Miss Maverick and Rex Lancaster At The Hall
Rex Lancaster a handsome student falls for Katharine Maverick a refined teacher at the hall. Their secret meetings on the beach spark a dangerous romance tested by Dot the sweet ward. Katharine ultimately rejects Rex to protect Dot and returns to teaching, leaving Rex to marry Dot years later.
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Dot
Miss Maverick
Rex
Goose
Rex Lancaster
College
Leonora
Rosamond
Marie
Halloa
Sam
Mrs. Lancaster
Kitty
Misa Maverick
Devlish
Herodias
Katharine
Atll
Katharine Maverick
Dora
Kergs
Florence Percy Allen
Peterson
Bolink’s Fire Drill Ends With Wet Shop Disaster
In a Detroit Free Press note, cooper shop owner Mr. Bolink tests a fire drill by lighting shavings. The crew misapplies the plan causing chaos, barrels and tools fly, and water from a commandeered hose drenches the shop. Firemen arrive to save the scene as workers recover, restoring operations by afternoon. Vermont clergy are barred from kissing newly married brides. brides reject prior suitors.
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Bolink
Mr. Bolink
The Missing Finger Joint Mystery in London
A solicitor narrator meets his friend George Dickson in London and learns of a doomed engagement between Julia Parsons and Eldridge Parsons, nephew of Julia’s late suitor. The tale unfolds with a forged will scheme revealed at the theater, leading to a confrontation, a coerced renunciation note, and a hopeful union for the trio after truth and justice prevail. Eldridge Parsons later sails to Australia aboard the London and disappears with the ill fated voyage.
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London
Southampton
George Dickson
George
Julia Pareons
Julia
Parsons
Eldridge Parsons
Atranger
Doctors Commons
Dick Mot Canes Bey
Julia Parsons
Australia
Bores and Their Various Whimsical Types
A humorous look at bores ranging from self focused chatters to hobbyists and scientists who overwhelm with talk. An anecdote features a diner classing oysters and a quip about oysters rising to the level of man. Augustine Brohau offers a sharp aside about discomfort at table.
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New York
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C.ww.slater
Cee Ceerseer Reese
Vermont
Augustine Brohau
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