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Oak Park Vindicator

Location

Oak Park, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Dec 20, 1895

Page

6

Arnold Willoughby Faces a Publisher's Gambit and a New Book

In London and Venice, Arnold Willoughby refuses a publisher's £100 conferred for the Elizabethan Seadog while Mortimer urges him to write a new novel. They secure a contract for a fresh work with Stanley & Lockhart to be published in exchange for £100 upfront and 15 percent royalties, urging Arnold toward Venice to work with Kathleen Hesslegrave on a somber domestic tale titled A Romance of Great Grimsby.

Lockhart Willoughby Mr. Lockhart Arnold Kathleen Tony Stanley & Lockhart Mortimer Rufus Mortimer London Arnold Willoughby Rufus O Laem Stanley & Lockhart’s Stanley & Lockhart's Mr. Jones Stanley Javen Aly Mr. Stanley Jones & Burton Wanny England Venice Johu Collingham Ti Herely Newy Umyde Park Corner Arnald Somerset House Weil Cornhill Cheapside Arnoldus Shoe John Collingham Hltnabethan Norfolk Axminster Hin Arnald Willoughby Great Grimsby Maggie Holdsworth Paris Rome Grand Canal Kath- Wwen Skipper Ralph Woodward Maggie Enoch Smith’s Madie’s Mr. Mortimer Kitty Adam Bede Rider Haggard Cohiat Doyle Rudyard Kipling Mrs. Grundy

Wealthy Women of St. Louis Extend Fortunes Across Sectors

The city’s elite include Annie Russell Allen with a multi million dollar rail and real estate portfolio, largely tied to the Allen family and the Iron Mountain line. Julia Maffit and Rebecca Sire are noted for real estate and philanthropy, while Adele Morrison, Lucy Ames, Emma Copelin, Grace January, and Jane Lindsay are cited as leading widows with vast inheritances and steady societal influence.

St. Louis Annie Russell Allen Pittsfield Mass Thomas H. Allen Ee Ces Allen Providence J. L. ‘D. Morrison Mr. Russell Iron Mountain Railroad Russell George W. Allen Julia Maffit Maffit Pierre Laclede American Fur Company Julia Chanteau Our Courts Olive Street Emily Maffit Rebecca Sire Rebecca Wing Chouteau American Fur Co Thirty-fifth Pine Streets Anna Green Grand Avenue Presbyterian Church Josephine Schnaider Adele Morrison Col Don Morrison Adele Sarpy Lucy V. Ames John J. Roe Grace January Copelin Jesse January Grace Valle Granite Mountain January Jane Lindsay Capt A. J. Lindsay Octavia Boyce Mullanphy

With Othera Molara A Boston Dentist Debtor Letter

A Boston dentist troubled by non paying customers wrote a sharp note to a debtor. He reminded him of the account’s antiquity and stated that when he cuts beef for his wife she is chewing it with the dentist’s teeth. The debtor paid up after reading the letter.

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Soldier barred from leaving barracks over verbal leave

An exchange between a soldier and the guard corporal ends with the guard denying exit without proper leave. The soldier claims verbal captain's permission but cannot show it. In a separate note the oldest flat object in the world is described as made from a sheep thigh bone found in a Nile tomb.

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