Harmer enters parsonage amid Prudence romance
Prudence planned a dramatic welcome for Jerrold Harmer arriving after car trouble and a long walk from Des Moines. The Harmer heir meets the Starr sisters and the parsonage clan, with Prudence revealing admiration and secretly addressing nerves about the scene. The moment ends with a warm, hopeful note as Harmer agrees to stay for dinner tomorrow.
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Des Moines
Carol
Lark
Burlington
Prudence
Starrs Family Dances Around Romance With Prudence
Mr Starr a widowed Methodist minister in Mount Mark Iowa juggles family matters as Prudence the eldest daughter manages the home while Jerrold Harmer’s tender glances spark a sinking heart. Fairy, Carol, Lark and Constance star in homely incidents glorfied by affection.
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Prudence
Jerrold Harmer
America
Lord Jerrold
Lark
Carol
Mr. Starr
Fairy
Mother
Father
Do you believe in long engagements between fJavera
The writer questions the value of long engagements and asks if six months can suffice for a successful marriage, pondering whether waiting two or three years would change the outcome.
Tornado Toll Tops 100 Dead in Illinois and Indiana
Mattoon and Charleston faced a devastating tornado Saturday night with more than 100 known dead and 500 injured. Mattoon reported 54 dead and 2,000 homeless as 496 homes were razed and 146 more damaged. Charleston counted 38 dead and 2,500 homeless with critical damage to Maple Hotel and railroad facilities. Rescue and relief efforts moved forward as fires were controlled and emergency shelters opened.
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Mattoon
Charleston
Illinois
Indiana
Peterson Park
Modesto
Two Indiana Tornadoes Kill Nine and Leave Hundreds Homeless
Two powerful tornadoes struck northern and southern Indiana on Saturday causing nine deaths, many injuries, and extensive property damage estimated at over 2 million dollars. The northern path destroyed buildings and crops across Hebron Keots Lowell Crown Point Cedar Lake and Shelby with 45 injured. A southern twister near Black Hawk south of Terre Haute killed two, then damaged areas near Clear Creek Bloomington and Jennings County with about 100 000 dollars in losses.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Hebron
Keots
Lowell
Crown Point
Cedar Lake
Shelby
Black Hawk
Terre Haute
Clear Creek
Bloomington
Jennings County
Capt Pike Ordered to Rejoin Eighteenth Infantry
CAPT. PIKE AT INDIANAPOLIS RECEIVED ORDERS TO REJOIN HIS OLD REGIMENT THE EIGHTEENTH INFANTRY. HE HAD BEEN SERVING AT THE OFFICERS TRAINING CAMP AND IS NOW SENT BACK TO DOUGLAS ARIZONA, WITH WAR SERVICE SPECULATION REMAINING UNSETTLED.
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Indianapolis
Maj. Ely
Gen. Pershing
Capt. Pike
Washington
Eighteenth Infantry
Pike
Eighteenth
Douglas
Ariz
Multiple Auto Accidents injure eleven near Anderson Ind
Eleven people were injured in a series of motor accidents around Anderson Indiana on May 28. The most seriously hurt include Madelini Younce a 13 year old girl with skull fracture and neck injury Mrs J M Kaufman of Summitville with a spine injury and Eben Thomas 85 of Summitville bruised and shocked from age.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anderson
Ind
Madelini Younce
M. E. Younce
Newcastle
J. M. Kaufman
Summitville
Eben Thomas
Farm to Table Association seeks rep for direct sales plan
Advert ises a candidacy style appeal for a young man in good standing to organize producers for selling direct to consumers with liberal compensation. Mentions a Madison Avenue address for Farm to Table Association Inc and contrasts with a casual suitor and his father.
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Farm To Table Association, Inc
Madison Avenue
New York
Adv
Freezone Corn Remedy Offers Quick Relief
A Cincinnati man developed freezone a topical treatment that relieves corns and calluses with a few drops. It claims instant drying without harming surrounding skin and loosens the affected area so it can be lifted off. If unavailable, ask your druggist to order a small bottle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Wolesale
A Libel on the Sex Py Who Invented Leap Year
A satirical piece titled Py, who Invented leap year highlights a bantering line about a woman becoming tired of annual birthdays. The fragment suggests a playful challenge to gender assumptions in a lighthearted column.
GROE'S TASTEFUL TONIC PROMISES malaria FIGHT
Advertises GROE'S Tasteless Chill Tonic with Quinine and Iron to drive out malaria and build up the system. Mentions price of 50 cents and notes about free speech.
Not Womanlike and Moon Face Riddle in Short Exchange
A terse dialogue asks if a moon resembles a man or a woman with a self assured reply that it looks like a man. An ad touts Red Cross Ball Blue made in America for housewives and mentions Hankow China having 58 registered automobiles.
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Red Cross
America
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Harvey Harmer
Europe
Qonnie
Aunt Grace
Trudence
Mr. Harmer
Tie
Old Methodist Parsonage
Matoon
Ill
Wrigley’s
Hankow
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Skinner
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Skinner Mfg.co
Omaha
Targest Mocaroyi
Merica —E
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Ehick Dj
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IMM
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Saas Daley
Srenaia
Sion
MS Mals Ave
Brooklyn
Grigmene
Kaecrane
Tees
Onia Clowns & Beett
Particulars
Rey-20 Co
Voledo
Obie
Lees Telary Agency
Releinger Ave
Dayton
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