Mississippi scheme drives a powerful Chicago magnate tale
John Rawn a Chicago office head forms a fortune seeking company after hearing engineer Charles Halsey plan an electricity motor. Rawn swindles others, marries his stenographer Virginia Delaware, and wealth follows while a doomed affair and machine secrecy threaten the cast.
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John Rawn
St Louis
Grace
Charles Halsey
Halsey
Rawn
Chicago
Virginia Delaware
Grayatone
Tlalsey
Halaey
New York
Virginia Rawn
Charley and Mrs. Rawn Debate Wealth and Happiness
In Graystone Hall Charley confronts Mrs. Rawn about money power and fairness. He condemns wealth as a social wrong and pledges to leave, while she acknowledges ambition and happiness may lie elsewhere. They face an uneasy future with love, loyalty, and class tensions unresolved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles
Virginia Rawn
Charley
Halsey
Mr. Rawn
Moss
Graystone Hall
Flo
Recklesa
Jim and
Ann Sullivan
Tim Carney
Mr. Fawn
Wealthy Brooklyn girls select costly gowns for graduation
At a leading Brooklyn public school seven of forty two wealthiest girls refused to graduate in self made dresses. The other thirty five wore gowns they made themselves. The Mothers club awarded silver medals to honor the self made garment effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
Mothers Club
Nairobila resident shoots nine foot lion on Fort Hall road
A Nairobila resident named Oldfield shot a nine foot lion from Fort Hall road near a busy Nairobi thoroughfare. The event highlights the dangerous wildlife encounters near the principal town of British East Africa amid growing motor traffic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British East Africa
Nairobila
Oldfield
Fort Hall
Burgess-Dunne Hydro Aeroplane Aims to Solve Air Problem
Marblehead harbor tests of the Burgess-Dunne hydro aeroplane seek inherent stability to reduce pilot control and weather risks. The Dunne design, admired by Britain and France, balances against wind and air holes, promising safer flying, potential military and postal use, and wider commercial adoption.
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London
Marblehead Harbor
Lieutenant Dunne
England
Burgess Company
Marblehead
Dunne
France
English Channel
Dunne Machines
Hight
Six Millions in Chancery In London Court
The court of chancery holds about 6.25 million dollars in 3838 separate amounts most under 35 thousand dollars. Inquiries come yearly from the United States but few claimants succeed. People seek details on Sir Francis Drake’s estate and an alleged 90 million dollar Hoffmann estate.
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London
Court of Chancery
United States
Francis Drake
Hoffman
Hidden Forty Year Donation Repaid to Ligonier Pastor
A church member's $5 gift to the First Methodist Church of Ligonier in 1886 was kept by a pastor son later revealed. Rev Charles M Miller, father of a district attorney, received a letter confessing the theft and enclosing the $17 total with interest for 40 years. The writer says he can die with a clear conscience.
Choir Smoking Cigarettes In Evanston Church
Reverend Timothy Frost shortened the Sunday sermon after discovering only two choir members in the church. An investigation found the remaining singers had been in the boiler room smoking cigarettes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Finde
Evanston
Timothy Frost
First Methodist Church
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Testimonials
Women from Westbrook Maine and Manston Wisconsin describe relief from pains of change of life including backache night sweats and weakness after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. They praise improved health and recommend the medicine to friends.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Westbrook
Lawrence Mantin
King St
Maine
Manaton
Wis
Mra
M. J. Brownell
Manston
Birrell Recalls Ghost of Newton at Bristol Dinner
Mr Birrell told a Bristol Press Fund event ghost story during the "Literature and Journalism" toast citing a recurring nightmare of meeting Sir Isaac Newton who asks what has happened in science since his time. He notes Newton would call him an ignoramus and depart.
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Ann Sullivan
Halsey
Abraham Lincoln
John Ruskin
Jim Sullivan
Tim
Ann
Sir Isaac Newton
Elas
Grace
Rawn
Birrell
Bristol Press Fund
Silvanus Thompson
London
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Emerson Hough
Mississippi
Ray Watts
IRS
Esterson Holgh
Mr. Rane
Mia Rawn
New York American
Burgess-Dunne
London Court
English Statesman
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