Beatrice in the Banker's House and Hidden Plans
Beatrice resists an arranged match as Victor Raymond and Marsden maneuver at the bank. Count Bozell woos Beatrice while Marsden plots to wed her to Rogell, and Beatrice seeks independence amid family tension and moral expectations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hentriee
Cheosine
Wile
Childran
Papa
Beatrice
Mr. Huytlend
Marsden
Barywis
Esse
Herbert Marsden
Cenant Loz
Cmeceind
A Humble Refusal Ends Count Rosells Love Bid
Miss Albensen rejects Count Rosells proposal despite his ardent plea and noble rank. She affirms she belongs to a humble life and declines the lofty guardianship offer, leaving the count to reconsider his intent while she departs in a courteous bow.
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Victor Raymond
Victor
Amfarsden
Asc
Miss Albensen
Count Bozell
Count Rezell plots over a forced marriage scheme
The dining room scene centers on Count Rezell and banker Powell planning Beatrice's coerced marriage. Ludwig Bozell and Marsden discuss dodging scandal as a letter from Stratmore hints at a planned match. The group resolves to use hatred over love to force the outcome.
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Count Rezell
Tie
Powell
Rey
Marsden
Miss Albenson
Ludwig
Beatrice
Ludwig Bozell
Bridal Party Collision Report Near Trolley Stop
A bridal party encounter described with a wrecked carriage and a trolley collision. The bride’s brother Neo, a college man, threw a thick soled shoe during the incident.
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Neo
Then He Got Busy
A playful dialogue shows a man pressing for a kiss and a woman refusing. She suggests he let another man pass if he cannot accept her stance. The exchange highlights a humorous, sharp back and forth over consent and personal boundary.
Different Views on Friendship Across Genders
Shortun questions the value of a man’s friendship who lends money, while Longiyo extols the unique trust of a woman’s friendship. The dialogue contrasts gendered perceptions of loyalty and financial favors.
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Shortun
Asked and Answered Locomotive Boiler Riddle
A cartoonish exchange explains a locomotive boiler filled with holes as the means to boil locomotives and tender them. The humor hinges on a pun about making a locomotive tender through boiling.
A Creation of Fancy Exchange on Wealth and Truth
The author and another speaker debate wealth tied to a novel. One calls the wealth fabulous, the other counters that word may misrepresent reality, suggesting fictitious as a truer label.
On Exhibition. A Cynic Notes First Beau Rituals
An unmarried cynic observes that when a girl has her first beau she keeps him on the front steps longer than needed so neighbors may notice. The remark captures social rituals and gossip of courting days.
Harpist troupe from Europe thrills New York audiences
A remarkable group of twenty women harpists led by Signorina Caserini arrived aboard the Kaiser Wilhelm II in New York. The Italian ensemble, all graduates of notable colleges and with noble lineage, has dazzled audiences from Rome to Madrid.
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New York
Signorina Isabella Rosatti Caserini
Alba Giaconi
Signorina Caserini
Italy
Teatro Nazionale
Rome
Mme. Paui
Paris
Madrid
Lisbon
Infanta
England
Empire Theater
London
A Woman's Wardrobe Care From A Practical Guide
A practical guide on maintaining women's clothing and accessories. It covers dusting before storage, careful folding, glove handling, shoe rotation, skirt airing and brushing, silk lining care, tissue packing in sleeves, hat box maintenance with crown supports, and silk stockings washed in bran water and dried away from direct heat.
Properly dressed hands and feet mark a lady’s image
The text discusses stamping on gloves and stockings, stressing that fingers should lie flat and the thumb blend into the palm. It lauds well clothed hands and neatly shod feet as marks of a lady, noting shoes lose shape unless stored on a tree, and comments on fashionable yet practical care.
Quiet Domestic Clash Sparks a Candid Bargain
An angry husband denies caring about his wife in a sharp exchange. She calmly questions how he defines sensible actions, implying a deeper dispute over consent and partners in a marriage debate.
Her Experiences in Love and Business Folly
A young girl and an older matron discuss how men in love often act foolishly. The elder notes that a man becomes a perfect idiot when his wife does not press him for money. The exchange reflects social views on gender and money in relationships.
Native Man Braces For Cyclone Cellar Journey
In Kansas a man prepares a cyclone cellar as his wife nears. He insists she is not a cyclone and resents being judged by others. The exchange shows regional humor and stubborn views about danger.
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Kansas
Too Much Spring Poetry
A hotel office conversation recalls a man who spoke only in rhyme in old age. His family tolerated the habit through fall and winter but demanded he stop or move out when spring arrived.
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Smith
Billingslea
Remarkable Kidney Cure Reported in Minnesota
William Ed Gentry of Lakefield Minnesota aged 77 claims long standing kidney and urinary pain vanished after using Dodds Kidney Pills. He says forty nine years of back ache and other symptoms disappeared and his health improved markedly after starting the remedy. He attributes his recovery to Dodd's Kidney Pills.
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Minnesota
Lakefield
Minn
William Ed. Gentry
Jackson County
Sidney
Gentry
Mrr. Grentry
Dodd
Fow Play Hen Learns Bee Was Not Fly
A comic exchange features a hen and a rooster as the hen admits swallowing a bee by mistake thinking it was a fly. The humorous misstep creates a lighthearted rustic misunderstanding.
10 000 Plants for 16c Buy Seed Offer from Salter Co
The John A Salter Seed Co of La Crosse Wisconsin offers a large plant and seed catalogue with 1 000 cabbage 2 000 carrots 2 000 celery 2 000 lettuce 1 000 onions 31 000 radishes and 1 000 flowers. Pay 16 cents post and if you add 20 cents postage they include Berluer Cauliflower.
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John A. Salter Seed Co
la Crosse
Wis
Old Santa Fe Trail to be Marked by Kansas Daughters
Kansas Daughters of the Revolution aim to mark the historic Santa Fe trail with stone monuments across the state. They plan school child involvement in counties along the route and expect to complete marking the entire trail within the year.
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Southwest
Kansas Daughters of the Revolution
Nansas
W. E. Stanley
Stanley
Elizabeth Benton
Daniel Boone
Kansas
Doctor’s coffee folly ends with Postum success
A physician recalls years of coffee use with heart palpitations. After switching to Postum and brewing longer with a touch of butter, his symptoms abated. He now advises friends and patients to abandon coffee for Postum, noting widespread physician adoption and a booklet titled The Road to Wellville.
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Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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John Q. Keiffer & Co
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Flach
Raymond
Estepfather
Count Rogell
Betis
Mr. Marsden
Tisteni
Featrice
Stratmore
Whus
Miles Atherson
Bozell
Bey
Bovell
Golsehene
Leatrice
Armor Seles
Wow
Europe
Lady Harrists
Wurman
Sile PE
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