Murderous Passion on Rover's Reef Ends in Escape
Ralph Trenholme confronts his wife Imogene and her unseen lover, discovers their plans, and seeks vengeance by moving a boat to the reef. The pair perish as the reef floods, and Ralph, shattered by guilt, contemplates confession but sails away with neighbor John Cooper.
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Ralph
Imogene
Lfe
Ralph Trenholme
Rovers Reef
Marina
Rover
Highpoint
Portlea
Lynde Graham
Trenholme
John Cooper
Rock
Sally Ann
John Wold
Squire Trenholme
Highport
Sam
St. Cyril sisters meet Ralph Trenholme at Portlea hotel
A wary Ralph Trenholme encounters Guy and Genevieve St Cyril, English siblings, at the Reef House and hotel near Trenholme’s Rom Charlie Rock. Amid gracious introductions, Genevieve’s kindness contrasts with Ralph’s ache over a past fiancée murdered on the day they were to wed.
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Ralph
Trenholme
Reef House
Genevieve
Portlea
Clifton
Guy St. Cyril
Ralph Trenholme
St. Cyril
Imogene
Miss St. Cyril
Mad carriage chase ends with Marina lookalike rescue
Ralph Sprang halts a runaway coach as two frantic horses plunge toward the sea. He frees the near horse, calms the team, and opens the carriage door to reveal Marina lying asleep on velvet cushions. A stranger asks after Marina and Genevieve’s safety as the scene unfolds.
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Ralph
Marina
Marine
Genevieve
Whole Wheat Bread Recipes for Nutritious Diets
A tested recipe for whole wheat bread outlines steps using boiling water, milk, yeast, salt, and gradually added flour to form a batter and dough. It covers making loaves in greased pans, rising times, and baking durations for different loaf shapes, plus an alternative method with milk butter salt sugar and yeast for light bread.
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Miss Johnson
Billiards Gains Social Ground Through Lady Aileen Wyndham-Quin
Winter snows push golf aside and billiards becomes a house pastime as Lady Aileen Wyndham-Quin, daughter of Lord Dunraven, captivates social circles with graceful play. Her displays draw admiration from debutantes and women, moving gatherings from drawing rooms to the billiard room where men and women alike enjoy a game of skill and sociability.
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Lord Dunraven
Aileen Wyndham-Quin
Aileen
Amoerien
Demorest Magazine
Vienna approves woman as girls' school director
In Vienna the school board approved Fraulein Marie Schwartz as director of a public girls school, despite protests from male teachers and schoolmasters.
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Austria
Vienna
Fraulein Marie Schwartz
Murder for Money and a Reading Baby-Farmer Case
London letter reports serial infant murders linked to nurse Dyer in Reading. Police fear decade-long killer spree with at least three hundred infants suspected. details describe Dyer, her address, and multiple recovered bodies in Thames parcels. Knotted string, bricks, and cloth evidence surface as investigators probe the grim case.
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London
Thames
Dyer
Reading
England
America
Body Road
Glory and Bohemian Night Plans with Parents
Two young women discuss going out with a chaperone and latchkey, debating parental limits on independence. They joke about creating a society to suppress unruly mothers and note American freedoms, while Maisie worries her mother will forbid the night. The conversation touches on Will, pay, and a bohemian cafe scene.
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San Francisco Examiner
Maisie
Will
Dot
America
Dyer case of baby adoption ring ends in murder
The article outlines the life of Mrs. Dyer a baby adopter linked to multiple infant deaths in Britain. It describes her arrest in Reading Kensington London and Willesden with her son-in-law Palmer and the Grannie figure, detailing the alleged scheme where mothers paid premiums for infants. The narrative notes the use of bricks to weight parcels and the involvement of various relatives in the capital.
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Marge
Bristol
Elm Villas
Caversham
Reading
Palmers
Dyer
London
Grannie
Kensington Road
Palmer
Commission
Daunghter
Willesden
Sergeant
Paddington
Equality and the Path to God Across Humanity
Rev. Ida C. Hultin states that every person born on earth can know God and overcome evil tendencies, ultimately attaining eternity. The message emphasizes universal spiritual potential and moral development as central to salvation.
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God
Ida.c. Hultin
Pen names and the people behind them a literary trace
The article lists authors and their pen names including Bab by W. & Gil bert, Jonathan Freke Slingsby for Slingsby Papers, James Hogg as the Ettrick Shepherd, A Traveling Bachelor for J Fenimore Cooper, Graduate of Oxford for John Ruskin, Father Prout for Francis Mahoney, and Edmund Valcaner for Edmund O Rourke. It notes the chosen names reflect origins or people known to the authors.
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Bab
W. &. Gilbert
Bab Ballas
Oxford
Francis Mahoney
Father Prout
Edmund Valcaner
Edmund O'Rourke
Authors Fancies Named Homes of Poets and Writers
A list of authors and their residences with whimsical home names. Amelia Barr Cherry Croft William Cullen Bryant Cedarmere Edgar Allan Poe Fordham Lowell Elmwood Hawthorne The Manse The Wayside Longfellow Craigie House Bayard Taylor Cedar Croft Hjalmer Hjorth Boyessen Morelands Frank Stockton Convent N J The Halt.
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Amelia Barr
Cherry Croft
William Cullen Bryant
Cedarmere
Edgar Allen Poe
Fordham
Lowell
Elmwood
Hawthorne
Manse
Wayside
Longfellow
Craigie House
Bayard Taylor
Cedarcroft
Hjalmer Hjorth Boyessen
Morelands
Frank Stockton
Convent
N. J
Halt
Got Even With Him. Church salary dispute in Fair Haven East
A Congregational church society in Fair Haven East Conn reduced the pastor salary from 2500 to 2000 dollars. After protests some members, the salary was restored and the pastor was charged 400 dollars rent for the parsonage which he had been occupying free.
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Congregational Church Society
Fair Haven East
Conn
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