Endurance of Love in a Robe of Wealth and Duty
Elizabeth Deering refuses to marry for wealth. Teddy Drummond, mill assistant, fears she will outpace him. Elizabeth offers to relinquish income from the Deering mills to her guardians and live modestly until he earns the status and wealth to match, then to marry and build a life together in Forest Park.
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Elizabeth Deering
Teddy Drummond
Elizabeth
Ted
Deering Mills
Forest Park
Pederville
Diana
Teddy. Drummond
Uwnler
Teddy
Primrose Terrace
Tobacco as Medicine in Old England
Historical notes recount apothecaries in London selling tobacco for health purposes under physician John Archer. He claimed tobacco purified air, sweetened breath, sharpened memory, and revived sight, charging two shillings per ounce. By 1877 tobacco habits shifted as American cigarettes entered London markets, pushing chemists and tobacconists to stock or drop the product.
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Ifmgland
John Archer
Charles II
London
Archer
Virginia
Wrestling With a Leopard in Tanganyika
In Kilossa district Tanganyika a leopard terrorized a village prompting J Turnley and Major Bradstock to set a trap. The leopard lunged from the pit as they approached. Turnley wrestled the beast at arm's length until Major Bradstock killed it with a shot. Turnley was badly mauled but expected to recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tanganyika
Mr. J. Turnley
Major Bradstock
Kilossa
Mr.Turnley
Major Bradstrock
Mr. Turnley
Turnley
Macaroni term fades from American usage
The article traces the old American meaning of macaroni as a swell or chic figure in Revolutionary times. It recalls Yankee Doodle’s feather and the Macaronis, a cruck regiment named for its high toned style, noting the term’s decline and the odd Italian meaning of dunce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Marinand
Virginia
Balcome and Denslow Find Love in a City Nest
Eleanor Denslow, a public stenographer, creates a chic city apartment as her home and business base. Bruce Balcome, a determined author, courts her through late dictation sessions and dinners, blending work with romance. After a period of growing closeness, Balcome asks for a deeper life together, and the pair gravitate toward a shared future.
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Une
Bruce Balcome
Russell Webster
Commerce Street
Eleanor
Miss Denslow
Miss Folsom
Bruce Balcomis
Bruce Balcorg
Hhem
Nest
The Doctor Wine Myth From Treves and Bernkastel
In a historic tale Boemund archbishop of Treves fell ill and a farmer delivered a cask of wine from Bernkastel. The wine cured fever reportedly and the archbishop ordered 20 casks yearly for sick purposes, naming it the doctor for invalids.
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Moselle
Boemund
Treves
Bernenstel
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N. Main Street
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Haseman & Delino
Poe & Johnson
H. A. Walters
Ogle Farm
Bell Phone
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Centralia
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S. Michigan Ave
Chicago
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M. J. Aikin & Son
General Read
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H. C. McKee
Telephone
A. A. Thomas
E. Vincenes St
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