JealousEstate Ties and Hidden Past Drive Marriage Turmoil
Harvey and Helen navigate money and power at Atherton estate while Gladys reveals a hidden past. Gladys confesses a drunken criminal father and a secret that could upend their finances. Harvey wrestles with duty and inheritance as tensions rise between wife and former guardian.
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Harvey
Gladya Lioa
Gladys
Papa
Phebe Tomlinson
Mrs. Atherton
Phebe
Helen
May I Come In Mamma Gladys
Harvey asks to sit in his mother Gladys's private parlor after dinner and light a cigar Nell cares for the infant. Gladys feels sad and lonely, realizing many mothers lose sons when they marry, and she has long accepted she belongs to the majority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladys
Harvey
Nell
Plano
Dissecting Birds Debate at Berkeley Lyceum
Naturalist Edward F Bigelow urged nature study for children but opposed public school dissection. He argued for heart and daily acquaintance over analysis, criticizing overemphasis on dead specimens while mothers debated slaughter of moths and butterflies.
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Edward F. Bigelow
New York World
New York Mothers’ Club
Berkeley Lyceum
Mr. Bigelow
Abduction Fear Echoes 1870s Case in Philadelphia
A 13 year old, Amon Shallcross, vanishes in Philadelphia prompting fear from a case mirror to Charles Ross. The missing boy, heir to a $500000 estate, disappeared October 11 after leaving for school with no money. The mother recalls him kissing her goodbye before scampering off.
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Philadelphia
Charley Ross
Amon Shallcross
Shallcross
Charles Ross
Young Ross
Philadelphia Boy Missing Sparks Regional Vigil
A missing youth from Philadelphia triggers a large-scale search with police in New York and New Jersey. Reports place the boy with a possible companion in Plainfield and Jersey City, while his mother rejects rewards and elicits public help. Amos Shallcross, 5 feet tall with blue eyes, brown hair, and a navy cheviot suit, was last seen wearing a knee-length trousers and a fedora.
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New York
Jersey City
Kiely
Paterson
N. J
Plainfield
Shallcross
Couple Married Amid Ship Sinking on Steamer St Levan
A couple aboard the emigrant steamer St Levan bound for Australia wed as the ship sank during a hurricane in the Indian Ocean. With 330 aboard, the ceremony occurred before a chaplain and two witnesses as passengers cried out, and only the couple and six others survived to reach Socotra after 12 days at sea.
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St. Levan
Australia
Indian Ocean
Isle of
Socotra
Africans Revolt Against Germany in Colonial Africa
The article argues German colonial rule in West and East Africa is failing, with natives revolting as German authorities struggle to suppress disturbances. It cites irrigation needs for West Africa, mismanagement in East Africa, and claims cruelties rivaling early American frontier episodes.
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Germany
Wolfgang Voltz
Chicago
West Africa
East Africa
Zanzibar
East
Indiana
Passing of Woman Lecturer and Scottish Judge Rise
A New York Sun report notes a woman's lecturer’s fading prominence amid women clubs preferring male speakers and cheaper talks. It also profiles Sir James Stirling being named lord justice, succeeding Sir Archibald Levin Smith, after a distinguished chancery career. Stirling, 64, from Aberdeen, studied at Cambridge where he achieved notable university honors.
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New York Sun
James Stirling
Archibald Levin Smith
Aberdeen
Cambridge
Florida growers warm oranges with tents and lamps
Some Florida orange growers cover trees with tents arranged to admit sunlight on one side and block frosty winds on the other. Inside each tent an oil lamp is lit on cold nights to keep the trees warm.
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Florida
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