The Mariana Circle Plays On In Blackstone Tales
Major characters Morris Leighton and Rodney Merriam linger in Mariana’s social and legal circles as Balcomb, Carr, and Pollock maneuver through ambitions. Zelda Cameron and Olive Merriam join a dramatic club production by Max Schmidt while Balcomb boasts schemes and a staged telegram ruse.
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Merriam
Ives
Congrieve
Tipperance Club
Captain Pollock
Rodney Merriam
Mrs. Carr
Mariana
Zelda
Olive Merriam
Leighton
Balcomb
Herr Schmidt
Olive
Pollock
Marlena
Tippecanne
Jack Balcomb
Seed catalogues as art and literature
A Washington Star exchange notes Mr. Crosslets’ habit of reading seed catalogues, framing gardening as art and literature rather than simple cultivation, while Carlyle reflects on the lasting reach of a person’s earthly influence, however small.
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Crosslets
Washington Star
Symbolism in Washington Avenue Parlor Dramatic Exchange
A dialogue scene at a concrete house on Washington Avenue features Belinda and Charles Henry Smyth arguing that symbolic clock hands cannot reflect their relationship. Belinda insists a single moment will separate the hands, rejecting the metaphor and choosing independence over union.
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Charlie
Washington Avenue
Belinda
Charles Henry Smyth
Mr. Smith
Globe Trotting to Avoid Suitor
Mrs Helen Beryl Graydon ex wife of Tom Graydon once a Harvard backfield star fled to Europe to escape a persistent suitor claiming to be a Russian nobleman. Daughter of J Parker Whitney she spent time on her father's Placer County California ranch where an horticulturist employee befriended her and pursued her. After letters and calls she left the ranch for San Francisco then Europe where the pursuit continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Globe
Helen Beryl
Graydon
Tom Graydon
Harvard
Europe
Japanese Hardest to Learn Says Albany Journal
The Albany Journal notes Japanese is the hardest language to learn. It requires seven years for a child to master essential signs and 214 kanji. Mastery of 2,000 to 2,500 ideographs is needed for higher class Japanese newspapers.
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Albany Journal
The Pity of It and Teething Remedies
A humorous juxtaposition on married life about dinner ideas and spousal impatience. The ad copy then promotes Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup as a teething remedy for children, noting its use during teething periods.
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Mrs. Winslow
Mistaken kindness at the subway station
A young woman hurrying to the subway asks a sturdy youth to carry her heavy suitcase to the station. He buys her ticket, returns the suitcase, and accepts only a dime. He disappears before she protests, suspecting a college boy in vacation work paid her fare.
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Zelda Cameron
Morris Leighton
Nine
Knight, Kittredge & Carr
Tippecanoe
Michael Carr
Morris
Thomas Jefferson
Palcomb
Jay
Chicago
Chancellor Kent
Grand Opera House
Henry Irving
Merchant of Venice
Demurrer
Berlin
Carr
Legislature
Dramatic Club
Adams
Jack
Central States Trust Company
St. Louis
Damaron
Uncle Sam
Glee Club
Zélda
Shamrock Circle
Smith's Hall
Mabel Roberts
Georgia Berne
Sugar Loaf
Roberts
E. Schneider
Myrtle Lodge No
S.C. Giles
W. F. Hendricks
W.m
J. G.bone
Jewell
G.A.R. Mestes
G. Adjutant
R. W. Lundy
Commando
Mens Point Lodge
C. F
Peek ‘ N Spires
H Pearce
L. A. Roberts
Myrtle Point
Oregon
E. A. Dodge
U. S
Coquille River Electric Co
Frank Morse
Coquille
Transportation
Steamer
ECHO
W. RE. Panter
Coquille City
D. White
Mierza
Banden
Osquille City
Free Marine Eye Remedy Co
Cascarets
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