Love and Ruin Threaten a Boston Lawyer's House
In a tense law office Henry Lincoln wrestles with love and money as his father’s fortune teeters. He contemplates marrying Ella Campbell for security or Edwarding devotion to Mary Howard, who rejects his marriage proposal with grace. Henry, shattered, contemplates work and social color while his fate hangs on his next move.
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Mr. Worthington
Henry Lincoln
William Bender
Henry
Ella Campbell
Mary Howard
Boston
Bender
William
Mother
Rose
Ella
Ida Selden
Mary
Mr. Selden
Elia Campbell
Mrs. Campbell
Cilla
Ola Campbell
Mary Stoward
Shearer
Mr. Lincoln
Chicopee
Grandma Lowland
Glenwood
Lincoln
Meyer
Jenny
George Moreland
George
Rose Lincoln's Family Struggles Deepen in Illness
In a rainy city scene, Henry Lincoln plans eloping with Ella Campbell while Rose fights illness and Jenny mourns a dying sister. Rose faces relocation to Glenwood as the Lincolns grapple with debt, class, and strained fatherly regard amid looming separation.
Flashy science notes and a grim capital punishment scene
A wide ranging miscellany covers sun angles and racial theory claims by M Arsene Alexandre, then experiments on Becquerel rays and radiations, bird egg sizes, a novel electric instrument by W Duddell, tropical temps notes by Father Grison, and ends with a court sentence and execution order for Jose Marie Martin with sheriff provisions.
Peculiar Death Sentence Report From Taos Court
The Taos Cresset recounts Judge Benedict’s remarks after Jose Maria Martin was convicted of murder in Taos County New Mexico. The judge expresses unusual pleasure in imposing the death penalty noting the brutality of the crime and dismissing mitigating factors. He remarks Martin is young and in robust health, implying life expectancy could have been longer.
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Jose Maria Martin
Ose Marie Martin
Ion
Jose Marie Martin
Chirk
Sherif
Benedict
District Court
Taos County
New Mexico
Taos Cresset
Slowest ship in the world the Anita S. voyage saga
The Italian brig Anita S. is hailed as the slowest sailing vessel with a storied career from South America to Baltimore. It endured months at sea with crewless decks, planks leaking, scarce provisions, and multiple captains while navigating cold, cramped conditions and repairs.
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Anita S
South America
Baltimore
Nantes
France
Martinique
West Indies
Baltimore American
Rosario
Santos
Buenos Ayres
Plymouth
Cardiff
Montevideo
Paysandu
Brunswick
Maranham
de Rosa
Brazil
Anita
Cassano
Italy
Miserly figure spoils himself with holiday recipes
The Philadelphia Press notes that he is stingy overall yet indulges on holidays and Sundays by reading the tastiest recipes from his cookbook, treating himself to culinary ideas during those times.
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Philadelphia Press
Men Question Wives and Dishwashing Machine Invention
The author jests that men pretend to value their wives yet should invent a dish-washing machine to ease domestic toil, highlighting playful gender humor and household labor.
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Ero
Poorhouse
Mary J. Holmes
Jenny Lincoln
Brookly
M. Arsene Alexandre
Gabriel and
Adrien de Mortillot
Europe
America
British Isles
Faroes
Teeland
Greenland
Naples
Hanus Winkler
Wits
Beriln
London
W. Duddell
Duddell
Father Grison
Stanley Falls
Africa
Equator
Pacific
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