Nan and Erroll’s Forbidden Summer at St Clement's Wells
Nan resists her aunt Lady Thornleigh's plan but departs for St Clement's Wells with Miss Dunbar and Felicitas Can. She clashes with Felicitas and finds solace with Sir Erroll Tremaine, who declares his love. After a scolding liaison, Nan is sent home, only for Erroll to appear at sunset to ask her father’s permission to wed.
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Nan
Lady Thorn-leigh
Clement's Wells
Lady Thornh
Mia
Haysiope
St. Clement's ‘Wells
St. Clement’s Wells
Lady Thornleigh
Erroll
Felicitas
Miss Dunbar
Lady Ae
Bitta
Hher
Erroll Tremaine
England
Tremaine Towers
St. Clement's
Wells
Ebrroll
Simali
St. Clement’ Wells
Aimaro
Sir Erroll
Annabel
Public Service Corporation Power In Newark Exposed
An investigator notes that a single group dominates Newark Essex County politics and major banks through the Public Service Corporation of New Jersey. He traces the 1803 founding to control of streetcars gas and electric lines by intertwined firms Prudential Fidelity Trust United Gas Improvement and others. The article argues the corporation exists to extract maximum money with minimal effort, undermining public welfare and local ordinances.
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New Jersey
Newark
Public Service Corporation of
Public Service
Essex County
Public Ser
Essex County Club
Broad and
Bank Streets
Elizabeth
Trenton
Prudential
Fidelity Trust Company
Union National Bank
Broad Street
Public Service Corporation
Equitable Life Society
New York
United Gas Improvement Company
Philadelphia
Weaver
John Sloan Relays Turner Tale At Philadelphia Exhibit
The painter John Sloan praises Turner at the Academy of Fine Arts show in Philadelphia and recounts a Turner anecdote about a millionaire who rejected a genuine Turner titled The Shark and the Sailor seeking a single-sided masterpiece. The tale ends with the pompous buyer insisting a one sided painting would suffice if well made.
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John Sloan
Turner
Academy of Fine Arts
Philadelphia
London
Sloan
His Darling Honey from a New Hampshire hotel tale
A Chicago Tribune correspondent recalls a New Hampshire visit where a hotel honey tale delighted him. On a return trip with his wife they found the same honey absent. A waiter explains the waitress moved on to a silk mill job, and the couple heads home with a promise of secrecy. A note mentions mail from New Zoe to Buenos Ayres taking four to five weeks.
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Chicago Tribune
New Hampshire
Sam
New Zoe
Buenos Ayres
American Girl Set for Grand Opera Debut in Cincinnati
Edna Blanche Showalter a 21 year old American coloratura soprano will debut in Floridia’s new grand opera in Cincinnati during the Ohio valley exposition. She will share principal duties with Mme. De Pasquali with David Bispham in the baritone role as a major touring plan unfolds after the Cincinnati production. Critics praise her voice and artistry comparing her to Marcella Sembrich while a New York firm schedules a concert tour following the opera run.
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New York
Cincinnati
Edna Blanche Showalter
Floridia
Paul Jones
Miss Showalter
Mme. de Pasquali
Metropolitan Opera House
David Bispham
East
Marcella Sembrich
Colong
Mise Showalter
New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Gustave Mahler
Peoples Symphony Orchestra
Frank X. Arena
Carnegie Hall
The Golden Key and a Joyful Locksmith
From Charles Dickene’s Famous Gems of Prose a scene from Barnaby Rudge shows a locksmith at the Golden Key workshop. The tinkling music from his work, the sunlit shop, and his happy demeanor lift neighbors and passersby, suggesting harmony, cheer, and a love of craftsmanship.
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Charles Dickene
Barnaby Rudge
Golden Key
A Famous Sunset
An 1863 Sunset Cox atmospheric reflection from the Columbus Statesman describes a dramatic storm and sunset over the city. Vivid colors, lightning, rain, church bells, and children’s laughter frame a grand sky scene with allegorical city visions and classical references.
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Samuel
Cox
Columbus
Ohio
Zephyrus
Wadsworth
Starling College
Daddy's Good-Night Stories By Palmer Smith
A nostalgic collection of bedtime tales features Billie Bubble and a raindrop ball, mouse adventures, and Mattie Mouse's dream. Read about leaf whispers, city mice, and a teleporting imagination ending with a hopeful dream.
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Palmer Smith
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Hrroll
Felicitan
Annabre
Musten
Goodby
Fillie Bubble
Billie
Billie Bubble
Ethel
Mrs. City Mouse
Maudie
City Mouse
Mr. City Mouse
Mis
Mattie
Little Mattie
Mattie Mouse
Mattle Mouse
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