Confederate Intrigue at Richmond Test Thorne and Edith
Edith Varney battles duty and love as she secures a Davis commission for Capt Thorne. Secret service plots unfold when Thorne is ordered away and a Libby prisoner test reveals brothers in danger. A staged fight ends tragically while Caroline signals Wilfred from the telegraph office.
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Thorne
Edith
Caroline Mitford
Wilfred
Mr. Arrelsford
Confederate Secret Service
Jonas
Henry Dumont
Henry
Caroline
War Department
Intrigue in Richmond Secret Service Office
Miss Mitford resists orders to send a private telegram while Lt. Foray and Arrelsford clash over control of the dispatch. Old Martha and the private Eddinger intervene as a wounded conspirator reveals a hidden message about forgiveness to Wilfred, prompting a tense standoff.
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Arrelsford
Miss Mitford
Foray
Caroline
Lieutenant Foray
Poe
Martha
Secret Service Department
Secret Service Office
Andeayring
Tom, Dick
Harry
Eddinger
Mr. Arrelsford
Secret Service
Carolline
Lieu
Tenant Foray
Wilfred
Richmond
Old Martha
Definite aim drives success says Orison Marden
Excerpt stresses the need for a clear life purpose and plans. It contrasts drifting without ambition with the discipline of self investment and persistent effort to reach goals. The piece cites Marden's Self Investment as authority.
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Orlson Swett Marden
Perfection In Shipbuilding Imperator Nears Completion
The Imperator under construction in Hamburg has passed bulkhead strength tests, proving it can endure a Titanic style disaster. New lifeboat launch systems are installed for bad conditions with anti rolling tanks to prevent crushing. A wireless lifeboat with 200 mile range will act as flagship in rescue flotilla.
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Hamburg
Proud of Them in University Magazine
The passage argues that society should praise capable women rather than limiting them by gender. It rejects Pericles and Johnson style demeaning views and celebrates famous women and top speakers of today.
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Pericles
Dr. Johnson
University Magazine
GIVING THE PLUG HIS DUE The steady plug beats the race horse
A Kansas City writer argues the value of the reliable plucky plug over flashy racehorses. He compares the plug’s steady daily work to keeping a farmer’s finances in order, noting mortgages and savings, and says the plug steadies the ship and ensures comfortable family years.
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Ellow
Kansas
Plymouth Rock
Plug
French prize for aircraft safety sparks glass window joke
A French government offer of 80 000 dollars for a device to make aeroplanes safe prompts a wry remark about offering a prize for preventing people from falling from a tenth story window. The humor contrasts aviation safety with urban hazards.
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Redd
Greene
Music and Work Says Gomme Finds Harmony in Labor
London statistician Sir Lawrence Gomme, also an archaeologist, notes music as an end to work. He recalls counting large statistical columns to a Gregorian tune and still being always correct. The London Chronicle adds few brain workers share this view, while manual laborers have long agreed that muscles move better when the soul is merry through music.
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Lawrence Gomme
London
London Chronicle
Adam Bede
Sacrifice for Art's Sake
A man questions a devotee of art about his life choices. Mr Cumrox responds that his aim is to gain wealth to own a gallery of genuine old masters.
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Mr. Cumrox
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Edgar Bert Smith
Doop, Meao and Company
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MR. Crammer Moonstruck
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Dearie
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Crammer
W. G. Chapman
Jes
Mrs. Merriwid
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