Duel of plans to whisk Daphne from Sir Peter Scarborough
Richard Glyn and Giles Vernon plot a daring elopement from Scarborough aided by Lady Hawkshaw. Giles aims to carry off Lady Arabella Stormont while Daphne and Richard pursue a secret union as Sir Peter considers sending them to sea. The pair scout theaters and prepare a bold midnight rescue.
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Sir Peter
Richard Glyn
Stormont
Giles Vernon
Sir Vernon
Hawkshew
Arabella
Philip Overton
As Vernon
Vernon
Hawkshaw
Ara- Ajax
Wrench
Mediterranean
Richard
Carnee
Glyndishat
Daphne
Overton
Overton-Ver
Lady Hawkshaw
England
Scotland
Bellona
Scarborough
Oie
Lady Harkshaw
Giles
Arabella Stormont
Dicky Glyn
Bea
Thad
His Majesty
Royal Yacht Squadron’s Strict Ballot Opens Secret Door
The Gentlewoman notes the Royal Yacht Squadron remains the most exclusive club where wealth cannot guarantee entry. A few millionaires with big yachts fail the ballot, while poorer members are elected without a blackball, showing a mystic social barrier beyond money.
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Royal Yacht Squadron
Establishing the Plural Prank on the Farm
Four year old Fred visits his uncle on a farm. He recalls liking the geese and chasing them. A playful father asks how to tell goose from geese and Fred yields a humorous mispronunciation about plural forms.
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Fred
Pred
Camel and Campbells Debate Prohibition Oddity
An Irishman and a Scot argue about living in a prohibition state. The Irishman jokes a camel can go eight days without drink, while the Scot counters that neither the Campbells nor anyone else could last eight hours without a drop. The exchange ends the discussion.
Iowa forms board to guide three state colleges
A three member Iowa board named as finance committee will oversee the state aided colleges with 6 000 to 7 000 students each year. W R Boyd D A Emery and Thomas Lambert will direct expenditures up to one and a half million annually and guide comprehensive education across languages sciences law pedagogy manual training commerce technical studies and agriculture.
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Iowa
Tors
State Board of Education
Boyd
Cedar Rapids
State University
Emery
Ottumwa
Lambert
Sabula Gazette
Women Press For Woman Lead At Mitchellville School
Des Moines women demand a woman be placed as business manager at the state industrial school for girls in Mitchellville. The position of superintendent has long been held by men, with the school once troubled but now praised for discipline, industry, and a broad curriculum. About 200 girls ages ten to eighteen reside at the institution.
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Des Moines
Mitchellville
Gov
Lewelling
Kansas
Iowa
Miller
Board of Control
Fitzgerald
Schol
Iowa Songstress Flora Wilson to Tour Europe
Miss Flora Wilson daughter of James Wilson secretary of agriculture has secured an engagement for a European concert tour. An accomplished musician with a rare soprano voice she has studied in Europe and was born on an Tama County Iowa farm.
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Flora Wilson
James Wilson
Secretary of Agriculture
Europe
Miss Wilson
Iowa
Tama County
Iowa Rivers Adorned With Picturesque Scenery
Iowa rivers offer scenic views along their courses. The Iowa River near Iowa Falls showcases fine scenery with palisades rising on both banks, enhancing boating and fishing on the river.
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Iowa
Iowa Rivers
Iowa River
Iowa Falls
Palisade Park
Largest Long Island Sound pearl sells for 3600
Horace A. Saunders of South Norwalk sold the giant pearl found by William Redding to a New York specialist for 3600. Saunders, a former Ceylon diver, bartered on the spot with his boat. The 50 oyster fleet now hunts for more than 600 pearls around South Norwalk amid growing trepidation among oyster openers and local restaurants.
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Long Island Sound
Horace A. Saunders
South Norwalk
New York
William Redding
Saunders
New Haven Evening Register
Iowa Wealth Explored Through Chickens Apples and Wealth
The piece notes 19 million Iowa chickens valued at 5.7 million dollars and 7 million apple trees boosting farm wealth. It highlights Iowa per capita wealth at 1828 dollars, four times Georgia and above many states, with few millionaires and prosperity reinforcing Tona as a home address.
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Iowa
Georgia
Texas
Indiana
Michigan
Ohio
Illinois
United States
Tona
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