Wealth and marriage schemes in a torn family tale
Brynildson and Tubby discuss Bryn's pending marriage as a ruse to secure wealth from Deborah who faces a forced match with Stuart Graham before her twenty first birthday. A backstory of elopement, fortune, rivals, and a crust of deceit unfolds across Oregon and Frisco.
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Bryn
James Brynildson III
Tubby Forbes
Tubby
Deborah
Ted Holworthy
Stuart Graham
Stuart
Anne Larned
Courtney Graham
Anne
Larneds
Oregon
Gary
Frisco
Deborahs Journey Outfit and Wedding Dress Dilemma
Chapter details Deborah's urgent departure for San Francisco with limited funds. Grandmother struggles to dress Deborah for travel, crafting a modest brown traveling outfit and a small black turban with velvet pansies. Only one extra dress is provided, Grandmother's wedding gown, whose neck unsettles Deborah as she faces an arranged marriage.
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Gary
San Francisco
Grandmother
Deborah
Boston
Complications Rise as Bryn Marries for Inheritance
In a dusty hotel parlor Tubby and Bryn debate Deborah's engagement and a grandfather’s will. Bryn pushes back at Tubby’s warnings while pondering a cryptic clause that ties the million-dollar fortune to marrying Graham, not Stuart Graham, before Deborah’s birthday.
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Tubby
Bryn
Bryan
Eleckth
Pilar
Tabby
Graham
Deborah
Stryp
Stuart Graham
Reducing Weight Across a Bridge Club Study
A report on midlife weight loss explains that gradual dieting and exercise reduce fat without shock to the body. It contrasts two women in a bridge club who pursued quick versus steady dieting, noting facial aging, ideal body weight, and thyroid use in one case, with medical cautions and a 170 patient study on dinitrophenol showing overall weight loss.
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M. L Tainter
A. B. Stockton
W. C. Cutting
San Francisco
WNU
Filet Crocheted Chair Set Makes Useful Decor
Charming chair set in filet crochet with butterfly and flower motifs. Includes chart, stitch diagrams, and material needs. pattern 5517 provides complete instructions and illustrations. Send 15 cents to The Sewing Circle Household Arts Dept. 259 W. 14th St. New York NY.
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Sewing Circle
Household Arts Dept
W. 14Th St
New York
N. Y
British Troops Wore Same Uniforms for Sixty Years
A British infantry regiment kept identical uniforms for nearly six decades. The South Staffordshire regiment once known as the Thirty-eighth Foot left for the West Indies in 1705 and stayed there for about sixty years. When recalled in 1763 hardly any of the original soldiers returned.
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South Staffordshire Regiment
Thirty-eighth Foot Regiment
West Indies
All Around the House Household Tips Reminder
Practical tips on maintaining homes and gardens including waterproofing paint use for pools, tea strength when iced, soot removal with corn meal, bread crusts reuse, bread slicing guidance, windshield cleaning with alcohol and glycerin, and deterrence of rose pests with mothballs on netting.
Postum Free Week Offer From Postum Co
Offer invites readers to request a full week supply of health giving Postum at no cost. Readers must write for the free trial as advertised, with no purchase required. The note emphasizes a week’s supply and company promotion.
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Postum Company
Reading a Man Like a Book Ad Claims Dr Pierce Prescription
An old ad touts Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription as strengthening weak women with no alcohol. It promotes tablets or liquid form sold by druggists.
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Dr. Pierce
H. L. Shoub
New York
Jas
Best Treatment The Medicine For Disaster Is Even Mindedness
A concise proverb-style note emphasizes temperance as the remedy in crises. It highlights steadiness and calm judgment as essential to navigate calamity effectively.
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Honeymoon
Frances Shelley Wees
Chapter
DR. Sands W. Barton
Dr. Barton
Bell Syndicate
Aneannelanes
Seana
Scholls
Hechio
Peterman
Frank
Jerry
Apt. Frank
Hawks
Janets
Manasa
Post
General Foods
AIR Hawks
Frank Hawks
Oficial Air Hawks
Capt.Frank
c/o
Battle Crook
Michigan
WNN
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