Facile's the Word in a Dramatic Domestic Plot
Frances and Denby confess love after a masquerade of flirtation and mischief. Carter Gordon abandons Lora Lane for a new beloved, prompting Frances to fear heartbreak yet sealing a vow to reveal the truth to him. Denby learns of a life-changing pairing as their romance culminates.
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Frances
Denby
Jim Baxter
Mr. Temple Denby
Carter Gordon
Carter
Lora Lane
Garter
Gordon
Jonathan
David
Jimmy Baxter
Ostracism Origin in Ancient Athenian Voting Practices
The article explains that Ancient Athens used vote by ostracon to exile leaders without charges. Citizens marked oyster shells, giving rise to the word ostracism. In elections and courts, votes were cast with white or black stones or discs to indicate condemnation.
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Athens
London’s Smallest Freehold Celebrates Three Hundred Years
London's Borderers in Silver Street marked three hundred years since obtaining the smallest freehold in the city. Gifted by John Pollard in 1621, the rent stays six pounds yearly with four pounds ten shillings shared among four people for dinners on “search days” and funds allocated to a clerk, while the bulk remains held by the tenant.
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London
Borderers’ Company
John Péllard
Pollard
Silver Street
Horse Sense from Ebert Hubbard on Loyalty and Work
The piece urges undivided loyalty to a employer and the institution it represents. It argues that wages sustain workers, and true service means devoting all time to one employer, valuing loyalty over cleverness.
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Mark
Ebert Hubbard
Paleontological insight halts costly coal search in New York
Economic studies show paleontology matters as New York exploration for anthracite coal wasted money until geologists revealed the bedrock lies in a different Carboniferous period. The discovery stopped fruitless digging and redirected efforts to the proper strata.
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New York
York
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