Love and foreboding weave through Derring and Helen
In a cold blustering winter, Helen and Derring deepen their bond as mystical communication between them grows. Derring anticipates summer separation, testing the strange power while considering fate, danger, and the cost of love.
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Helen
Derring
Ghost
Tom
New England
From Winter Woods to College Triumph and Love
Richard Derring returns to his mother’s farm where his uncle and aunt show interest in his supposed sweetheart Emily Hutton. After Emily’s marriage to another, Derring pursues college with Seth Kinney’s help, mastering Greek and earning approval. In Chicago he becomes an art critic and forms a companionate bond with Helen Gordon while she suffers from sketching by the lake.
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Richard Derring
Jerusha
Emily Hutton
Derring
Seth Kinney
the Woods
Kinney
Emily
Chicago
Helen Gordon
Helen
Mness
Richard
Dutch Interior Awakens Derring and Helen
In a near Washington Street home a Dutch interior scene comforts Helen after distress. Derring carries her to a couch, tends her hand, and ferries her home in a quiet carriage. A tender, unseen bond grows as they share a perilous, wordless ride toward safety.
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Derring
Helen
Holbein
Washington Street
Ring Off Please A Wrong Number Sparks Debating Fireside Duties
A couple by the fireside discuss future plans when the fiancé argues the wife should light the fire. After a brief pause, the woman taps a ring on her finger and gently says Ring off please you have connected with the wrong number.
Tax humor quoted from 1909 New York assessors
Lawson Purdy, head of the New York Department of Taxes, recalls a remark about Gladstone and Faraday at dinner. Purdy notes Gladstone’s indifference to science and Faraday’s reply that scientific discoveries may one day be taxed.
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New York
Lawson Purdy
Department of Taxes
Gladstone
Faraday
Washington Post
British Isle Gains Land by Sea Despite Erosion Losses
Since 1883 the sea has washed away acres of the British Isle, yet it has added 30 752 acres. The gain in land, however, is presently useless and holds no practical value.
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Britain
Chinese Written Characters and their Sign Groups
A discussion notes how Chinese writing uses signs grouped into at least 214 groups. Each group contains from Sue to 1,354 separate characters.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment Promoted for Skin Care
Advertisement-style copy touts Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment for soft white hands and prevention of redness roughness and chapping. Instructions describe nightly bathing in hot lather applying ointment and using linen pads and gloves. Also notes Potter Drug as sole proprietors. Fight Against Plague Goes On discusses rising anti tuberculosis funding with state and municipal appropriations totaling over 7 million dollars and ongoing expansion of programs.
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Potter Drug & Chem. Corp
Boston
Mass
A Good Head for Business
A four year old girl asks for a hot pin at the milliner's shop and pays with a penny. Mrs. Briggs, a kind shopkeeper, declines payment for one item, then the child purchases two citing her delight as a regular customer’s child.
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Mary
An Anti-Suffragist Argument Emerges in a Child Dispute
A fragment shows an exchange where a mother warns Johnny about misbehavior and contemplates indirect influence as a more womanly approach, reflecting broader debates on gender roles and influence within a domestic setting.
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Johnny
When Dinner Comes A Good Appetite From Grape Nuts
A nostalgic ad touts Grape Nuts as the best dinner appetite aid. A Tennessee grandmother, age 57, credits the cereal with stabilizing a weak stomach and restoring hunger for dinner. A 13 month old improves after Grape Nuts, with the child signaling preference for the cereal.
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