Wanted: A Wife Classified in Hearts Aflame Story
In Two Forks valley Montana Mary Warren 15 year old Annie Squires room together living on ten dollars a week Annie mocks marriage prospects and reads a matrimonial ad from Hearts Aflame magazine They discuss the dream of security as Annie hints at desperation and moral limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bim Gage
Two Forks Valley
Montana
Wid Gardner
Sim Mary Warren
Annie Squtren
Mary
Annie
Mary Warren
America
Mollie
Annie Squires
West
Annien
Bis
Sia
Hearts Aflame Girl Faces Loss and Hard Times
Mary Warren, an ailing young woman with shrinking sight, struggles after losing work and facing medical bills. Her roommate Annie Squires pursues work while both women cling to hope as spring nears and prospects for marriage fade amid poverty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary
Annie
Mary Warren
Medal Awarded to Mary Warren for Pre-School Child
In Manhattan a three year old colored child from the Tripp family wins a gold medal as the most nearly perfect preschooler. The piece shifts to a domestic scene where Mary Warren contemplates marriage to a landowning farmer and a scheme with Annie Squires to test the arrangement. The dialogue reveals social pressures and personal choices, ending with a cliffhanger. Nine thousand immigrants arrive weekly at New York ports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reynold Tripp
Manhattan
Audrey
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Éins
Emerson Houg
Charlie Dorenwaki
Sin
Charlie
Worne
Miki
United States
New York
Avorey Tripp
Cheasty
Cheastys
Mr. Thrift
Chase
Westamt Posten
Groceteria
Pinte
Calen
Wesson Oil
Ivory
iRise
Ee Groceter
California
Eros
M.J.B. Coffee
Ee Osc
Nhs
Orape
Kellogg's Krumbies
Uncle Sam
Jemima
Lenox
Saniflush
Can
Seattle
Kingsford’s Corn and
Ceylon
P Ound
Ghirardelli
Geo
Washington
Large Hill
Hill
Groceteria Stores
Ballard
Mount Baker Park
Cowen Park
West Seattle
Knox Gelatine
San
van Camp
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