Thorns and Orange Blossoms Continued Romance
A chapter from thorns and orange blossoms portrays Violet and Miss Mare amid emotional conflict. Violet resists wealth and romance with Lord Ryvers while Miss Mare evaluates loyalty, love, and independence as Violet envies the heiress’s lavish gifts. A doctor questions the patient’s identity as scenes of affection unfold.
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Miss Mare
Dugnuse
Sam Afraids
Violet
Laughine
Tsbull
Miss Marr
Opie
Tavain
Ryversdale
Marc
Lord Ryvers
Sin
Pie Irtane
Tim
Gwendoline
Longfellow
The Doctor Urges Reconciliation After Midnights Recovery
A frail young woman awakens after a near death in a grand house. The doctor suspects she faked death via a broken marriage knot. He advises restoring marriage vows and seeking her husband, warning of Heaven’s firm handling of life’s bonds. He leaves promising to return that evening.
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Heaven
Feaven
Weaven
Hellysa
Toho
Grend
Gesk
Man's Size Cited As He Presses Through Bargain Crowd
A crowded shopper rebukes a large man who blocks the bargain counter claiming he represents a family of eleven daughters. The exchange shows tensions at the sale as the man asserts his purpose while the crowd reacts with dissatisfaction.
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Miss Beaton
Miss Heaton
Sine-Lights on Life and Pride Quote
A compact quip on life and pride notes two seasons of temperament and the futility of idle wisdom. It compares silence to debt, declares philosophy a debate, and likens a drowning man to a thirsty one seeking a straw.
Gambling mania and social risks across English society
An excerpt discusses gambling in fashionable England, noting rising speculation and bridge debts among families. It cites a London incident where a young woman squandered a quarter's allowance, another fell ill from nerves, and a college boy forged his father's name to cover gambling debt. A host of anecdotes follow, including pools, wire-netting bets, and a jockey’s outsized losses at country houses.
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Rngland
London
Eng
Saya
West Country
England
Chicagaiter-Deean
Millionaires' Pews Attract Country Visitors To City Church
Visitors from Vermont flood a city church seeking famous pews and social prestige. The sexton notes country guests scramble to identify Mr Blank's seat, discuss removing silver plates, and boast of sitting in the millionaire pews, while locals ignore the spectacle.
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Mr. Blanc
Mr. Blok
Mr. Blank
Mr Blanks
Heaven
Secret Service Tactics in Big Shops Reported
A trade journal describes a department store secret service with a head of the corps and a room called Room No. 3 where shoppers from rival stores are received and examined. The aim is to monitor competitors and compare buyers while exposing advertised items at deep discounts and pushing shoppers to purchase.
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Haa Ite Corps
Secret Service
Ft Ig
Brags
Trade Journal
New York Sun
Reptile Collector Recalls Kent Island Hawk Nest Find
John Widgeon of the Maryland Academy of Sciences recalls a Kent Island encounter with a hawk nest. He found a large black snake wrapped around the nest base, then a nest with field mice and Tule sparrows and three young hawks above.
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John Widgeon
Maryland Academy of Sciences
Kent Island
Baltimore Sun
The Dreaded Back Draft in Firehouse Tales
In St Nicholas Charles T Hill explains the back draft a feared fireman danger. He notes a sudden flame veer when a burning building part fails to feed the fire renewing draft and shifting the blaze. Firemen respond with axes ready as a second or third floor roars in flames.
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St. Nicholas
Charles T. Hill
New York
Firefighters’ Courage Amid Inferno Reach Stair Landing
Firefighters push through smoke and heat as flames surge up a stairway. They rally under a captain’s shouts with hoses at full strength. A sudden backdraft forces grim choices, risking their lives to hold the line and save each other.
Ant Army Forages With Military Precision
A New York Herald Tribune observer describes an ant foray of about 15,000 insects. The marching army leaves its mud hut, surrounds a fresh earth mound, and detaches units to climb, seize crickets and grasshoppers, then return to the base with loads for the colony. The operation shows planned routes, depots, and disciplined labor.
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Boe
New York
Heritiv
Cocopa Indians Insights on Agriculture and Mortuary Customs
The Cocopa Indians of the lower Colorado region are an agricultural people whose primitive farming aligns with riverine cycles. They burn the dead and the dwelling, distributing property among relatives, a practice shaping tribal lore and esoteric life.
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Colorado
Baja
California
Sonora
Lower
Nile
New York
Medical banter in a comical dialogue about appendix vermiformis
In a humorous exchange, Theurgeon and Chrosle Crosker debate surgery and the idea of growing another appendix in a mock medical setting. The light exchange wavers between sarcasm and implied risk.
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Chrosle Crosker
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Hte
Varlaiea
Innis
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