Wealthy Chicago magnate summons unknown man from Kansas
Reclusive Benjamin Corvet, a top Chicago businessman, confronts partner Henry Spearman after a quarrel and seeks Constance Sherrill. He asks her to delay any marriage answer, then vanishes. Corvet phones Alan Conrad in Blue Rapids, Kansas, a name no associate recognizes.
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Chicago
Benjamin Corvet
Henry Spearman
Corvet
Constance Sherrill
Lawrence Sherrill
Spearman
Benny
Sherrill
Alan Conrad
Blue Rapids
Kan
Who Is Alan Conrad Hidden in a Chicago Mystery
Alan Conrad, a Kansas youth, travels to Chicago after a mysterious letter from "Mr. Corvet" directs him to Astor Street. At Corvet's house he meets Constance Sherrill and learns Corvet has vanished, leaving questions about Alan’s true identity, family, and origin.
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Alan
Merrill
Papa
Alan Conrad
Chicago
Jim
Father
Kansas City
Astor Street
Corvet
Benjamin Corvet
Tom Constance Sherrill
Miss Sherrill
Mr. Corvet
Jook
Sherrills
Kansas Town
Constance Sherrill
Shen
Sherrill
Chapter In Discussion of a Shadow
Alan hesitated and offered no reply as she questioned him, his silence betraying confusion and reluctance to respond to Constance Sherrill.
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Alan
Constance Sherrill
Yale Men Form Scout Club For Alumni Continuity
A group of Yale alumni former scouts organized a scout club aimed at keeping graduates engaged with scouting. G Barrett Rich III, Buffalo, chairs the executive committee with W Leming Jelliffe New York H Wilder Bentley San Francisco and James R Dixon Jr Cleveland as members. The club will promote ongoing involvement, training retention, and citizen character in college graduates, modeled after English university associations led by Oxford and Cambridge with Lorne W Barclay Yale 08 present.
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Yale
G. Barrett Rich, III
Buffalo
W. Leming Jelliffe
New York
H. Wilder Bentley
San Francisco
James R. Dixon, Jr
Cleveland
Lorne W. Barclay
National Education Department
Oxford
Cambridge
Boy Scouts Laud Legion Support At Chicago Meeting
At its Chicago gathering the National Council of the Boy Scouts of America voiced appreciation for the American Legion’s fine spirit in backing scouting. An editorial in the Toledo publication American Legion Councillor urges legionnaires to become scoutmasters, arguing trained Legionnaires can guide youth with discipline, patriotism, and outdoor skills.
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Chicago
National Council of the
Boy Scouts of America
American Legion
Toledo
Largest Boys Camp in World At Inter State Park NY NJ
The inter state park camp in New York and New Jersey is the largest boys camp globally by numbers and area. Last summer 9 088 scouts attended over nine weeks with daily averages above one thousand. The camp offers supervision healthful environment religious accommodations and outdoor training for character building and citizenship.
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Interstate Park
New York
New Jersey
Civic service by Gary scouts highlighted
Gary Indiana scouts performed varied good deeds in the past year including distributing Salvation Army posters serving as messengers for Near East Relief joining in a city clean up parade and vacant lots campaign collecting flowers for Memorial Day and placing an American flag on each grave and joining grave services.
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Gary
Ind
Salvation Army
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By William MacHarg
and Edwin Balmer
Edwin Belmer
Alan. Conrad
Kansas
Square Iron Bank
Ciicago
Mama
Conrad
Lttle Brown
Nierpe
Benjamin Carvet
Carvet
Simmons
Constance
Boy Scouts of
Twin Falls
Idaho
Joe Deiss
McRoberts
Edoys Sgouts
Fete Ne
Civic Service
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