The Evil of Her Gang's Depredations Comes Home to Elinor
Diary Kingston and her wealthy father live quietly in Wofting ham. An anarchist gang hides behind a grand home while Old Iitary is murdered. The Rev. Win pursues Elinor, Walter Huff declares love, Boraday is arrested as the gang plans a club robbery for his defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elinor
Kingston
Woftinghan
Mit
Boroday
Talbot and Lethbridge
Iitary
Mr. Win
Walter Huff
Boraday
Hilary
Lethbridge
Talbot
Saint Jude's
Tuff
Huff
Tule
Chan
Father
Ward
Minor
Henriette
Bilary
Lan
Parishioner and bandits test faith on the hill
In a long dialogue on a terrace, Elinor and Ward discuss poverty, injustice, and the allure of marriage as a refuge. Elinor muses on joining life with Ward for companionship, while Ward wrestles with faith, charity, and a critique of the world’s harsh inequities.
Parish House Fire Tests Faith and Resolve in Saint Jude's
Elinor confronts a crisis as Huff burns the parish house to spur fundraising, while Ward volunteers to save Saint Jude's. The blaze rages overnight and the church survives, with Elinor torn between fear, guilt, and her growing support for Ward’s mission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saint Jude's
Elinor
Wied
Ward
Huff
Jong
Sharp Gang Discord Over Huff Arson Sparks Crisis
Tension flares within the gang as Huff’s arson fuels a rift and pushes the group toward Jalil while an impending installment promises a tense revelation.
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Huff
Jalil
Potato Popularity Crusade By Parmentier Humor
The piece recounts Parmentier the French chemist using humor to break potato prejudice. He grew potatoes in public fields to attract curiosity and theft at night, then persuaded Louis XV to wear potato flowers at court to spur aristocratic cultivation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parmentier
Louis XV
Elevators of Ancient Days in Early Tech Thought
An ancient passage traces an elevator-like device to Archimedes in the second century BC. Descriptions note rope hoists, a winding drum, capstan and levers, with a later example where a man inside the capstan could turn the machinery. A convent on Mount Sinai uses a primitive freight and passenger lift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daya
Vitruvius
Archimedes
B. C
Mount Binal
Iowa State News Highlights Camp Dodge Draft and Local Fires
Iowa reports nearly twenty thousand men registered at Camp Dodge as the national army second increment approaches. Recruits join depot brigade with Minnesota men to bolster state guard units. A large fire in Marshalltown damages Knutson lumber yard and Presbyterian church, Charter Oak Publishing, and nearby structures, with losses around 25 000 dollars.
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Camp Dodge
National Army
Iowa
Minnesota
National Guard
T. H. Knutson
Marshalltown
Presbyterian Church
Charter Oak Publishing Company
Businasa
Knutson
Iowa National Guard
South
Iowa Band
Iowa Infantry
Iowa Engineers
Iowa Motor Ammunition Train
Iowa Field Artillery
Des Moines
Port Des Moines
Frank Bissell
Dexter
Arthur J. Jackson
Winterset
Madison County
Jackson
George Scott
Hoone
Harry Coleman
Des Moltten
Corporal Ruseill
General Crowder
F. F. Jones
Auife
Kelly
Red Osk
PF. F. Jones
Villiscaux
Jones
Albert Jones
Moors
Joe Moore
Hoyt
Port Dodge
Polk County
Ames Rallege
S. McComis
Burlington
Illinois
Tucker
Cantonment
A. W. Fitzsimmons
Omaha
Lyn George J. Kelly
Red Oak
Key
Indianola
Des Maines
Joseph B. Kingaley
Chicago
G. W. Westfall
Toledo
W. Levis
Alx
Iowa University
Ellinger Weblin
Twin Falls
Mont
Army
Frank J. Schulthien
Minneapolis
The
State University
Signal Corps
Coon River
Jeferson
Blackhawk
Grinnell College
Woodmen of America
Dubuque
Order
Western Canada Wins Wheat Prizes at Peoria Exposition
At the Peoria exhibition Western Canada takes first second and third prizes for wheat. Manitoba’s Birtle grower H. Larcombe earns second and third. Farmers estimate yields around 20 bushels per acre with about $2 a bushel, promising ~$40 per acre. Land costs $15 to $80 per acre, profits argued as highly favorable. The notice promotes Western Canada farming opportunities and upcoming visits with discounted travel rates.
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Peoria
Western Canada
8. Larcombe
Birtle
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Canada
Canatn
United States
Japanese Naval Maneuvers Off Tosa Reefed Invasion Drill
Japanese naval maneuvers will be conducted off Tosa with first, second and third fleets plus reserve vessels. The 14 inch guns on the Yamashiro and Ise will undergo practical testing. All ships will assemble at Hiroshima Bay and fight from Kure as base, with a ten day sham battle planned.
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Tosa
Yamashiro
Ise
Hiroshima Bay
Kure
Bermuda war liquor ban limits sales to night hours
Consul Carl R. Loop reports Bermuda's legislature enacted a wartime law prohibiting the sale or supply of intoxicating liquor in all clubs and licensed premises from nine o'clock in the evening until nine o'clock the next morning during the continuation of the present war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bermuda
Carl R. Loop
Hamilton
A Combination of Fight and Food Plans
Erastus Linkley answers whether to fight or raise food with a plan to populate his coop and then hang over it with a shot gun, blending conflict and farming in a single bold approach.
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Erastus Linkley
Big Man in Show Biz Recalled as Downtown Bouncer
A man described as a big figure in show business is recalled by a speaker who clarifies the husband’s role as a bouncer at a downtown burlesque theater rather than a producer. The exchange captures a murky rumor about influence and position.
Visual Mix Up and Nagging Reflections
A fragmented wordplay piece discusses nagging as a response to difficult men, blends a visual mix up joke, and mocks limited perception. It features a biblical aside about Adam and Eve and ends with a quip about a weak mind and a mysterious miteroscope magnifying trivialities.
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Mary Roberts Rinehart
Mr. Ward
Pye
Mr. Tard
Mrs. Bryant
Hiinor
Iowa State News
Commonwealth
Ruth Hughes
Cyril Carpenter
Moline
849Th Infantry
J.D. Robinson
Schaller
Traer Fe
Ames
Iowa City
Iowa League of Municipalities
Frank Eberhardt
Mies
Gertrude M. Lemper
Anna Piftner
Helen Schmidt
Adam
Eve
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