A Summer Courtship Between Professor and Guest
A Southern New Hampshire boarding house hosts Leslie Burton and Professor Lewis during a summer season. Their conversations reveal evolving views on women’s rights and a playful yet pointed exchange on equality and marriage prospects amid social propriety. The tale centers on class, intellect, and flirtation shaping a potential union.
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Lewis
Wae
New Hampshire
Hayleg
Léslie Burton
Ihs Frst
Imen
Tita
Aho
Lewi
Hiamanbel
Jay Ho
Love and marriage in a quirky old South Sea tale
A humorous Renaissance era romance appears with Professor Lewis and Lillie Burton, a playful engagement test, and a daughter in adolescence. The scene shifts to an interview with a visiting dignitary and then a note on Ecuador's alligator skin trade, detailing a 1903-06 activity and export values. The piece blends domestic wit with a distant commerce snippet, ending with a political closing.
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Lillie Burton
Beta
Lille
Lilie
Lillie
A Suggestion That He or She of Wrinkled Brow Should Consider
George Tarvey discusses worry and thought transference as natural concerns and urges self-reliance. He argues worry is imaginary, not real, and that effort within limits can reduce distress, warning against idly seeking divine intervention. North American Review.
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Heaven
Hell
George Tarvey
The
North American Review
One of the Tricks in Diamond Ring Scams
A retail jeweler explains a recurring ruse where two ladies test rings by taking a tray of rhinestone substitutes while claiming they want real diamonds. The plan aims to provoke purchases of genuine stones after the deception is revealed, noting rhinestones serve as a decoy in such scams.
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Mies
Maude
Colonil
Lenco
Rimestones
Early engines and petrol power rise in tech notes
A fragmented remark traces progress from early engine theories to petrol engines. It notes commentators doubting practical motor construction, then observes petrol engines appearing and reaching the market, with claims of high power relative to weight while warning the era’s technology matured rapidly.
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Prederick Manuel Viera
Jompa B. Bowlin
Prof. Lewis
J. Frank -Hanly
Indiana
Lillis
Ecuador
Edglor
Guayaquil
Guayas
Remdar
O. Wanve
J. H. Gilliland & Co
New Castle
Becker Hardware Establishment
Ely
China
East Washington Street
Bell Phone
New Castle, Pa
West South Street
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