Durant Works Rivalry Threatens Naval Gun Contract
The story follows Durant Steel Works manager Edward Pinckney and steel magnate owner Durant as they clash over royalties for a Rhinestrom naval gun. Pinckney pressures, while Durant weighing a rival Sommers gun and Frances Durants relationship with Sommers adds tension.
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Durant
Lieut
Somie
Wfe
Pinckney
Frances
Durant Works
Marsh
Nckney
Tal
Durant Steel Works
Smith
Sommers
George Durant
Edward
Mr. Durant
Washington
Howard
Fickney
Widower's wooing boons blundering lovers folly of talk
A humorous column ridicules widowers courting anew while the wry speaker mocks men who boast of their first wives and courtship failings. It plays on social foibles and the ineptitude of attempted romance with witty jests and pointed irony.
Jealousy and the widower's second wife dilemma
Dorothy Dix laments a engaged woman facing a widower who constantly praises his dead wife. The piece argues such reminiscences hurt the living fiancée, urges silence about the first wife, and warns widowers to stop comparing, noting the second wife prefers to be loved as herself.
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Lsten
Mary Jane
Sarah
Humanist maxims and aphorisms on behavior and honesty
A collection of brief, pithy aphorisms on criticism, effort, honesty, reform, and self awareness. It comments on vanity, luck, opportunity, and the pitfalls of cynicism with compact moral observations.
Martin frames TB fund drive as Christmas opens hearts
Frederick Townsend Martin discussed his tuberculosis relief fund at a dinner and argued that Christmas prompts greater charity. He recalled a tale of a nobleman who claimed to give only to the genuinely deserving poor, sparking the point that true need is often stubborn to identify.
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Frederick Townsend Martin
Mr Martin
St. Sebastian
Philadelphia Ledger
Hfe
Mary
Weighing a Child's Feelings and First Disappointments
Beatrice Fairfax reflects on how adults disappointment children through broken promises and constant errands. She urges patience and consistency, noting a child’s day feels longer and emotional hurt from inconsistency lingers.
The Poisoning Woman Ends In Envy and Madness
A narrator recalls a visit to a beautiful woman whose envy poisons all around her. He vows to avoid her, yet she provokes cruel thoughts by inflaming jealousy. He worries the poisoning woman may ruin herself, not him, if she continues.
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Jimmy
Mary
Little British Girl Toasts a Naughty Brother
A Punch cartoon caption shows a child scolding her mischievous brother as a mother marches with suffragists and a father hides in Parliament House, reflecting wartime social satire with political figures in the background.
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Naughty Brother
Miss Ciever
House of Commons
Make definite financial plans for 1909 profits
The notice urges individuals to mirror a business practice by reviewing the year just past and setting concrete financial targets for 1909. It promotes The Indiana A Home for Capital, with emphasis on safety of principal and earned surplus in a large savings program.
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Indiana
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Chappter
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R. V. Pierce
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Boor
People’s Common Sense
Armstrong Laundry
Taft’s Dental
Farmers’ Protective Dairy Ae
East South
Prospect
Freengh Steam
Circle
Penn
Dorothy DIX
Ann Eliza
Rosemary
Ian
Beatrice Fairfax
Cousin Mary
Childrn
Gil
Winifred Black
Noewsa
Hartmann
Jos. Hi. Young
Mgr
Broadway
TS Coal CO
Blake Street
Eee Hele
Tampa, Florida
Sorel
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