The Devil A Tragedy of the Heart and Conscience
In a Karl Hofman studio Olga Hofman and her artist lover Karl Mahier become entangled with a suave stranger Milair who uses insinuation and a dangerous plan to rekindle their loves. Olga agrees to a perilous ruse casting herself in a cloak to confront Karl at a ball, while Milair manipulates events to reveal who truly loves whom as Olga’s loyalties and Karl's passion collide in a theater of deception.
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Kerl Mahier
Olga Hofman
Men Hofman
Karl
Olga
Mimi
Elsa Berg
Fieieas
Millar
Elsa
Kari
MiNar
Oine
Wearl
Raphael’s Prophecies for October seventeenth
A brief 1908 forecast advises caution for Saturday October 17. It predicts a child born that day will be quick and clever, fond of pleasure and company yet generally unsuccessful in business. It urges attention to personal affairs and warns against speculative risk. Young women may court this year.
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Millar
Elsa
Olga
Karl
Love Across the Mother In Law Divide
Ella Wheeler Wilcox explores how selfishness and tact shape relationships between mothers in law and daughters in law. A widow mother guides her son’s life, while a fiancé seeks control, showing why tenderness and respect foster harmony, and how love remains the sole remedy for family happiness.
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Lfe
Manhood
Boydom
Sayings of Mrs Solomon Verily the conscience of a man a marvelous thing
A humorous meditation on male conscience and female influence. The speaker compares a man, his headaches, and misdeeds to a restless conscience that awakens after folly. It contrasts a silent, supportive woman with a chatterer who “tells you so,” noting the rewards of quiet loyalty and the fragility of male resolve.
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Selah
The Gambler's Prayer in Horseracing Talk
Canon Horsley cites clergy mingling with racing figures as prayerful yet pragmatic in a London Daily Mail commentary. He notes gamblers seeking daily sustenance, portraying racing culture as a battleground of faith and risk.
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Canon Horsley
London Daily Mail
Bearded Scot’s Quest for American Bride Mocked by Opinion
A columnist ridicules Alstair Wilkie’s plan to woo an American wife with a record beard. The piece argues women prefer clean faces, favoring domestic, middle-class partners over foreign nobility, and predicts Wilkie’s dream will fail as he must appear social and manly.
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Wilkie
Vae Will
Howe
Falling Leaves Poem by Mrs J D H Brown
Poem reflects on aging and meaning as leaves fall in autumn. The speaker contrasts youth and old age, noting life’s fleeting wealth and fame, and finds a tender promise of rest in the old earth. The passage appears credited to Mrs J D H Brown in the Los Angeles Times.
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J. D. H. Brown
Los Angeles Times
Faint Dialogue Ends in Odd Exchange at Courier-Journal
An unusual exchange unfolds with a fiancée declaring intent to say something, complimenting eyes, and a playful line about rubber bands around the head. Theיקום dialogue centers on a humorous miscommunication involving Louisville Courier-Journal.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
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