Broadway and Jonesville clash over Uncle Abner’s fate
Broadway Jones flees Jonesville to seek riches in New York but soon faces debt and romance. Wallace insists on prudent control while Broadway embraces work and community, while uncle Abner’s legacy looms. Jonesville life and a budding bond with Josie Richards unfold amid family friction and business deals.
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Jackson Jones
Broadway
New York
Jonesville
Abner Jones
Judge Spotswood
Hubert Wallace
Ash
Gerard
Wallace
Abner
Europe
Peter Pembroke
Consolidated Chewing Gum Company
Josie Richards
Clara
Josie
Pembroke
Trust
Jones
Bob
Empire Company
Pennsylvania
Consolidated Gum
Hupka
Jones Company
Broadway Mystery Between Clara and Broadway
Clara searches for the elder Wallace while Broadway and Josie share a swing and dream of wealth. He trails a staged aura of mystery about New York as she probes his life and his future, debating Broadway’s allure and its enigmatic pull. The scene ends with a hint of future conflicts and a setup for the next installment.
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Lome
Jones House
Broadway
Pembroke Broadway
Clara
Mr. Wallace
Wallace
Josie
Bob
Jones Place
New York
Prip
Found Coca Leaf a Cure Described in National Magazine
Peter MacQueen recounts traveling in the South American Andes where natives chew coca leaves. He chews and finds the juice soothing for an earlier stomach ulcer, though doctors debate coca’s health effects. The piece questions medical consensus on coca chewing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter MacQueen
National
Andes
Europe
America
Doctora
Bolivia
Peru
Family and social order across nations
The text contrasts Napoleon's claim that family life should be bound to the father and the ruler with an American view that places the mother as the head of the family. It notes Napoleon’s motive to keep order through paternal authority and asserts mothers in France historically preserved family life, while praising the American model of the mother as central in society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broadway
Bob Bud
Wallace
Bob
Grover Wallace
Napoleon
France
Fils
America
Pranse
How Women Avoid Operations
Cleveland readers report relief from side pains after using Lydia E. Pinkham Vegetable Compound. A Hanover Pennsylvania testimony claims the remedy aided female trouble and avoided an operation, with assurances of confidential, woman-to-woman correspondence from the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Ohio
Lydia
Pinkham
Mra
H. GrifFith
Madison Ave
Hanover
Lydia B. Pinkham
Ada Wilt
Stock St
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pets and Broken Hearts After a Poet’s Death
A canary linked to the Provencal poet Mistral dies soon after his death. A Manayunk physician found the bird’s death tied to the mistress’s illness rather than grief. The piece notes shared infection from owners’ illnesses like measles and diphtheria, debunking the grief hypothesis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mistral
Pete
How to Treat Pimples and Blackheads
Simple regimen using Cuticura Ointment and Cuticura Soap. Apply ointment lightly, rinse after five minutes, then bathe with soap to prevent inflammation and clogged pores. Soap and ointment marketed worldwide with a Skin Book offer and free samples.
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Cuticura
Dept. L
Boston
Had Parents Guessing About His Diplomatic Birth
A curious quip about a child described as born a diplomat after a family quarrel over who he loved most when he was four weeks old. The remark frames the child as unusually poised from infancy.
Fortune teller risks skill forecasting own odds
The text humorously notes that when a fortune teller tries to predict his own probabilities, he generally loses his skill. It reads like a quip about self-aware forecasting and misjudgment.
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Broad Jones
Tal
George M.coran
Edward Marshall
Ben
Guy
Ste
Jackson
Hob
New York City
Sam
Josis
Jackson Wau
the Earl of Cortland
Ily
South America
Lydia E
Donn
Iowa
Crenen
Ducia
Doan
Preturs
Foster-Milburn CO
Buffalo
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