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Newspaper
The Bottineau Courant
Location
Bottineau, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1901
Page
7
Esther Braddon, heiress and reform figure, faces marriage offers as Thaddeus Braddon’s banking empire and Western suitor Richard Raymond shape a tangled tale. A wary Braddon and a changing Brooklyn orbit around Esther’s choice, wealth, duty, and the memory of a father’s faded plans.
The tale follows Braddon and his ward Esther as secrets around the Olmstead estate surface. Braddon recalls a long withheld wish while Esther, newly elected reform committee chair, exposes a social evil deep in matrimonial advertisements. The looming heir dispute shakes Braddon’s calm as family loyalties and past choices collide.
Esther Braddon seeks to influence her father Thaddeus Braddon after reading moral reform and philanthropy campaigns linked to John Olmstead’s family. She confronts him about a will with a time limit and a forged matrimonial plan, aiming to protect a betrothal involving Richard Raymond. She hopes to curb deceit and secure her own future.
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