Dulcie Flees in Night To Save Esther From Pain
Dulcie, torn by love for Percy Stanhope and fear for Esther, packs a hurried note and pearls, leaves The Elms at night, and boards the last train to seek her uncle, while Esther and family face a sudden vanishing in the wake of Dulcie’s personal crisis.
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Dulcie
Percy Stanhope
Etty
Esther
Lyon Durrant
Lyon
Percy
Berta
Mrs. Hardinge
Tye
Duldee
Ryan
The Girl I Left Behind Me in Song and Promise
The speaker recalls France and distant shores as he writes to the girl he left in Erin's Isle. She urges him to return with pleas of love and security, while he vows not to abandon his march or life of duty. His heart remains loyal to Ireland despite foreign calls and romantic letters.
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France
Erin's Isle
Tor
Shannon
Ireland
Widow Hendricks at Climax Springs Lures Eleven Victims
A bachelor at Climax Hot Springs recalls how widow Hendricks, a London of Cincinnati wealth, swindled eleven men out more than ten thousand dollars through staged affection. She lured them to a private parlor, coaxed loans, and vanished with cash, leaving fretting rivals and feigned innocence. Five years later she resurfaces, mistaken for another man by a fellow guest.
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Climax
Hendricks
Cincinnati
Europe
Frendricks
Old Jones
Jones
Rome
Venice
Hawkins
Mrs. Hendricks
George
Jay
Fitzy
Boston
Sanuell
Sammy
Long Green
Mitte
Marti
Renfrew
Boggs Abraham Boggs
Abraham Boggs
Inventions Showcase New Folding Beds and Safety Devices
Recent inventions include metallic folding beds with sectional hinged bars and a head to foot draw, tamper-evident bottle corks with a falling metal ball, and a hat fastener using a toothed comb and springs. Also noted are improved overshoes, a bicycle handle from a spiral aluminum spring, meat labeling by raised letters on a wire frame, a hands free smoking pipe, and collar tie attachments with a spring ring. An English electric fog signal with cartridge chambers and a calcium carbide gas system aboard sunken vessels to raise ships are described.
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Connecticut
Woman Who Raised Her Husband Remembered in St Louis
The St Louis Globe Democrat notes Miranda, a enslaved woman, raised her son manumitted with his master after his own baby died. The son, Madison Smith, aged 86, recalls his mother died when he was an infant. They later married in Brooklyn, St Clair County in 1850 and lived happily together.
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Madison Smith
Brooklyn
St. Clair County
Onions and Complexion in Bermuda
A light note claims Bermudans enjoy the finest complexions because residents live chiefly on onions, a quirky culinary habit cited as the reason.
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Bermudas
Nickel in the Slot Machine Shines at Heavenbound Fair
A newly patented nickel in the slot device polishes shoes perfumes clothing opens a mirror and dispenses a gum stick in one action. The Mohammed tomb glitters with diamonds sapphires and rubies valued at 12.5 million. If you must have your picture taken avoid posing.
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Mohammed
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Chaap
Lord Harvey
Thelms
Miss Durrant
London
Gus
Robert
Squire Stanhope
Senind
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