Moonlit reunion reshapes futures at Coronado ball
Sybil Delaunay and Maxwell, once lovers torn by art and ambition, meet again at the Hotel del Coronado. In moonlit veranda silence they confront past deceptions, confess enduring love, and vow to entwine lives despite society and distance. Their embrace ends the night's estrangement as waves and music echo their choice.
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Maxwell
Point Loma
Mexico
Sybil Delaunay
Maxell
New York
Words of Undignified Origin That Have Become Necessary
The article argues slang words gradually gain acceptance in English as needs arise. It cites terms like mob, diction, ignore, alert, and examples such as dude and crank. It notes some slang dies while others, like enthuse, survive due to utility and expressive nuance.
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de Quincy
Coleridge
Lady Holland
Let Well Enough Alone
Dialogue features Bobuppe and Flareuppe debating revenge and moral restraint. Bobuppe urges heaping coals of fire, citing past mistreatment. Flareuppe questions the practicality and ethics of revenge amid high coal costs.
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Bobuppe
You Can't Leave Them She-Poor Jones Widow Tale
A fragment notes a widow left behind after a departure. The speaker insists a widow is hard to escape and repeats the idea that a man disappeared or sneaked away unseen. The tone suggests gossip and blame within a domestic quarrel context.
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Nan
Jones
London’s Awful Destitution Highlights War Budget Waste
Leslie's Weekly denounces Britain’s worsening poverty with 200000 homeless in London and a looming imperial deficit. It critiques government taxes and a massive wartime budget, arguing funds lack of famine relief and economic retrenchment, urging spending cuts over more armaments.
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Leslie's Weekly
England
Jack London
London
Treasury
Great Britain
Love and intrigue at Knowlesworth Hall in Edith Cowley
At Knowlesworth Hall Edith Cowley, nineteen, faces a family circle led by her blind guardian the Count and his ambitious son Max. Aunt Lady Bysshe schemes to pair Edith with Max’s friend Richard Goffe while weighing a possible match with Constant Burbage, as whispered motives and hidden loyalties unfold amid estate life.
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Knowlesworth Hall
Edith Cowley
England
Hfe
Count Massini
San
Edith
Max
Bysshe
Mixentius
Marlborough
Ward
Cambridge
Richard Goffe
Iudith
Lady Bysshe
Mr. Goffe
Goffe
Manchester
Constant Burbage
Colonel Burbage
Dunstan
Rady Bysshe
Urbano
Dunstan Burbage
Dad
Drini
Burbage
Father
Vin
Roberts
Robert
Jenkins
Dr. Hopkins
Wdith
Plas
Dancing at Knowlesworth Hall Ends in Tragedy
At Knowlesworth Hall a summer gathering unravels as Max and Dunstan gamble away their fortunes. A shock follows when Mr. Goffe is found dead in bed the next morning, prompting a doctor to suggest non natural causes. Edith and Dunstan’s romance hints persist amid the family crisis.
Equal to All Occasions Comedy Sketch Bonfire Cries
A New York Weekly fragment features a farmer and two characters in a rough dialogue. The first proposes burning the farmer’s barn, while the second seeks matches and learns the farmer is on the far side of the house.
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Sybil Delaunay
New York
New York Weekly
Brannz
Boston church goers divided by Catholic majority
Report notes that among regular church attendees in Boston, about half identify as Catholic, reflecting a sizable Catholic presence in the city’s religious life. The data suggests Catholics form a major portion but not a majority of regular attendees.
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Boston
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