Beginning an Adventure on a Chicago Streetcar
Rosalind Stanton defies a conductor over a fare and is helped by a stranger with a bold voice. They share a charged moment on a rainy streetcar, then walk together toward home as an unplanned bond forms.
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Rousseau
Robespierre
France
Rosalind Stanton
Rose
Miss Stanton
University of Chicago
Pursicus
Niagara Falls
The
Maroon
Frederica Scrambles To Host Roddy Aldrich Birthday Dinner
Frederica races to prepare a guests’ dinner for Roddy Aldrich as rain delays his arrival. Her husband Havelock Ellis teases, while Roddy arrives soaked and carrying notebooks, unaware the party is for him. Frederica insists he changes into Martin’s other suit within seven minutes.
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Frederica
Frederica Whitney
Havelock Ellis
Martin Dear
Hermione Woodruff
Roddy
Rodney
Mione
John Woodruff
Rodney Aldrich
Reddy
Rod
Martin
Walters
The Real Adventure opens a modern romance saga
This unusual serial begins with marriage and spans years as it follows a well to do Middle West couple. Webster uses them to explore equal suffrage women workers and new parenting challenges. The Real Adventure stays lively with romance and thought provoking family dynamics.
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Middle West
Mr. Webster
Conjurer Forcibly Bestows Found Coins on Street Car
A conjurer with two colleagues rode a street car and staged a trick of producing quarters from under seats. The conductor demanded the twelve 25-cent pieces as lost found property, insisting on proper procedure. To avoid police, the performer surrendered the coins.
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Forty-seventh Street
Toronto Mail
Fought With Hessians in the War for Freedom
Ancestry notes reveal Count von Bernstorff’s forebear fought Americans in the War for Independence. De Cussy recounts 1820 Paris Berlin ties and mentions Countess Bernstorff born in America, her name given for her birth country. Her father led a regiment hired by the English from Hesse.
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von Bernstorff
America
One Nurse to Ten Patients in Modern War
The Red Cross Magazine notes in war conditions that one nurse serves ten patients and outlines a ten to one patient to nurse ratio in hospital settings. It cites that about five percent of the army are sick or wounded, implying large hospital loads during large-scale conflicts. A stray line comments on flirting behavior among girls.
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Europe
Red Cross Magazine
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Bobbs-Merrill Co
Him
Hostetter
Delsey
Peeny Ey
Express
Marold Somers
DE Kalb Ave
Brooklyn
Nutrition
Siig
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