Vivid Notebook Fragments Show Romance and Rural Life
An intensely personal diary style excerpt reveals flirtatious exchanges with Mary and Aunt Adeline, garden imagery, and letters from Alfred in Rome. The narrator dreams of elegant flowers, laments a headache filled household, and muses on love, poetry, and old idols as the Hillsboro scene frames a lively, intimate moment.
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Ade
Mae
Groman
Slowror
Hillsboro
Tenn
Adeline Ad
Judy
Alfred
Rome
Vatican
Father Tiber
Coliseum
Alice
Tibet
Mr. Carter
Mollie and Billy's apology scene and Dr John visit
Molly recalls a tense garden scene where Billy apologizes to her with a playful kiss spot moment. Dr John praises Molly for her sacrifice and suggests weight loss, while Molly argues faithfulness is earned through choice and bids farewell to the uneasy relationship with Judge Wade. The chapter closes with Aunt Bettie introducing Miss Chester from Washington.
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Billy
Olly
Molly
Dr. John
Bill
Aunt Adeline
Dorothy Perkins
Alfred Bennett
Hops
Judge Wade
Ca Poorman
Adeline
Mr. Carter
Molly Carter
Mrs. Johnson
Betty
Miss Chester
Washington
Remedies for Ginger Joint Enlargements and Hand Beauty
A physician advises on treating enlarged Ginger joints caused by lime deposits. Suggests soft water, light diet, nightly and morning finger massages, circular and pivot motions, olive oil, and consulting a physician for uric acid symptoms. Argues doctors rarely address beauty flaws.
The Plaza theatre touts two hit Poli Players shows
The Plaza theatre promotes two successful Poli Players performances with Belasco's The Women and The Country Boy as the week winds down. A Stamford reader notes souvenirs for ladies and laughs at an electric belt seller's opinions, while a derby-hatted friend promises support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Splivins
Fairfield Avenue
Belasco
Kelly
Poli
Stamford
Poli's Vaudeville Stuns Audiences With Irish Themed Acts
A Poli's Theatre program features Pat White Katherine Miley Budd Clare Black Humes Thomas Powder Chapman and the Menards in an Irish leaning bill. Critics praise the trio singing and acrobatic turns noting the photo plays are above the ordinary. Tonight showcases Country Store night at Poli's Theater.
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Poll
Polis Theatre
Pat White
Emerald Isle
Katherine Miley
Maggie Cline
Budd
Clare
Black
Humes
Thomas
Powder
Chapman
Menards
Poli's
The Final Fund ment on Klondike tale at the theatre
The feature is a two part sensational drama about Edna Wallace and Brandon. McCormack the rejected suitor seeks to save Brandon from ruin. Brandon dies after a confrontation in New York. The story ends with a hospital reunion and a young reporter’s rescue of his mother.
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Klondike
East
Edna Wallace
Brandon
McCormack
New York
Metropolis
RicCormack
Dorcas sale entertains at Sweet Brier in Easton
The Dorcas society of Easton Baptist Church hosted a veranda sale and entertainment at Sweet Brier, with tables decorated in blue, red, green and other colors. A rich program featured soloists, a male quartet, a vocal duet, an orchestra, and a concert by out of town friends. $102 was raised. Attendees came from Briar Stepney Tashua Monroe Redding Newtown Hopewell Hattertown and Derby. Mr and Mrs Arthur Wheeler returned from their wedding trip.
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Sylvanus Mallette
Dorcas Society of the Baptist Church
Clarence B. Andrews
May Tyler
Achsah Candee
Evelyn Gilbert
Benjamin Turney
Mary Silliman
Henry Osborne
Clifford Gillette
William G. Nichols
Bertha Nichols
Stepney
Mfiss
Clara Sanford
Sport Hill
Robert W. Marsh
Fred Marsh
Ambrose Marsh
William Loper
Elbert Nichols
Mitton Hawley
William J. Nichols
Adams Corners
Minnie Smith
Danbury
Jdliza Smith
Edson Hal
Stratford
Hal
Charles Blakeman
Lucy Sanford
Redding
Minnie O. Sherwood
Maple Row Dairy Farm
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Main Street
Foley
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F. B. Brill
Stratford Avenue
Sixth St
Easton
Southworth's
F. W. Behrens, JR
Fairfield Ave
Plaza Theatre
Lyric Theatre
Eleanor Cleveland
Robert Conness
Lyric
Bragg
Millionaires
Newfield Park
Holyoke
Bridgeport
New London
U. 5
Main ST
Bend
George P. Rand
Audeos
Post -Office
Ta Arcade
W. D. Cook & Son
Frisbie
M. J. Maloney Beer
W A. Miles
Kelley
E. Nadel
Women's Oxfords & Pumps
W. K. Mollan
Bidewales Gand and Gees
the Burns
Malling Fopewsties
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Tek
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Atlantic Et
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A. L. Smith
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Sever
Margaret I. Gallagher
Anil
Oman
She City
Rouree & Rourese
Wight
M. J. Gannon
Joba
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