Ostrekoff Jewels Heist Amid Petrograd Escape
In 1917 Petrograd Wilfred Haven an American embassy attache carries a fortune in jewels to deliver to Princess Elisaveta Ostrekoff. On the journey through Warsaw and Odessa he evades Bolshevists and Polish agents while a tense trust and a storm of questions surround the fate of the jewels and their rightful owner.
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Wilfred Waven
Petrograd
London
Elisaveta Ostrekoff
Princess Ostrekoff
Maven
Anna Kastellane
Warsaw
Anna
Haven
Odessa
Serge “Akoff
Felix Drayton
Wilfred Haven
Colonel Ohastiansky
Elisaveta
Mr. Haven
Madame
Paris
England
Versailles
Mr. Drayton
Ostrekoff
Drayton
Chastransky
America
Millionaire Guardian Promises Jewel Return to Princess
A persuasive conversation centers on Elisaveta Ostrekoff’s jewels worth £3,000,000 tied to a young man who claims wealth and offers cash as a guarantee. The man seeks control, promising to protect and manage the heiress’s fortune until wealth arrives, while the heiress pledges obedience.
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Elisaveta Ostrekoff
Haven
Americans Will Insist On Free Churches Free Schools Says Dr Gage
Dr H M Gage president of Cne college told the High Twelve club that Americans will demand freedom in churches and schools even if they accept comfort and luxury. He warned that dictators threaten such freedoms by controlling education and information and urged maintaining social integrity amid diverging views on how to achieve democracy and individualism.
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H. M. Gage
Cne College
High Twelve Club
Gage
Calvary Baptist Church Plans 44th Anniversary Homecoming
Calvary Baptist Church will observe its 44th anniversary and five years under Pastor Austin with a homecoming Sunday. The day includes a 10 45 a m service led by Rev John Hastie, 2 30 p m talks by Miss Lilly Fields and Rev Frank Ward, evening baptism and evangelistic message by the pastor.
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Calvary Baptist Church
Austin
John Hastie
Lilly Fields
New York City
Frank Ward
H. C. Montgomery
Grinnell Homecoming Set For October 12 14
Grinnell College schedules a three day homecoming October 12 14 led by committee head Miss Eleanor Lowden professor of English The lineup opens with an Honor G tea dance at Rand gymnasium Friday October 12 at 3 30 followed by a 8 30 piano recital in Herrick chapel by Mrs Bertha Smiley former soloist with the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra
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Grinnell
Grinnell College
Eleanor Lowden
Rand Gymnasium
Bertha Smiley
Herrick Chapel
Smiley
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra
Local Meat Market Ad Lists Varied Fresh Beef and Poultry
Advertising copy shows prices for dressed ducks chickens beef and pork items. It promotes home made sausages bologna and salami and notes they buy livestock.
Carleton Smiley to Speak at Grinnell Homecoming
Dr. Charles N. Smiley head of Carleton Latin department will give the homecoming address at 11 a.m. Saturday. He is married to Mrs. Smiley and formerly taught Latin at Grinnell. The Carleton Grinnell football game is set for 2:30 p.m. followed by a reception at President John S. Nollen’s home. The Honor G dance and a drama department production directed by Sara Sherman Pryor are scheduled for Saturday evening.
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Grinnell College
Carleton College
Charles N. Smiley
Smiley
Grinnell
Carleton-Grinnell
John S. Nollen
Drama
Sara Sherman Pryor
Cecil I. Lavell
Three Indicted by Winneshiek Jury
Decorah Iowa three indictments from the Winneshiek county grand jury name Leo Gaul O E Severson and Ole Stockman. Gaul faces attempted robbery of Burr Oak oil station operator E M Reed last July. Severson charged with illegal possession of liquor. Stockman indicted for driving a car while intoxicated. Trials set for Oct 15 with jurors excused until then.
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Decorah
Winneshick County
Leo Gaul
O. E. Severson
Ole Stockman
Gaul
E. M. Reed
Burr Oak
Severson
Stockman
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