Engaged to Kerr Heirloom Faces Her Parents' Clash
Mrs Ellerby confronts Kerr about his daughter Celia's engagement to Dick Ellerby, while Kerr asserts bloodlines and duty, warning of brutal measures to protect her happiness. She presses for a solution to separate the couple as family tensions surge. Kerr reveals a hidden financial lever tied to a bribery scandal and vows to force the match or destroy the bond.
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John Ames Kerr
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Aelia Kerr
Mrs. Bilerby
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Celia
Teabel Eilerbund
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Mra Ellerby
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James B Watson Leads Taft Delegates With Personal Magnetism
Indiana figure James B. Watson, a longtime Republican organizer and former House whip, galvanized Taft delegates at the Chicago convention with warm greetings and personal recollections. He used close, familiar tactics to secure support, earning the nickname Our Jim in Rushville while showcasing leadership skills developed over two decades.
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James E. Watson
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County Air Grounds
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Rushville
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George
Connecticut
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Caton
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Watson
Congress
Watson's Memory Hall makes Indiana politics vivid
The article profiles E Watson a Harvard style orator and shrewd organizer known for his memory recall that links faces and names to people and places. Born in Winchester Indiana he studied at DePauw and rose in Rushville political circles joining Gowdy and later becoming Congress whip under Uncle Joe Cannon.
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John K. Gowdy
Paris
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Wison
Georgia
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Gerry
Reese
Thomas R. Marshall
Joe” Canson
House
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