Slade's Rise and Rift Behind a Million Dollar Dream
Daniel Slade moves from penniless miner to millionaire ambition aiming for governor. His wife Mary resists his cold ascent as he schemes to divorce and pursue wealth, while Katherine Strickland and Bob Hayes complicate loyalties. Mary vows to fight him and return home with Robert’s aid.
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Daniel Slade
Homge
Slade
Katherine
Senator Strickand
Mary
Merritt
One Way of Living Ends in a Torn Marriage
Mary Slade faces a fractured life as Dan pursues a permanent divorce and demands she vacate their old cottage. Haunted by fear of another woman and a shrinking home, she clings to memories of happier days while a court battle looms.
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Mary Slade
Dan Slade
Dan
Mary
Senator Strickland
Nita
Juanita
Peoria
Central Labor Union
Indianapolis
International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers
Cairo
William S. Dewey
R. B H. Redman
D. I. Kirkham
Richland
James T. McClure
North Alexander
Joseph L. Bunch
East Cape Girardeau
Clear Creek
Chicago
Great Lakes
Nina
Pinta
Aurora
Ira Harkness
University of Chicago
Wasco Baptist Church
Quincy
Harkness
W. E. Stroob
Rock Island
Anna Dailey
Lincoln
Carl Person
Ellis Dillon
Thomas Brandt
James Humphrey
Stephen Powers
Batavia
William Norvius
Nonah Devenis
Eureka
Woodford County
WC. T. U
Frank Goodrich
Minoak
Gertrude Miller
el Paso
Roy L. Moore
Hureka
Roper
Clara Hamm
Minon
Daniel H. Davidson
Bloomington
Strawn
Henry Burtschi
Wabash
Decatur
Pana
Charles Wakefield
Wakefield
Herrin
Riley Freeman
Louise Brown
Freeman’s Spur
Here
Marion
Long Association Blurs Faces Between Mistresses and Servants
In a New York town two widows shared long term servant care for over four decades. The servants grew to resemble their mistresses so closely that they are often mistaken for them. Their voices on the telephone were nearly identical, leading friends to abandon this communication method.
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New York State
The Recessional poem’s public domain gift to the world
Rudyard Kipling’s The Recessional was published in the London Times during the diamond jubilee. A $500 check sent as payment was refused by Kipling who dedicated the poem to the nation so it could be printed and used worldwide free of charge.
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Rudyard Kipling
Britain
Empire
World
London Times
Umbrella Uplift in a Rainy City Encounter
A soaked narrator waits in Broadway, then accepts shelter from a stylish stranger under her umbrella. The encounter near Sixth Avenue blends city rain with a remembered spirit of kinship as the young woman leads him to a shop and departs.
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Broadway
Sixth Avenue
New York Evening Post
Why He Remembered Money Earned in Youth
A Houston Post quotation recalls a man who says memory of his first income is rare. The speaker notes his own recollection rests on one simple detail, a single nickel contrasted with many who claim to remember more.
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Dan
Slade
Mary
Houston Post
Fire destroys Lake Forest residence of banker Charles B. Pike
The Lake Forest home of banker Charles B. Pike burned, with valuable furniture and paintings estimated at $500,000 destroyed. Other items damaged included the extensive art and furnishings.
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Lake Forest
Charles B. Pike
Waukegan
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Ger
Robert
Hesorro
Dan Sladel
Sladie
Father
New Yorker
News OF Illinois
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