A West Indian heiress and a sea tale of love
A wealthy Caribbean matriarch, her beautiful daughter Alice, and Alice’s secret marriage to Hugh Trevor trigger hardship. After tragedy and hardship, Alice refuses family help to stay true to love, while May Trevor and Mr. Trevor’s death at sea haunt them. A town and its sea life shape their fate as they seek reunion in England.
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England
Government House
Alice
Hugh Trevor
London
Frank Trevor
Drayton on-Sea
Dray
May
West Indian Islands
Drayton-on-Sea
Tom Hardy
America
Diggers in Pleasant Valley Entertain with Music and Tales
The City Herald describes the Pleasant Valley Diggers, called the Pambles, led by Bob a farmer who plays guitar flute fiddle organ and harmonica. The piece notes their dances, use of scalp as tickets, and a sharp talker known as Face Dick with a fondness for spiritualism.
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Pleasant Valley
Bob
Capt
Pamblos
Digger
Pambles
Dick Tomale
Nevada City
A Ballad of Rings From New York World
A verses fragment urging renewal and social change through ring imagery. It contrasts old fashions with new, calls for fresh romance, and mocks hoarding of status symbols while celebrating leisure pursuits like croquet and tennis on a New York stage.
Busy Present and Human Progress in a Wartime View
In the south of today life presses on beyond war’s blunders and brilliancies. The broad battlefield is human progress not lingering on unhappy reminiscences, a Fort Worth Gazette reflection.
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Fort Worth Gagette
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Mrs. Brandleth
New York
City Herald
Bridget
Worl