Cordelia the Conscience and a Broadway Dilemma
Dorcas Wentworth weighs her brother Enoch Wentworth's plan to cast Merry in Cordelia while Oswald guides the production. Amid theater turmoil and a widening bread line scene, Dorcas faces a choice about Merry and longs for honesty. A chance sighting sparks tension as Dorcas seeks a late-night reunion with Merry.
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Cordelia
Derry
Dorcas
Wentworthy
Wentworth
Smach
Oswald
Nazimova
Montreal
Merry
Mr. Oswald
Miss Wentworth
Broadway
Jason
Mr. Wentworth
Mr. Merty
Enoch
Missy
Marie Quochen
Miss Dorcas Goes Quietly to Help a Starving Man
In a cold New York dawn Dorcas seeks her brother Merry among the city’s poorest near the docks. A sympathetic policeman offers wary guidance as Dorcas plans a cautious midnight return with Merry, aiming to lift him from hunger toward a respectable life. The chapter ends with arrangements for a discreet rescue as the bread line gathers again.
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Miss Wentworth
Hilda
Grant Oswald
Ibsen
Dorcas
Bbs
Eng- Meadman
Oswald
London
New York
Tenth Street
Mr. Merry
Sandy
Marie Andrew Mos
Missy
Jason
Tenth
Broadway
Men In Blue
Dorens
Merry
Jasap
Marie Enoch
Jaton
Afghanistan Adopts Golf as Ameer Builds Links
The ameer of Afghanistan embraces golf, guided by a Scottish worker who arrived seeking mining concessions. A course rises amid royal prestige, with sap pers and miners crafting it. The ruler’s vigor grows yet prudence remains, while a winter capital mini links promises sport with few hazards.
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Afghanistan
Ameer
Kabul
Omar Khayyam
Ministerial Rule in Byston and Clerical Bosses of a Bygone Era
A critique from Lincoln Steffens in the Metropolitan contrasts ministers who ruled Hoxton through the clergy and gentry with modern political bosses. It argues clerical power manipulated public opinion, brokered conventions, and used punishments to control governors, calling their conduct a practical but corrupt form of governance. The piece reflects on religion, democracy, and the politics of public temples.
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Dublig
England
Clerey
Lincoln Steffens
Metropolitan
Primitive tribe tale of survival and rivalry in ancient world
A vivid account follows a female hominid mother and her mate amid a perilous forest and river landscape. The Lions and killer rival intruder clash as the family struggles to endure storms, predators, and hunger, ending with the mate defending the nest and the rival defeated.
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Mather
Ureox
Motherlove
Nps
Twee
How Many Mites Daily Tour to San Diego Cal Mo
Two correspondents planned a tour to San Diego California and Missouri for print. They note travel distances by day, suggesting up to 200 miles daily before the Rocky Mountains, about 150 miles in easy days, and around 100 miles in mountainous regions depending on taste and terrain.
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San Diego
Cal
Rocky Mountains
German Auto Industry Profits Over Eight Years
The report lists the fifty leading German firms in autos and related sectors earning a total profit of 56,109,687 dollars from 1506 to 1918, averaging 1,122,193 dollars per company. The data covers automobile manufacturing parts forgings and specialty suppliers contributing to the trade.
Belgrade's Pension Cost Tops Fort Wayne Notice
Fragmented OCR provides scattered references to Belgrade's pension expense near Fort Wayne Indiana, plus stray bits from magazine humor and moral tales. The readable prose centers on urban finance and a stray exchange about Rip Van Winkle’s sleep and alarm clocks.
Postum Promotes Health By Replacing Coffee
An advertisement touts Postum as a coffee substitute that ends headaches nervousness and indigestion attributed to coffee. It features testimonials from a Philaman and describes Regular and Instant Postum, their preparation, taste, and price per cup, claiming Postum costs about the same per cup as coffee.
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A Philaman
Callus
Postum Co
Bartie Creek
Mick
Wellville
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