Reverses and Romance Across Perlock
A sentimental tale plays with reversals in love and fate as Alec Granger, bound for five years in China, returns incognito to woo Maggie Dunlop at Perlock. Amid misunderstandings and social tensions, their bond strengthens through clandestine meetings and gifts before the heiress and Miss Patterson collide. They marry within a month.
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Alec
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Alec Granger
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Tie
Perdock
Budha
Miss Patterson
Jee
Tom
the Colone
Hong Kong
Java
Mr. Buddha
Mary Patterson
The Pope and a Garden of Idle Talk in 19th Century Observations
A Chicago Tribune piece recounts conversations with Rev. Phillip Barry about Pope Leo XIII, detailing his age, health, routines, and tastes, including early mass, simple meals, and garden visits. Interwoven are satirical vignettes on opulence, poverty, and social change, plus noodling humor about editors, crazy quilts, and a romance spoof.
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Chicago
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Chicago Tribune
Hotel Cook Entitled to Wide Range of Duties
A hotel kitchen worker claims the role includes a broad set of duties beyond basic cooking. The dispute centers on scope of responsibility and whether the employer must provide compensation for extended tasks.
Silence as Reply to Columny and Defamation
A terse reflection on silence as a strategic response to slander and defamation, suggesting that restraint can outperform public counterattacks and dampen its impact.
Winter Flowers and Evergreens in Window Displays
The Germantown Telegraph urges using hanging baskets and window brackets to beautify windows in winter. It cites Kendworth ivy moneywort spiderwort and other plants as easy options, with ideas like inverted root decorations pine cones sprouted greens and sweet potato sprays for decorative lighted displays. Ivy is praised for thriving in sun or shade and affordable greenery for home ornamentation.
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Fare and money on the railroad Woodyard tale
An Arkansas Traveller scene with a railway conductor pressuring a poor passenger. The old man claims no money and insists he needs rain while describing his intended stop at Jones's Woodyard. The exchange highlights class and welcome aboard tensions in a regional voice.
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William
Tommy
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Marshfield
Paddy
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Wanted-A Husband in a Nebraska Widow With Twenty One Children
A Nebraska widow with twenty one children advertises for a husband. A Norristown Herald editor notes that persistent six month advertisements next to reading matter seem unlikely to find a suitor, questioning ink’s value and suggesting a line be drawn.
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Benedict
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