Smollett Scandal Sparks Divorce Trial and Reconciliation
Abram Smollett, a respected businessman, faces marital trouble after Lydia suspects infidelity. A jeweler’s witness of a lock of hair in his watch triggers suspicion, leading to a dramatic confrontation and a lawyer friend urging reconciliation over divorce. The couple attend the theater together, while the truth reveals Lydia’s own hair had entered the watch.
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Abram Smollet
Board of Trade
Smollett
Lydia
Broadway
Ananiaa
James
Smullett
Abram
Paget
Charlie
Largest American family lives in Wilkes Barre
Mrs. Samuel Swartwood of Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania is mother to twenty five children with twenty living aged forty one. She married at fourteen and says married life has been a sweet dream. The family relies on about seventy dollars monthly, and schooling has been provided for all.
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Swartwood
Samuel Swartwood
Wilkesbarre
United States
Father
Grover Cleveland
Mr. Swartwood
Jersey Central
The
Syren
Oceanic
Germany
France
Norway
Great Britain
Belgium
Holland
Russia
Smollett's Detection as a Gay Lothario Surfaces
The narrator recalls a dark impression from Lydia's childhood and a guarded gaze from her father. A lawyer confirms Smollett's detection in the character of a gay Lothario, risking danger to reveal the truth.
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Lydia
Smollett
The Marriageable Age and Miscellaneous Notices
A collage of brief quotes and ads referencing marriage age jokes, typewriter impact, stomach bitters, catarrh cures, testimonial waivers, candy cathartics, teething syrups, and labor issues. Mentions of Mexico U.S. hides trade, coal mine output, and New York bakery work hours plus Bronxborough carpenters union votes.
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Oricon
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