Escapadiens and Carrington Duel After Ship Chase
In a post revolutionary English setting at Carrington Castle Ellen Slocum a Puritan January companion and Lord Carrington engage in jealousy sparked games of cards. Lord Strathgate vies for Ellen triggering a decisive pursuit involving Sets of ships. Ellen escapes aboard an American vessel in a dramatic chase ending with a brief impromptu duel among the pursuers.
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Ellen Slocum
Lord Carrington
England
Carringcastle
Carringtons
Lady Carrington
Lord Strathgate
Ellen
Carrington
Ceckly
Pebble
Portsmouth
Rds Carrington
Seton
Strathgate
Carr
Latter
Admiral Kephard Receives Captain Seton in His Cabin
In the admiral's cabin, Admiral Kephard welcomes Captain Seton with drinks and questions about fugitives. Sir Charles reports progress, noting the traitor Strathgate is not with the fugitives, and a spirited woman aided their escape. Seton reflects on the women and the man.
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Charles
Kephard
Seton
Sir Claries
John
Sir Charles
Carrington
Btrathgate
Seren
Strathgate
Admiral
Cecily
Deborah Slocum
Admiralt
Navy chase of Yankee merchant ship fuels bold wager
Admiral consents to a fast pursuit aboard Britannia to seize Mistress Deborah Slocum and Lady Carrington. Sir Charles Seton and Captain Beatty plan a quick channel approach, weighing anchor as the fleet readies for a swift action against a runaway wife and her companion.
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Sir Charles
Strathgate
Carrington
Britannia
Admiralty
Charles
Deborah Slocum
High Seas
Deborah
Seton
Beatty
Charles Seton
Sussex Light Infantry
Archibald Beatty
Lascelles
Lady Carrington
Chastes
Slocum
His Majesty's
Captain Jeremiah Tuggles Is Insulted Chapter XV
Ellen battles waves and fate as she hunts a merchant ship to escape aboard the Flying Star of Boston. She recognizes her husband aboard the larger vessel and confronts the risk of discovery while hoping a pursuer will stop for her. The scene ends with Ellen aboard in motion and the voyage unresolved.
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Jeremiah Tuggles
Carrington
Ellen
Deborah
Leeward
Eilen
Flying Star
Boston
Eagle
Philadelphia
Editorial on Americans needing renewed piety and restraint
A Wall Street Journal editorial reprinted in a financial paper urges a revival of family prayer and modest living to curb graft greed and excessive wealth. It warns that luxury and big money corrode nations, citing Rome’s decay and the danger of wealth without virtue.
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The
Wall Street Journal
America
Rome
Shirtwaist Rings Tell Quiet Fashion Trend Across Daywear
The article catalogs shirtwaist rings favored for morning wear and notes their plain, durable designs. It details stones like turquoise matrix, garnet, moonstone, lapis lazuli, malachite, jade, to paz and amethyst, and descriptions of settings from silver to gold, including a lion ornament and a coral disk.
Learned Canadian Women Highlight Achievement by Laurier Wife
Lady Wilfrid Laurier told clubwomen that many Canadian women gained recognition in higher education, citing a McGill lecturer and several Royal Victoria College instructors. She praised women farmers, noting more than 15,000 women found success in farming in the Dominion last year.
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Wilfrid Laurier
Canada
McGill University
Royal Victoria College For
Dominion
Immense Cost of Fires in America
A McClure's analysis argues fires cause up to 7000 deaths annually and immense economic losses. It claims world gold output in a year could not offset fire damages, with fire costs rivaling yearly coal and lumber values and incidental expenses.
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America
McClure’s
Contributors Duly Warned In Western Monthly Notice
A 1908 western monthly issues a general burning of manuscripts received in 1907 on December 1 1908. Authors seeking return of their stories must send a stamped request before that date.
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Western Monthly
Death Chamber Sealed In Italian Palace
Italy upholds a superstition that disturbing the dead king's chamber invites misfortune. The Quirinal royal room is shut to all but the royal family, kept as it was since Humbert's death, echoing Victor Emmanuel's sealed apartment from 30 years ago.
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Italy
King Humbert
Quirinal
Victor Emmanuel
Humbert
Canada praised for law and order by Western Canada editor
The Fulton Nevada Gazette editor lauds Canada's strict law observance and effective enforcement. He notes liquor regulations, religious and educational buildings, and the welfare state as strengths. He describes wheat yields in Western Canada as high, with 20 to 50 bushels per acre and lucrative prices supporting farms.
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Canada
The
Gazette
Fulton, Nev
Western
England
Western Canada
Laurel
Charles Dickens
Cang- Gian
Lydia Pinkham Cure Promised By Reader Letter
A Norristown Georgia woman credits Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with curing her female troubles after avoiding surgery. The letter promotes the product as a standard remedy for displacements inflammation ulcers tumors irregularities and related pains and invites others to write for advice from Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Lena V. Henry
Norristown
Lydia Pinkham
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