Three Names and a Shadow Man in a Family Turmoil
In a sprawling plot set aboard a Cunarder and at Dunleigh Mansfield, Dan Maddox races to salvage his daughter Nancy’s birthday amid threats of ruin. Cathene confronts detective Shafer over a break in, while Betty learns of Cathewe’s hold over her father.
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Mansfield
Tron
Betty
Nancy
Cathene
Dunleigh
Maddox
Bannister
Daniels
Brand
Betty Mansfield
Shafer
Washington
New York
Nancy's
Cathewe
Anticipated Doss murder arrests delayed in Missouri
Desloge reports Prosecuting Attorney Kinder delaying announcements on two suspects in the Samuel Doss murder as warrants await information from a Bonne Terre bootlegger. Cape Girardeau notes a $1,600,000 Mississippi River toll bridge project with funding by a St. Louis firm and Cape Girardeau stock, plus Illinois highway plans. Springfield covers Uncle Ike Morris’s 90th birthday celebrations at Notch and Marvel Cave. Fulton details Callaway Baptist Association temperance report and related talks. St. Joseph reports 16 year old Earl Wells drowning near Cameron. Jefferson City notes Judge Graves improving after throat surgery and Roy Whitworth fatally injured by falling rock. Poplar Bluff reports Doyle Crawford’s drowning near Campbell. Vandalia notes Dr. J C Parrish ill with pneumonia and Richard Boyd, 84, dies in Ralls County. Mexico announces Bess Thomas to become dean of women at Hardin College.
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Desloge
Kinder
St Francis County
Samuel Doss
Randolph Township
Kirder
Bonne Terre
Doss
St. Louis
Cape Girardeau
Chamber of Commerce
Mississippi River
Charles L. Harrison
Missouri
Morgan Oak Street
Cape Girardean Territory
Howard & Nash
Kansas City
of Illinois
Springfield
Ike” Morris
Notch
Harold Bell Wright
Uncle Ike
Marvel Cave
Ike
Fulton
Callaway County Baptist Association
Richland Church
This City
Committee On
Temperance
L. H. Holt
C. E. Riely
J. G. Reynolds
Women’s Missionary Union of Missouri
Robert 8. Lamar
Howard B. Lang
St. Joseph
Earl Wells
Cameron
Jefferson City
Roy Whitworth
Missouri Pacific
Oklahoma City
W. W. Graves
Missouri Supreme Court
Chicago
Vandalia
Richard Boyd
Ralls County
Arthur Babb
Arthur Bessears
William Boyd
Center
Jim Boyd
Paris
Mexico
Bess Thomas
Nashville
Tenn
Hardin College
Nell Farrah
Lenox Hall
Kirkwood
Chapter Eight Arrival Sparks File Room Chase
On the morning Cathene arrives from New York the cub reporter, an industrious chap, goes into the file room before lunch to start his work.
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Cathene
New York
Cub
Day of Realization for Conceit's Victim Concert
A reflective piece on conceit as a toxic habit revealed only when a child exposes parental vanity. The narrator, aging, married, and gray, recognizes the effect of vanity as relatives watch, and a child bluntly labels the father as the most conceited man his wife knows.
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Kansas City Star
Orion Belt Stars and Magnitudes Described
Ancient astronomers named Orion a prominent constellation. It contains stars of first to lesser magnitudes and is commonly identified by three collinear belt stars.
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Orion
San Francisco Church at Quito A South American Art Cradle
Quito, capital of Ecuador, at about 9000 feet, is praised as the cradle of South American art. Franciscan monks guided workers to build the San Francis church, begun in 1535 and completed after a century. Its interiors mix Moorish, Indo Chinese, Roman, and Gothic decorative styles.
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Quito
Ecuador
San Francis Church
How Many Women Get Up Singing
A Georgia mother of three credits Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash with restoring her strength after years of weakness. She reports better sleep and health, saying she can sing again and manage most of her work. A Decatur, Illinois testimonial from Mrs Irene Reep shares similar improvements after using the products.
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Belle Thompson
Route 2
Rossville
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia F. Pinkham
Decatur
Illinois
Irene Reep
Greenwood Ave
Forst's Original BARE-TO-HAIR claim noted
An advertisement asserts baldness can be reversed with Forst's Original BARE-TO-HAIR, claiming it grows hair and preserves existing hair. The text emphasizes confidence in regrowth and product effectiveness.
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Forst
Umbrellas and new hats in Paris chatter
In Paris a speaker notes another new hat and questions ongoing purchases under the claim of low cost. The exchange humorously contrasts rainwear weariness with the idea that umbrellas seem worn out when rain arrives.
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Ruy Blas
Paris
Garden Chickens Prompt Daily Exchange
A whimsical exchange over visiting chickens in a garden ends with a deal to collect any eggs found each evening. The dialogue highlights polite apologies and practical humor between neighbors.
If a man is square he doesn’t mind being cornered
A concise aphorism stating that a man who is fair and principled remains unruffled when pressure or scrutiny comes from multiple sides. It emphasizes composure and integrity under challenge.
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Ming
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Constellation
Georgia
W. H. Forst
Scottdale, PA
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BUICK
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