Dororthy Dix on Youth and Age in an Eliza Walls Marriage
Dorothy Dix argues that a young girl cannot marry for love an old man, using the Elizabeth Walls case in Delaware where a 70 year old pursued a 15 year old. She condemns such unions as grotesque, predicts tragedy, and asserts that young women marry for money or status, never for love.
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Delaware
William Williams
Elizabeth Walls
Romeo
Peri
Willie Box
Marietta
Avenue
Newport
Saphira
Mistakes Of A Summer Girl Echoes Of Fading Romance
A reflective diary style piece recounts a self critical summer girl reassessing time wasted on social noise. She mocks frivolous friendships and vain adventures while detailing romantic triangulations involving Dr. Parks college boys and a pursuing lawyer. The narrator plans restraint and personal improvement amid a sun soaked social swirl.
Ancient Hildesheim Rose Tree A Symbol Through Ages
The oldest rose tree supposedly planted by Charlemagne grows beside Hildesheim’s ancient church in Germany. Its massive trunk and five main limbs are guarded by iron railings over a 26 foot enclosure. The site recalls German soldiers, religious conflicts, and historic rulers from Turenne to Napoleon.
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Hildesheim
Germany
Charlemagne
Turenne
Napoleon
London Globe
The Lure of False Lights by Beatrice Fairfax
A moral tale likening seductive vanity to a dazzling but dangerous false light. A big, flashy mermaid-like woman distracts and consumes admirers, while both women and men chase superficial beauty. The piece warns readers to resist hollow allure and consider genuine values over appearances.
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Ore
Beatrice Fairfax
The Masher In Modern Life By Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Ella Wheeler Wilcox analyzes the modern masher, the dude, and the man of fashion. She distinguishes the masher as dangerous and adept at charming various women, while the dude lacks emotion and the fashion-minded man relies on correct deeds poorly done. The piece surveys methods to deter masher advances, including indifference, hat pins, or legal action, and details types from street corner nuisances to society flirtations. It contrasts the repentant sinner trope with genuine reform, warns of dangers in vanity, and notes rare, magnetically skilled masher who attracts without intent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmy Brent
Jimmy
Society of Ladies
Jack Frost
Tost
Raphael Prophecies for a Child Born This Day
Forecasts caution and favors for a child born today with changes and anxiety in business and health. Family matters improve while the young may court this year. A well behaved child will gain respect but face business troubles. If female, marriage to an older man or widower possible.
Proving His Innocence
A Sunday school teacher tests his class on who led the Israelites out of Egypt. After no answer, he repeats the question with a mispronounced prompt. A boy named Johnny cries, explaining they recently moved to Tarkio last week and he did not lead them out.
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Israel
Johnny
Johary
Tarkio Herald
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Dorothy DIX
Dr. Parks
Mae Creer
Bobby Morris
Bobby
Austin-Manhattan
Austin-Manhattan Mining Company
Austin-Manhattan Consolidated
Indianapolis
Indiana
Denison Hotel
Eatrice Fairfax
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Raphael
Gould
Benjamin Teal
New York
Frank Gould
Elliott Telephone & Electric Co
Muss. Ave
Wdiana
Acme
Able, Vonnegut Hardware CO
Electrical Contracting Co
E. Wash. St
J. M. Lovings
Eastern Ave
Dr. J. Francis Wilson
Newton Clypooil Building
Coughlin & Wilson Dental Co
L. A. Brooks
North
New Jersey
New
Dehaven Wall Paper CO
Jeo
Delaware St
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