Great Tontine Rated as Fine Work of Fiction
A reader praises Great Tontine as a splendid story with an original and fascinating plot. The reviewer commends its life-like characters and considers the serial among the best ever offered.
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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Enterprise
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1909
Page
3
Great Tontine scheme drives English nobles and investors
In a Bracknell and Llanbarlym set of chapters, Viscount Lakington wagers on a Great Tontine compact to fund a new Royal Italian Opera House, while financiers like Mr. Hemmingby and solicitor Mr. Pegram plot shares and life nominees. The plan hinges on sixteen hundred shares backed by sixty year old lives, with profits issued as the opera house opens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Phillimore
Lalington
Lakington
Anthony Lyme Wregis
Mr. Lyme Wregis
Fantom Railways
Fle
Fulham
Ascot
Bracknell
Day
Tanae
Sir Gerald Fitzpatrick
Replicia
Tony
Carbuckle
Visings
Fitzpatrick
Gerald
Fortescue
Gerald Fitzpatrick
Pitzpatrick
Wokingham
Salisbury
Viscount Lakington
Royal Italian Opera House
Llanbarlym
Paul Pegram
Tiel
Hem‘mingby
Hemmingby
Pegram
Lisnbarlym
Mr. Hemmingbey
Frisco
Dye
Jold Krabbe
Bald ‘Krabbe
Diggs and Green Reach Westland, Diggs Returns Home
Diggs and fellow Green discuss a youth who went west last spring. Diggs says the youth did well out there and returned without needing money from home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ecky
Diggs
Green
Biggs
Crasy Quote on Polygamy Sparks Religious Debate
A Philadelphia Record item notes a columnist claim about religious enthusiasts and polygamy. The remark singles out Mormons, asserting men desiring more than one wife are “crasy,” reflecting editorial humor or controversy in early 20th century discourse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Record
Continent Notes Moon Peaks to Public Eye
A collage of global briefings notes moon mountain heights and royal gossip. It cites Turkey trade figures near 100 million dollars yearly and Belgian Princess Ambert praised as a happy wife. Also mentions New York doctors per capita, Russian congress on trial marriages, and Savanna alcohol seizures.
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Turkey
Aifert
Belgium
Europe
New York
St. Petersburg
Germany
Atlantic
Keith Spalding
Chicago
Naperville
United States
France
Great Britain
Savannah
Manchester ‘University
Russell Sage
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