Judith's Rebel Heart and a German Love Match
Judith returns from a German finishing school changed and withdrawn. Mr. Derrick, her uncle confidant, navigates her mood as she recalls a love triangle with Jack Birt, Damozel Giggs, and a ruined proposal, ending with a vow to move past boys and enjoy simple pleasures.
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Judith
Mr. Derrick
Derrick
Germany
Frankein
Mr. Keppel Hathaway
John Teddington Bitt
Johnnie
Jack
Fraulein
Birt Mach
Mies
Rudesheim
John Teddington Birt
Fraulein’s
Birt
Damozel P. Giggs
P. Giggs
Damozel
Romance Saves The Poet From Editor’s Rebuff
A famous poet faced rejection from a magazine editor who urged him to try special articles for money. He refused claiming romance was his aim. He then created a new poem on the back of the rejected sheet, and it was quickly accepted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Son of Parnassus
Nature Study Expands Youths’ Worldview
Prof L H Bailey of Cornell urges nature study to teach youth to see the world around them. It should not aim to create specialists, but to enrich life with interest in plants birds insects and streams, ensuring future scientists will come naturally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. H. Bailey
Cornell University
Man’s Contrariness in Love and Marriage
A quotation attributed to Annesley Kenealy in Woman's Life notes a curious double standard in men. Before marriage they praise a sweetheart’s flowered curls but after the honeymoon they overlook the same floral adornment as a bid for praise or a kiss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annesley Kenealy
Song mit vordts and debutantes clash at the Mimic
A society scene opens with a professor at the piano announcing Song mit oudt vordts. Bertie Flippe taunts Mrs. Dashleigh while debutantes quarrel over a handsome villain at the Mimic, then the professor corrects to Song mit vordts lots of vordts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertie Flippe
Dashleigh
Puck
The Suffragette Bested by Matrimony
A witty exchange ends with a man admitting marriage is the sole state where women hold the upper hand without a ballot. The banter contrasts suffrage rhetoric with domestic partnership humor.
Chokie's Nanner Sparks Witty Exchange
In the Yonk ers Statesman a playful dialogue features Cholie and Patrice trading quips about social circles with light humor and a nod to status and belonging.
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Chokie
Nanner
Patience
Cholie
Patrice
Yonkers Statesman
Wind and blast leave Illinois counties in wrecked farms
Insurance adjusters estimate at least 150000 damage from a Kane Kendall windstorm. Aurora suffers the heaviest losses to plate glass and farm buildings. livestock killed and telegraph lines down. Lemont reports two men killed and 51 workers narrowly escaping when a dynamite charge exploded in a quarry. Chicago fire robs an auto garage of 15 cars. Multiple towns report deaths, injuries, and thefts as authorities review incidents and court actions.
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Aurora
Kane
Kendall
Lemont
Illinois Stone Company
August Steinke
Nels Nelson
Kankakee
Wallace Gagnier
Ed Pombert
Fleming & Brown
Pombert
Chicago
James Driscoll
J. M. Blaks
Driscoll
Danville
John O. Talbert
John F. Burrow
George W. Boswell
Mattoon
Abraham Lincoln
Thomas Lincoln
John J. Hall
Lincoln
Robert L. Lincoln
Nellie A. Hall
Deerfield
Ridgeville
New Trier Township
Thomas C. Clark
Henry C. Bennett
John W. Branch
James Smart
Louis K. Gillson
John A. Bellows
Board of Education
Thirty-first Street
Springfield
Commissioners
Macon
Sangamon
Christian
George W. Murray
Collinsville
George Getz
Daniel Getz
Prescription remedies and patent cures advertise in old text
An early 20th century style ad block promotes remedies for nervous impairment with a syrup sarsaparilla compound and balms, cautions about health, and pitches items like Pettit's Eye Salve and Hamlin's Wizard Oil. It also touts cigarettes from Lewis' Factory and a self-help quip about giving.
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J. B. Lippincott Co
Nanimous
Mother
Badminton
Bartonville
Ill
Zeller
Bartonville Hospital
Harper’s Weekly
News OF Illinois
Casey
Edwin Ewing
Jacksonville
W. H. Rowe
Girard
John H. Bailey
Peter Debold
Lipslitz & Gordon
McCarthy and
Howe
Sycamore
Jerry Coffey
Pettit
Howard Bros
Buffalo
Faith
Doubt
Lewis
Lewis’ Factory
Peora, Jil
Woolley
Dodds
Guarar
Saxonia
Lews
U. S. Lighting Co
Madison St
Cod Trust & Savings Bank
Gosts
Choapas
Egypt
Salzer Seed CO
Boxw
la Crosse
Wis
Klickita
County
Rys
Klick Jtat
Mouantaix
Columbia Valley
Kickitat Development League
Goldendale
Wash
Texas
San Antonio
Terrell Hot Well Co
Room ME
Saint Louis
Missouri
Sela UL
Parker
Dick Maton
Kaville
Athens
Gitig
Crawfordavilie
Ind
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