Love is the Money Motive in a Romantic Intrigue
Kit a billing woman declares she will marry for money and schemes to win John Bowers, heir to the Bowers Manufacturing fortune, while he loves Edith Lowell. Hal Clede is drawn into the tangle as Kit falls ill in Paris and letters reveal shifting loyalties. Bessie, torn by affection, faces a drastic, brutal plan to shake Kit into clarity.
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Kit Afiem
John
Jack) Bowers
Geerse Ranges Bowers
Bowers Manufacturim
Kit
Jack
Edith Lowell
Jack Beng
Enginemeans
Hal Clede
Hal
Sugcests
Bessie
Paris
Miler
Janne
Bowers
G. B. Bowers
Jack Bowers
Grove's Laxative Bromo Quinine Ad Claim
An advertisement extols Grove's Laxative Bromo Quinine as a cold remedy. It claims four effects: opens bowels, fights germs and fever, relieves headache and grip, and fortifies the system. It cites prices and urges full name usage and avoiding substitutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grove
Horizontal puzzle and community meeting report
This page blends a long word puzzle with a local news item. It includes a list of crossword clues labeled horizontal and vertical, followed by a note about a La Porte City Farmers Mutual Telephone company stockholders meeting. It reports elected directors for four years and mentions directors continuing in office with a reminder of an upcoming officers election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LA Porte City
Farmers Mutual Telephone Company
George Morin
Charles Oren
E. J. Harting
Charles Rupperich
C. T. Gates
Arthur Wilson
George Konicek
10-20-30 Years Ago In The Gazette January 17 1924
The Gazette notes mark cold spell with 10 below zero. A college rifle team will compete for the Hearst trophy. members include John Finlay Harold Walrath Harold Kohl Cedar Rapids Walter Fry North English Eben Gillispie Anoka Minn and Albert Patschke Marion E H Ladage Wyoming Indiana buys Cedar drug business and moves home. The Slave Girl of New York played Greene's Opera House. Rev P L Schuler named new pastor of Second Christian Church from Mt Pleasant. Flying Wards trapeze act honored by local hosts. Rickel and Crocker travel to St Louis for California action. Burt Hall suffers mangled fingers wheeling a truck at Rock Island shops.
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Mercury
Toe College
William R. Hearst
John Finlay
Harold Walrath
Harold Kohl
Cedar Rapids
Walter Fry
North English
Eben Gillispie
Anoka
Minn
Albert Patschke
Marion
E. H. Ladage
Wyoming
Cedar
New York
Greene’s Opera House
P. L. Schuler
Second Christian Church
Mt. Pleasant
Edward Ward
Jennie Todd
Majestic Theater
Wilmer Walton
Flying Wards
Walker
Henry Rickel
E. H. Crocker
St. Louis
California
Burt Hall
Rock Island
Cedar Rapidswarden named delegate to League meeting in Columbus
George A. Lincoln of Cedar Rapids state fish and game warden has been appointed by the governor as a delegate to the meeting of the League of American Sportsmen to be held in Columbus Ohio. The Coe basketball team has returned home from games at Lenox College and Upper Iowa after defeating both teams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George A. Lincoln
Cedar Rapids
League of American Sportsmen
Columbus
Coe
Lenox College
Upper Iowa
Hill's Cold Tablets Promise Fast Relief
A vintage ad extols Hill's cold tablets with plain water as a quick cure for colds. It claims three actions to break up a cold, remove toxins, reduce fever and pain, and fight germs, urging readers to ask druggists for the red tin box.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hill
Pereson
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Loveless Lady ‘By
Julie Anne Moore
New England
Cambridge
Bess
Havre
Bowers Company
Lowell
Depaning
Roosevelt Hotel
Second St
First Ave
Scott County
Alee
Loganberries
U. S
I Graham
Folger’s Coffee
Sunkist Oranges
Jonathan
Branca
Southeas
Iowa
Robert
Daddy
W. G. Block CO
Wron
Sen
Bea
Standard Oil Service
Atlas Tires
Stanglex
Copr
Standard Oil Ca
ISO
VIS
Lydia E. Pinkham
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