Master of Appleby Ends With Flight From Pursuit
In a January ball at a Tarleton era manor, Captain Ireton and Margery scheme to aid Father Matthieu while avoiding capture. A skirmish forces Richard Jennifer and Margery to flee. Dick helps Ireton out as pursuing officers close in, aided by partisan fighters. they escape by gate and river barge.
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Tarleton
Tynn
John Ireton
Margery
Appleby Hyndred
Appleby Hundred
Congress of North Carolina
Richard Jennifer
Aha
Richard
Monsieur John
Morgan
Lord Cornwallis
Father Matthieu
Greensword
Twan
Jennifer
Nan
Dick Jennifer
Nester
Impressive Appraisement At The Golf Links
A Washington Star quote features Mr Dustin Stax defending his generosity after saying he played nearly a million dollars' worth of golf following lunch. The remark frames time as money and questions liberal spending.
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Dustin Stax
Links
Washington Star
Pleasures of Windom Spark Talk on School Fun
A Washington Star quip has a relative praising a boy’s growing love of learning. Mr Bligging agrees the child is maturing and soaking up knowledge, enough to return home and impress with his new skills.
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Windom
Mr. Bligging
Washington Star
The Ren Question from Harper's Monthly
A child asks how to tell when naughty and whether her mother hears the conscience. The mother replies the conscience will tell, but the child doubts if it speaks to either of them. A brief, moral vignette from a 19th century periodical.
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Ren
Little Bessie
Bessie
Harper's Monthly
Mother Will Help. Not Worthy Of You, Says Young Lady
A Louisville Courier Journal note records a dialogue where a daughter with a square jaw tells her mother she fears unworthiness. The mother agrees to help and suggests that shared hardship can bring needed changes. The item reflects domestic and moral concerns of the period.
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Mother
Louisville Courier-Journal
Spicing Them and Fortunate Bella Exchange Barbs
In a playful jab, Autor-Manager-II predicts critics will roast the show. Star-Oh jokes about hiring wives for minor roles to tame critics. Greta-Bella vents marital fault to Clarence, remarking she deserves a better husband.
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Autor
Crites
Puck
Bella
Greta
Clarence
Mabray and gang sentenced in fraud case
John Mabray and nine others were convicted of fraudulent use of the mails in relation to fake racing schemes and sentenced in Council Bluffs to two years in the penitentiary and fines of $10,000 each. Other full penalties went to Edward Loser Edward Mortis Tom S Robinson Edward Leach Clarence Forbes Harry Forbes Ed McCoy Clarence Class and Willard Powell. Bert Shores William Marsh pleaded guilty and got fifteen months plus $100 fines. Winford Harris and Frank Scott got six months and $100 fines.
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John ©. Mabray
Council Bluffs
Mabray
Edward Loser
Edward K. Mortis
Tom S. Robinson
Edward Leach
Clarence Forbes
Harry Forbes
Ed. McCoy
Clarence Class
Willard Powell
Bert Shores
William Marsh
Winford
Harris
Frank Scott
Reformatory riot at Mitchellville leads to eight arrests
Eight ringleaders jailed after a riot at the State reformatory in Mitchellville. The suspects pleaded guilty to inciting riot and destroying property and received ten days in Polk County jail. They accused Superintendent Miss Hattie Garrison of mistreatment and abuse. Sheriff's party, state officials, and a board member arrived as the girls offered harsh words about Garrison. An investigation by the State board of control will follow. Also, Clinton bridge toll keeper A W Lundgren, 68, was gravely injured by a stranger who struck him with an iron bar near Clinton. The attacker, Tom Reed of Seattle, was arrested.
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den Molnen
State Reformatory
Mitchellville
Polk County
Justice
Misa Garrison
State Board of Control
Clinton Bridgetender Axsantied
A. W. Lundgren
Clinton Bridge
Tom Reed
Seattle
Body Found by Children Near Burlington Tree
Children of F. M. Calilins on West avenue discover a man hanging from a tree limb. The middle aged man is well dressed with an A. C. U. W. pin and no other identification is found. The death is reported as self-inflicted.
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F. M. Calilins
West Avenue
Burlington
Various Iowa real estate and political notes from Clearfield to Corydon
Across Iowa items report farm land sales at 106.25 per acre near Clearfield and 160 per acre near Corydon, drugstore purchases in Belle Plaine, and a congressional nomination filing in Indianola. Also noted are deaths of John Maguire and Andy Miller, injuries to Hawley, Gale, and Mrs. Hawley in a Phoenix crash, licensure trends for pharmacists, school district health measures, and local business and civic developments in Colfax, Belle Plaine, Modale, Corydon, Le Mars, and Hardin County.
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Laurel
Chris Schumann
Henry Pugh
Clearfield
John Anderson
H. A. Dierkes
Bellview
Iowa
van Meter & van Meter
Belle Plaine
Clint L. Price
Indianola
Congress
EHA
John Maguire
East Dubuque
Iawa City
Andrew Miller
Andy” Miller
St. Francis Hospital
Burlington
John Marion Metz
Modale
Vinton
Colfax
Colfax Patron-Teachers’ Association
Iowa Congress of Mothers
Hardin County
Craig
Northwestern
le Mara
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Francis Lynde
Qopyricht
BE & Bowen-Merrill Company
Madge
Tia
Dan Morgan
Thornicroft
Father Matthiex
Monaleur John
Falconnet
Chat Man
Monalour
John
Hornes
Ray
Watchara
Mike Dudi
Mason City
Oskaloosa Automobile Club
Des Moines
Davenport Council Bluffs River
River Road
Odkaloosa Commercial Club
Retail Merchants’ Association
John Purdy
Cumberland
Oskaloosa Bay
Harold Tarr
Oskaloosa
Geta
John C. Payne
Ilinois
Waterloo
Cedar Falls
May
Dale Waltz
F. ©. Waltz
Mgg
Indianapolis
Fairbank
M. F. Treadwell
State Bank
Marshalltown
Republican State Central Committee
Mary Harrah
West
Davenport
Flava A. Evans
Miss Harrah
Fred Colton
Geo. H. Paul Company
Washington
State Center
Wilam H. Langbehm
Clinton County
Reformatory Girls
Hawley
Clear Lake
George Gale
Phoenis
Ariz
State Pharmacy Commission
J. J. Miller
Citizens’ National Bank
Town
H. C. Ady Clothing
Board of Supervisors
Corydon
Corydon Boosters
Haveeen
Federal Grand Jury
K. M. Landis
Chicago
Federal
Kenesaw M. Landis
Revenue Collector’s Office
Leroy Percy
Greenville
Misa
United States
Mississipp
Democratic
Ava
Duman
Republican Congressional Committee
Gaynor
New York
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