Rainbow Bill the Gent Keeper of Hearts in a European Hotel
A vivid social tale traces Rainbow Bill, a polished rogue with jeweled hands and a miles-long trail of broken hearts from Penobscot to Puget Sound. He dazzles society women across hotels and Pullman parlors, but Kansas City and St Paul social gates reject his charms as the New Woman resists his stare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Penobscot
Puget Sound
Police Gazette
Bill
Kafoozalum
Cincinnati
Walnut Hills
Euclid Avenue
Cleveland
Fifth Avenue
Boston
Don Juan
Prince Albert
Rainbow Bill
Kansas City
Lexington
Philadelphia
St. Paul
Newburg
Untitled prayerful verse from Ligpincott's period piece
A devotional verse recounts personal failure and perseverance, thanking the Lord amid defeat. It laments unfulfilled ambitions, tears, and toil, yet asserts divine presence guiding the speaker through hard times in a Ligpincott's excerpt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Busic M. Best
Ligpincott
Holiday Books and Gift Editions Arrive for Readers
A note on current holiday titles lists The Right of Way by Gilbert Parker and The Man from Glengarry by Ralph Connor alongside Lazarre by Mary Catherwood. Other works include My Lady Peggy Goes to Town and Sir Richard Calmady with prices from $1.18 to $4.00. Gift selections feature The Eternal City and Count Hannibal with illustrated editions and padded leather bound Poets at $1.60. For younger readers, The Ficus Keep, Kids of Many Colors, and George Duffie titles are highlighted at $1.00 to $1.18.
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Gilbert Parker
Glengarry
Ralph Connoer
Lazarre
Mary Catherwood
Lady Peggy
Frances Aymar Mathews
Richard Calmady
Lucas Malet
George Croly
Lew Wallace
Thulstrup
George Duffie
Ike Om
George
Tools Used by Burglar Tools at Police Station
Readers tour a police station display of burglar tools packed in lockers from skeleton keys to a device called the outsider. Detectives describe storage, records, and that tools are kept not sold, with pockets of dynamite and nitroglycerin, plus the shift from dark lanterns to electric lighting.
Benjews and Undercrad Debate in Chicago Tribune Page
A garbled exchange from a Chicago Tribune page shows Mr Benjews, formerly of the city and now president of a Western college, addressing a question about his actions. The dialogue mentions a so called “Everyoody Knew” but the exact meaning remains unclear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Tribune
Benjaws
Western College & Mn
Also Mentioned on This Page
Indianapolis
Kistner
Parker
United States
Chautauqua
Raul Robe
Shamrock
Columbia
Thiaienesia
ScBa
Jardinieres
Haviland
Bsc
Oriental Pottery
Mc_up
Alfsle
Union
Alfie
Bonnet
Sorosis
Alwave
Him Sill
Chilton Travers
Ton Lyndhurst
Omaha
Thanksgiving Trust
Holiday Books
the Eternal City
Hall Caine Count Hannibal
Stanley
the Ports Labor
Mary Wilkins
Jack Raymond
E. L. Voynich
Mauri Seeaign
Merryland
Frank Baum
Josephine di Peary
L. J. Beideman
Henry
Roberts
Pretoria
Zeo
East Alsie
Mex
Fao Bo
Meri
Soc
Ason Center
Mr. Benjews
Undercrad
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