Maggie Temple Moves to Careful New Home
In Burnham Beeches the Henley sisters learn Maggie Temple’s husband George has been imprisoned for five years after gambling and forging. The aunts arrange Maggie’s move to Mrs Cholmondely in Eaton Square with a plan to start anew and provide support, while legal and moral concerns loom over the couple’s downfall.
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Yarold
Burnham Beeches
Lown
George
Maggie
Letty
Eleanor
Burgess
Darling
Miss Letty
Auntie
Henley
Maggie Temple
Jane
Mrs. Cholmondely
Eaton Square
Pulham
Miss Henley
Vicanor
Mrs. Temple
Burnham
Wade Rao
Aga
Aunty
Haton Square
Brighton
Jokes and Lessons From Early 20th Century Vignettes
A collage of anecdotes shows diplomats and financiers in witty exchanges. Takahira and Sassini trade light jests over neutrality and jiu jitsu amid Roosevelt hints, a German crafts sauerkraut cost worries, Palmer notes early logical rigor, and an Irish uncle jokes about moss while J Pierpont Morgan parries questions about arms with a coin.
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Takahira
Washington
Count Sassini
Roosevelt
Cassini
Chris
George Herbert Palmer
Harvard College
Fessons
Major McClellan
Iréland
America
J. Pierpont Morgan
London
Mr. Morgan
Mr Morgan
Money in Fact and Fiction in American Fortunes
The piece contrasts real wealth with literary wealth from The Count of Monte Cristo and the fortunes of Carnegie and Rockefeller. It notes how industrial magnates could sway nations with loans and vast sums, while fiction shows limitless wealth drawing powerful actions and moral outcomes. It ends with Monte Cristo's will affecting Maximilian and a sweeping sense of wealth's impact.
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Andrew Carnegie
Germany
England
France
Italy
South American
Venezuela
Rockefeller
Cleveland
Europe
Central
South America
Alexander Dumas
Count of
Monte Cristo
Paris
M. Glers
Maximilian
Salaries of Teachers Urged by President Harper
President Harper of the University of Chicago argues for higher pay for teachers in elementary and secondary schools. He contends the work requires high talent and that teachers deserve salaries equal to other professions, noting the training and preparation are demanding and costly.
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Harper
University of Chicago
Beng
The Oldest Oz in America Excerpted From Rail History
A fragmentary nostalgic passage recalls the earliest days of railroading between Boston and Providence, describing the oldest locomotive as a neglected relic in a roundhouse. It contrasts bygone speed with today’s slow, dusty, cobwebbed condition and notes its role as a primitive predecessor to modern trains. Also included is a vignette about Mrs. Granger and Mrs. Joyce discussing social clubs and differences between their spouses.
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America
United States
Boston
Providence
Change in thought honesty sparks couple’s banter
In a witty exchange cited by the Philadelphia Ledger, Ife’s blunt honesty shifts after meeting Biffer as he now thinks before speaking. Mrs Neighbor comments on her husband’s judgment while Mrs Newed nods, noting he married her.
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Ife
Biffer
Philadelphia Ledger
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Maggies
Fulham
Artut
Ars
Dumas
John D. Rockefeller
Harper’. Weekly
MONEY
Mrs. Joyce
Thana
Mr. Joyce
Mr. Granger
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