The Master Tempest in Cravenford Entangles Lucy Carew
An excerpt from Marie Van Vorst’s serial tells how Tempest, a celebrated but volatile author, pursues Lucy Carew in Cravenford. He tempts and tests her resolve while she resists his advances yet entertains his dramatic, shifting mood. A stormy courtship unfolds amid country lanes and a looming departure to the train.
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Craven
Lucy Carew
Beat
Tempest
Webbe
Miss Carew
Ramadfil
Billings Poke
Polly
Tim
Misa Carew
Charm's Hill
Wood Lane
Cravenford
Henry
Anid Miss Carew
Polly Ramshill
Peace Palace Opens for Pan American Bureau in Washington
Washington hosts a formal dedication of the marble Palace for the International Bureau of the American Republics. Andrew Carnegie funded $750,000 of the project, with Taft, Senor de la Barra, Knox, and John Barrett speaking. Cardinal Gibbons and a Protestant clergyman gave prayers. a grand reception followed.
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Washington
International Bureau of the American Republics
Western Hemisphere
Andrew Carnegie
Taft
Senor de la Barra
Knox
John Barrett
Bureau
Cardinal Gibbons
Central
South America
Republcs
Congress of the United States
The
Hague
Ship News Tease About Captain Topnotcher
A playful editor quote hints at a naval figure, Captain Topnotcher, and a curious detail about his attire and actions at sea. The fragment suggests a humorous or coded report from the ship news desk, inviting curiosity about the late captain's choices.
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Topnotcher
Limits the Size, Marry Me and the Wise Woman
A playful exchange centers on a suitor declaring, If you marry me your wishes will come true. The wise woman counters with a riddle about granting only the largest desires, prompting a humorous moral about desire and measure.
Jagnon’s Wife Dies Spark Domestic Tales
A jumble of anecdotes and quips from readers and columnists hallmarked by a Cleveland Leader note. Stories recount a widow’s husband’s drinking, a hired girl’s loyalty, Shakespeare’s Irish refrains, and proverbs on friendship and change, all framed as brief humor pieces from a bygone era.
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By Marie van Vorst
Tam
London Lancet
Bureau of Republics
Carnegie
United States
Barrett
Francisco J. Yanes
Struc
Ture
Uncle Sam
New World
Pan -American Bureau
North
Pan-American Bureau
White House
Potomac River
Columbus ‘Memorial Library
Jonson—Jagnon
Henpeck
Weil
Sheldon Kerrulsh
Cleveland
Susa O’phella
Corry O'Lanus
Hamlet
Springfeld
William Dickie
Stree Marine
Dodds
W. L. Douglas
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