Love and schemes at a French manor party
In a Dieppe area estate, the Marquise de Juvigny hosts a house party for Jacqueline Carteret and kin. Ernest Augarde, a scholarly heir, loves Jacqueline though she loves Count Andre de Juvigny. Abbe Merlin backs a match with Ernest, while Andre falls for Jacqueline after a mirror moment as wedding plans stumble amid rival affections and social gossip.
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Marquise de Juvigny
Dieppe
France
Jacqueline Carteret
Jean Cateret
Marquise
Jacqueline
Ernest Augarde
Ernest
Count Andre de Juvigny
Charlotte Bernier
Abbey Merlin
Ures
Lucy de Morfontaine
Baroness de Saint Ermin
Christine
Solange
Hyacinth de Mai
Miss de Mai
Andre
Lucy Marfontaine
Lucy
Engagement Sparks Lively Paris Houseparty
Andre de Juvigny and Jacqueline announce their engagement at a Parisian house party. The marquise and Carteret bless the match as the couple wed within the month and honeymooned in Spain. Returning to Paris, they fend off cold, coffee woes, and lingering social doubts with playful affection.
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Andre de Juvigny
Jacqueline
Andre
Carteret
Dieppe
Baroness de St. Ermin
Christine
Solanz
Lucy
Paris
Gir
Spain
Juvigny
Sion
Marquise
Desdemona
A Glimpse of Social Conditions in the West Indies
Dorothy Dix reports on West Indian labor and poverty among hotel chambermaids and service workers. She details grueling hours, low pay, and limited opportunities driving islanders to seek passage to the United States, with examples from St Thomas St Kitts and Jamaica. The piece contrasts colonial labor realities with the lure of earnings and escape.
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West Indies
States
St. Thomas
St. Kitts
Haiti
Jamaica
America
St., Thomas
San Domingo
Wille
Burglar Fled When Girl Reached For Revolver
Miss Mary Hern woke to find two black burglars at her room door on 522 North Illinois Street at eight on Friday morning. A revolver lay under her pillow. as she shunned danger the intruders fled. J W Harrell of 1523 North Dearborn Street offered a five dollar reward for the capture of the thief who broke into his home and stole three hams and three sides of meat. Harrell is a butcher.
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Mary Hern
Illinois Street
J. W. Harrell
Dearborn Street
Harrell
Henry's Rise in Family Business Questioned
A Chicago merchant died leaving his only son in charge of a vast enterprise. Friends doubted Henry's ability to carry on the father's policies, though one supporter praised his brightness. Another warned he lacks the head to fill his father's shoes.
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Chicago
Henry
Harper's Weekly
Rousseau's rise from failure to influence in history
A compact portrait traces Jean Jacques Rousseau from a Geneva birth in 1712 to fame after winning the Dijon prize in 1749. The piece notes his shift from vagabond to prolific writer then highlights how the Contrat Social inspired revolutionaries and the global spread of democracy.
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Chambery
Rousseau
Geneva
Academy of Dijon
Condemned Woman Vows Farewell Before Death Chair
Albany March 26. Mrs. Mary Farmer, condemned for complicity in murder, will have a farewell interview with her husband, a nearby death-house inmate, as preparations for her execution on Monday proceed.
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Albany
N. Y
Mary Farmer
Wife Learns Burglar in Bed Risks Husband’s Life
Mrs Edward J Bertermann woke to a burglar in their bedroom at 5 a m on Friday. She warned her sleeping husband and the intruder backed out after rifling Mr Bertermann’s vest. The burglar escaped through a side window used to enter. The Bertermanns reside at 828 Lockermie street and run Bertermann Bros Florists.
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Husband
Tered
Bertermann
Bertermann Bros., Florists
Lockermie Street
Pupils and Teachers in a Hard Fight at Monezzen High School
In Monezzen Pennsylvania a revolt erupts at Monezzen High School after a fight between Professor J F Pollitt and pupil Morse Ney. Morse’s brother Albert Ney and Paul Lethers aided Morse, Lethers striking Pollitt with a chair. Morse Ney suffered a broken nose and blackened eyes. Superintendant Little was petitioned to remove Pollitt.
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Monezzen
Monenezzen High School
J. F. Pollitt
Tween Pollitt
Morse Ney
Albert Ney
Morse
Paul Lethers
Leth
Little
Pollitt
Gin for the Kidneys Remedy Promised for Urinary Ailments
An advertisement touts gin based kidney and bladder treatment using gin Buchu and Marix compound. It claims quick relief from backache, frequent or dark urine, and rheumatic groin pains to prevent Brights disease or diabetes, urging doses after meals.
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Bright
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