Native Cape Heiress Faces Turbulent Heritage
Gertrude Woodford, a native of a Cape town, grapples with social pressure and a former fiancé Stephen Garst as a yacht trip ends in a violent squall. Garst’s past with a wealthy heiress and Gertrude’s guarded status drive tensions at the seaside resort.
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Cape
Clifford
Adda
Garst
Gertrude
Jack
Stephen
Gertrud c
Armitage
Stephen Garst
Har
Woodford
Jack Clifford
Gertrude Turfred
CH Ford
Lufkin
Miss Woodford
Sir Thomas
Garat
Ocean View
Suttee rite in India discussed at Ellis Island
An East Indian woman’s tale at Ellis Island prompts debate on the old suttee practice. The piece notes suttee has been abolished for decades and discusses Hindu rites, Zarathustra, and related funeral customs, contrasting colonial views with ancient beliefs. It includes anecdotes about a Parsee merchant’s wife and a separate humorous tale about Judge John R. Thomas and a money dispute with an Indian grocer.
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Hindoostan
Ellis Island
New York Tribune
Malabar Hill
Bombay
John_R. Thomas
Thomas
Muskogts
Fcross
The Minister's Wife Chapter V and VI Scenes
Lord Avon counsels Mrs Dane on aging and duty as Baumgarten moves toward the rectory. Edith Baumgarten faces illness and the threat of death while Ryle Baumgarten consoles her amid a dream of happiness and the dawn of a perilous week.
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Éad
Denys Mastee
Avon House
Mr Brice
Brice
Elliotses
Parish
Lord Avon
Dislkase Mietsen
Great Whitton
Mr. Baum
Caprice
Mr. Baumgarten
Lis
Biliotsen
Baumgarten
Edith
Whitton
Little Whitton
Dane
Avon
Mr. Dane
Whitton Cottage
Mrs. Dane
Judith
Charlotte
Tite
Lenny
Jack Whittaker
Tork Himsel
Vic
Althorn
Lady Avon
Pita
Dilly
Jack
Mae
Thames
Richarnd
Warwickshire
Tim
Bennett Preerignk
Ryle ~ Baumgarten
Ryle
Kyle
Edith Baumgarten
Frames of a city in crime and whimsy
A jumble of eccentric vignettes shows a camera fiend awaiting a judge and a three month sentence mocked as harsh justice. A newlyweds quip about bread and iron foundry jokes, a canal horse accident, and a Paris tuberculosis toll are sketched in disjointed newspaper snippets.
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Dudge
Brown
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Gertrude Woodfurd
Tia Sisi
Jame
Gertrude Woodford
Herseie
Jean Ingelow
Mrs. Henry Wood
Lord Agon
Redhearts Atay
Jake
Columbus ‘Dispatch
Canalway
Young Brakeleigh
Neag
Paris
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