The Vicar of Wakefield and the Life of Oliver Goldsmith
Oliver Goldsmith, a gentle clergyman with six children, endures misfortune as a merchant absconds with his fortune. The Primrose family suffers poverty and prison, but eventual rescue follows through a series of dramatic revelations and marriages. Goldsmith’s life ends in debt after a brilliant literary career.
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Dr. Primrose
Primroses
Squire Thornhill
Sir William Thornhill
Olivia
Primrose
Burchell
Sophia
Thornhill
Elsie Venner and the Snake Girl of Rockland
Describes Elsie Venner a mysterious heiress of Rockland with snake like eyes and a neck mark, her powers over people, and the village legend. It follows her courtship with Langdon and Dick Venner’s plot, ending in Elsie’s death and the removal of her necklace. Oliver Wendell Holmes born 1809 Cambridge died Boston 1894.
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Dr. Holmes
Elsie Venner
Elsie
Rockland
New England
Dick Venner
Helen Darley
Helen
Bernard Langdon
Langdon
South America
Udley Venner
Oisie
Iris Holy Angels
Oliver Wendlell Holmes
Cambridge
Mass
Harvard College
Europe
Dartmouth College
Boston
Harvard
Holmes
Atlantic Monthly
Oxford
Edinburg
A Tale of Housekeeping and Rivalry in Marriage
A bride and her friend discuss how couples compare wives capacities. a plan to switch partners reveals tensions. The older woman recalls how Alice budgets and manages domestic tasks, guiding Ted with tact while the narrator concedes his better judgment. The story ends with a reflection on motherly influence in marriage.
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Ted
Alice
Fred
Born in Flats Child Causes Surprise in New York
A girl entering a fashionable New York flat is confronted about child access and replies she was born in. A note adds that the average man's heart generates about one three-thousandths of a volt per beat, and a sensitive instrument detects it. Another invention features a hinged foot combining a rubber pad with spikes to prevent ladders slipping on smooth surfaces.
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New York
Salvation Army saves hours through Home Service drive
Indianapolis Special The Salvation Army reports saving over 5.75 million hours in the last year and about 16 000 hours daily by funding its work via the annual Home Service Appeals. In Indiana the 1920 drive aims for 452 000 with volunteers across counties replacing tambourine fundraising.
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Indianapolis
Salvation Army
United States
Salvationists
Home Service
Indiana
American Legion
MODELED ON HUMAN FRAME The efficiency dictum in industry
The New York Evening Sun reports efficiency experts claim the human frame is 100 percent efficient and industrial layouts now model plans with physicians as advisers. Knoeppel likens brain and senses to factory control, labor, and automatic functions, arguing production mirrors human physiology. A Judge comic caption closes the piece.
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American Society of Industrial Engineers
Philadelphia
New York Evening Sun
C. E. Knoeppel
New York University
Hen and Kitten Chummy in Unlikely Friendship on Farm
A Plymouth Rock hen and a white kitten formed an unusual bond on the farm. The kitten followed the hen around the coop, rubbing against her breast while the hen scratched for bugs. They rarely mingled with other fowls, prompting speculation about their identity and sense of belonging.
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Plymouth Rock
Aga& White
Kittie
Biddy
Mabel J. Meliwane
Quote on female independence and a Chicago court note
Mrs. Charlotte Perkins Gilman cites economic dependence as source of much misery. A jury of women disposed of 149 cases in the court for the Insane in the Detention hospital in Chicago recently.
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Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Court For the Insane
Chicago
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ARMY
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