Elnora Comstock’s Struggle At Limberlost High School
Elnora enters high school short of funds for books and tuition. Her mother’s cold stance pushes her to gather forest specimens and rely on local generosity from Wesley and Margaret Linton. Amid village warnings and school life, she pursues a moth collection, faces hardship, and navigates romance with Philip Ammon as graduation nears.
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Elnora Comstock
Einera
Wesley Sinton
Elnora
Winera
Lintons
Hinora
Wesley
Margaret Linton
Vote Carson
Billy
Slater
Einora
Carson
Linton
Margaret
Pete
Liver
Mark Twain
Philip Ammon
Chiing Health
Edith
Polly
Tom Levering
Vicjola
Philip
Onabasha
Limberlost
Rly Edlth
Hart
Tom
Comstocks
Philip Returns Home After Harrowing Secret Reveals
Dawn finds Philip's return to a lit library where his father, Mr. Ammon, listens as Philip explains events. The father asks to hear the full story, learning Philip cared for a girl during his absence and that Edith Carr learned nothing of her until now.
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Philip
Nilip Ammon
Polly
Edith
Phil
Edith Carr
Father
Wisconsin
Limberlost
Philip Ammon
Banks
Ammon
Hart Henderson
Siam
Patagonia
Henderson
Matt
Mr. Ammon
Edith Carr and Phil Ammon’s torn confession echo a
Philip Ammon wrestles with love for Edith Carr and Edith’s despair after a failed romance. He plans to flee to Wisconsin then Europe, while Edith seeks escape in Europe and Henderson shields her. Elnora returns, Phil confronts her, and family pressure tests forgiveness, duty, and future.
Ammon seeks Elnora in Midwest family tangle
Ammon returns to the Comstocks to ask Elnora to marry him while Mrs. Comstock tests his motives. Elnora negotiates time to decide, insisting on friendship first and a careful future. Edith Carr sails for Europe as Philip presses his suit, and the spring turns into a season of moth collecting and musical ties.
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Phil
Elnora
Mrs. Comstock
Chicago
Ammon
Snake Creek
Flora
Philip
Edith Carr
Europe
Chieae
Greenland's Icebergs Move Southward Each Year
The New York World notes icebergs form from northern glaciers and drift south with Arctic currents into gulf stream waters from February through August. Notable peaks include an 830 foot tall iceberg with an estimated 580 million cubic feet of ice and 16 million tons, a 12 500 foot long by 11 000 foot wide by 180 foot high berg weighing about 1.29 billion tons, and other colossal measurements.
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Arctic
Gulf Stream
North Atlantic
Cape Race
Weary
New York World
Counterfeit Diamonds and the Illusion of Paste Gems
The Philadelphia Saturday Evening Post notes imitation diamonds from paste glass achieve brilliance only from interior reflections while leading glass dulls with wear and chemicals. It contrasts with colorless beryl and skillfully cut stones, and recalls historical mislabeling of crystals as diamonds. A Buffalo News quip questions why a woman with a baby attends lectures and sits upfront.
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Philadelphia Saturday Evening Post
It Is Not Wrong to Have Dogs in A Place of Worship
A Stockton church display noted a dog friendly message in a place of worship. The quotation from London Notes and Queries states it is not wrong to have man’s best companion in such a space.
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Stockton
London
Ready Argument Sparks Advertiser Exchange
A brief exchange from the Louisville Courier-Journal features a young man pressing for ads while a stern editor asserts the value of time and promises fierce trade in return for advertising. The witty line about time twice as valuable captures a lively downtown newsroom moment.
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Tam
Louisville Courier-Journal
A Candid Man and Wealth Gap Dialogues
A candid dialogue contrasts work and money as a path to wealth with a sharp exchange about a rich man’s meaning. The piece includes lines from Boston Tran and Philadelphia Ledger scripts, highlighting economic desire and value.
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Boston Transcript
Patten Line Schedules From Long Branch to New York
Daily and Sunday passenger timetables show departures from Rockwell avenue Pleasure Bay Sea Bright Highlands and New York West 45th Street Battery with morning and afternoon trips. Freight not received at Battery. William C Hayden secretary.
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Long Branch
New York
Rockwell Ave
Pleasure Bay
Sea Bright
Highlands
West 45Th St
Battery
West 86Th St
WM. C. Hayden
New Jersey Central Schedules Leverage Long Branch Service
Sparser OCR text shows New Jersey Central rail times to New York Newark and Baltimore plus Atlantic City with Saturday and Sunday runs. It mentions Red Hawk service, various stop times and a December date, though many numbers and names are garbled.
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Long
New York
Newark
Biliza
Baltimore
Atlantic City
Red Hawk
Wen
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le Maistre Lace & Embroidery CO
Cookman Ave
Emory At
J. Krides Red Bank
H.N. Supp
Bloom
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N. J
Waihe
Joseph Salz
The
Regal Shoe Store
Broad ST. Red Bank
Regal Shoes
Leana
Anks ‘Ookmean & Grand Ave
Ashury Park
Straus CO
Broad ST
Red Bank, NJ
Monmouth County
Berger's
W. C. Wiseman
Nirs
Comstock
Greenland
Buffalo News
Philadelphia Ledger
Patten Line
NEW Jersey Central
May Wilson & Co
Brooks & Wilson
Mack & Waters
New Jersey
Woodrow Wilson
Thomas J. Scully
Middlesex
John W. Slocum
Monmouth
Long Branch Building Directory
Bailey & Burns
Boynton
Broadway
Monroe V Poole CO
Monroe V. Poole Masons and Builders
Cedar Avenue
West Long Branch
Geo. W. Poole
Monroe V. Poole
Sec’y & Treas
Albert Poole
Wm. Curr
Alex P. Paul
Wm, Gurr & CO
Telephone
R. A. Hughes
Third
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North Central Depot
Thos, L. Slocum & Go
Sigmund Eisner
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