Inga r ham Family Strife Sparks a New Venture
Ruth Ingraham aids a neighbor while Edward Patterson a Chicago life insurance cashier is unjustly suspected by his wife Julia of infidelity. After a brief vacation he returns to discover Edith, seventeen, amid parental strain. Patterson joins James Mariner’s invention venture with $6,000 to back an automobile choice, resigns from the insurer, and shifts to promoting the project while Edith plans to become his stenographer and later helps in the office as he starts selling the new choke. Edith leaves school to support the family business as Edward aims to pay his own way through university.
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Ruth Ingraham
Edward Patterson
Chicago
Julia
Edith
Patterson
Edward
James Mariner
Mariner
Albert Willard
Roger Morgan
Hi Father
Sheridan Road
Milwaukee
Kansas
California
Cook County
Edwards
Lance
Tye
Kansas City
Indefatigable talker sparks a sudden shift in sales drive
Edward Patterson contemplates a bold pivot after a tense confrontation with Mariner. The inventor seeks funding for a coast to coast selling push while Edward evaluates market potential, resolves to quit grand plans, and plans a disciplined start to open new territories. The scene ends with Patterson and his daughter planning work and a belief that the journey has begun.
Edith and her father weigh a local venture
Edith contemplates the long road ahead as she earns eighteen dollars weekly and helps her mother with board. Her father praises a salesman mindset and a striking real estate promoter visits the garage with a personal card, hinting at a possible big local investment and the fate of a missing Jake. The scene ends with uncertainty about tomorrow.
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Jacob Gorman
Edith
Sid
Crouroid
Mother
Jake
Dinkelsbuhl Celebrates Its Medieval Bavarian Heritage
Dinkelsbuhl in Bavaria prepares for the 300th anniversary of lifting a siege during the Thirty Years War. The town, preserved in medieval style, retains traditional crafts like copperwork and pewter molding while master architect Nikolaus Eseler von Alzey shaped its famed interiors.
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National Geographic Society
Washington, D. C
WNU
Inkelsbuhl
Gustavus Adolphus
Dinkelsbuhl
Bavaria
Nuremberg
Rothenburg
Nordlingen
Wornitz
Dinkelsbuh
Ern
Germany
Nikolaus Eseler von Alzey
Near
Nordlingers
Saint George’s
England
Heinrich the
Tribute to Pertinacity of Newspaper Scribes
A concise tribute honors journalists' stubborn integrity as they endure pressure, compare to J P Morgan, and emphasize that perseverance in reporting time and money shapes a enduring press.
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J. P. Morgan
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Jaunet
St. Louis
Mariner Sild
St. Lows
Bert
Mr. Mariner
Dad
Mr. Gorman
Dinkelsbutil
Guild of Smiths
Buhel
Dinko
Dinkelabuhl
Frederick Barba
Karl IV
Gettingen
Pobleman
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