Broken Promises in a Family Tale
Mrs Holt scolds her children for noise while visiting friend Mrs Delwyn. The two women discuss a recent novel as the children seek candy and attention. A drive is planned but plans falter, exposing Mrs Holt’s broken promises and sparking a moral reckoning that leads to a vow to change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Holt
George Prentiss
Holt
Nerson
Jessie
Charlie
Bertie
Mamma
George
Jean
Mr. Holt
Mrs. Delwyn
Mr. Prentiss
Lucy
Sociable
Sean
Jessia
New York
Vienna
Berlin
London
Louisville
Time's Revenges in a Domestic Crisis
In this Terre Haute Express fragment a husband pleads for $1,300 tomorrow to avoid protest and ruin after a lie about a $27 gem set. The wife suggests selling diamonds valued at $3,000 at the lowest valuation, provoking the husband’s guilty conscience as he retreats in bitterness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Haute Expres
Turtles and Turtling Tales From Key West Market
A Lewiston Journal summary of Key West island life centers on turtle industry. It details hawksbill and sea turtles, stages of value, turtle crawls, May and June egg laying, and methods of capturing and shipping. The piece notes Delmonico's and Young's as venues for turtle soup and cautions epicures about eating eggs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Key West
Fla
Cape Sabie
Indian River
New York
Mallory
Galveston
Tex
Keyo Hueso
Delmonico’s
Young's
Boston
Buttle
Gulf
Card
Barnes Sounds
Gulf of Mexico
Georgia
Florida
Boston Globe
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Olian
Warren
L. F. Watson
J. B. Seamith
Vice Press
A.J. Hazeltine
Cashier
Forever Exchange
Myron Waters
Francis Henry
Gerald
H. A. Jamieson
Davis
P.johnson
Aa. Hertzel
W. D. Brown
G.N. Parmlee
T. Scofield
United States
Lewiston
Lisbon
Orly Peltes
Ayars & Sons, Philada
Baker
Williams
Harvest Home
Delmonico
G. B. Williams
Adelphia Kitchen
Penn’a
Eric Erickson
Warren, PA
Gonewango
Foundry
Machine Shop
Peel
John T. Hill
Eutable Assent Association
Binghamton, N.Y
Sa10
J.barnold
Binghamton
N.Y
Commonwealth
General Assembly
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Secretary
Senate
House of Representatives
Wieteeta
High Seas
Rome
Lome
Charles W. Stone
The
Secretary of the Commonwealth
Island
Koebley
Walt
A. F. Ordway & Co
Mass
Pennsylvania
van Wert
Barton & Stark
Plains
Geo. S. Davis
Liberty and
Second Streets
Abbott
Stinson 4 Co
Poland
Maine
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