Causton and Causton Bank Rivalry and a Scheming Love Tie
Vera Causton and Hugh Digby outsmart a banker rival in a tangle of romance and finance. Saville Causton benefits from Digby’s planning as David Hunter’s scheme to ruin Causton backfires. The plot includes a bold stock move and a rescue that strengthens Causton & Co. and heals old resentments.
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Digby
Causton & Co
tLlunter
Saville Causton
Baysweater
Ahnree
Hugh Digby
Hunter & Crane
Thunter
Weby
Mother Walrond
Hunter
Causten
Tsther
Saville Tausten
Cliveden Woods
Magh Digby
David Hunter
Cuuston
Saville Causten
David Tinnter
Vienna
Vera Causton
Causton
Vera
Tranter
Jermyn Street
Esther Walrond
Austin Friars
Saville Causter
the Colonial Bank
Draper's Gardens
Esther
Saville
Hugh
NGO
Mr. Causton
Austin Priors
Spencer
Vern
Albion
Aldersgate Street
Tube Bank
Queen's Road
British Museum
Oxford Circus
Gall
David Tiunter
Senators and a Missing Bill in Washington Tale
A Washington tale relayed by Mer Knight Kennedy features a senator who forgot a $10 bill on his desk and a page finding it. The joke centers on senators who seem asleep when the plate is passed, highlighting humorous political missteps.
Protecting Outdoor Plants Tips From Garden Magazine
Empty flour barrels and boxes cover shrubs to guard against frost. Bank shrub with dry leaves, place the box or barrel, and cover again with manure. Anchor exposed barrels with stakes and wires. Old grain sacks wrap shrubs then bank with leaves and manure. Ornamental grasses protect roses and bushes in sunlit or wind exposed spots.
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Garden Magazine
Reassuring Her. Strana Dialogue on Flirting and Pride
A short dialogue in Strana features a wife accusing Alexis of flirting and a husband denying it, telling her the other women are plainer, highlighting marital tensions and social vanity.
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Strana
Alexis
Designs on different bills confuse the general public
A Washington Star report quotes a bank cashier noting that most people cannot accurately describe the faces and inscriptions of common coins and banknotes. The discussion covers coins like the 50 cent piece and the Goddess of Liberty designs, and treasry notes like the $1, $5, and $10 with their vignettes and lettering.
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The
Washington Star
Star
Goddess of Liberty
Treasury
Sunday School Pupil’s Quick Lesson on Water Connection
A clergyman uses a water analogy to teach children the need for church solidarity. A five year old child finally suggests the missing link is payment, highlighting a humorous moment about responsibility and communal support.
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Noesain
Tike Mirrors and the Market for Special Mirrors
A dealer in a bustling shop explains that common mirrors are not enough for fashion customers. Dressmakers and milliners seek specialty mirrors that alter appearance, such as making a person look taller and thinner, reflecting a niche demand in the fall trade.
Coin design quirks and illusionary mirrors discussed
The article surveys coin portraits with inconsistent hair and direction across denominations, noting the nickel’s altered goddess hair and leftward face, the copper cent’s Indian head, and public confusion. It also describes mirror-based optically flattering devices sold to beauty workers and their sales potential.
Squirrel Robbed the Mail in Winona
A squirrel snatched a walnut containing advertising mail from mail carrier Martin Daszkowski in Winona today. The creature dropped both nut and card after inspecting the contents, and the items were later delivered to the correct address.
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Winona
St. Paul
United States Mail
Martin Daszkowski
Daszkowski
Medders’s wealth linked to gas fortune in city chatter
The city buzzes that the young Medders, though new, holds substantial funds thanks to a gas fortune. Some say he earned it by gas industry work, while others allege a wealthy uncle supplied the wealth instead.
Government Expositions Stir Public Interest and Virginia Revival
Washington special notes that government exhibitions at fairs prove educational and financially beneficial, citing Chicago 1893 Omaha and Portland successes and Buffalo setbacks. Jamestown 1907 could boost Norfolk and Virginia, with Geddes predicting a regional revival aided by eastern lands, markets, and transportation.
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Jamestown
Seattle
William MM. Geddes
Secreos
Chicago
Lyman J. Gage
Tional Bank of
Mr. Geddes
Omaha
Portland
Buffalo
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Congress
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Washington
Geddes
Norfolk
Virginia
Canada
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