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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1902
Page
8
Mrs Bowser challenges Mr Bowser’s dream of a fifty acre poultry empire promising big profits. He outlines incubators and large flocks, but she calculates costs including lumber, feed, water, storage, labor, and equipment. The couple argues over feasibility and risk.
A tense bargaining scene unfolds between Mr Bowser and Mrs Bowser over farm assets including a fifty acre tract and several thousand birds. They debate prices with figures suggesting 2000 dollars for land and 2250 birds costing around 1000 dollars, while one insists on accuracy and readiness to move in a month.
A Boston traveler recalls a Paris hotel incident where a workman died of heart disease while soldering a leaking pipe. The plumber billed two hours and the landlord refused to pay. The court reduced the extra charge by half, finding no blame for either party.
Mainwaring, driven by a distant Indian mother, pursues success at Oxford and beyond. He endures a single official thrashing after a dormitory row, cherishes imagined approval from her, and excels in sports and study. His life abroad is shaped by guardianship, letters, and a longing for maternal praise as he moves through Italy and Rome, amid ballrooms and social intrigue.
A tall young man arrives from abroad seeking Mrs Mainwaring and reports his wife miscarried. The moment reveals strained reactions from Flossie and the subaltern as a joking life contrasts with the tense scene on the veranda outside the ball.
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