Alabaster Lamps By Margaret Turnbull Chapter XIV
In a tense scene on the Grand Canal the Dobbs and Dabs families gather as Ned Rangeley announces his plan to marry Claude Dobbs’ daughter Mary. Mary resists an arranged engagement yet Ned presses, while Polly and Claude discuss money and future plans amid shifting loyalties and uneasy harmonies.
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Emille
Claude
Ned
Claude Dobbs
Polly
Loren
Mary
Prin
Minty
Chaude
Father's Fund
Pin
Wong
Loren Rangeley
Jean
Wwe
Mrs. Johnston
Mary Dobbs
Mary Dobbs Who Is Giving You A Chance," She Told Him With Sptke
Mary Johnston
Laren Rangeley
Sky
Ned Rangeley
Sea
Sby
Lavenhar
Sid
Pally
Molly
Tre
Thainy
Clause
Maury
M. Dobbs
Distant Promises and Family Tensions on the Clover Hollow Road
On Winding Willow road near Clover Hollow Mary and Claude Dobbs travel with Ned as Mary faces a strained marriage path. Her mother Polly, returning to the White House, shuns Claude’s money and refuses to enter the grocer’s shop. Polly declares Mary must know Loren Rangeley and insists on no divorce, signaling a move to leave Peace Valley.
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Polly
Ned
White House
St and By
Claude
Mary
Claude Dobbs
Willow Road
Clover Hollow
Venice
Pearce Valley
Grocery
Mother
Mrs. Dolmston
Peace Valley
Loren Rangeley
Polly Johnston
Exponent of Bird Love The Linnet Devotion
Ornithologist Oliver G. Pike notes an extraordinary linnet pair famed for nesting devotion. The hen feigns injury to distract predators while the male shields the nest, and after fledglings depart the pair rebuilds a new home weeks later.
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Linnet
Ite
Innet
Oliver G. Pike
Sessions of Congress and the December convening shift
The Constitution set a March 4 start for Congress and a yearly December first Monday session date unless altered by law. Through May 20, 1820, eighteen acts set dates other than December, but since then Congress generally began sessions in December, with few exceptions.
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Congress
Avery
Congreso Lima
Iowa News Notes A patchwork of estate sales and civic notes
James Hughes estate tracts near Clarinda sold for 189 to 231 dollars per acre across 480 acres with Clyde Hughes as buyer in each case. Iowa crop prospects improved after the first killing frost October 14. Cedar county road contract awarded for 8.08 miles Tipton to Stanwood at 25 400 per mile totaling 204 455 07 to McCarthy Improvement Co. Cromwell school district again rejects a 50 000 bond. John Z Henderson farm near Atlantic sold for 200 per acre to Etta May Hamerick. Swine breeder Albert H Stuart reports spring boars averaging 14 dollars. Dwarf elm tree at Iowa State University yields unusually large lemons. Geblenville in Plymouth County fades from memory as ghost city. Trans Atlantic flight plan proposed by Clarence Chamberlin for next year. A child dies from burns after gun oil and a lighter ignite. Gowdid town busking contest to decide champion. Iowa marriages fall slightly. divorces drop from 4412 in 1925 to 480 last year.
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Clarinda
Here
Clyde Hughes
Lowa
Charles D. Reed
Lowa Weather and Crop Bureau
Big
Atute Highway Commission
St Ames
Tipton
Stanwood
Cedar County
McCarthy Improvement Company
Davenport
Consolidated
Cromwell
Frome
John Z. Henderson
Atlantic
White Way
Etta May ‘Hamerick
Henderson Tain
Albert H. Stuart
Newhall
Chester White
Minnegota
Iowa
Shumbaugh
Iowa City
Cow Falls
Cedar Rapida-lowa’ City
Irterurban
Geblenvilla
Plymouth County
Geblenville
LeMars
Chicago, North Western & Omaha Railway
Hingis Central
Sioux City
Gghlenville
Sie
Iowa Light, Heat and Power Company
Avtition
Clarence Db. Chamberlin
New Foundland
Azores
William Hulsupple
Bleuege
Ondwa
Gagudne
Henry McCracken Furmé
Gowdid
Wallace
Wilhba
Iuwa
Iowa papers merge or perish in shifting era
A survey notes many Iowa dailies have ceased or merged over two years. Editor John Briggs cites rising mortality, economic strains, and patronage loss as drivers. He says over 80 percent of Iowa papers claim political independence amid stiff competition.
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Towa City
Iowa
John &. Briggs
The
Palimpsest
Briggs
Des Moines
Cedar Rapids
Webster City
Hamilton Freeman
Laws
Almost a Country Lass Miss in First Grade Health Check
A public school nurse in Indianapolis conducts a health examination for first grade girls. The scene includes a girl explaining her family’s move from the country before arriving in the city and a light note on childhood speech patterns. In Freeport Maine, girls wheel rabbits in doll carriages, while bunnies wrapped in small blankets are cosseted by children.
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Girys
Miss E
Indianapolis
Indianapolis News
Freeport
Maine
Man Willing to Believe Everything Draws Line at College
A quoted remark from But He'll Wonder Jud Tunkins notes a man who trusts all he hears faces no limit except rejecting college life. the line drawn signals limits on belief when faced with higher education.
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Prek
Iowa News
Wisconsin
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J. N. Summers
W. A. Matthews
R. K. Henderson
Milla County
Boys’ and Girls’ Dairy Calf Club
Guernsey
Mills County
LaCrosse County
Acre
Independence
Buchanan County
Saya
Farm Bureau
Iowa State College
Claude Jenks
G. L. Fitch
Cory
Vera McGill
John Miller
A. L. Coad
Packers National Bank of Omaha
Jobn A. Anderson
Corning Telephone Company
Anyderson
Corning
Ida Bailey Allen
Ida Bailey Alien
Corn Products Refining CO
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Chicago, Ill
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