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Elgin Echo

Location

Elgin, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Feb 13, 1913

Page

3

Romance and intrigue in Cairo under the United Romance scheme

In a Cairo setting, George Percival Algernon Jones faces entanglements with Horace Ryanne and Fortune Chedsoye as the United Romance and Adventure company schemes risky ventures. Personal loyalties collide with danger as Mrs. Chedsoye and Mahomed maneuver for control and Jones wrestles with love, betrayal, and a looming crisis.

George Percival Algernon Jones Metropolitan Orientealug Company New York Cairo Horace Ryanne Ryanne Bagdad Major Callahan Fortune Chedsoye Monte Carlo Fortune Shah Abbas Pagha Mahomed Rascal Atlantic Shepheard's Percival United Romance and Adventure Company London George Naples Mentone Fortune Chedsaye

Rug Heist Plot Unfolds In Cairo Bar Scene

Mahomed and Ryanne plot to recover a sacred rug by luring George P. A. Jones to Cairo. Jones, a rug collector, travels with a bold plan to abduct him and use ransom to force the rug's return. Tense barroom negotiations reveal shifting loyalties as danger and deception mount in the foreign underworld.

Mahomed Ryawne Mahomed-El-Gebel Ryanne Cairo Effendi Effendl Smyrna Constantinople Mecca Bagdad Evanta Orient Pasha Hig Burnouse Egypt Mngnish Bar Peringbi Mahomad Man Jones Allence George P. A Caira Efrand Tia Amiles Hong

Object to Large Hats In Church Near Silesian Frontier

Ecclesiastical authorities at Forst have acted against women wearing large hats in church. They cite inconvenience during communion as priests must stoop. Women are invited to wear hats with narrow brims when attending services.

Forst Silesian

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Bluebeard Mr. Jones Gioconda Folsterer Percival Algernon Hontelry Grath Jy M.g.eure BOBS = MERRILLS COMPANY Yhiordes
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