Mystery of an Old Love Affair Reveals Secrets
Amanda and Dorothy, two elderly aunts, try to control Mary’s engagement to Ralph Lester while a buried past explodes. A ruined romance becomes a reckoning as Robert Lester’s letters surface and old grievances soften to forgiveness. Ralph reconciles with Mary as Amanda and Dorothy confront their shared history.
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Amanda
Mary
Bellmuir
Miss Amanda
Dorothy
Pretty Mary
Ralph Lester
Ralph
Robert
Mr. Lester
Robert Lester
Miss Dorothy
Who is rich in a Tennessee farmer tale
A Nashville Banner piece recounts a Williamson County farmer who returns home with a calico dress for Mollie apples for Lizzie and a candy for William. A wealthy man notes he would trade all his wealth for the happiness this moment brings, illustrating that true wealth lies in affection and simple joys in thousands of humble homes.
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Nashville Banner
Tennessee
Thompson’s Station
Williamson County
Mollie
Lizzie
Little William
A Modern Solomon Delays Fine to Marital Plan
A rural magistrate warned a young couple they faced a speeding fine. They confessed to traveling at a swift pace but said they only had five dollars and that they had come to be married, proposing marriage as the remedy to the fine.
MultiGenerational DeWitt Family Highlighted in Louisville Railroad Life Plan
James N DeWitt a Louisville carpenter and proud father of 21 children shares his story with foreman John Marrillia. The piece notes DeWitts large clan and his role as a family man while detailing a new pact between Louisville and Nashville Railroad Prudential Life Insurance offering affordable life and accident coverage for over sixty thousand workers across southern roads.
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James N. DeWitt
Mason-Dixon Line
Louisville
DeWitt
Marrillia
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Prudential Insurance Company of America
Builders honor a quirky contract in old note
A curious scene shows a judge offering a deal to a defendant. He agrees to marry for five dollars, and suspends a speeding fine for six months or jail if unpaid. The passage sits beside a ceremonial foundation stone where a newspaper, a gramophone record, and a cinema film were buried.
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Gramophone Record
Punch
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Astern Newspaper Union
Bulls
Will Rogers
Bull” Durham
Ziegfeld Follies
America
Durham
P. S
Incor
Fifth Avenue
New York City
Solomon
Gordon
Coe
Gordon Clothing Co
Telephon
FORD
Seiberling and Badger
Seiberling
Supreme Service
Windsor
Giles Variety Store
Whitewright, Texas
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