Florine Tests a Silent War in the Ellington Household
In a domestic melodrama, Alice clashes with Florine Fagall, Charles’s cousin, as a fragile alliance forms while a rift grows between wife and husband. Florine’s pleas and Alice’s sharp rebukes ripple through the drawing room, culminating in warnings about meddling relatives and strained loyalties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice
Althea
Mrs. Ellington
Charles
Florine
Charley
Miss Favall
Will
The Forging of Florine Payall Exposed at Home
The narrator suspects her cousin Florine of forging funds for Ellington & Eaton. A hidden page in Florine's portfolio reveals repeated signatures, leading to a confrontation at home. Florine confesses debt pressures and forgery, is banished to France, and the narrator gains trust in her own instincts.
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Florine
Will Aikin
Will
Willie
Jornne
Allie
Charley
Ellington & Eaton
Florine Payall
Charles
Florine Fagall
St. Augustine
Alice
Willie Aikin
France
Florida
Miss Fayall
Charlie
Wealth of A. T. Stewart and R. L. Stewart in New York
The widows A. T. Stewart and R. L. Stewart are the richest in New York City's widow class. A. T. Stewart holds 20,000,000 dollars while R. L. Stewart holds 7,000,000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. T. Stewart
R. L. Stewart
New York
Frightening Children And The Toll Of Cruel Practical Jokes
The piece condemns repeated cruel pranks on children that terrify and even trigger convulsions. It warns mothers to watch for signs of nervous tampering and to root out the perpetrators to protect their families from lasting harm.
A Girl's Idea of Life and Its Social Path
The piece argues that an average girl pursues dances, receptions, and a circle of partners before marriage. It suggests fathers fund lavish weddings, with many ending in domestic life as wives and mothers. Some marry wealthy men and briefly rejoin society, but most become content with domestic roles and lose reading and conversational prominence.
A Chicago Girl with Jumbo Feet Displayed in Norwich Window
The Bulletin notes a Norwich boot shop shows a shoe worn by a former Chicago resident, described as the famous Jumbo shoe. Miss Minnie Mills, 22, wore No. 29, 17 inches long, 7 inches wide at the sole and 19 inches across the instep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norwich
Bulletin
Chicago
Christendom
Minnie Mills
Connecticut
Miss Mills
Purity of Blood Aids Child Health
The article warns that red erations on faces and rough skin signal scrofula and poor blood. It advocates Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery to purge bad elements from blood and promote healthy growth in children, noting neglect leads to rickets fevers and joint disease.
Valuable and Convenient Brown's Bronchial Trocues and Remedies
Patchwork ad summary listing various patent medicines and tonics for coughs bronchitis and ailments. Mentions Brown's Bronchial Trocues Rough on Pain Carter's Little Liver Pills Dr Harter's Iron Tonic B B B Wells' Health Renewer and Wells' Health Renewer with promotional quips and warnings.
Enduring American Vitality Promoted by Iron Tonics
A miscellany of 19th century notes extols Dr. Harter's Iron Tonic and other tonics for complexion, vigor, and health. It cites social life in Washington society, fashion comments, and several patent remedies for ailments, with claims of blood purification and renewed vitality.
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Harter
Buer
Dr. Harter
Farwell Ave
Milwaukee
Wis
Dee
Brown
Brown Chemical CO
Baltimore
Lapres
Rockfordwatches
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Cook Co
Tex
Mch
Messrs
Morley Bros
Austin
Texas
Seth
Carter
Washington
Prince of Wales
Dr. Pierce
de' Pike
Kay
Dr. Sage
Caswell, Hazard & Co
Trahern
Donataen & CaLains
Kennas Coy
South Ameica
Josgera T. Janax
New
Yor
Miss Fortune
A. Vogeler Co
A. Vogeler &Co
Chie Techanician
Coast Survey
Prince Towns
COM
Sidney
Urie
Wells, Richardson & Co
Burlington, Vt
Almenac
Cela As
Lynn
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