Attic Memories Shape Vere's Charleston Betrothal
Vere Parker, a Charleston debutante, grapples with love and societal pressure as she faces a torn choice between fiancé Gaylord Leighton and childhood sweetheart Hampton Collins. A chance reunion in an attic and a car ride with Hampton lead to a decisive, bittersweet resolution.
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Gaylord Leighton
Goodby
Vere
Hampton Collins
Vera
Chum
Hampton
Leighton
Gaylord
Parker Residence
Famous Belle Meade Estate in Tennessee Highlighted
A Nashville visitor calls the Belle Meade stock farm the finest country estate in Tennessee. The hundreds of acres boast blue grass and a storied history from General Harding and Old Hickory to Gen. Jackson. The mansion remains, and Secretary Dickinson visits when in Nashville.
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Dickinson
Tennessee
Nashville
Belle Meade Stock Farm
Belle Meade
South
Harding
North Carolina
New Orleans
Andrew Jackson
Old Hickory
Gen. Harding
W. H. Jackson
Questioning a Husband on Deceit in Conversation
A man asks an interviewer if he has deceived his wife. He replies that he sometimes thinks he has and sometimes not, suggesting the matter should be discussed with his wife for clarity. The exchange centers on trust and self-reflection within marriage.
Canada land boom urged as wheat crop prospers
The article urges readers to travel to Canada to acquire 160 acres for homesteads, noting record wheat yields in Central Canada, rising land prices, and abundant immigration from the United States and overseas. It highlights railway expansion by Grand Trunk Pacific, Canadian Pacific, and Canadian Northern, and promotes government land agents and maps for guidance. It also notes limited use of gasoline engines and general skepticism toward new improvements.
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Canada
United States
Grand Trunk Pacific
Canadian Pacific
Canadian Northern
Neutral men in danger times. Addison quote feature.
The item blends quotations about neutrality and public danger with an old advertisement mix. It mentions Red Cross Ball Blue for cleaning clothes and a Perry Davis Painkiller product reference. The entry also notes Royston and a prune versus strawberry comparison.
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Addison
Not Sisters Now The Beauty Of Woman
A public health themed appeal promoting Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription for female weakness. It claims improved vigor of the female organs, clearer complexion and brighter eyes, insisting the remedy contains no alcohol or habit forming drugs. The notice invites sick women to write to Dr. Pierce at the World's Dispensary Medical Association in Buffalo, New York, with confidential replies.
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Dr. Pierce
World's Dispensary Medical Association
R.¥. Pierce
Pres
Buffalo, N.Y
Work While You Sleep Health Claim Ad
Announcement touts CAS CARETS as a great health maker claiming millions use the product. It promotes a 10c box for a week’s treatment and insists CASCARETS are the world’s biggest selling remedy with a million boxes sold monthly.
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Vers Parker
Charleston
Parker
Hampton Collns
Washington
Gay Leighton
Birmingham Age-herald
Samuel Fitcher
Rachelle Salls
the Centaur Company
New York
Bears
Standard Oil Company Incorporated
Cehe
Royston
Perry
Davis
Bradford
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