Ruled by Ambition A Novelization of a Play
A governor hopeful navigates political turmoil and shifting alliances. He severs ties with his wife, rooms at a club, and faces mentors and rivals including Senator Strickland and editor Merritt. Kath pleads with Slade as Mary confronts a final separation after a stormy conference.
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Strickland
Slade Mary
Slade
Strickland’s
Divorce or Separation Game Between Dan and Mary Slade
In a tense chapter fragment, Dan Slade pushes toward a divorce and control, while Mary resists and vows to fight. She confronts his greed and dependence, pleads for home, and demands Robert take her away as she resolves to contest his plan. Mary declares she will not be conquered and seeks a lawful separation.
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Slade
Mary
Dan
Robert
Dan Slade
Mary Slade
Father
Fragment of a Marriage in a Cottage Haven
Mary Slade endures a strained separation from Dan as she clings to their old cottage memories. She senses a evolving rift, rumors of another woman, and Dan's push for divorce while keeping her near enough to orbit his ambitions.
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Mary Slade
Dan Slade
Dan
Mary
Lydia Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Praised by Mrs Thomson
Philadelphia woman writes of relief from six years of menstrual pain during Change of Life after using Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. She credits renewed strength for household tasks and urges others to seek help from the company, noting confidential female correspondence from Lynn Massachusetts.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Philadelphia
Mrs. Thomson
W. Russell St
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn
Mass
Long Association Blurs Faces Between Widows and Servants
In a New York town two widows have kept the same longtime servants for over four decades. The servants resemble their mistresses in appearance and voice, leading friends to confuse them on the telephone and drawing attention to the unlikely parallel.
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New York State
Kipling's The Recessional Given Free to World
The poem The Recessional was not copyrighted and Kipling sent a gift to Britain and the empire. He published it in the London Times for the diamond jubilee and refused payment, dedicating it to the nation so all the world could print and use it.
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Rudyard Kipling
Britain
The
Empire
World
London Times
Umbrella Rain Encounter With a Stranger on Broadway
A rainy downtown scene near Broadway shows a young woman in striking style guiding a passerby under her umbrella. The brief act of kindness, amid traffic and showers, ends with the two parting at the shop door as she moves on into the unknown.
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Broadway
Sixth Avenue
New York Evening Post
Memory of First Dollar Turns Into Fixed Habit
A brief exchange notes that the speaker vividly recalls the first dollar earned, claiming it fixed a memory and habit. The Houston Post quote contrasts disbelief and confession about remembering the first earnings and its lasting impact.
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Houston Post
War styles in fall fashion chatter
The Kansas City Journal notes playful talk on wartime dress, with a quip that gowns may be paired with cartridge belts as a tongue in cheek forecast of fall styles. The exchange hints at home front fashion adapting to wartime conditions.
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Kansas City Journal
Wear-Proof Hosiery Ad Boosts Christmas Sales in Philadelphia
An advertisement touts guaranteed wear-proof hosiery from Wear-Proof Mills at 3200 Chestnut St Philadelphia as a big Christmas business. The copy also promotes Dr Pierce remedies and features playful lines about romance and churchgoing.
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Friends & Neighbors
Chestnut St
Philadelphia
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