Gormly enters mayoral race amid New York politics
A romance unfolds in a western mining town then shifts to New York where George Gormly proclaims his mayoral bid. He uses a Christmas display of generosity and a newspaper platform to pledge honest, nonpartisan leadership and oppose graft, drawing support from Eleanor Haldane and her circle.
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George Gormly
New York
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Gormly
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Fishdane
Miss Haldane
Mrs. Rylen
Felice
Susid
Haldane
New York Planet
People of
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Tuley
Stewart
Livingstone Haldane
Dr. Deveaux
Miss Stewart
Livingstone
Mr. Haldane
Dr. Dreveaux
Mr. Gormly
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Father
Haldane the
Eleanor
Mrs. Haldane
Louise
Broadway
Revivalist's Night at Mississippi Home Ends in Fracas
A Mississippi revivalist, drenched after rain, stays the night with a townsman. The housewife mistakes him for her husband and strikes him with a book, quipping about asking him to stay all night. The incident is described in a Lippincott's Magazine excerpt.
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Mississi
Lippincott’s Magazine
Exhibition of Real Faith in a Mud Pie Scene
A Cleveland Leader excerpt describes William Spill’s daughter playing with mud and a sprightly can for a reservoir. She returns from a car bearing a package of dry cleaned wear as her father admonishes her about neatness. That night she prays with great earnestness asking the Lord to dry clean the street and her shoes for Jesus’ sake.
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William Spill
Spill
Cleveland
Hypocrite Defined by Brooklyn Schoolboy
A Brooklyn teacher tests students on definitions and asks what a hypocrite is. Robert answers quickly, naming a kid who comes to school with a smile on his mug.
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Brookly
Robert
Distressing tale of a poor man loses both arms in rail wreck
A narrator recounts a man who lost both arms in a railroad wreck. The dialogue contrasts disability and gender with a bleak joke about a woman unable to reach behind her collar and belt. The passage reflects dark humor about injuries and social norms.
Judge praises Grape-Nuts as strong wholesome food
A judge with a bench background in the sunshiny West extols Grape-Nuts as a staple in his family diet. He claims it strengthens appetites, resists fatigue, cleanses the complexion, and reduces pastry craving, citing a booklet titled The Be Wellville and endorsing the cereal as a healthful, nutty, crisp food.
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