The Squires Health Aisle and a Little Love
Aunt Phoebe intervenes to stop Gladys Ray from marrying Squire Harding a wealth and well connected bachelor who seeks a perfectly healthy wife. Gladys loves Dick a poor but worthy suitor, but her aunt discovers Gladys’ fragile health concerns and pushes to avert the union.
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Squire Harding
West
Oakdale
Gladys Ray
Matilda
New York
Clematis ‘Cottage
Gladys
Pown
Grandpa
Phoebe Ray
Phoebe
Squire
Mrs. Ray
Puzzling Quote on Wine and Wonder
A fragmented line wonders if a strange disease nears a beautiful wine, mixing surprise and concern in a cryptic, poetic query referencing awe and health.
Gladys’s Path to Favor and a Prosperous Marriage
Aunt Phoebe guides Gladys toward a stable match with Dick Archer after a troubled engagement with a Liverpool squire. The tale follows family influence, voyages, and eventual marriage, producing a peaceful future for Gladys and her children.
Strawberry Disaster At Family Tea Party
A Detroit Free Press tale describes a strawberry freezings mishap during a small family gathering. Ice cream, a vestryman, a rector, and a nest of flying berries collide in a comic scene ending with spilled spoons and a heated moment as the host tries to regain control.
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Detroit Free Press
Epve
Kimne
The Doctor Death Saved His Life and His Farm
A Kansas physician bought a living farmer’s skeleton to cover life insurance needs. The farmer sold his bones, drew advances, and after death the skeleton remained with the doctor, while the wife kept the coffin. The tale, while grisly, is described as business-like in the St. Joseph News report.
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St. Josep
Doniphan County
St. Joseph
Kansas
St. Joseph (Mo
Chronic Loafer by Nelson Lloyd and Reed sequel intrigue
The Chronic Loafer by Nelson Lloyd highlights the writer's ready wit and terse style as a potential draw for the book. Myrtle Reed authors a sequel to Love Letters of a Musician and faces public interest over Epistles deemed breach of trust. Holman Hunt earlier tried to get Thackeray to join a dinner party.
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Chronic Loafer
Nelson Lloyd
New York
Myrtle Reed
Holman Hunt
Thackeray
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Bayport
Dick Archer
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Waverley Magazine
the Doctor
Corner
Avondale Road
Avondale
Lane End
Coal and Woot
Yantacaw Ice Company
RB. J. Richters
Broadway
Keyler
A.C. Getchius,& CO
Market St., Newark
Ohio
Democrats
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