Roving Sergeant Hamlin Intervenes in Molly McDonald Plot
In a Fort Dodge vicinity tale a Confederate veteran and sergeant Hamlin clashes with Major McDonald over Molly McDonald as Indian threats loom. Molly travels toward Fort Dodge with companions, pursuit, a wounded escape, and revelations about past loyalties and gunfire at the barracks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McDonald
Fort Dodge
Molly
Brick Hamlin
Fort Ripley
Indiana
Hamlin
Haverstick
Ong
LeFevre
Apa
Lieut
Gaskins
Hemlin
Tor
Tieutenant Caskinga
Hemlin Watches Suspects After Dance Infiltration
Hemlin recalls the charm lost and suspects Molly McDonald’s role in a plotted scheme. He tails two men leaving the hotel and prepares to question a cavalry sergeant guarding the entrance about a man named Reb and a river-rat known as Connors, sensing a larger conspiracy involving Gas- Kine and the McDonald girl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hemlin
Molly McDonald
Frer
le Fevre
Haversack
Hamlin
Thin Fallow
Darrett
Barrett
Vera
Quaskina
Ghekins
McDonald
Dan
Hamiln
Faro
Nevar
Reb
Mike Kelly
Connors
New York
Aspen
Tobh
French official works two minutes daily on frontier duties
Investigations into hours of work in the French department of navigation reveal an employee whose entire duty for a day is two minutes. Residing near the Belgian frontier, his task is to fetch a list of barges entering French territory in the past 24 hours and deliver it to another office. The job pays about 140 dollars a month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jong
Barrett
Hamlin
Fourth Texas Infantry
Department of Navigation
Invention to Launch Warplane From Ships Named Key Advance
Captain W J Chambers develops a 30 foot catapult device to launch hydro aero planes from warships. Glenn A Curtiss hails it as the most important achievement since wheels were placed on land machines, enabling planes to fly immediately after deck launch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Chambers
Glenn A. Curtiss
Globetrotter Jack Grace Recalls Honolulu to Yokohama Escape
Boxer Jack Grace narrates a travel misadventure aboard the Manchuria. He dodged a shipboard check by staying hidden in the second engineer’s cabin to save fare, then was discovered and moved to another liner as the Mongolia neared. Grace recalls packing a prep book, a shirt, and boxing gloves before transfer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yokohama
Manchuria
Iowa News in Brief Across State Edits and Events
A compilation of Iowa items notes railroad and government spending to save land along the Missouri River, local Baptist assembly officers, the Webb Kenyon liquor ruling, a fatal Dubuque auto crash, hog cholera outbreaks in Scott County, a Story County veterans reunion, and bond sales for the Atlantic Northern line. Also covered are a tour by a world-traveling couple, pearling in the Iowa River, bands for a Mass of church projects, and various local incidents including fires, wrecks, and business deals.
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Burlington Railroad
Burlington
Folsom
Iowa Baptist Assembly
Tust
Iowa Falls
Frank Day
Algon
Hampton
Ray. W. ©. Darrow
Mt. Ayr
Clara Sherry
Towa Falls
D. V. Wilson
L. M. Weils
Webb-Kenyon
M. Hunter
Ottumwa
Express
Brata
Iowa
Illinois
Missouri
Dubuque
Caroline Breitbach
Massey Station
John le Grande
John LeGrande
Scott County
G. R. Bliss
Story County Veterans’ Association
Cambridge
J. W. Willett
Tama
State Department
David Palmer
Lot Abraham
Mount Pleasant
Frank ©. McKean
Des Moines
L. 8. Nelson
Clayton
Los Angeles
Henry Johnson
Dows
Mexico
Matthew Gould
Corning
Percival
St. John’s
Onawa
Larson
Logan
Odd Fellows
Jasper County
Seevers
Severaign Grand Lodge
Minneapolis
Ladora
Saint Anthony
Attida
Tague
Bussey
W. H
Downey
Wood
Hixon Grove
Gharrett
Keokuk
Ledbetten
Keswick
D. W. Knapp
W.C. Gray
Troy Milla
C. W. Read
Animal Health Commission
Gibgon
Gibson
Mary Healy Powers
Shelby
William Weightman
Philadelphia
New York City
Young Weightman
Dakotas
Weightman
Miss Powers
Sag Harbor
L. 1
Mississippi River
Father of Waters
Des Moines Automobile Dealers’ Association
Fair Board
Adams Express Company
Appanaose
Streepyuille
Centerville
Rockford
Irvin Jones
Lyle Wood
Charles Howell
Commercial Club of
Northwestern Railroad
Alden
Hagle Grove
Eldora
Eagle Grove
Owasa
Cyrenne Cole
The
Times
Republican
Republican Printing Company
Cedar Rapids
Luthera. Brewer
Cole
Iowa State Register
Dean EH. W. Stanton
State College
Muscatine County
Ames
F. D. Steen
West Liberty
Mason City
Mary Evanston Sutton
Paul Sutton
Mississippi
Northwestern Saengerbund
Red Oak
Hawking Park
Minnie Fulton
Bentonsport
van Buren County
Henry Fulton
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Tale OF the Frontier
le Yevre
Richmond
Turnesa
Garrison
Sergeant Hamlin
Texas
Brazos
Gawkins
Anaiy
Alice
McDonalds
Jack Grace
Globe
Honolulu
Jeffries Johnson
Japan
Checker
Islao
Mongolia
Holystone
Iowa State
Commonwealth
Cedar Falla
Great
Denver
Coly
C. Ryan
Hobart Follett
Dyer
California
Z. A. Dyers
Ackley
Buckeye
Dengon
Herman Grt D. Miller
Green Bay Lumber “Company
Pautch Bros
Stewart Lumber
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