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Newspaper
Orland Zenith
Location
Orland, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1900
Page
5
Jack Dallas presses Rita to marry him despite age gap and family approval. Rita, shy and unsure, resists yet tenderness grows as she finally submits to his plea, while Mr Helstone weighs the implications of the age and consent.
Mrs Lomas hosts a bright Hampstead gathering for Rita with a hundred guests. Godfrey Helstone and Jack Dallas share a moment of intrigue as Dallas spots Joanne Beresford in the crowd and hints at a prior meeting.
Godfrey meets Joanne by chance as she recalls family details and old friends at Brentwood. He learns about Rita and Dallas engagement, their families, and updates on Beresford kin including Clara and Fanny. He longs to reconnect with Joanne and her father, hoping to visit Brentwood again.
Chapter XEX recounts Rita Helstone marrying on June 20 at Ivor. Mr Dallas vows to keep his daughter happy as Godfrey bids farewell and visits family at the Dene before considering Derbyshire and Brentwood. The tale shifts to plans for Miss Taylor to stay at the Dene.
In a Washington Post fragment a half‑finished young man bets he can make a woman on a F Street car moisten her lips within ten seconds. A colored attendant helps a middle‑aged blind woman aboard, and the wager ends as the youth pays up after losing the bet.
A young married woman hires a new coach and footman to call on acquaintances without leaving the carriage. The footman runs ahead leaving only two playing cards as tokens. After many calls the mistress names three households, but the servant reveals only two cards remain, ending the plan in alarm.
The women of Corea are likely the hardest worked laundresses in the world. Their husbands wear baggy pantaloons that rise under the armpits like clowns. The usual weekly wash contains about a dozen pairs. Washing is typically in cold water and often in a flowing stream.
The passage notes coal provides heat light and a storehouse of colors medicines perfumes and explosives. It states 140 pounds of gas tar per ton yields over 2000 distinct aniline dye shades and adds a line about touch and loan requests.
A digest of notable Indiana events includes deaths and accidents across multiple counties. Notable items: J. Lucas, 55, farmer near Greenfield found dead. 14-year-old John Jennings drowned near Evansville. Mabel Levin, 3, burned to death in Terre Haute. Richard Boggs, 25, killed at Patriot mill. Charles Thompson injured near Storyville. Earnest Nichols, 10, burned losing both eyes. Also new bank at Scottsburg. I.O.O.F. hall near Bicknell. telephone exchange planned at Ridgeville. Dr. Frank Wall appointed army surgeon. gas well struck near Gwynneville. several accidents and local notices about fairs, reorganizations, and a new cement factory at Stroh shaping a growing town.
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