A Faraway Serb war sparks Bayard Kip’s financial ruin
Bayard Kip, a banker’s son in New York, grows rich on stock speculation until a European collapse shuts markets. His wife Leila flaunts wealth while Bayard’s margin loans evaporate, leaving him penniless and forced to seek funds from his father as World War I upheaval begins.
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Serbia
Austria
Sarajevo
Bavaria
Herod
Bayard Kip
Europe
America
Clay
Bayard
Leila
Newport
Milionaire
Family Fallout Tests Bayard and Father in New York
Bayard reunites with his father Wesley in New York as financial ruin looms. Daphne and Leila overhear the distress, while Leila offers her jewelry to help. Wesley pawns the gems to stave off creditors, and Bayard tightens his resolve to face the loss of their home.
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Bayard
Akulked
Tooney
Lella
Wesley
The Last Coin Earned That Saved a Father
Daphne wrestles with jealousy as Leila funds a mortgage rescue. She contests the hidden price of Leila’s sacrifice, then offers her own earnings to her father Bayard, who refuses to accept the money, urging Daphne to spend it on herself.
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Newport
Bayard
Leila
Belgium
East Prussia
Daphne
Bess
Daphne The Working Girl Faces City Trials
The passage presents Daphne as a real working girl in New York and hints at the hardships she encounters. The text urges readers to follow the continuation in the next issue.
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Daphne
New York
Canadian Money Orders and a Post Office Stock Issue
A New York Times style note describes Canadian money orders printed with their denomination. A Ontario woman explains she sent 30-cent orders to a Boston firm, lamenting the postmaster kept stock from six years ago as those orders sold slowly.
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Leila
Clay
Daphne
Bayard
Taft
Weather Bureau
Ontario
Boston
Household Work Savers Use Newspapers for Spills
Practical kitchen tip sheet on using newspapers to absorb spills and protect surfaces. Advises spreading papers on the floor, gathering them afterward, and preventing dampness and rust on unused kitchen ranges. Recommends a waste basket for disposal when only a gas range is present.
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Clay Wimburn
Cleveland
Daphne Kip
Wall Street
Trousseau
Tom Duane
Duane
Reben
Miss Kemble
Rupert Hughes
Harper & Brothers
Grand Central Station
Fifty-ninth Street
Hall
Bayard de
Violet
Green
Higgins
Tles
Tor Photographic and
Anna Ng Hteenanaeerg
Thomas
Tribune Book
Montana
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