher
Andy Ite Oy
Farneteld
M. J. Gannon
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