Prodigal Village Chapter Two Continues
Mrs. Bing discovers Phyllis plans to elope with Gordon King at Hazelmead. Phyllis and Gordon resume a risky luncheon while Susan and Pauline face social judgment. Mr. Baker's home turmoil clashes with Judge Crocker's sober counsel on bringing up a daughter and family priorities.
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Susan
Mrs. Singleton
Mrs. Bing
Susan Baker
Mamie Bing
Mr. Baker
Pauline
J. Patterson Bing
Ma. Baker
Mamma
Hazelmead
Gordon King
Father
Gordon
Phyllis
James
Mill City
Gray Goose Inn
Mr. King
Tam
Gordon Wing
Iiring
Vhgilis
Becau
Baker
Judge Urges Patience and Mercy in Family Turmoil
Baker faces a missing wife case after Pauline Middleton vanishes from New York. A judge advises time and mercy, while Baker learns Pauline may have fled with Herbert Middleton. Police note rising missing persons cases as he searches hotels and stations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pauline
Herbert Middleton
Baker
New York
Mr. Baker
Mrs. Middleton
New York Evening Post
New York Police
Bureau of Missing Persons
Shepherd of the Hirds and Bingville’s Money Madness
In Bingville a crippled boy Robert Emmett Morin known as the Shepherd of the Hirds centers on his mother and friends while the town erupts in price hikes and social change. The first citizen J Patterson Bing funds new entertainments as Pauline Saker elopes amid provincial unrest and moral drift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bingville
Robert Emmett Morin
Judge Crocker
Pauline Saker
J. Patterson Bing
Bing
Villasse
Iven Hiram Blenkinsop
The Complaining Coin and the Man Who Lost His Self
A gold coin in a Bingville bureau draws complaints about cold. the Shepherd of the Birds notes the coin reflects its owner's heart. Mr Bloggs urges action while Bob Moran shakes the drawer. The tale centers on warmth, duty, and courage in hardship.
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Bingville
Bob Moran
Mr. Broggs
Shepherd of the Birds
Mr. Bloggs
Untitled Reflection on Silence and Speaking Out
A terse musing notes that men often have thoughts yet refrain from voicing them. the speaker suggests restraint or regret in the dynamics of speech and silence. The line hints at gendered expectations shaping who speaks and who remains quiet.
Tomorrow's model in taffeta dresses
The article surveys spring fashion showing taffeta and organdie dresses with bouffant skirts and quaint silhouettes. It highlights a left frock with a tunic and underskirt plus a contrasted bodice, and a right dress with taffeta ribbon plaitings and lace vestee, noting rivals in a varied season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Directoire
Spring Hats Tempt Readers With Bright Millinery
A feature on spring hats notes a wealth of new materials and varied shapes from court-crowned straw to satin and crepe de chine options. Prices remain high but easing, and readers are encouraged to seek hats that suit every face and type with several showpiece designs highlighted.
Insisted Upon a Magnate and a Baseball Fan Proposal
A fan asks a magnate to sign up for a life game and the girl agrees. The Indianapolis Star notes the exchange with a playful nod to romance on the diamond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Star
Hall's Catarrh Medicine advertises cure
An advertisement claims catarrh is a constitutional condition and promotes Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a blood nourishing internal treatment. The copy asserts it destroys the disease's foundation, strengthens patients, and aids nature, with distribution through druggists and free circulars from F. J. Cheney & Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
Nature
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
One Thing They Know and Wartime Cloth Prices
The exchange notes how prices for cotton and linen have doubled due to the war, affecting clothing costs. It mentions using Red Cross Balk Blue in laundry to extend fabric life and observes grocers charging 5¢. The dialogue hints at truthfulness and uncertainty among people.
Honest poverty and dishonest wealth as social conflicts
A reflective line notes that some people value honest poverty as highly as others prize dishonest wealth, highlighting social tensions between virtue and material fortune.
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Irving Bacheller
Emmanuel Baker
Bill Pritchard
Paradise
Dus
Justice
Mercey
Throne of Justice and Mercy
Chapter
Tevrim Be
Bellans
of ‘Sugparenes
Allen
Allens
Summit
Summit Agency
Akron
Revenue Service
Consolidated Schools
C St
N. E
Wish
D.C
Oakridge Farm
Mayfield
Dept. A
Bermuda
Havana
Midway
Gadsden Co
Gox
Jackson, Mich
Dean
Indiana
Foster -Milburn CO
Buffalo
N. Y
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