Wellby Fox Plans a Cash Payment and a Holiday Scheme
Wellby Fox, a rich, idle man, schemes to receive a cash payout from the insurance branch manager while feigning bed rest. He taunts Charles Victor Sommeren, his former housekeeper now doing chores for ten shillings weekly, and insists on a protected payout before an upcoming Madeira voyage. Sommeren fears the master’s machinations but stays loyal, awaiting a chance to confront or escape the cruel bargaining.
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Wellby Fox
Sommeren
Wellby
Charles Victor Sommeren
Madeira
Wanderer
Semmeren
Sam Imeren
World Wanderer voyage scheme echoes through a grim plan
In a tense London setting, Wellby Fox schemes to seize a two thousand pound endowment by pressuring Sommeren as the World Wanderer trip nears. The wealthy, cruel Wellby taunts his servant while plotting a swift departure, leaving Sommeren anxious about a January 16th note for insurance cash.
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Wellby
Tife
Bali
Kobe
Odysseus Fine
London
Wellby Fox
Madeira
Sommeren
T’va
Blackwell
German Gestapo arrests rise in occupied France reports
Confederation Life notes speculate on events in German occupied France as 17,000 political arrests are tallied by the Gestapo. Among those seized are anti Hitler French nationals and refugees who fled Germany after Hitler's rise to power.
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France
Gestapo
Hitler
Germany
The Spotless House and the Gloomy Husband
A verse sketch contrasts Daniel Darn’s gloomy mood with his wife’s zeal for cleanliness. He retreats to the barn to escape her obsessively spotless home, while she empties her days mopping dust and chasing flies, leaving him yearning for a simpler, dusty peace.
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Daniel
Fale
Absence at London Tea Party Mocked by Globe Readers
The Globe and Mail notes Hitler slated to visit London on August 15, prompting a wartime tea party for Canadian and overseas troops. Two empty seats at the head table were reserved for Hitler and his bulky ally Marsoini, who failed to send regrets.
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Toronto Globe and Mail
Hitler
London
Marsoini
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