Mabel Gaye Creates a Fateful Night for Clint Jervies
In a Boston area drama, Clint Jervies escorts a drunken Mabel Gaye home after Enid Mason’s dance. A rain soaked night, gusty winds, and a detour via Kenesaw Hill lead to a tense parting as Mabel presses for a kiss and a risky late return. Clint, with no feminine duties that night, begins the dangerous drive back toward town amid construction delays.
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Mabel Gaye
Clint Jervies
Mabel
Clint
Enid Mason
Somerset
Enid
Boston
Providence
Kenesaw Hill
Wille
Jane Leaford
Kitty Seaford
Clara
Jervies
Miss Moss
Mr. Jervies
Jervies Trust
Night Runner in the Rain Inspires a Quiet Mystery
In a stormy late night Clint Jervies gives a drenched girl a lift on a rain soaked Kenesaw Hill road. The mystery woman in a single nightgown vanishes into the woods, leaving Clint determined to seek help from Inspector Tope and Miss Moss as dawn nears.
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Clint
Miss Moss
Inspector Tope
Clara
Young Mathews
Chicago
Mabel Gaye
Kenesawall
Clint Jervies
Boston
Inspector
Pension Ideas Stir in Sunset Letter Exchange
A farmer editor B F Dearmore of Sunset responds to a reader Mrs S B Alsabrook on old age pensions. She urges limited pensions by age sixty five and local scrutiny while Dearmore defends broad access and county court decisions. He notes political resistance but believes laws will pass.
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Bowie
Texas
B. F. Dearmore
Austin
S. B. Alsabrook
Sunset
Business Day Notes On Delayed Office Arrival
A secretary relays a stream of imprecise updates about a colleague's whereabouts. Statements indicate he has been in briefly, left for lunch, and may or may not return, with his hat remaining in the office. The day ends with uncertainty about his return.
Quiet Town Satirized In Tourists And Bank Notes
A native jokes that business is so quiet visitors ask about activity while a bank earns interest. The exchange highlights a calm, small town economy with a witty edge.
Prisoner Requests Delay Over Boil Before Hanging
Precaution notes a condemned man, numbered 381354-B, asking the court for a postponement this morning. He argues a neck boil could open from the rope and cause infection or death, prompting dialogue with the judge and keeper about his condition and the risk.
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Mileene
Bowie Mattress CO
N. Dickey
W.H. Stephens Feed Store
Miles Nervine
Ae Ehh
Dr. Miles Nervine
Miles
Lyon & Matthews Co
Sherwin-Williams Paints
Nature
Griffin’s
Rexall Store
Gouraudo
Flash
Rachel
Atkins
Ryan
Barnwell Shoe Shop
Joe Atkins
W. W. Ryan
Barnwell
W. Tarrant St
Mr. Atkins
Texas School For Deaf At
M. D. Massey
F. Dearmore
Bob's Ice Dock
Bob White
Rogan Laboratories
Griffin’s Drug Store
Gillette En Blade
Rand New
Banaba UN
the Electric Shop
E. Scott Avery
Bowie, Texas
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