Chain letter plots haunt Ginger at parsonage wedding
Ginger adopts a chain letter scheme to fund the parsonage for the blind, writing appeals and sending three letters to friends. She racks up three dimes from strangers, stores them in a toy trunk, and anticipates millions in donations as Helen’s wedding day nears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ginger
E. Tolliver
Red Thrush
Daily Press
Burlington Hawkeye
Helen
Horace Langley
Eddy Jackson
Ellen
Tim
Gincer
Ellen Tolliver
Beauty Pageant Ends With Marjory Winning Prize
In Red Throsh town Rev Tolliver and his daughter Marjory prepare for a beauty pageant. Marjory wins the prize of 5000 dollars and gives it to her father to help pay for eye treatment in Chicago. Mr Tolliver travels to Chicago for doctors and returns with bleak prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Tolliver
Red Thrush Lown
Helen
Miriam
Ellen
Ginger Ella
Marjory
Eddy Jackson
Ginger
Chicago
Alexander Murdock
Rivers Derailed by Ice Ages Shape Valley Waters
Long-ago glaciation redirected rivers in the northern plains. The upper Missouri and Yellowstone originally flowed northeast to Hudson Bay but were redirected south, carving new courses through the Dakotas. Glacial Lake Agassiz supplied Red River water to a southward Missouri head, forming the James River. after ice receded the Red River returned north while others stayed south.
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Mississippi River
Missouri
Yellowstone
Hudson Bay
Dakotas
Red River
Agassiz
Minnesota River
Missouri River
James River
Great Tee
To the Rear to Stay Be on time in life note
A terse, aphoristic snippet urges punctuality in all things from small acts to major events. It emphasizes timely arrival and keeping up with expectations, cautioning against lagging behind. The source presents a morale booster tone rather than a narrative.
Tomato King Roy Nelson dies in Missouri hospital
Roy Nelson 46 of Marshfield famed as the Tomato King of the Ozarks died of heart disease after about two and a half weeks in a Springfield hospital. A prominent tomato grower and canner, he led farms, factories, and related ventures in southwest Missouri with operations near Crane and a Marshfield estate. He also served as president of Marshfield Crane and Galena banks and was named receiver for John Case Canning Industries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Roy Nelson
Marshfield
Ozarks
Nelson
Cammers
Missouri
Crane
Marshfield, Crane and
Galena Banks
John Case
Washington University
St. Louis
Washington
Northwestern University of Evanston
University of Illinois At Urbana
Marshall
Missouri State School
WOS
Jefferson City
Gladys Hennick
E. E. Brunner
E. N. Ferguson, Jr
State Savings Trust Company
Fergusort
Tulsa
Okla
Mexico
Willis Dollens
Sanford Eugene Dollens
W. D. Knoll Construction Company
Dollens
Harold Knoll
Poplar Bluff
Hal Tyler
Knobel
Ark
Tyler
Dana S. Roberts
Bloomfield
Horace Mundy
Mundy
Louise Weber Lierheimer
Paul Lierheimer
Audrain Farmer
Ed Blase
Mary and John Waldren Reconcile at Mission Winter Pageant
Miss Mary directs a Nativity pageant at the Mission house where Betty Waldren's arrival stirs old feelings. John Waldren, Betty’s father, reappears and confesses love, offering to help Mary’s work as she confronts choices between reforming life and devotion to her mission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary
Dan
Betty Waldren
Elm Street
John Waldren
Miss Mary
Lucy
Mission House
John Waldron
Balthazar
Myrri
Betty
John
Star of Wonder
Star of Light
Hils
John Ward
Western Newspaper Union
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Ella Ethel Hueston
Bebbs-Merrill Co
W.N.U. Service
Ginger Ells
Jed Thrush
Rutheans
Missouri Supreme Court
Capital City
J. T. White
State Supreme Bench
Columbia
Joseph H. Barnett
Orient
Aristmas Peo
Helen Gaisford
Loor
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