Vagrant Duke Alters Love and Blackmail Plot
Russian Grand Duke Peter Nicholaevitch enters the McGuire estate under the name Peter Nichols and becomes entangled with blackmailer Hank Kennedy while protecting his employer. Beth Cameron, the murdered man’s daughter, inspires Peter’s remorse as he confronts his past and declares love, while Beth senses a deeper bond beyond mere romance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Nicholaevitch
Peter Nichols
Jonathan K. McGuire
McGuire
Hank Kennedy
Jim Coast
Peter
Coast
Cameron
Beth Cameron
Kennedy
Teaching Canning To French Women
Miss Ola Powell who spent last summer in France demonstrating improved methods of preserving and canning will return there this summer at the urgent request of the French minister of agriculture. She will assist in teaching the art of canning under the auspices of the American Committee for Devastated France.
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Ola Powell
France
American Committee For
From Poverty to Head of General Electric
A narrative passage recalls Owen D. Young rising from modest means to head General Electric, alongside a complex tale of Beth’s social ascent. The tale follows Beth’s evolving education in music, her admiration for Peter Nichols, and the shifting moral dynamics as Nichols champions her rights amid romance and ambition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owen D. Young
Boston College
General Electric Co
Remembering Eph Slayback and Bridgeport rail work
The eighth Little Tale recalls Ephraim Slayback and Dan Olds, two Bridgeport engineers on the Great Consolidated Railroad. It recounts a 37 year old single track near the docks, a deadly derailment, Slayback’s injuries, his arrest, and the crew’s efforts to secure his release. It notes later railway changes including overpass elevation and modern signaling.
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Ephraim Slayback
Eph
Great Consolidated
Bob
New York
Springfield
Mass
Dan” Olds
White Mountains
Bridgeport
New Haven
Ola John
Jim” Cusick
Old Housatonic Railroad Company
Consolidated
Old
Housatonic
Berkshire Division
Slayback
Olds
Main Street
East Bridgeport
Engineer Slayback
William Shejton
Sterling
Captain Pinkerman
John G. Rylands
C. C. Godfrew
Ben" Lockwood
Dan Maloney
Fairfield
Mr. Lockwood
Ephc
Pinkerman
Maynard Smith
Locomotive Brotherhood of Engineers
Wiliam H. Stevenson
Consolidated Road
Stevenson
Springfield Run
Godfrey
Conan Doyle
Iowa Centenarians Feted For Ages of Wilson and John Daul
In Deveral Iowa townspeople honored Wilson Daul who turned 100 and his brother John nearing 103. Born in Lincolnshire England the brothers immigrated to America with their parents in 1824. John traveled from Minnesota to join the celebration.
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Deveral
Iowa
Wilson Daul
John
Wilson
Lincolnshire
England
America
Minnesota
Woman Confesses Homicide Plan In Domestic Tragedy
Mrs Victoria Turek confessed to Chicago police that she and Leopold Mikrat, a former roomer, lay in wait in the cellar for him to be unconscious and then hanged him. Mikrat returned home and Mrs Turek slept until morning when one of her three children found the body. Police report the death as a self inflicted act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter
Jim Coast
Coast
Inamoratas
Heth
Beth
Mrs. Bergen
Tve
Tillie
Mr. Nichols
Lo Eter
Czarina
Victoria Turek
Chicago
Leopold Mikrat
Mikrat
A Woman Faces a Moral Standoff with Carl Booth
Barbara Anne weighs declaring her need for help from Carl Booth against the lie of asking for loyalty. He offers support but she refuses to burden him, choosing independence and facing the next hurdle to fund the Star.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl
Carl Booth
Car- Nota
Barbara Anne
Burt
Carlotta
Amundsen Sets Course for Seven-Year North Pole Drift
Explorer Roald Amundsen departs Seattle aboard the Maud for a seven year Arctic voyage to drift across the polar region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Racid Amundsen
Seattle
North Pole
Maud
Pole
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D. Appleton & Co
Russia
Algernon
Black Rock
Pickerel River
Niere
McGuire's
Peesy McGuire
Glassboro
Madame Melbe
New Heads
General Electric
Louisiana
Peter Nichole
Shad
Superman
Europe
Julian H. Sterling
Bridgeport Evening Times
Walsen
Daubney
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Jim
Amundsen
Captainre
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