Hidden plans in a Moscow conspiracy at the Idle Hour
In a tense chapter set around Florence Hargreave and her Russian ally Olga, covert operatives Paroff and Blaine pursue a dangerous intrigue. The plot centers on smuggled letters, false identities, and a looming confrontation at the Hargreave estate as agents scheme to uncover or seize control of political power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olga
Praine
St. Petersburg
Paro
Eare
Pianning
Black Hundred
Florence Hargreave
Blaine
Braing
Florence and Norton
Jones
Florence
Norton
Sometiner
Nerson
Simmer House
Susan
Paroff
Coumiers
Parof
Europe
Leo
The
Hargreave
Russia
Doings at Diamond Visitors and Family Guests
Mr and Mrs W F Hickey were Coerkee visitors Friday. Edna Lindsay from Fort Dodge came for an over Sunday visit. Rev Hall agreed to Whiting Monday where he and Mrs Hall visit his mother. The Lanham party from Sheldon visited the Hickey homes. T G Obison owns a new Cole car bought from Johnson Brothers. Waterman and Mrs Waterman of Ocheredan visited Hench. Walter Johnson of Mt Olive attended Diamond services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. F. Hickey
Hiss Edna Lindsay
Fort Dodge
Larsen
Altaire
Oscar Larsen
Rev. Hall
Whiting
Hall
A. C. Lanham
Jerny
Sheldon
W. PF
5. A. Hickey
T. G. Obison
Johnson Brothers
J. G. Waterman
Ocheredan
R. H. Hench
Mt Olive News Reflects Local Improvements and Visits
Messers and Mesdames M F Dubes D Dubes C ir Jones and H M Lane planted a garden for the new minister. The Ladies Aid met at the parsonage. Mr and Mrs D Dubes visited B Porter’s home. A Fedderson bought the Diamond Center store building for Mt Olive and will move and extend it locally. Hulda Nelson and Mildred Swanson from Cherokee stopped to visit Irie Bengtson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messers
Mesdames
M. F. Dubes
D. Dubes
C. Ir. Jones
H. M. Lane
Ladies Aid
Myr
Sunday visits reported around Elk and nearby towns
Miss Lula Faust visited her brother Chester in Sioux City on Sunday. Mr and Mrs Aaron Vanderhoff spent the day with her parents Henry and Dora Faust. Minnie Waters and Dora visited Earl Waters. Willie Haight and family visited the Haight home in Cherokee. Ernest Kolpin and wife visited her parents B I McQuin. Lester Reckoff and wife visited the Reckoff home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lula Faust
Sioux City
Chester
Aaron Vanderhoff
Henry Faust
Minnie Waters
Dora
Earl Waters
Willie Haight
Wm. Haight
Cherokee
Ernest Kolpin
B.I. McQuin
Lester Reckoff
Wm. Reckoff
Local Farmers Busy Shelling Corn and Travel Notes
Farmers in the area are busy shelling their corn. Mrs Henry Hinkeldey visited her mother in Sioux City last week. Mrs Fred Radker and son and Miss Minnie Miller were Sioux City passengers earlier this week. Mesdames Fred Mueller and D Bruening left for Welcome Minnesota to visit G F Mueller. The Misses Wilhelmina and Mathilda Webbing visited their mother in Sioux City last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Hinkeldey
Sioux City
Fred Radker
Minnie Miller
Fred Mueller
D. Bruening
Welcome
Minnesota
G. F. Mueller
Wilhelmina
Mathilda Webbing
Siax City
Chamberlain's Liniment Ad Claims Rheumatism Relief
The ad touts Chamberlain's Liniment for rheumatism lame back and sprains. Mrs Charles Tanner of Wabash Indiana endorses it noting the product relieves pain and soreness after twenty years of use. Available in 20 and 50 cent bottles and sold by J C Nelson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
Mre
Charles Tanner
Wabash
Ind
J.C. Nelson
Russia Celebrates Its World Class Choir at Petrograd Cathedral
In Alexander Nevsky Cathedral Petrograd a convent honoring the patron saint hosts a thirty member choir of monks drawn from Russia’s monasteries. The pageant praises Russia as home to the world’s greatest dancers novelists and fighters and proclaims the choir as the finest in the world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander Novoski
Petrograd
Russia
Percheron Stallion Gaston Described and Pedigreed for Stud
A 1915 Des Moines record details Gaston a large black Percheron stallion with star and registered in the Percheron Stud Book of America. It lists extensive lineage including Lay fae Numero and Coco II, with certification by the Iowa State Department of Agriculture and veterinarian J. W. Jewell. Terms set at 20 to insure info or 25 to insure colt to stand a stick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Percherian
America
Gaston
Aurelia Horse Co
Cherokee County
Iowa
Percherg Stud Book of America
tre+c
Peeron
In State Department of Agriculture
Iowapartment of Agriculture
Des Moi
J. W. Jewell
Des Moines
A. R. Corey
Sreere
Iowa State Department of Agricultu
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Harold Mac Grath
Thoahouser
Fila Company
Jem
Gaenat Ba
Idle Hour Theater
Erzins
Bettor
Frank Enoug
le Uretn
Rietemeri
Aranzer
Paret
Vroon
Itz oMspritz
Fitpmaney
Colfly
Eid
Tanisl
Count Parc
Mint
Continental Mortgage Company
Petty & Company
Lytton Brig
Chicago
Nelsons Restaurant
L.P. Nelson
Walter Johnson
Mt. Olive
Diamond
MT. Olive News
Elk and Vicinity
Maple Valley Mutual Insurance ‘Association
Percheron Stalliog
C. P. Quirin
Barnam
Lay Fae
Numero
Fis Eveille
Velcire
Brilliancizil
Bliant
Coco II
Mignon
Jean le Blanc
J. EB. Liates
Illinois Central
D. J. Gilchrist
Aurelia
Dr. Winfred Moulton
Farmers National Bank
A. H. Waddell
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