Ingraham Patterson Faces Family Strain Over New Venture
Ruth Ingraham suspects Howard Patterson of infidelity and letters from a summer resort fuel the belief. Edith, seventeen, fears her parents’ estrangement while James Mariner seeks $6,000 to back an automobile invention. Patterson resigns from the life insurance firm to back the project.
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Ruth
Ingraham
Inea
Howard’Pattergon
Chicago
Ofa
Life Insurance Company
Julia
Inia
Sim
Mer
Edith
Patterson
Edward
James Mariner
Mariner
Albert Willard
Christmas Tensions Loom Over Edith Family Home
Edith faces financial strain and family tension as dad and Mr. Mariner pursue plans for a risky project. Edith longs for normal holidays while Agatha and Ind prepare to return home, and Ed arrives for a pivotal school play, bringing mixed emotions and renewed hope.
Stage fright turns Edith into a budding actress
Edith wrestles with panic before a school play but discovers confidence mid performance. Roger Morgan’s compliment and Miss Bennett’s calm support help her seize the moment as she realizes a new talent. After the curtain, Ed and Agatha shape a strained reunion and lingering doubts about friendship.
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Agatha Willard
Agatha
Ind
Father
Mother
Charles Surface
Ducky
Edith
Ndith
Charles
Ednth
Roger Morgan
Morgans
Mr. Morgan
Roger
Attle
Miss Bennett
John Barrymore
Ede
Buttermilk Brook
Tobh
Painter Julio de Mego Tricks Mocking Visitor With Cheese Roll
A painter in his studio deceives a pretentious visitor by loudly playing a dramatic piano piece. He answers the question about the music with the punch line the “Orange Roll,” then reveals he was rolling oranges on the keyboard.
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Julio’ de ‘Mego
Plano
Julio
Chicago Post
Danish Town Draws Tourists With Hamlet Lore
Foreign visitors flock to Elsinore Denmark for Kronborg Castle and legends linked to Hamlet and Ophelia. The discourse notes Holger Danske’s imposing statue as a marker of local myth and history.
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Holger Danske
Elsinore
Denmark
Hatmlet
Ophelia
Kronberg Castle
Holger
Danske
Fellows syrup ad uses old time medicine claim
Describes a tired husband and fading romance, then promotes Fellows' Syrup as a doctor recommended tonic. Claims readers can feel better and younger tomorrow after buying a bottle from a druggist. Ends with call to action to purchase today.
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Sue
Deer Rescued by Roping Near Connecticut Lake
Everett Gaylord, a former western cowboy, used a lasso to rope a deer that wandered onto the lake shore in Connecticut. He dragged the exhausted animal to land and released it into the woods.
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Everett Gaylord
Connecticut
Gaylord
Nervous and Sleepless Woman Endorses Favorite Prescription
Mrs. Ella Thrill of Route 4 McCook Nebraska says she slept poorly and felt nervous until using Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. She bought a bottle and then another and calls it a splendid tonic for women. The ad suggests backache and periodic pains respond to the tonic and urges mail-in symptom blanks for free advice. A trial package can be obtained by sending 106 to Dr. Pierce's Clinic Buffalo New York.
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Dr. Pierce
Buffalo, N. Y
Woman Driver's License Interview Reveals Quiet Car History
In a back seat exchange a woman applying for a license is questioned about driving. Her husband nearby says she has traveled "one hundred and twenty thousand miles" and never had her hands on the wheel, highlighting a lack of personal driving experience.
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Saas
Chapter
Dad
Mr. Mariner
Sofia
California
Ned
Whith
Nile
Bobbis- Merrill
Ale
Thas
Uncle Oliver
Moses
Kid
Shim
Wizards’ House
Ife
Fellows Syrup
F. E. Rollins CO
Beverly ST
Boston, Mass
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