Foot-race scandal haunts Flying Heart Ranch guests
In a rough borderland tale a ruined foot race against Hump Joe sparks envy and plots as cowboys argue over a phonograph wager. Stover and partners confront loss, mutter about tricks, and fret over the stolen song while Jack Chapin faces mounting tension at his Flying Heart Ranch house party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fiying Heart Ranch
Jerusalem
Stover
Gallagher
Willie
Allus
Joe
Carara
Ann
Flying Heart Ranch
Jack Chapin
Smith College
Mr. Fresno
Jean
Statto
Fresno
Holy City
Jack
Styles Observed in Washington Hats and a Nautical Fashion
A reader asks what average men notice about women's attire in Washington. Joe Mitchell Chapple watches fashion show at the White House with stylish young ladies. Hats are boat shaped with ribbons, lone aigrettes, birdless crowns, straw bodies. Jackets resemble pajama lines, upper story airy while lower story reefs to nautical tones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashington
Washington
White House
Joe Mitchell Chapple
National Magazine
Audubon and Humane Societies
Grand Lorgnette Operator Meets Gray Johnson in Office
A society figure nicknamed Mrs. Lorgnette leveraged her social power to spotlight a quiet secretary, Gray Johnson, by feigning memory of his name. The scene unfolds as she uses a lorgnette to probe his identity, revealing flirtation with status and curiosity about a rising political circle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wagner
Social Fesbergs
Alpine Club
Middle West
Johnson
Gray
Debating Tariff Tales From Oklahoma Frontiers
Representative Charles D Carter of Oklahoma proclaims his Chickasaw Cherokee heritage and recalls a frontier political tale about a Greenbacker versus Populist. The story centers on a bitter winter in a dugout where a high tariff on lumber became a moral focal point in early state policy debates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles D. Carter
Oklahoma
Congress
Representative Carter
Carter
Republica
Kansas
Statues at Capitol face directions sparking debate
A long description notes many statues in Capitol public spaces face south while several, including Rawlins Kochiuszko Steuben and Lincoln, face north or east. Critics say the orientation limits viewing details by glare from light, with some figures like Lafayette and Marshall listed among those facing various directions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherman
Treasury
Sharman
Rawlins
Kociuszko
Steuben
Paul Jones
Alexee Shepherd
Samuel D. Cross
Mopherscott
Tyoman
Lincoln
Dial
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Garis
Algona
J L
Ronar
Algona State Rink
Agona
Tarainoton
Dick Inbox
Hareixaton & Dickinson, Attorneys AT Law
Iowa
Mm. Galbraith
John Galbraith Block
AlgonacTa
J. Kenepick
Town
Gora Hospital
Eto
HR. Cretzmeyer
John Galbraith
NUE
Hartman
Burgeon
Tr. Gay
Adlice
Paine
Towa
E. Glasier
D. D
Algona State Bank
R. E ., Tessman
Toms
W. Brain
Atconas
County Savings Banipean
BAYER
Algona, In
Opera House
Vv. H. Ingham
Theo
Chrischilles V-Pres
Lewis H. Smith
Kossuth County State Bank
Capital
W. H. Ingham
J. G. Smith
Bervey Ingham
T. Chinachillis
Lewis H! Th
J. W. Wadsworth
Barnet Devine
Ww. K. Fenayson
Preside
First National Bank
United States
Ferguson
Spencer
Dickinson
Vr. Swerrima
Ascite Uall
E. Gonner
E. Sayers
E. F. Conner
E. L. Vincent
Asst
C.T. Chubb
O. Adams
Dingley
Chubb
O.C. Chubb
Geo. L .Galbraith
Behend
F. Uv
C. Adams
Max Berber
the County Savings Bank
Algona, Iowa
Wilinave
Murtagh
Hutching
An Murtagh
Dodds, Gilmore
Rew Peterson - Bpear
McMahon
W. Sullivan
Manry Raum
Cashier
Peoples Savings Bank Capital
Gr. Benedict
Rex Beace
Fex | Beach
D Paul Armstrong
Edgar Bert
Lisio Sy
Harper & oRep
Helena’ Mora
New York
Prag Figi
Tadora Mora
Mex
Senor
Melby
Silas
Fifth Avenue
Che Biri
Bill
Chapin
Sener
Berkeley
Miss Chapin
Berkeley Fresno
Stanford Glen
Helen Blake
Brand
Wally Speed
Helen
Mr. Speed
Culver’s
Culver Covington
Blake
Speed
Wally
Smith
Ane
Sait
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