The Appleby Murderers Among Shadows at Appleby Hundred
I overhear a covert council in the Appleby Hundred mansion where Sir Francis and his men plot against rebel settlers. Captain Stuart reports Cherokee allies and a planned raid while Mr Stair pleads with power and fear of ruin in a tense border setting.
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Stairs
Jean
Loudon
Masa
John Stuart Oer
Damare
Mr. Stair
Charles
Cornwallis
Sir Frank
Gilbert Stair
Captain Stuart
Sir Francis
Lady Marion Mortaine Finds Love and Identity
A penniless heiress with a gray wig and spectacles poses as a middle aged governess to win a job with Lady Worthampton. Marion Grant captivates Captain Lancelot Hardcastle at a ball and later reveals her true lineage as Marion Montague, daughter of the Montague line, securing marriage and status.
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Ladye Murten
Montearl
Unser
Grant
Miss Grant
Lady Worthington
Park Lane
Marion
Boudoir
Lady Worthampton
Maine
Miss Grants
Molly
Miss Green
Captain Hardcastle
Mme
London
Worthampton House
Lancelot Hardcastle
Uncle Lance
Agian
Strocks
Lady Woorthampton
Tal
Lance
Curtis
Montague
Lancrlot
Caston
England
Udo
Castor
Blackguard
Lancelot
Marion Mortaine
Courtesy Should Be Given Servants of the Household
A housekeeping guide urges courtesy to servants as a mirror for family manners. It argues that a mistress kindness and orderly behavior, and a calm, respectful home, encourage maidservants to imitate good breeding and strive to improve their status.
Elopement banter sparks unlikely quarrel in Chicago
The Chicago Record-Herald reports a witty exchange as a woman declares she cannot see why she eloped with her partner while he quips he was the first to ask. Meanwhile a forecast notes thirty thousand migrants move weekly from Ohio Indiana Illinois and Iowa toward Manitoba wheat country.
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Chicago Record-Herald
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Iowa
Manitoba Wheat
Canada
London contest sample lampoons worn phrases in madcap bill
A spoof act premised on banning hackneyed phrases lampoons journalism and writing. It targets phrases about death marriage and appearance with a mock penalty of halving salary to the Home for Old Jokes and public apology. The piece reflects satire on overused expressions and media language.
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London
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Francis Lynde
Darius
Maderna
Baronet
Lawyer
Ireton
Roger
Royal Scots
Austria
Maria Theresa
Maria
Falconnet
Stair
Margery
Francis
Appleby Hundred
John
Roger Ireton
Lair
DeKalb
Frank
Roger Iretor
Stuart
TM Hoey R Heard
Coe
Britain
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