Daphne Chooses Duane When Gowns and Future Collide
Daphne Kip, engaged to Clay in New York, pursues independence after a costly shopping spree for a trousseau. Tom Duane offers help and a possible marriage, but Daphne resolves to earn her own living and ends the engagement. A theater setback follows, testing her resolve amid social pressures in Manhattan.
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Daphne
Clay
Synopsig
Clay Wimburn
Cleveland
Daphne Kip
Wall Street
New York
Trousseau
Bayard
Europe
Leila
Tom Duane
Baynard
Duane
Reben
Miss Kemble
Daphne's Resignation and The Crumbling World of Work
Daphne quits Reben with dignity as he replaces her letter with a request for her head. Bayard and Leila struggle financially amid hard times while Daphne seeks work, moves in with Clay and Daphne, and confronts love, money, and independence in a battered economy. Bayard faces a shift from obsession with profit to a wary hope of better times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duane
Daphne
Mrs. Chivvis
Leila
Bayard
Winter Garden
New York
Chivyuises
Reben
Bloomingdale
Clay
Seraglios
Clya
Newport
Acropolis
Bayard's Wall Street Speculation and War Casualty
Bayard withdraws all savings to speculate in stocks driven by visions of riches. A gunshot near Sarajevo sparks a global war and Bayard becomes one of the early casualties. Read the next installment for full details.
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Bayard
Wall Street
Fgroff
Sarajevo
Raining Cats and Dogs Phrase Origin in England
An excerpt explains the English expression raining cats and dogs. It notes that gale blossoms of willows are called cats and dogs and a heavy rain would shake them loose, scattering them on the ground.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Starch From Decayed Potatoes Revealed by Agriculture Dept
The department of agriculture reports wartime experiments show starch can be made from decayed potatoes just as well as from sound ones. Surplus stock from farmers or dealers need not be wasted but can be converted for use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Agriculture
Temperance remedy promises pure blood and skin cure
Advert reads Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a long standing blood purifier for impure blood and skin blemishes. It claims to clear pimples boils eczema and improves liver digestion and kidney function. Personal testimonials praise cures for eczema and childbirth recovery using Discovery and Favorite Prescription.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Pierce
Golden Medical
Invalids
Buffalo
Grand Rapids
Wis
Afra
Anna Zeller
10Th Ave
North
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Rupert Hughes
Harper & Brothers
Satan
Raphael
Central Park
Cisy
Ness
Fortune
Chivvises
Mr. Chivvis
James
Bright
Indiana
Dean’s
Foster-Milburn CO
Buffalo, N. VY
Texas Oil
Texas
Tex-O-Mex Oil and Investment Ass’n
Fort Worth
Dept. E
Consumers’ Bargain House
Chestnut St
Phila
B. S. Beard
Denver
Colorado
Stevenson
Prairie
Chicago
Rede Remedy Co
Oxord
Neb
Evening Standard
DY CO
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