Children of the Heart in a humble cottage wedding
Basil Drake schemes to keep Hugh Evans under his thumb but Hugh wins freedom and a home by selling a narrow valley strip to the county for five thousand dollars. Hugh marries Ivy, and they start a simple life in a rose scented cottage owned by their own work and choice.
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Hugh Evans
Basil Drake
Hugh Sivans
Drake
Evans
Basil
Hugh
Ivy
County Board of Improvements
Croesus
Hyde Financier Ex-Convict Aids Prison Inmates
Frederick A. Hyde, 67, California land dealer and former San Francisco school board president, was released after 16 months of a two year sentence commuted by Wilson. Known as the "angel convict," he organized prison improvements, funded an athletic field, and worked to uplift fellow inmates and those about to be freed.
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Atlanta
Frederick A. Hyde
Board of Education of
San Francisco
Federal
California
Hyde
Wilson
Man Thought Dead Twenty Years Lives Wife Remarries
Mrs. Margaret Trower, long believed deserted by Earl Wroughton and later married to Joseph A. Trower, wins a divorce and reclaims the name Redding after evidence that Wroughton, thought drowned, is alive in Terre Haute Indiana. The case follows years of separations and new marriages.
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Kansas City
Margaret Trower
Joseph A. Trower
National Live Stock Commission Company
Mr. Trower
Maggie Young
Olathe
Kan
Earl Wroughton
Wroughton
St. Louis
Clyde Redding
Terre Haute
Ind
Trower
Thomas J. Seehorn
Circuit Court
Redding
Hugh helps homeless Ivy Moore amid eviction
Drake witnesses a two room eviction scene as Ivy Moore, ill and penniless, is taken in by a kind mother with children. Hugh, moved by the sight, gives money and arranges care while his relative mocks him. He privately resists marriage as a solution to the girl’s plight.
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Hugh
Ivy Moore
Drake
Origin of the Blue Stockings Label for Intellectual Women
The term blue stockings dates to 18th century England when leading women hosted salons for eminent writers. Benjamin Stillingfleet, noted for his grave dress, wore blue stockings, and lateness allegedly sparked the phrase We can do nothing without the blue-stocking. Boswell and Hannah More helped popularize the label.
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England
Boswell
Johnson
London
Benjamin Stillingfleet
Hannah More
Bas Bleu
Billy Missed Something at the Hostess Table
A boy named Billy observes a polished table with a centerpiece and, as he and his mother eat, he spreads his napkin under his glass and plate, whispering that the hostess forgot the tablecloth. The scene unfolds at a visit to a school chum.
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Billy
Chicago Tribune
Absolute Size of the Stars
Signor Ferrara of Termo Italy reports photometric based estimates of stellar diameters from parallax data. Canopus appears largest at fifty one times the sun while Castor Arcturus Pollux Capella and Vega range from 18 to 6.8 times the sun. Such measurements are highly statistical.
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Signor Ferrara
Termo
Italy
Rivisita di Astronomia
Canopus
Castor
Arcturus
Pollux
Capella
Vega
Hyde philanthropy in prisons aided hundreds and funded a library
Hyde aided hundreds in reintegration by giving encouragement and funds to start anew. He funded a prison library with hundreds of books from his own money, aiding inmates to rebuild their lives. Roosevelt oversaw investigations by Burns into alleged Pacific coast frauds in which Hyde claimed only technical legal violations.
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Hyde
Roosevelt
William J. Burns
Pacific Coast
San F Francisco
Altar Boy Foils Robbery at New Jersey Power Plant
Alt ar boy Frank English发现 night engineer Edward Griesch bound and gagged at Park Ridge power plant after three masked men ordered shutdown to plunge town into darkness. They stole $200 and fled as Griesch reported the assault to authorities.
Marion man cites wife as pest in divorce suit
Charles A. Lloyd of Marion Indiana charges Carrie A. Lloyd with extreme jealousy. He says she followed him in factories kept watch through a fence knothole and exposed herself to weather until sick. He seeks a divorce citing her pestlike conduct.
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Marion, Ind
Charles A. Lloyd
Marion
Carrie A. Lloyd
Lloyd
Boy 13 Imitates Movie Crime in Island Holdup Spree
Richard Darnion, a thirteen year old, robbed Mrs. John Leary and Miss Delia Hartke after seeing a crime in a theater. He struck Leary with a club, took valuables, and stopped several children before being arrested at a skating rink. He confessed to numerous robberies and trained to surpass movie villains.
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Hammond
Island
Richard
Darnion
John Leary
Delia Hartke
Prison tailor ousted after inmate complaints
John Bowman, a tailor to Sing Sing inmates in Ossining New York, has been removed from his post after prisoners complained about misfits in his work and service. The action ends his role supplying clothing to the prison.
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Ossining
N. Y
John Bowman
Sing Sing Prison
Hearts of Homeless Women and the Dream of Home
In reflective prose the piece explores why women sheltered in homes feel a sense of belonging while those without shelter face social rejection. It notes the contrast between generous past friends and cold indifference when a woman becomes homeless and must live in sparse rooms.
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Jane
Do Women Know When They Are In Love
A reflective meditation on female love and marriage norms. It contrasts romantic fantasies with practical realities and tracks how women's perceptions of love evolve from youth into adulthood, noting that true partners may differ from idealized heroes and that lasting love often surpasses early expectations.
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Love
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Ww. G. Chapman
Valley Strip
F. A. Hyde
Court of Appeals
Mary
Altar Boy
Ron Molder
Boy Holdup
Indiana
Hearts OF Homeless Women
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