Meta the Moon Maid and Harold in the Philippines
In Carlota near Negros island an American sergeant Harold Gresham escorts a secret expedition against insurgents. He and Meta, the moon maid, meet by moonlight then face danger in a cathedral belfry. Meta reveals loyalty to liberty and to her people, ending their tryst.
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W. R. Hearst
Philippines
Harold Gresham
New York
Carlota
Negros Island
Gresham
Harold
Meta
Loth
Moon Maid
Free Mountains
Prue
O.eer
Corporal Jones
Francisco
River Poker Plot on Belle of the Bayous
Two planters Darling and Harvey conspire to challenge the Greenhut gang of professional poker players aboard the Belle of the Bayous on the Arkansas City run. A high stakes draw raises the pot to nearly $5,000 before Greenhut and his backers call the bluff threatening violence with a bungstarter and nitro glycerin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Sun
Charlie Packer
Bill Hemstead
Arkansas City
Bill Harvey
New Orleans
Harvey
Greenhut
Dave Darling
Darling
Jim Baisdel
Jake Winterbottom
Sam Pearsall
Joe Barrett
Joe
Blais
Wall Street
Bayous
Packer
Hemstead
Helena
Memphis
Old Man Greenhut
Winterbottom
Blaisdel
Bassett
Pearsall
Blaisdell
Tey
Basset
Meerly
Hull House
Prodigal Son Seeks Food In Brooklyn Life
The narrator quotes a Brooklyn Life piece on the prodigal son, noting he left his father’s house with no provisions or care, growing hungry and desperate. A passerby suggests he can seek food at a restaurant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
Lisha
Ness
Samuel
Little Dorothy’s Forgiveness Ordeal
A seven year old girl in Atlanta is told to seek forgiveness from God after misbehaving. She prays beside her mother but reports God is busy and asked her to call again, revealing a childlike misunderstanding and humor in the exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta Constitution
Dorothy
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Knauth
Nached & Kahne
National Bank of Commerce
First National Bank
Chicago
Des Mediines Savings Bank
Des Moines
Marshalltown
Judisch Bros
wiMbat
Story County
Mevada
ED. Miller
Wil
U.S
Frank Maverly
Prop
Ames, Iowa
Morgan, Morgan & Watts
Attorneys-at-Law
Ames Pavings Bank
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