Mortimer Strange and the Dance of Deception
Mortimer Strange, newly promoted at a powder factory, is torn between a life of status with Lydia Emmons and a neglected wife Doris. Lydia urges a swift escape to Europe for wealth, but Doris seeks a true reunion. Lydia exposes the ruse, reveals she never loved Mortimer, and returns his bribe-laden proof to him as a final rebuke.
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war office
Griever powder factory
Washington
Mortimer Strange
Doris
Strange
Mortimer
Lydia Emmons
Mr. Emmons
Lydia
Liddy
Morty
Europe
Reich company
Mrs. Strangely
Mra
Lydia Emmmons
Hasler
Silim
Mrs. Strange
Reunion with a Dog and Other Reminiscences Tale
In Sir Squire Bancroft's entertaining reminiscences a London theater manager recalls anecdotes about famous people. Archdeacon Wilberforce defends a dog afterlife for dogs, while George du Maurier dislikes being called de Maurier and longs for the devil in jest.
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Squire Bancroft
London
Archdeacon Wilberforce
Darwin
archdeacon
John Hare
Overstraid
Hare
hy lim
Wilberforce
Beggars Hide Double Lives in London Stores
Across the world some beggars lead double lives, by day begging and by night funding luxuries of Ife. In London premises are used to change clothes and equip beggars with crutches placards cups club shoes wigs and invalid items to gain sympathy. Musical instruments are rented to boost their appeal and some dismiss chauffeurs at the entrance then reappear in working garb on the streets.
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London
Another Woman's Sacrifice and a Child's Fate
Nurse Winifred, caring for Muriel Clauson in a hospital, confronts the father's stern stubbornness and the child's vulnerable future. As truth emerges about Muriel's mother and the father's loneliness, Winifred resolves to stay, aiding the girl while nursing a growing bond with Clauson. The nurse falls to pneumonia. Clauson watches over her, begging her to live for Muriel and him.
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WINIFRED
N Murich
Nurse Winifred
Muriel Clauson
Dark
Muriel
Tom
Winifred finshed
ameunote
Nurgo Winifred
Clauson
Quotation Links Beaconsfield Anecdote to Disraeli Remark
An anecdote recounts a moment after Disraeli became prime minister when the lord mayor quoted Macbeth. Bernal Osborne, recalling the incident in Uncensored Recollections, notes Disraeli and the crowd’s reaction, followed by a quip about corrupt motives and future lines.
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Lord Beaconsfield
duke of Sutherland
Stafford
Ryder street
Disraeli
king
Cawdor
Glamis
Bernal Osborne
Bernal
The Grand Hotel Echoes a Boyhood Dream
A speaker laments aging and lost illusions while standing in the Grand Hotel. He recalls youth’s awe and the lure of travel and fame, noting that wealth corrupts and the grand image fades to brass. He recognizes he has achieved his dreams yet feels temporarily stuck, understanding the passage of time.
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Ilasson
Grand Hotel
Village terrace musings in a philosophical mood
In a studio filled with books and marble statues, Rodin-like reflections arise as a village girl speaks Shakespeare while a housekeeper orders the terrace cleaned. A quirky dialogue about sacred treasures and dead blogs frames a literary fragment from Iambles With Anatole France.
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Rodin
Darius
France
Anatole France
Sandor Kemerl
Men of Genius Who Shied at Matrimony
A sketch of artists and composers who never married. Sir Joshua Reynolds wed and died a bachelor and was famed for companionship despite a difficult sister. Turner and Sir Thomas Lawrence remained bachelors with love stories that never led to marriage. Handel also stayed bachelor, choosing music over a wife after two love affairs.
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Sir Joshua Reynolds
Angelica Kauffmann
Turner
Sir Thomas Lawrence
Handel
London
Nature Good Physician Aftercare From A Boston Doctor
A Boston physician advised in the Pathfinder Magazine that wounds should be left to nature rather than heavily interfered with. He notes blood washing away foreign matter and bacteria, antibodies acting as antiseptics, and serum rich in cells aiding tissue repair.
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Nature
Boston
Pathfinder Magazine
Old-Time Guilds in the Labor Movement
Waldo R. Browne explains guilds as medieval craft associations that monopolized trades in single towns. They unified producers to protect both their own interests and consumers, often fixing prices and wages and influencing local social and political life.
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Waldo R. Browne
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EVERNGAM’S Clothing Sale
J. L. Everngam & Son
DENTON, MARYLAND
WINGAI NEAL
Denton
West Denton
F. J. WRIGHT
Ernest G. Cooper Denton, Md
NATURAL LIMEMARL CO
Roanoke
Charles Town
W. Va
Nisi
Clark
Ivins
John C. Ivine
Orphans’ Court
Caroline County
Clark C. Ivins
RICHARD T. WEST
WILLIAM J. SHAWN
J. Irwin HARWOOD
Register of Wills
Auditor's Order
Calvert C. Merriken
Wilbert L. Merriken
Nora §. Lare
Benjamin F. Lare
CLAYTON HORSEY
True ae T
H. M. EGBERT
W. G. Chapman
George du Maurier
Trilhy
de Maurier
du Maurier
galing
EXXON
Anton Vaverka
EXNKANNANNAN ONSEN
Vaverka
Franz Josef
THE GRAND HOTEL
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Gil
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