The Dim Lantern Ends Aboard A Wary Romance
Edith and Baldy share a stormy emotional scene in a city lodging after a thwarted elopement. He urges frank talk with Uncle Fred while she weighs whether to return home. Their honest exchange unlocks a tentative, hopeful bond and plans for future meetings.
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Edith
Mother
Martha Burns
Baldy
Del
Fred
Set
Sheffield
Martha
Delafield
Eloise Harper
Mr. Barnes
Eloise
The Story Thus Far Aseighbor and Evans tangled in love
A narrative fragment describes Evans helping a tall man in Baltimore and the entwined affections among Baldy Jane Edith Towne and others. Jane seeks guidance from mother and Jane allies while Delafield complicates loyalties. Towne hides Edith as jealousy flares.
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Aseighbor
Evans
Jane
Washington
Baltwin
Delafield
Mother
Edith Towne
Baldy
Frederick
Lacy
Locy
Simms
Towne
Bermuda Coinage Reveals Island History on Back
A Hamilton Bermuda correspondent notes Bermuda’s monetary shifts from silver, gold, copper, and tobacco to the current stand on par with Britain. Historic coinages include 1615 hog money, ship pennies of 1783, and tobacco as legal tender by a 1662 proclamation, shaping trade and taxes for decades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bermuda Islands
Bermuda
Hamilton
St. George’s
Indianapolis News
Athority
George II
Noted Architect Carver Samuel McIntire of Salem
Samuel McIntire of Salem Massachusetts famed architect and carver noted for delicate furniture. His sofa and matched chairs are in the Essex Institute collection at Salem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel McIntire
Salem
Mass
Adam Brothers
England
Essex Institute At
Ads that pay through targeted reach in a busy market
A florist dismisses advertising while a grocery owner explains that ads work like city traffic. Each notice serves someone, and a well placed promotion for oranges cheese and ginger ale can attract enough customers to pay.
Voice in Advertising Lessons From a Master
A veteran adman explains that ads should emit sound and capture attention. Luxury product ads require quiet, cultivated tones, while urgent messages must shout with bold visuals and headlines to stop busy readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bell Syndicate
WHU
Policeman of Paris Recalled From Retirement
Rene le Clerc, famed bearded and mustached Paris police officer known as the most photographed palier man, is brought back from retirement to resume duty at the hall of the fifteenth Arrondissement in Rue Blomet near Porte Versailles, after a brief retirement to paint.
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Paris
Rene le Clerc
Porte Saint Denis
Palierman
Fifteenth Arrondissement
Rue Blomet
Porte Versailles
Trafic
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Adelaide Laramore
Atele Frederick
Briggs
Elaine
George T. Eager
Clark & Reid CO
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Cambridge
Garden Street
Harvard Square
Kirkland
Donahue
J. J. Donahue
Drummond
Boston
Hartnett
T. J. Hartnett
Mass Ave
Kir
McClure
Fish Service
New Place
Brookline ST
Cor
Green Sea Food Center
Central SQ
NEW College
Harvard Sqt
Bay ST
Armenian Rug CO
Allston
Harvard Bazar
Daniel F. O’brien
Huneral Home
Massachusetts Avenue
Hancock
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