Mistaken Telegram Sparks Secret Plans and Love
A man Francis Emerson answers a telegraph mix up from Edith Cloverlie revealing a secret plot among a social clique. He meets Miss Carter in Chatsworth and learns the plan hinges on a mistaken betrothal as arrangements unravel, leaving him to improvise evening companionship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chatsworth
N. Y
F. R. Emerson
Victoria
Sooth Prospect Street
Barbara
Edith C
Francis Robert Emerson
Edith Cloverlie
Barbara Stewart
South Prospect Street
Miss Carter
Mr. Underwood
Barbara Martin
Fred Emerson
Tom Frank Emerson
Fred
Edith Clovertte
Ured Emergon
Love Across Class Lines in Park and Ball Room
Miss Laura Bainbridge of Philadelphia recalls a London flirtation with Hon. Ralph Scarborough now a titled city gent. He drives a taxi in New York and they reunite in London, dancing again before marrying in Philadelphia and revisiting Central Park on their wedding trip.
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Oxford Street
Strand
London
United States
Laura Bainbridge
Philadelphia
New York
Miss Bainbridge
Ralph Scarborough
Arto
Winnipeg
Canada
Central Park
Manhattan Island
Mademoise
Aged businessman seeks sea air and romance at seaside hotel
Amos Chidleigh, forty two, travels to a coastal hotel to escape a hot town and find distraction. He encounters Adele Smith, now Miss Turnlee, and after a series of meetings and revelations they discover their past love. They confirm mutual interest, agree to marry, and face a twilight betrothal on a dune beside the ocean.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amos Chidleigh
Tomkins
Mr. Chidleizh
del Smith
Chidleigh
Cog
Ke A. Chindey
The
Indy
Adele Smith
Smiths
Turniee
Miss Turnlee
Amos Ghedleigh
Amos
Joe
Miss Smith
Amos Chedleigh
Romance of war in the rail epic of 1860s Union service
A G A R veteran recalls a Civil War rescue mission on the Tennessee line. He describes steering a locomotive through saboteurs and wreckers, dodging bullets, and saving a bridge to prevent a wider retreat. He contrasts battlefield glamour with the modern European slaughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Chicago
Counntry & Bre
Bis Ymouth
Tennessee
Lorena
Freman
Tennesseee
Mebbe
Usane
Fellows
Ming
Widow Matilda's Paradise Hotel scheme ends in marriage
Matilda Brixs arrives at Jackson's Hollow and helps transform the Paradise hotel by cleaning, cooking, and hosting patrons. A month later she marries the landlord, who dies of a cuff causing a humorous twist. A doctor’s visit reveals the death and a $2 fee is noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson's Hollow
Newport
Caesar
Gal
Winges
Jackson
Paradise Hotel
Potonto
Tannibal the Great
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Matilda Brixs
Rynathia
Coolidge & Fisher
Graettinger
Iowa
Colorado
America
Rock Island
Hal
SRR
Geo's Pass
Dee Moiner
Safety and Service First
Graettinger, Love
C. A. Vannoy
A. R. Cuthbert, Graettinger, Li
M. J. Reidy
D. Brs
L. L. Lindsey
C. IK. Pierson
P. J. Paulsen
Pow A
Th. T, Naae, M
E., WL Bi
Low A
M. C. Grodland
Davidson & Burt
Hatates
Emmetsburg
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