Alix and Peter plan life in New York and home in valley
In a valley house Alix contemplates giving up home life to pursue singing in New York while Peter considers marriage. Cherry longs for home in the old redwood valley and hopes to reunite with Alix as she settles into a Red Creek flat and dreams of a stage return.
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Anne
Peter
Alix
Hong
New York
Cherry
George Sewall
Sewall
Scott
San Francisco
Ursula
Sewalls
Red Creek “Park
Martin
Red Creek
Tamalpais
Redwoods
Bay
Mill Valley
Charity Strickland
Kon
Cherry Bere
Peter and Alix. Doctor Strickland and Cherry’s fate.
Doctor Strickland retires in Mill Valley with daughters Alix and Cherry and niece Anne. Peter Joyce, a friendly recluse, loves Cherry who marries Martin Lloyd, a visiting mining engineer, and travels to El Nido. Cherry returns for Anne’s wedding, discovers her marriage failed, Peter confesses a grand passion, Martin and Cherry drift apart, Dr. Strickland dies, and Peter returns from a long absence.
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Strickland
Mill Valley
San Francisco
Alix
Cherry
Anne
Peter Joyce
Martin Lloyd
el Nido
Peter
Justin Little
Martin
Dr. Strickland
Woman Renews Cabin Into Home With Clever Touches
The narrative describes a couple reshaping a cabin into a warm home. She adds order with clever details like flowers, dusting, and books, while he indulges modest requests such as bricks for a path. She resists moving to a town house as carpenters work to preserve the familiar space.
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Peter
Changes Come With Years
A Leavenworth Times quotation notes a mother's judgment that a father has changed since youth and links the daughter's memory to her parents. The line reflects on time, family and marital evolution.
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Leavenworth Times
Preservation drive for Walker tavern at Cambridge Junction
Rev. Frederick Hewitt of Detroit has purchased the Walker tavern to preserve its past. He plans to restore the site as much as possible and turn it into a free port where the Chicago and Monroe pike roads cross. The tavern figures in connections with Daniel Webster James Fenimore Cooper and The Oak Openings.
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Frederick Hewitt
Detroit
Cambridge Junction
Mich
Doctor Hewitt
Church of St. Philip and
St. Stephen
Chicago
Monroe Pike
Daniel Webster
James Fenimore Cooper
Walker Tavern
Kalamazoo
Little Prairie Road
Cambridge Springs
Sylvester Walker
Franklin A. Dewey
W. ©. Dewey
Woman Sheriff Fights For Justice In Slaying Case
Gunda Martingdale, Alamakee county sheriff and widow, vows to see justice for Miss Inga Magnuson. She chased the suspect Earle Thorpe with bloodhounds, faced a mob, and prepared evidence for a likely capital case while balancing family duties.
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Aukon
Gunda Martingdale
Alamakee
Littl
Martingdale
Thorpe
Waukon
Wisest Girl in the World Weds Globe Trotting Sportsman
Winifred Sackville Stoner, nineteen, known as the wisest girl, marries Charles Phillippe de Bruche, a globe trotting sportsman. Her mother touts natural education and a life of demonstrations, while observers debate whether this union fits Eugenic speculation.
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York
Winifred Sackville Stoner
Charles Phillippe de Bruche
Winifred
Lord Sackville
United States
James B. Stoner
Marine Corps
Chicago Zoo group forms to build Riverside gardens
John T. McCutcheon elected president of the Chicago Zoological Society that will run a new zoo near Riverside on Edith Rockefeller McCormick land. Officers include John Borden and Noble B Judah as vice presidents, Charles Hutchinson treasurer, John Magill secretary, with an executive committee led by Frank J. Wilson Oscar G. Foreman Francis E. Manierre Judson F. Stone. The plan aims to recreate natural habitats for birds and animals with 300 acres enabling buffalo and deer exhibits along the Des Plaines river.
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Chicago
Riverside
Edith Rockefeller McCormick
John T. McCutcheon
Chicago Zoological Society
John Borden
Noble B. Judah
Charles L. Hutchinson
John R. Magill
Frank J. Wilson
Oscar G. Foreman
Francis E. Manierre
Judson F. Stone
Mr. McCutch
Des Plaines River
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Kathleen Norris
Dad
Mrs. Grundy
Trousseau
Valley House
Bie
Peter and
Chicago Zoo
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