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Marital bargain on New York ferry night ends in two vows
Stanton and Esther Thorndike wed in a hurried ferry ceremony as a legal plan to protect a fragile fortune unfolds. The couple, amid pursuit of a drowning man and a tense estate dispute, seal a guarded alliance while moral doubt and secrecy loom over their future.
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J. P. Lippincott Co
Dr. Borden
Stanton
New York
Atanton
Esther Thorndike
Judge Russell's
Robert
Miss Thorn‘dike
Stinton
Olmstead
Brooklyn
Johnesi
Bia Alde
Abe
Eather Thorndike
Mme
Florida
California
Kirk
Richard Raymond
Buinton
Richard Raysane
Moore
Katherie
Rich