Cape Desolation entangles Cape desolation entangles Hume and Hillyer kin
In the Cape Desolation chapters Hume visits Rose Hillyer at her cottage to assess her arm and the tension around Andy Gaff. Rose’s charm masks a troubling marriage while Bess and Caleb cope with hardship. Hume endeavors to uncover truth about the household and its secrets as a dance plans loom at the fishhouse. Edith Fassel and Paget Fassel discuss Absence and a future heiress, while Mrs Ellicott presses Paget to scout Cape Desolation for Miss Elizabeth Hillyer and report back.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hume
Widow Pole
Cape
Harold
Cape Desolation
Newport
Mrs. Ellicott
Hillyer
Andy
Bess
Andy Gaff
Rose Hillyer
Mr. Gaff
Rose
Caleb
Miss Hillyer
Wade
Jack
Mr. Hume
Miss Rose
Bess Hillyer
Martha Bray
John Hillyer
Martha
Nigel Hume
Caleb Hillyer
Windmere
Paget
Edith Fassel
Yucatan
Central America
Amazon
Andes
Terry
Queenie
Storm Island
Paget Fassel
Fame
Peru
Lepel Ellicott
Hving
Miss Fastel
Maine
Elizabeth Hillyer
Europe
Fassel
Stephen
Elizabeth Hilyer
Edith
Christianity and Prosperity: The Gospel as Civic Pillar
Rev W C Ewart argues that Christian liberality channels civic virtue and national peace in a dedicatory address at Smyrna church. He links gospel spread to denominational colleges, notes that faith sustains land value and honest industry, and urges generous support for Christian education as essential to good citizenship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Ewart
Yorkville
Smyrna
Jesus Christ
Sodom
China
Presbyterian Church
Presbyterian College
The Country Banker and Its Reach in Harvest Trade
A profile of the local banker as the central figure in town finance influencing farmers workers and merchants during harvest season. It notes how bank directors allocate credit and even pay itinerant harvest hands, shaping regional money flows and national finance, with aphorisms on wealth and work. The piece includes reflections on John D. Rockefeller wealth and a South American palm with a 50 by 12 foot leaf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierpont Morgan
California
Plains
C. M. Harger
Atlantic Monthly
John D
South America
Remarkable Marksmen of Century Past Highlighted in Tit Bits
A digest highlights famed shooters led by Walter Winans, famed for 103 stags in a season and 33 straight bullseyes at 16 yards. Also notes Capt Horatio Ross, John Tharp, M Gaston Bordeverry, and Capt Hardy with astonishing feats, from coin shooting to nuts tossed midair and piano bulletwork.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Winans
London
Bagshot
Brighton
Louis Winans
Ira Paine
Paine
Winans
Horatio Ross
George Foljambe
Ross
Capt. Ross
Red House
John Tharp
Newmarket
M. Gaston Bordeverry
Paris
M. Bordeverry
Monsieur
Cavalleria Rusticana
Capt
Hardy
Gov. Savage
Nebraska
Quail Loss and Mongoose Plague in St Croix Forest and Stream
The article notes St Croix’s once vibrant quail populations in central and southern cane lands dwindled after the mongoose was introduced to control rats. While rats diminished, mongooses thrived, invading buildings and driving quail to near rarity. The result is an environmental imbalance with rising grasshoppers and caterpillars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Croix
Danish West Indies
Bob White
Queer Auctions at Cape Town Offer Bidding Twists
The Westminster Gazette describes a Dutch auction in Cape Town where the auctioneer drops bids from 5000 to 4400 pounds to spur activity. If no higher bid arrives, the first bidder’s stake can end in ownership or a bonus reward, depending on subsequent bids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Town
Westminster Gazette
Africa Leads World Gold Output With America Next
The report notes Africa as the top gold producer followed by America. It mentions a study on infant weights showing boys average a pound heavier than girls. It adds that sharks were first observed in the Adriatic after the Suez Canal opening and that some Swedish hotels once offered half rates to women who ate less than men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Africa
America
Adriatic Sea
Suez Canal
Also Mentioned on This Page
Byetta W. Pierce
Oaget
Honduras
Mongoose
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