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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1917
Page
4
Amid a crisis of reputation and friendship, Bertram Meade faces ruin as a bridge falls and a telegram confirms fatal news. The old patriarch Meade orders his secretary Shurtliff to rush to relay hastily prepared letters to his son, hoping to shield both their honors.
Bertram Meade confronts reporters after his father’s death as he announces he alone bears responsibility for the failed bridge design. Rodney and Helen Mingworth witness the dramatic scene in the Uplet building as Meade vows to shield his father’s legacy while facing personal and moral stakes.
In a tense scene in the Inn’s outer office, Meade, Helen Lingworth, and Colonel Hlingworth confront a shattered future after the old colonel dies, revealing a torn engagement. Meade learns the truth about his father’s papers and the bridge disaster, while the company battles ruin and a private funeral is arranged for the engineer.
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