Richard Dering Returns Home and Seeks College Path
Richard Dering arrives at his mother's farm after winter in the woods. Aunt Jerusha unsettles him with Emrly Tuttton's engagement news. With hermit Seth Kinney's guidance he studies for college entrance, excels, and earns the professor's praise. Dering then moves toward journalism in Chicago meeting Helen Gordon and forming a strained partnership.
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Richard Dering
Jerusha
Emrly Tuttoon
Derring
Yerring
Seth Kinney
Kinney
Greer
Colege
Eimily Dering
Chicago
Helen Gordon
Iurving
Helen
Witness
Madhard
Love and fear ride the North Shore journey
In a winter tale, Derring ponders Helen’s influence and a subtle, growing bond as they sketch, travel, and test a strange connection. He faces foreboding of separation and a possible summer distance, while their evolving closeness deepens amid travel and inner doubt.
Madonna in the Dutch Interior Returns to Life and Love
In a dim old house an artist tends a recovering woman after a perilous rescue. Derring supports Helen as she rests on a couch, while a Dutch hostess prepares supper. Their quiet accord deepens as they travel home in a carriage, fate and happiness intertwining.
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Derring
Helen
Madonna
Holbein
Washington Street
Perring
Beth
Tax tale from 1908 rolls sparks Faraday joke
Lawson Purdy quotes Gladstone at a dinner reacting to Faraday's discovery with indifference. Faraday retorts that someday the discovery may be taxable, illustrating the enduring link between science and taxation. The Washington Post notes the anecdote from New York's assessment era.
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New York
Lawson Purdy
Department of Taxes
Gladstone
Faraday
Washington Post
Useless Area Added to Britain Since 1883
The sea has eroded 419 acres from the British Isles since 1883 yet contributed 30 752 acres of new land. The gained land is presently useless. The passage includes a note on Chinese writing with groups of signs and thousands of characters.
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Britain
British Isles
No more leg torment thanks to Cuticura remedies
A Philadelphia man describes seven years of intractable skin irritation from ankle to knee. After exhausting doctors, he used Cuticura Remedies and reports complete relief after a dozen bottles of Resolvent plus Cuticura Soap and Ointment, with six months of no recurrence.
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W. H. White
Cabot St
Philadelphia
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