Three Word Title Reflecting A St. Louis Artist Tale
Charles Roberts, a young St. Louis artist, searches for a model for Water Nymph. Florence Stacy offers as paid sitter to support her consumptive brother Paul. Torn between romance and cynic Dean Farrar, she navigates love, betrayal, and duty. Florence contemplates marriage to Farrar but rejects him.
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Charlie Roberts
St. Louis
Florence Stacy
Paul
Tom “Cameron
Dean Farrar
Roberts
Cameron
Florence
Pauil
Dean
Farrar
Wards
New York
Mrs
Jane
Marriage at the Manor Ends in Tension and Unrest
Florence Stacy marries Paul Farrar despite misgivings and indifference. The couple arrives at Farrar’s ancestral manor, where Florence finds lavish rooms prepared but faces cold correction from Farrar. Paul teases and pushes, while Florence battles fatigue and bleak longing, erupting in a burst of determined despair.
Solitary moods and city life spark conflict in Florence
Florence questions charity and social duty as Paul and Farrar clash with her desire for amusement. A planned charity trip is debated while Florence contemplates a move to New York to see "The Water Nymph" at the Academy, amid tensions over home and city life.
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Florence
Paul
Farrar
Charlie Roberts
New York
Academy
World’s largest cold storage plant to open in Buenos Aires
The vast facility in Buenos Ayres will store 15 000 sheep and 4000 cattle. Daily slaughter totals reach 5000 sheep and 260 cattle as the plant comes online.
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Buenos Ayres
Argentine Republic
Vanity in Whiskers Prompts Social Tests in City Folklore
In a humorous sketch from Frisco to New York, a belief labels long beards as vain. Arthur C. Donnell tests strangers by stroking whiskers, complimenting their elegance, and a Sicilian fruit vendor rewards the gesture with a gift. The episode ends with Donnell and a companion sharing a drink in a New York hotel corridor.
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Frisco
New York
Arthur C. Donnell
Broad Exchange
Fulton Ferry
Jay Donnell
Donnell
Princess Serge Beloselsky Voluntarily Heads to Siberia
Princess Serge Beloselsky of Russia, daughter of General Whittier of the United States army, plans to travel with her husband to Siberia and live there quietly while working to earn funds to repay their debts. The princess holds a high standing at the Russian court.
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Serge Beloselsky
Russia
General Whittier
United States Army
Siberia
New Indiana Congressman Fred Landis Jokes on Seat Joke
The article notes Indiana congressman Fred Landis, riding a Washington streetcar, was sat on by a stout man who apologized. Landis quips that he wondered if he had been painted on the seat, ending with a lighthearted remark.
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Fred Landis
Indiana
Washington
Stout
Mr. Landis
Senator Money Sets One Day Bill Introduction Record
Mississippi Senator Money began a senate week by introducing 233 bills, over 200 for claims. He set a record for a single day, surpassing all other senators who had introduced more measures during the entire session.
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Senator Money
Mississippi
Senate
Mr. Money
Edna-Fred Flatbrim Courtship Quip Cited
Edna reports Fred Flatbrim praised her as a very pretty girl but doubted his future words. He claimed only one girl was prettier than Edna, and that was you, according to the Philadelphia Bulletin.
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Edna
Fred Flatbrim
H’m
Philadelphia Bulletin
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St. Louisanghe
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Hese
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Cupid
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America
Jack
Wall Street
Old Custom House
Edward
Donnel
New York Commercial
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