Thirteenth Commandment in New York Romance
Clay Wimburn a young New Yorker on a Cleveland visit courts Daphne Kip whose brother Bayard is married and in Europe. Daphne travels to New York with her mother to plan a trousseau while Bayard battles financial strain and Leila shops eagerly. Bayard rushes to work as Leila shops and flirts, revealing Clay’s penniless state and triggering a clash of ambitions amid a glittering city life.
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Clay Wimburn
Cleveland
Daphne Kip
Clay
Wall Street
New York
Daphne
Trousseau
Bayard
Europe
Leila
Wimburn
Tom Duane
Yoon
Delmonico’s
Custom House
Love
Paris
Daphne and Her Mother Pursue Lavish Gown Dreams
In a tale of luxury and expense amid hard times, Daphne Kip and her friend Leila pursue an extravagant Paris gown purchase aided by the dashing impresario Dutilh and hosted luncheon with Tom Duane. The trio faces rising costs, social pressures, and an economic shock as Daphne contemplates acting careers and a mounting family debt after a major firm fails.
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Clay
Daphne
Leila
Bayard
Paris
Dutish
Mephistopheles
Mrs. Kip
Dutith
Kip
Maryla
Datith
Umouth
Daphne Faces Momentous Decision in New Installment
In the next installment, Daphne confronts a situation that demands a life changing choice and she acts without hesitation. Readers will want to see how she handles the turning point and its consequences.
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Daphne
Builder of Pagoda and the Burman Merit Tale
A fragment describes a Burman concept where wealth ties to merit via building a pagoda. The “Builder of a Pagoda” earns respect as money spent is marked on a marble slab, guiding social address and the husband’s public remarks about Dagoda.
Woman from McKinney Credits Cardul After Illness
Mrs A B Stovall of McKinney Texas writes she was bedridden with severe right side pain and could not walk two blocks. After starting Cardul she felt relief after the first bottle and by the third was well, urging others to try it.
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McKinney
Texas
A. B. Stovall
Cardus
Mr. Schleusner
Dean
Wm. Schleusner
Suburban Ave
Welleton
Potatoes and Portrayals in a Soldier’s Kitchen
A Kansas City Star excerpt captures a playful exchange where a military cook asks a chef how he skins potatoes with art. The veteran kitchen sergeant reveals he was a banker before choosing military life and helping “make the world safe for democracy.”
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Kitchen Police
Kansas City Star
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Promised to Cure Deafness
A newspaper ad claims catarrhal deafness results from inflamed mucous lining of the Eustachian tube and cannot be cured by local applications. It asserts only a constitutional remedy works, says Hall's Catarrh Medicine acts through the blood, and offers a $100 reward for any case not cured. Circulars provided by F J Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio.
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Hall
Catarre
Tse
F. J. Cheney &Co
Toledo
Ohio
Cute Is the Word in a Spring Skirt Scene
A Florida Times-Union snippet playfully notes a young girl’s dignified pose as she maneuvers a spring skirt to advance eight inches. The column satirically references fashion and youthful vanity with light humor and ad copy style.
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Florida Times-Union
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Lyponene
Dutilh
Lella
Paul Poiret
Parch
Duane
Jaeper
Sheila Kemble
Sheila
Miss Kemble
Miss Kip
Reben
Wesley
Cowper
Leila Honey
Tirtures
Texas Woman
Hazel
C. H. Coggeshall
Dean's
Doan’s
Foster-Milburn CO
Buffalo
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