Clyde Furber’s ultimatum and Leilah’s risky vow
In a tense New York social power duel Clyde Furber faces Mark Parker’s schemes as Parker offers a partnership with Clyde and his daughter Leilah as the price. Leilah seeks Clyde’s aid with a secret plea while Parker plots to end Clyde’s control and force a marriage, stirring bitter personal stakes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Ferber
Gilad
Clyde
Farber
Ecm
Leilah
Parker
New York
Millonaire
Thin Visi
Yellow Journala
Furber
Pese
If Germany Wins You Need Not Go Far to S¢¢
In Belgium at this hour millions are making war material for their conquerors. They are fed to work at bayonet point, their property gutted, and their rights stripped, as Germany aims to extend its system across Belgium, France, and Poland. If Germany triumphs, England faces vast atrocity and subjugation, with no terms or retreat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Furber
Althoug
Milas Furber
Apa
Clyde
Letish Furber
Lettah
Tim
England
Germany
Belgium
English
France
Poland
Ullhose
Mankin
Atlantic
Beiren
Ana
My Aunt and Her Bike Tour Anecdote
A narrative recounts a visit from my aunt who used a bicycle on her summer tour. She jokes about travel between rail stations while my father and others react with humor and embarrassment. The scene ends with a flare of social banter as she leaves, nose in the air.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lalla
Lesa
Goon Complexion Advice Amid Domestic Poem Flog
A humorous mixed piece contrasts a beauty column urging daily baths exercise and steam facials with a domestic scene. A young husband reads his own verse to his wife while she jokes about a late liver, highlighting light social humor and everyday life themes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post
Gweetheart
Tomderly
Domestic hints from a bygone kitchen guide
A collage of home remedies and craft tips covers baking tripe with sage, whitening handkerchiefs with pipe clay, making silent house shoes, extracting splinters with hot water suction, washing white silk blouses, renewing shabby umbrellas, mending glass with isinglass paste, and polishing oak trays. It also includes advice on potatoes and a partial quip about easygoing people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
The Sea Knighted by Ocean’s Onward Wave
A vivid panorama of a stormy sea and pounding waves crashing on a white foaming shore. The storm drives the relentless tide inland as wind, surf, and cliffs echo in a single deafening roar. The scene blends advancing darkness with foaming water and retreating echoes along the shore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curtis
The Fitz Jones and the young brigadier in a drawing room farce
In Littles Tootham the three Misses Fitz Jones preside over a social circle. A young brigadier and his friend arrive on leave and become center stage as the Fitz Jones rush to present themselves. The brigadier names his sweetheart, the parlor maid at Rosemount, sparking a playful, public courtship scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fits Jones
Litts Tootham
Beeves
Cour
Fitz Jones
Chisdain
Robertson
Jones
Dey Robertson
Littles Tootham
Rosemount
Hobertean
Flere
Eage
Tootham Society
Fire Jones
Also Mentioned on This Page
Peacemaker
York
Abe
Tna
Caer
Solid Foundation
Clyde Evewt
Mart Farber
Cole
Caile Pocker
Bradoe
Stephen Clyde
Shempiel
Periape Bell
Laila
Engined
Arn Farber
MT Bedeckd Vicarage
Oman
Sam Fielding
Fifth Avenue
Mark Parker
Athar
Lallah
Europe
Lailah
Stephen
Riverside
Clyde House
Fielding
Modern Romance
Rudyard Kipling
Arsha
Om Demogratic Army
Weathe
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!