Speaking of Samuel Hopkins Adams
Mary Stewart Cutting Jr praises the American writer Samuel Hopkins Adams noting his New York roots, ancestry to two Declaration signers, and journalistic career on the New York Sun. He is celebrated for behind the scenes journalism in The Clarion Success and his romantic tale The Indissoluble Bond for the Star Series.
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Samuel Hopkins Adams
New York State
Park Row
New York Sun
Clarion
Bond
Star Author
Mary Stewart Cutting, JR
Deserted Village Bride and Ghostly Lovers Reunite
In a church wedding chaos a bride named Eleanor Jermyn escapes a rushed match with Chester Lipscomb and encounters Calvin Sennett, her past lover from the Deserted Village. They reveal a vow to reunite beyond death and return to marry, defying family disapproval. The narrator records their eventual elopement and lawful marriage, believing their bond transcends time.
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Chester Lipscomb
Eleanor Jermyn
Chester
Twain
Sexton
Vix
Japan
Jugo-Slavia
Jermyns
Norrie
Pioneers
Calvin Sennett
Tigo
South America
Wilds
Scatcherdsville
Vickert
New York
Eleanor
Iife
Mark Jermyn
Uncle Mark
Robert Sennett
Lis
Jermyn
Samuel Jermyn
Sennetts
Eleacher Jermyn
Propinquity Sparks a Romance Between Neighbors
Miss Martha Evanston warns Margaret Cole that living next door may breed danger from propinquity. Margaret and Johnstone of Jenkins Johnston law firm grow closer after playful hints and a mysterious M E. candy notes.
Remarkable Indian Romance From Montreal to Passamaquoddy
A Portland Press Herald tale recounts John La Coote a French nobleman who married a Passamaquoddy bride after abandoning an aristocratic betrothal. He joined the tribe became chief and lived to 102. The bride’s costume and wampum necklace are preserved by W Wallace Brown Calais.
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W. Wallace Brown
Calais
Portland
Mali
Press-Herald
John la Coote
Montreal
St. Drews
la Coote
Enthusiastic father explains ball game to daughters
A fond father takes his two little girls to a ball game and, as a fan, describes the action in detail. On the ride home the elder daughter recalls, I don’t remember much except that was all settled by a man they call the vampire.
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Brazil
Calvin Sennett
Eleanor
Heaven
Eleanor Jermyn
No Fishing Sign Echoes Old Angling Tale
In a Richmond Times Dispatch reminiscence, the narrator recalls a sign that read Fishing at Don Pickenberry’s place and a day spent angling between barbed wires, ending with the blunt reminder No Fishing. The memory confirms the sign’s accuracy: there was none.
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Don Pickenberry
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Not the Way. The bride reads about goulash
The passage shows a bride reading about cooking goulash in a volume while a related exchange hints at a caution about percentages. The quirky dialogue suggests domestic life and newspaper style misreadings.
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Matrimonial Adventures
United Feature Syndicate
Pioneers’ Club
Norrie Jermyn
Calvin
Patagonia
M. E
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Martha Evanston
Margaret Cole
Miss Evanston
Evanston
Baching
Albert Kyle Johnston
Margaret
Johnston
Jenkins & Johnston
Cole
Mr. Johnston
Afernoon
Bluebelle
Fred
el Belle
Houston Post
Courier-Journal
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