Return to Rose Ends Reconciliation Attempt in Tenement Parlor
Elsworth visits Rose in a shabby lodging house to discuss a possible reunion after years apart. He reveals his recent earnings and asks about a child from their past, learning the baby was stillborn eight months after their split. Rose resists reconciliation as a doorbell interruption ends the scene, with a new suitor awaiting her.
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Elsworth
Rose
Sara Walton
London
Desborough
Sara
Blaworth
Dakota
Bigese Bay
Oppersham's
Jace
Accidental Discoveries and Home Polish Traditions
Accidents led to starch from corn by Thomas Kingsford and Sheffield plate by Thomas Bolsover as early plating ideas. Cornish dye color from Cornelius Dubbel and a century old home polish using turpentine beeswax and turpentine yields a cream like mixture for wood and furniture.
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Thomas Kingsford
Thomas Bolsover
Sheffield
Cornelius Dubbel
Dubbel
Washington Herald
Unmarried Wife to Widow Judge Wedding Plot
A war era social note recounts a soldier's proposal to his partner and a widow's playful yet practical pledge to attend, revealing a cheeky social dynamic as plans collide with other commitments. A separate report describes J M Ward's air tower hand dryer in Washington District Public Building, a boxlike device with a blower and foot pedal ensuring hands dry without contact for sanitary operation.
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Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Families' Association
Washington, D. C
J. M. Ward
Chatterbox Witness Ends Testimony in Philadelphia Case
The pretty plaintiff testified for three hours in a Philadelphia case before the lawyer ends the session with the remark You may leave the witness box. The defense attorney, noting his own marriage, mocks her by calling her a chatterbox.
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Philadelphia Public Ledger
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Mrs. Brown
Krumbles
W. K. Kellogg
Battle Creek
Kellogg’s
Kellogg
Bell Telephone
Bell Service
American Telephone Service
OWA Telephone Company
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