Perilous Escape and Loyal Lord in Cornwallis Camp
Captain Ireton narrates his capture and escape within Lord Cornwallis’s headquarters. He deceives Tarleton’s agents, warns of enemy searches, and gains temporary trust by presenting Major Ferguson’s commendation and an offer to serve as an Austrian observer in the house. The scene ends with Ireton becoming an honorary aide and staying hidden, awaiting future moves.
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Mesnard
Dean Ating
Doliphye
Ireton
Lord Cornwallis
Jeanne
Davie
Yaethond
Captainington
Tarleton
Owen Péngarvin
Falconnet
Francis Pulconnet
JeaTconhet
Choités
Mr. Richardson
Lyst
Michtavelli
Mick
John Stuart
Glisbert Stair
Denra
Ross
Listrova
Willy
Treten
George
Husear
Hussara
Gilbert Stair
Never inne Down Clock That Won’t Run Down
Yonkers Statesman ponders a budding genius attempt to build a perpetual clock anew. The witty reply questions feasibility and mocks the gag as a joke rather than practical science.
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Bacon
Egbert
Yonkers
Browne's Unfurnished Flat Leads to Dining Room Passage
In a cramped scene a friend peers through an unfurnished Browne flat and discovers a passageway serving as the dining room. The dialogue captures urban dwelling oddities and a moment of discovery.
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Browne
Brown
Boston Transcript
Man who killed stepmother is found guilty in Missouri Valley
The district court jury in Le Gall found Quy Marley guilty of murder in the first degree and fixed a life sentence for the killing of his stepmother during a drunken carousal at the Marley home near Missouri Valley. Accomplices Henry Manheymin and Edward Brundige were tried. Brundige testified against Marley and was acquitted. Brundige claimed he did not shoot. A neighbor reported Marley stood in the door with the weapon. the woman was wounded, fled, and died ten days later after her arm was amputated.
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Qornwalha
Abbas
Aeneas
Nevar
Ireton
Hursat
Seaa
Tarleton
Richard Jennifer
Quy Marley
Young Marley
Marleyome
Missouri Valley
Henry Manheymin
Edward Brundige
Young
Brundige
Marley
Girl Scalded By Oyster Soup At Marahatts Inn
Miss Caroline Hendershott, visiting relatives in Marahatitown, was at an oyster supper with a bob party when a waiter tipped a tray over her head spilling steaming contents down her back. She screamed in pain and the party reacted, the moment prompting loud reactions at the table.
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Min
Caroline
Hendershott
Marahatts
Chante
Fel
Marahatitown
Albidu
Miss Hendershatt
Miss Hendershott
Murder Indictment in High Bridge Over Christmas Night Killing
Dallas County grand jury indicts Thomas Muller of High Bridge for the murder of Anderson on Christmas night. Muller plans to plead self defense claiming Anderson attacked him, prompting Muller to draw a cheap jackknife and fatally stab Anderson as he resisted choking.
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Dallas County Grand Jury
High Bridge
Thomas Muller
Anderson
Muller
Stridke
Old Country
Miller
Will
Youthful Lovers Die in Tragic Double Suicide
Vernon Botr aged 16 and Lina Ammer aged 14 killed themselves after parents forbade marriage. Bodies found in Vernon’s buggy near Monroe as they returned from a dance. The girl’s arms around the boy’s neck, a cup on her lap containing strychnine and water, both had drunk and waited for death while the buggy carried them home.
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Dodies
Noy
Giel
Attieve
Vernon Botr
Lina Ammer
Monroe
Vernon
Burglary at Northwestern Station Mt Vernon
Burglars broke into the cash drawer at Northwestern station in Mt Vernon between 6 and 7 am and took 58.13 dollars. The crime appears planned by someone familiar with station hours as the office was unattended briefly after the night operator left and before the day operator arrived. The stolen funds were from night ticket sales.
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Northwestern
Mt. Vernon
Hamburg land deals and a fatal train accident
Large real estate activity around Hamburg includes Ed Smith selling 110 acres east of town at 176 per acre, Arnold Garst selling 140 acres north at 187.50, W K Miller selling 40 acres near Missouri for 650 per acre, and A J Kizey selling 143 acres southeast for 125. A man named W J Brickley, living with his parents near Winthrop, was killed when struck by an Illinois Central train while riding in a sleigh. Edna Harper of the Delta Sorority in Iowa City exposed a burglar attempting to enter a house. the burglar fled and nothing was taken.
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Hamburg
Ed, Smith
Town
Arnold Garst
W. K. Miller
Missouri
A. J. Kizey
Sletenh
W. J. Brickley
Winthrop
Mlinois Central
Sorority
Gixvie
Edna Harper
The
Delta Sorority
Iowa City
Plans for Meat Shop Probe by Des Moines Men
Twenty prominent Des Moines men plan a meat shop to buy directly from farmers, cut and sell to workingmen, financing with $100 each to cover equipment and ongoing costs. They aim for 6 percent interest and to serve working Des Moines residents only.
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Staoa
Des Moines
Chicken Thieves Burn Barn Near Menlo
Fire destroyed George McClarey’s barn eight miles northeast of Menlo on Sunday night. Five head of poultry, twelve tons of hay, and about twelve bushels of corn were lost. Estimated total value near $4,000, with some insurance. Origin unclear. authorities suspect thefts as the motive. A chicken-containing sack was found near the front entrance to the house.
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Menlo
George McClarey
Ifdar
Altes
Uniform dress for Waterloo pupils proposed by mayor
Waterloo Mayor Roy A. Doty urges uniform dress in public schools to level class distinctions. He favors neutral colors and aims to make outfits of rich and poor alike suitable, removing dress as a socioeconomic factor in schooling. In other items, Sheriff Wilson reports the arrest of Tom Meesons for elopement with a young girl. A shooting incident involving Ralph Harlaugh at a fair school event injures two angels and a bystander.
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Roy A. Doty
Waterloo
Dewalt
Wike Denorior
Local notes mix past and present in Iowa item
Clipped items report varying facts from 1848 to 1909 including school attendance figures and a penal sentence for W. J. Wallace. It notes railroad yard improvements in Council Bluffs and a fatal Burlington train incident involving Henry Benjamin, a Creston character. Also mentioned are land sale, forged notes inquiry, and the Davenport suicide of Edward A. Cranz after a rejected love.
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Iowa
Pilya
W. J. Wallace
Des Moines
Ph. Madison
Othe, Chicaxy & Quincy
Council Bluffs
Benjamin Menry
Creston
T Henry
Burlington
John McCullough
Iowa Falls
Chicago and New York Business Outlook in Weekly Review
R G Dun and Co weekly review notes improved weather aiding transportation and prompt selling of commodities. Prices firm for hides and leather, strong demand for raw materials, and large bank clearings up 10.1 percent from 1909. Trade expands with better orders, manufacturing busy, and fewer failures than prior weeks in the United States.
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Chicago
R. G. Dun & Co
Pere Ay Np
Berowah
New York
Ourente Titudtmand
Oeekts An
Tase Hines
Jantary
United States
Poanada
Fragmented OCR markets wind through unclear grain terms
The text shows garbled price tokens for multiple commodities including wheat corn oats rye and sheep plus scattered names and numbers. Market jargon is unreadable and many terms are jumbled, yielding no clear reportable fact.
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Stu Eee LLC
Arne Karina
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