Intrigue and mock duel unfold over Appleweight feud
In this Georgia era tale Ardmore and Griswold race to prosecute the Appleweight influence while their allies plot. Ardmore arrests reporter Collins who becomes press agent, then the duke of Ballywinkle arrives amid palace theatrics at Ardsley, challenging Ardmore’s authority and legal pretenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Ardmore
Henry Maine Griswold
North
South Carolina
Griswold
Barbara Osborne
Ardmore
Jerry Dangerfield
North Carolina
Duke Seized by North Carolina Governor in Threatening Outburst
The North Carolina governor orders an unidentified foreign visitor to depart the United States, threatens hanging if he returns, and instructs a local escort to move him to New York for passage to a British port. The scene ends with Cooke guiding the man from a bungalow as Collins arrives in alarm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ardsley
Collins
Duke of Ballywinkle
Duke of Ballywinkle and Brother In-Law To Mr. Ardmore
Duke
Cooke
Ardmore
Ardy
Tommy Ardmore
Johnston
Duke of
United States
Congress
Ballywinkle
North Carolina
Mr. Cooke
New York
Sandy Hook
Thomas Ardmore
Supreme Court
Expedition Heads for Mount Nebo Church In South Carolina
Ardmore and his lieutenant ride from the caboose as Prof Griswold and Habersham press toward Mount Nebo. A guide leads them through rough trails toward North Carolina, while Ardmore orders Cooke to take a prisoner to the caboose and Collins to accompany him in pursuit of Jerry Dangerfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Carolina
Mr. Ardmore
Caboose
Prof. Griswold
Mount Nebo Church
Ardsley
Duke of
Habersham
University
Barbara Osborne
Griswold
North Carolina
Billy
Mount Nebo
Miss Dangerfield Seizes a Prisoner in Rural Ambush
A dozen armed riders move toward Habersham’s farm near Turner Court House planning to abduct Appleweight and jail him in Kildare. Griswold and Habersham join a careful, silent party while Ardmore’s estate and a fever quarantine loom as possible obstacles. The plan hinges on timing and evading swift pursuers.
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Miss Dangerfield
Habersham
Turner Court House
Griswold
Gladstone’s Memory: Recall of Manzoni Ode and Cabinet List
In his eighty third year Gladstone tested his memory by reconstituting Manzoni’s ode on Napoleon’s death and recovered 104 of 108 lines from memory. Two years later he tried to list all his cabinet colleagues and recalled 60 of 70 names.
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Gladstone
Manzoni
Napoleon
Optician Declines to Help Autoists in Distress
Charlies A. Gager the optician says he will not offer aid to women autoists in distress. He recalls seeing two exhausted women trying to crank a stalled car in front of the Colonial theater on Superior Avenue. He approached and offered help, but one woman snapped to mind his own business. The Cleveland Leader.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlies A. Gager
Optician
Superior Avenue
Colonial Theater
Cleveland
Cuticura Remedies Promote Skin Care And Humor
Skin and scalp treatments are praised for alleviating afflictions and preserving beauty. Potter Drug & Chem. Corp. advertises Cuticura Soap and Ointment as reliable emollients and offers a free 32 page skin and hair guide. A humorous Twain anecdote about budget and a country trip follows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp
Boston
Mass
An Almost Universal Prayer
A Philadelphia Methodist recalls a Norristown preacher who, in a long prayer, lists his misfortunes and says if tried again, to be tried with the burden of wealth. The anecdote appears in late Bishop Foss' remarks on prayer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foss
Philadelphia
Norristown
Laying of the foundation stone in the country town
An amiable old lady chats with a visitor at a country town event as the foundation stone of the new church is laid. She points out a duke and duchess, the mayor and mayoress, and the vicar and another figure.
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Kildare
Gov Dangerfield
Raddick
Bill Appleweight
Bill
Oberstein
Wide World Magazine
Skin Beauty
Mark Twain
Nartford
Jim
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Postum Cereal Co
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