Geraldine Debuts Amid Family Prep and Lost Hope
Geraldine prepares for a May debut as Miss Corunna coordinates a grand egress. Bellenden’s earlier promise to return to Inchmaven haunts her, but his absence and her altered feelings transform her outlook as Granny’s display of elegance elevates the scene.
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Bellenden
Inchmaven
Raymond
Cecil
Geraldine
Jerry
Alice
Bellenen
Miss Corunna
Inchmaren
Sirrederick Bellenden
Geraltine
Granny
Miss Carunna
Monsieur
A Nation’s Debt and Peace Remembered in War
An ode recalling Civil War sacrifices and present peace from Chicago Inter Ocean. It honors soldiers who died for freedom, notes ongoing grief of families, and affirms national unity under the flag.
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Sumter
Woods of the Northwest At Tacoma Exhibit
At the inter-state exhibition in Tacoma Washington the top wood shown is Douglas pine or red fir noted for extreme toughness and strength. English and French experts hailed it superior for ship building and bridges. Also featured are red cedar yellow pine bull pine hemlock spruce oak maple and ash with maple from the Pacific coast used in cabinet work.
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Northwest
Tacoma
Wash
Pacific Coast
Then and Now A Father's Divorce Comment
A father laments losing clothes for his children while the youngest quips that life is better now. The piece ends with J Coleman Drayton telling a New York paper he seeks no publicity in his divorce case, a request he should have voiced earlier.
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J. Coleman Drayton
New York
Flower Brigade Ecoration Imaginary Royal Picnic
A playful scene unfolds with Gertrude Tallman and Neith Hannaman under a blossom laden apple tree. The children pretend to bake strawberry shortcake for Queen Victoria and the Princess of Wales with petals gathered as flour for a royal noonday lunch.
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Gertrude Tallman
Neith Hannaman
Neith
Jertrude
Queen Victoria
Princess of Wales
Princess of
Flower Brigade Seeks to Honor Poor Soldiers on Decoration Day
A narrative recalls a houseful of children led by Gertrude and Neith planning a Decoration Day tribute. They collect blossoms with Miss Tuttles and Aunt Margaret, march to potters field, and lay flowers on soldiers’ graves including Elsie Tanner’s father. Uncle Jack explains compassion for forgotten dead.
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Gertrude
Neith
Potter’s Field
Wales
Margaret
Tam
Victorian
Jack
Potter's Field
Uncle Jack
Elsie Tanner
Elsie
Flower Brigade
Trewin Valentine
Gertrude Tillman
Neith Hannaman
Moss Levison
Smi
Taye
Brigide
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Grandmamma
Campbell
Tror Bellenden
Chicago
Inter Ocean
the Flower Brigade
Angel
Conception OF the Flower Brigade
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