Mandeville guardian plays with Tom Broxton plan
In the Matthews household Olivia Matthews asserts her eighteenth birthday plan and presses for a grand fete at Broxton lawn to mark Tom Broxton’s return from college while guardian Matthews weighs Tom’s future and travel. The scene mixes household authority, wealth, and impending independence in a genteel southern town.
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Olivia Matthews
Tom Broxton
Tom
Broxtons
Mandeville
Matthews Cottage
Ollie
Toms
Friendssip
Uie
Olivia
Papa
Deep Ir
Sue
Cofftee
Matthews
Tom ‘Braxton
Tet
Thomas
Col. Broxton
Garden Party at Broxton Hall Sparks A Family Plan
A daughter presses for access to the house and a garden party at Broxton Hall. Her father reluctantly yields after she asserts her guardian rights, planning the event and airing the house before Rosecliff visits. Reuben is to fetch ponies for Miss Mally as court sessions loom.
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Broxton Hall
Rosecliff
Papa
Reuben
Mally
Actress Walsh Seeks Greek Roots and Sardou Mark
The Sun interviews Blanche Walsh noting Greek heritage and world citizenship. She praises Sardou and denies agreement with Miss Nethersole’s views, defending morals of plays like La Tosca Gismonda and Fedora. Her father, ex-Tombs warden, supported her stage career as she masters acting and public image.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gismonda
Miss Nethersole
Miss Walsh
Miss Davenport
Miss Walish
Warden Walsh
Tombs
New York
Public Appeal for Mine Disaster Aid in Carbonado
Carbonado Washington December 13 public appeal issued for assistance to families of the miners killed and injured in last Saturday’s mine disaster. Seven more bodies wrapped in burlap were recovered Monday. The cause remains a mystery and mine officials keep tight secrecy.
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Carbonado
Wash
Bryan Denies Flop on Silver Issue
Austin report quotes William J. Bryan denying a Wheeling, West Virginia claim that he flipped on free silver due to gold production. He reiterates support for silver at the old ratio and the 1896 Chicago platform with no changes. DeWitt's Little Early Risers are advertised following the quote.
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Bryan
Austin
Tex
William J. Bryan
Wheeling
Christmas book trade runs brisk with cheap sets on sale
The article notes shoppers flock to buy discounted Shakespeare and other sets for gifts. Prices range from 50 cents to a few dollars for multi volume editions. Popular titles include Thackeray Dickens and Booth Tarkington, with sets and new editions appealing to both boys and girls.
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Thackeray
Daugh‘ter
Robert Browning
Elizabeth Barrett
Stevenson
Ping
Gibson Pictures
Booth Tarkington
Indiana
Janice Meredith
Paul Leicester Ford
David Harum
Richard Carvel
John Street
Made Adams
Alger
Ellis
Sophie May
Elsia
Louisa Olcott
Kate Douglas Wiggin
Bird
Betty Leicester
Noah’s. Arks
Sac
Three Sets of Heirs Arise in Narvell Estate Case
Chester report details Captain Erastus Narvell's Civil War era marriages and partition suit. The widow from his first marriage surfaces to claim entitlement alongside children from a second wife and a later marriage to a third wife. The narrative covers Narvell's enlistment, presumed death, and subsequent polygamous unions and property holdings.
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Chester
Erastus Narvell
Mary Ann Rogers
Wilmington
Del
Rector Stone
St. Martin's Episcopal Church
Marcus Hook
Narvell
Capt. Norvell
Perth Amboy rules leave destitute mother homeless for lack of year’s residence
An overseer in Perth Amboy New Jersey refuses to feed or house Mrs. Jubar and her baby because she has not lived in town a full year though her husband resides there. The case highlights bureaucratic red tape and alleged neglect as the mother endures exposure near a railroad engine house.
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New York
Perth Amboy
N. J
John Jubar
Pennsylvania Railroad
Justice Stucker
Veterans punished at Richmond Soldiers Home for complaint
A score of aging Confederate veterans from captains to generals at the Soldiers' Home near Richmond were forced to cut turnip tops as punishment. They had petitioned the legislature about alleged mistreatment, and Commandant Bigger used the move to rebuke them. The legislature plans an investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Bigger
He Wants His 320 Dollars From Estate
Albert H. Johnson asks the probate court to compel Attorney Frank S. Foster to account for 20 of Johnson's 3000 estate, claimed short. Foster says he used part for caring for Johnson during a period of leisure and values his services for the rest.
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Albert H. Johnson
Frank S. Foster
Johnson
Foster
Complimentary: many headings on The Sun's liner page
A fragment from The Sun's seventh page shows numerous headings described as complimentary. The readable bits focus on page structure and itemized lines rather than specific events or names.
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the . Sun's
Venomous Copperheads Strike Actor in Bellevue Hospital Visit
John Sonwell, husband of a snake charmer, arrived at Bellevue hospital in shirt sleeves with two wounds on his left hand. Doctors treated him with a syringe and whisky as his arm swelled. He said a copperhead was in a satchel he opened unknowingly, then his wife seized the snake before he fled to the hospital.
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New York
John Sonwell
Bellevue Hospital
Sonwell
Cabinet plans visit to Washington's tomb
The cabinet discussed urgent Porto Rico legislation and debated Cuba and the Philippines. They will visit Washington's tomb Thursday with the president, likely except possibly the secretary of war, in a ceremonial observance.
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Washington
Porto Rico
Cuba
Philippines
George Washington
Dewey Flag Salute Question In Senate Inquiry
In Washington on December 13 the senate heard a Pettigrew resolution asking the secretary of the navy for details about whether Admiral Dewey ever saluted the Filipino flag in the Philippines and whether he ever delivered Spanish prisoners to the insurgents.
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Wanis Dewey
Washington
Senate
Mr. Pettigrew
Secretary of the Navy
Admiral Dewey
Philippines
Fraud Order Targets Dr L C Harmon and San Francisco Firm
A post office department fraud order was issued against Dr L C Harmon and the Spanish medical company of San Francisco for a scheme offering medicine to develop women's busts. No returns were made for money received by the individuals and the concern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Post Office Department
L. C. Harmon
Spanish Medical Company
San Francisco
Cal
Two Nominations Confirmed by Senate Executive Session
The senate in executive session confirmed Leonard Wood as major general of volunteers and Herbert Putnam of Massachusetts as librarian of Congress on Tuesday December 13.
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Washington
Senate
Leonard Wood
Herbert Putnam
Massachusetts
Congress
Pyramid Pile Cure Endorsed by Scranton Reader
H. B. Stark of 1022 Pine St Scranton Pa testifies after years of piles suffering that Pyramid Pile Cure gave instant relief and permanent cure He notes no pain or detainment from work and warns against opiates or poisons All druggists carry full sized packages for 50 cents
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H. B. Stark
Pine St
Scranton
Stark
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