The Captain and the Charmer Mystery of a Desperate Life
Howard Jeffries a banker's son sinks into dissipation and a web of deceit. Underwood, once engaged to Jeffries's stepmother Alicia, manipulates her and dies by suicide after a cruel bargain with his patron. Annie Jeffries vows to prove her husband's innocence, defying Captain Clinton's brutal methods and aiding in a dramatic courtroom quest for justice.
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Howard Jeffries
Robert Underwood
Yale
Isa
Underwood
Howard
Alicia
Nota
Clinton
Nina
Jeffries
Jenkina
Annis
Richard Brewster
Judges Brewster
Brewster
Jaffries
Brewater
Annnie
Annie
Capt. Clinton
Sensational News Hunger in The Nation
The essay notes Americans crave sensational headlines and dramatic events such as fires wrecks murders and divorces. When big stories fade, editors chase fuel for readers at breakfast, arguing tariff debates still captivate papers amid urban dullness.
The Jeffries Murder Scandal Divides a Rich Family
Annie, the wife of Howard Jeffries, confronts banker Jeffries at the Riverside Drive mansion over her husband’s alleged crime. The scene follows sensational press coverage, a quick court bid, and a rift between a revered family and a disgraced son amid accusations, rumors, and public outrage.
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Robert Underwood
New York
Howard Jeffries
Clinton
Howard
Brewster
Jeffries
Bernstein
Valley of the Yellow Press
Riverside Drive
Broadway
Underwood
Old Jeffries
Annie
Yecure
Mr. Jeffries
Noittle
Fitzgeralds Summary How Edward Fitzgerald viewed marriage
Edward Fitzgerald, translator of Omar Khayyam, joked about marriage to Miss Ellen Churchyard Woodbridge. He described marriage as a state and illustrated it with a humorous vignette about a bonnet interrupting work to invite him for a walk with a youth's companion.
New York Hotels Pique Palates With Brook Trout Dishes
New York hotel chefs unveil spring dishes to tempt jaded palates. Waldorf Astoria serves brook trout in blue sauce from a live fountain, with a Burgundy-based secret sauce. Knickerbocker presents many surprises including Foster salad with orange halves and pineapple, Jamaica rum, and paprika. A Boston duckling with onions, butter, wine, Madeira, veal stock, citrus, and orange garnish is plated on toast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chefa
New York
Waldorf-Astoria
Nence
King of Siam
Jamaica
Huguet
Knickerbocker
A Milliner's Aid and Glue For Hats Demonstrated
A new stain less glue for millinery is on the market. It glues Kid, velvets and tapestries to buckram frames without harming the material. Water and weather proof, it won’t dry or peel. Vogue shows floral effects and butterfly designs that can be made at home with this handy millinery aid.
Creamy Potatoes Recipe in Simple Steps
Detailed directions for preparing sliced potatoes with butter salt pepper and milk. Place ingredients in a small pan over boiling water, steam until boiling, then return to the larger boiling water bath and cook for one hour. Serves four.
Reviled Meat Recipe Instructions for Grilled Meat
A dated culinary note describes grilling meat with a butter, vinegar, Worcestershire, mustard and cayenne sauce. It covers selecting wings drumsticks and bones from chicken or beef and instructs rubbing sauce into cuts, heating a chafing dish with butter, then grilling and serving hot.
Asparagus Omelet Recipe Step by Step
Detailed omelet instructions describe beating yolks with thick cream butter salt and pepper folding in whisked whites and baking powder then folding in steamed asparagus tips. A lump of butter is melted in the pan and the omelet is fried brown on both sides and served immediately.
Glaced Fruits and Nuts Preparation Method
Boil one pound of granulated sugar with half cup water for ten to fifteen minutes, stir not. When brittle remove from heat add lemon juice, stand over hot water, then dip orange sections grapes figs almonds and walnuts in hot syrup and lay on oiled paper to dry.
Old Trays Cleaned with Warm Beer Polish Method
When light oak trays are badly marked they can be washed and scrubbed with warm beer to lift stains. The staina disappear as the wood brightens and returns to its original appearance with this traditional method.
Magazine prices and subscription notice for the Democrat
An ad lists Good Housekeeping American Magazine Cosmopolitan and other titles with monthly rates and states that orders must be prepaid or from new subscribers. It notes arrears disqualify club privileges and directs readers to address subscriptions to the Democrat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Good Housekeeping
American Magazine and Democrat
Cosmopolitan
Democrat
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Loe
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Arthur Hornblow
Oe Walters
G.W
New York Swell
Leeerense
Penseree
National Monthly and Democrat
the Commoner and Democrat
The
New York Daily World and Democrat
New York Sunday World
Reves
Pittsburg Daily Post
the Philadelphia
Daily North American and Democrat
Pittsburg
Evening Telegraph
Semeewee
Church Street
Indiana
J Wood Clark
Marshall Building
Indians, Pa
David Blair
Philadelphia
John N. Banks
Offce In
Banks Building
Philadelphia St
Tndiana
John H. Pierce
Cunningham Building
Philadelphia Street
John H. Hill
Farmer's Bank
Court Place
M. CG
Watson
George J. Feit
Harry W. Fee
Omoein Marshall Building
Allore
D. H. Tomb
Farmer's Bank Building
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