Harold Denver faces ruin from trusted partner’s betrayal
Admiral Denver and his son Harold confront a forged crisis after Jeremiah Pearson flees with £13,000, leaving debts and a threatened bankruptcy. Clara Westmacott and a plan by Harold’s father seek urgent loans from family connections to avert disaster. The story follows moral resolve, public trust, and the strain on family honor amid looming creditors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold
Denver” Stran
America
Jeremiah Pearson
John
Dad
Hite
Clara
Friends in Need Discuss Money Matters in Tale
Clara asks her papa to recount her funds under aunt's will. He confirms she has two hundred and fifty pounds yearly. Ida receives one hundred fifty. Clara considers living on fifty pounds and buying a sewing machine to make her own dresses, suggesting she could manage two hundred if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara
Harold
Clarg
Papa
Ida
Hyde Park
Denvers
Vera
Argel’ Oral
Sub target gun aids Seventy-first rifle practice at Creedmoor
The Seventy first regiment of New York uses a sub target gun for practice. It records aim on a dial under the muzzle via an electrical needle that punctures the dial when the trigger is pulled. The device balances any rifle and helps shooters learn sighting position and aiming at Creedmoor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seventy-first Regiment
New York
Creedmoor
Corwin
Army Range
Philadelphia Record
Coutts Bank in London Faces Move Amid Bartlett Bankruptcy
A London banking house Coutts plans to relocate from its Strand premises due to municipal widening. The piece notes its storied vaults and historic patrons including monarchs and emperors, and links the move to the bankruptcy of Sir Ashmead Bartlett, brother-in-law of Lady Bartlett Coutts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Coutts
Lowther Arache
Strand
Ashmead Bartlett
Bartlett Coutts
Lowther Arcade
George IV
Sitzherbert
Edward
Duke of Kent
Mme. de Saint Laurent
Nes
Duke of
George II
Queen Victoria
France
Frederick
Alexander II
Spain
Burdett Coutts
Harriott
Duchess of
St. Albans
Archibald Campbell
Arex
Earl of Harrowby
Tweedmouth
Lord Ruthven
Edmurd Antrobus
George Cl Qhurst
Middleton and
Campbell
St. Martin’s Church
Coutts & Co
Middleton
George Campbell
James Coutts
Tom Coutts
Elizabeth Starky
Lord Guilford
Lord Tate
Francis Burdett
Iarriott Mellon
Aetress
Angela
Francis
Burdett
Fom Coutts
Angela Burdett
Burdet
Victoria
Bartlett
Sir Francis Burdett
Latimer, Scales and Baldes
Romping Centenarian Celebrates Hundredth Birthday
Floral tributes filled the home of 4 G Remsen on Sand ford avenue for Mrs. Leslie Swartout Remsen who marked her 100th birthday. The lively centenarian greeted guests, played with her four year old great grandson Joseph Remsen Curtis of Richmond, and read the Bible without glasses. Her son notes she once traveled to Richmond six years ago and vows to do it again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearson
Harold
Bfarold
London
Jeremiah Pearson
Mrs. Westmacott
Jeremiah
G. Remsen
Sandford Avenue
Leslie Swartout Remsen
Was Not in Him. Cake Theft Suspected in Germantown
A Germantown mother jokes over a missing frosted cake, attributing part to sister Nellie and the rest to her young son Johnny. The tale, told with humor, reflects family dynamics and playful confession.
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Johnny
Nellie
Philadelphia Ledger
Centipede-Gee Footprints in the Sands of Time
A brief note from the New York Sun references a Centipede-Gee moment with vivid imagery of leaving footprints on the sands of time. The playful line hints at legacy and repetition across moments.
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New York Sun
Granddaughter’s long winded prayers amuse Philadelphia artist
A Philadelphia artist explains his three year old granddaughter’s nightly routine. The child begins with the hazy prayer then I lay me down to sleep, then blesses family members and ends Amen. She adds God bless Mary, the nursemaid, as a postscript to avoid mixing her up with the women in the family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Grandpa
Grandma
Papa
Mamma
Unkle George
Unkie Charlie
Ixate
Mary
Manema
Philadelphia Record
Lord Eyes All, Even Mud on Linden Street
A brief urban quip from Memphis Schuitar recounts a mud throwing boy and an older youth debating divine omniscience and the limits of surveillance. The exchange ends with the older boy conceding the Lord sees all, while the younger jokes that the Lord would not know his home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linden Street
Memphis Schuitar
Two-Headed Girl Quarrels with Herself in Dime Museum
In a Dime Museum a living skeleton asks a fat woman about a corner scene. A two headed girl argues with herself claiming she would rather be four legged to hang more Christmas stockings, a comic Town Topics remark.
Science and Superstition in Streak of Modernity
The Detroit Journal quips that science has made people less superstitious by replacing ghosts with microbes. A whimsical cartoonish exchange shows Science boasting modestly that it merely changed styles in superstition.
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Detroit Journal
Observation of a Daughter's Singing Noted by Father
In a brief exchange a father recalls his daughter’s singing from last night and asks if the singer’s notes possessed a bird like quality. The artist suggests there are many kinds of birds, adding a light quip about vocal timbre.
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Detroit
Unselfish. Sweet Girl Sweet Girl reaches out in hush
The fragment notes a dialogue about unselfish love and a request to go somewhere else for the night. It mentions Jack Hanson promising to call and cites New York Weekly as a source.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Hansom
New York Weekly
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Havre
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Straits of Malacca
Sarawak
Borneo
James Brooks
Charles Dickens
Gordon
Khartoum
French Republic
Money Coutts
Marquise de Fontenoy
St. Louis
Globe-Democrat
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