Damory court saga of love and vanished fortunes
Judith Dandridge learns a duel death ties a hidden past to Damory court as Valiant’s wealth fails and he and Shirley Dandridge navigate love, duty, and memory amid a feudal era tournament. Mrs. Dandridge confronts Sassoon’s death and a secret miniature links generations in a Virginia estate saga.
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John Valiant
Valiant
Damory Court
Shirley Dandridge
Katherine Fargo
Virginia
Shirley
Vigian
Major Bristow
Greer King
Bristow
When the Clock Struck Sorrow Shapes a Heart in Turmoil
Shirley sits despondent after a performance pondering Valiant, Miss Fargo, and a possible future. Her mind wanders amid a gilt mirror and chintz cushions as she questions the end of her romance.
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Shirley
Valiant
Miss Fargo
Texas fallowing studies challenge moisture store theory
United States Department of Agriculture field trials in San Antonio Texas find no yield gain from biennial fallowing for corn or cotton compared with annual cropping. Oats show a small boost but not enough to offset economic drawbacks. Three crops across 1911 to 1913 are reported in bulletin 151.
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Washington
United States Department of Agriculture
San Antonio
Texas
Department
Senate Passed Rivers Harbors Bill in Senate Fight
Prompt passage by the senate of a 20 million substitute for army engineers on existing projects ends the filibuster against the rivers and harbors appropriation. The measure, originally 58 million, now goes to the house where a vigorous fight is expected. all Texas projects were eliminated.
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Washington
Senate
Army
House
Texas
New York Rich Have Many Servants Says Winthrop
Neilson Winthrop speaking at a Nice dinner describes New York's new rich as surrounded by servants. He recalls a Fifth Avenue food king asking where the staff is after barging in at four in the morning and learning the butler kept the footmen in.
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Neilson Winthrop
Riviera
Nice
New York
Fifth Avenue
Three Ages of Crime According to Lecoq
A discussion by Lecoq outlines three criminal life stages. From 17 to 30, daring acts include highway robbery and murder for small sums. From 30 to 45, burglars and counterfeiters operate safely with little violence. From 45 to 70, criminals lead gangs planning large-scale crimes and kidnappings.
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Lecoq
Doughnut Talk Between Mrs Newlywed and Mr Newlywed
Mrs Newlywed asks for frank advice on improving doughnuts. Mr Newlywed suggests making the hole hit car, prompting a humorous kitchen exchange.
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Mrs. Newlywed
Mr. Newlywed
Lightning Sparks Huge Tank Fire in Humble
A lightning strike touched off a 55,000 barrel steel oil tank owned by Guffey Petroleum Company near Humble on Saturday. The tank, about half full, burned with an estimated loss of 35900 dollars. The oil belonged to the Texas Company.
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Humble, Tex
Guffey Petroleum Company
Texas Company
German American Red Cross Society reports over $500 collected
At the German American Red Cross Society meeting this week committees reported more than $500 gathered in De Witt County to aid the Kaiser's people.
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Cuero
Tex
Mrs. Frank Leslie Dies in Uptown Hotel Apartment
Mrs. Frank Leslie widow of publisher Frank Leslie who died in 1880 passed away Friday in her uptown hotel apartment. She had long been a prominent figure in the publishing world and was known as the Baroness de Bazus.
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New York
Frank Leslie
Baroness de Bazus
Postal Savings Deposits Rise to 48 Million in August
Washington report shows deposits in postal savings banks nearing 48 million dollars at month end, with an increase over July of more than 4 million. The gain reflects growing public confidence and expanded savings activity across the system.
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Washington
Lightning Hits Oil Tank in West Tulsa Farm
Lightning struck a tank at the West Tulsa farm causing the Texas Company to lose 37,500 barrels of oil during the Friday electrical storm in Tulsa Oklahoma.
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Tulsa
Okla
The
Texas Company
West Tulsa
Walker Named Manager of Wynne State Farm, Texas
Tom Walker appointed by Texas prison commission board as manager of Wynne State farm in Huntsville to succeed Oglesby who recently resigned. The action designates Walker to oversee farm operations and inmate labor at Wynne facility.
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Huntsville
Tex
Tom Walker
Board of Prison Commission of
State of Texas
Wynne State Farm
Oglesby
Farmer's Wife Too Into Work
Kasota Minnesota resident Mrs Clara Franks credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring her health after a year of weakness and pain. She urges others, especially women, to try the remedy and notes letters to the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co are answered by women in confidence.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Clara Franks
Maplecrest Farm
Kasota
Minn
Lydia
Pinkham
Lydia FE. Pinkham
Lydia E.pinkham
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Lauren Stout
Sassoon
Judith
Ranston
Emmaline
Mrs. Dandridge
Jessamine
Beauty
Darling
Chilly Lusk
Rosewood
Rawston
Rickey Snyder
Hades
Red Cross
Hanford
feriMts Co
Mires
Behrens Drug CO
Waco
Hicks
Capucine
Porter
S Canim
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