Debutante Jetty Dowling Engaged to Wealthy Shipbuilder
Chapter excerpt shows Jetty Dowling, daughter of a rich merchant, engaged to Norman Willema as her mother pressures for social advancement. Dowling assigns trusted Charley to manage the yacht Montesums while plans for a potential world honeymoon unfold amid tension between Jetty and Norman over timing and marriage.
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Jeretia Dowling
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Norman
Willema
Dea
Norton
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Dowling
Charley
Ming
Montesums
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Ensenada
Joretta
St. Michael's
South Downs
English
Ha- Wai
Herman
Wes
Pretty
Absorbed pupil turns to Plato in backstage talk
Fragment from a scene where Socrates and a pupil discuss acting choices as romantic hints and backstage banter unfold. Norman and Jetty drift into a lively boulevard departure with promises and flirtation, ending as they depart in a newly acquired car headed for Bally's.
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Socrates
Plato
Jetty
Norman
Jenet’s
Bally
Newspaper Tax Debate Among Media Leaders
The piece notes broad newspaper opposition to a sales tax citing paper costs. It mentions a young paper executive vowing to oppose tax unless newsprint is exempt. It also cites William Randolph Hearst supporting the tax, including a claim he uses more white paper than anyone and would face about one million dollars in two years.
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H. Hearst
Theaters Today at The Kearse and Virginian
The Kearse presents The Misleating Lady with Claudette Colbert Fémund Lown Atuart Erwin and others, plus Lena Mivers and Fireman Save My Child in rotating features. The Virginian shows The Tenderfoot with Joe E Brown Ginger Rogers and cast, Lena Mivers at Capitol offers You Desire Me with Greta Garbo and Greta Garbo and co stars, plus brief industry notes. BRIDGEPORT report notes a five cent call led to a $10,000 civil suit due to jury tampering.
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Joe E. Brown
Capitol
Greta Garko
Melvyn Deorgias
Erich von 6Fremeim
Owen Moore
Bridgeport
Conn
Albert Hawkins
Ex Slave Martha Garrett Nears Century Mark in Missouri
Martha Garrett a former slave in Mexico Missouri is thought by locals to be near 100 years old. She recalls being grown before the Civil War era as slaves were auctioned in Franklin County. Martha was once sold with her mother during a court sale and later married to George Lewis.
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Mexico
Martha Garrett
Martha
Orth Missouri Railroad
Wabash
Franklinr
Reson
George Lewis
George
Buckeye Girl Tops Boys in Marble Distric title
In Cleveland on June 5, Letty Butler, 13, outshot boys to win the district marble championship. The young Buckeye girl demonstrated superior aim and clinched the title against competitors from surrounding areas.
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Buckeye
Cleveland
Letty Butler
Conventions to feature full AP coverage from Chicago to Charleston
The Charleston Gazette prepares for two major party nominating conventions with AP reporting from Chicago. Byron Price leads wire coverage, as veteran capital reporters and a nationwide AP telegraph network deliver swift, thorough news, pictures, and state and regional angles.
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Associated Press
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Byron Price
Washington
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Charleston Gazette
West Virginia
Chicago
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