Weaving Love and Hard Times in a New York Romance
A young New Yorker, Clay Wimburn, woos Daphne Kip in Cleveland then New York. Daphne learns Clay is penniless and breaks their engagement. She pursues acting with theatrical magnate Reben, supported by Tom Duane, but careers falter as Bayard’s finances collapse.
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Clay Wimburn
Cleveland
Daphne Kip
Clay
Wall Street
Daphne
New York
Trousseau
Bayard
Europe
Leila
Tom Duane
Reben
Duane
Miss Kemble
Bayard Kip’s Wall Street Collapse and Family Fallout
Bayard Kip’s overreaching investments collapse as margins vanish and a European-wide downturn hits. He borrows on bonds, loses his factory job, and struggles to keep appearances. Leila sells jewelry to fund his father into a penniless state, while Daphne and Wesley face eviction and shame.
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Serbia
Austria
Sarajevo
Bavaria
Herod
Bayard Kip
Europe
America
Bayard
Leila
Newport
Payback for Daphne Aims at Leila’s Sacrifice
Daphne wrestles with envy and pride after Leila helps rescue her father. She uses a $50 check earned by herself to comfort Wesley Chivvis, insisting on paying her way while her father resists accepting her earnings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daphne
Leila
Lela
Leiila
Bess
Daphne Faces Trials of a Working Girl in New York
The narrative follows Daphne as she navigates the rougher edges of a working life in a big city. The upcoming issue promises to continue the story with more challenges and developments in her path.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daphne
New York
Canadian Money Orders as Stock Backs Remittance
An Ontario woman ships a batch of 30 cent Canadian money orders to a Boston firm. She explains the postmaster held stock for years because 30 cent orders were slow to sell, apologizing for the many small value forms in the remittance.
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Ontario
Boston
Leddy
Household Work Savers
Practical tips for keeping kitchens clean and dry in summer. Use newspapers to catch spills and spread on the floor to ease cleanup. Store unused ranges to prevent dampness and rust and keep a waste basket for disposing of papers.
Local Cemeteries Compare Towns as Lasting Attractors
Fragmentary notes reference alfalfa prices and sweet clover, plus a remark on permanent residents and cemeteries as inducements. The only clear point is the quote about science learned by rote and wisdom not, attributed to Sterne.
Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery Ad Promotes Health
An advertisement touts Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a blood maker and tonic. It markets tablets or liquid form, claiming to build the body, cure colds, and guard against disease with herbal roots like wild cherry bark and stillingia. It urges trying a trial package by sending 10 cents to Dr. Pierce in Buffalo New York.
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Dr. Pierce
Oregon
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Rupert Hughes
Taft
Belgium
East Prussia
Lella
Kip
Grand Central Station
Fifty-ninth Street
Hall
Wesley
Daddy
Bayard de
OF Supreme
Baby
Iy Forense
Jobo Stuthall
Sioux City
Ira
Lincoln
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