Novelized From Eugene Walter's Great Play
Brooks grapples with guilt and desperation as he faces imminent arrest for embezzlement and lies about earnings while his wife Emma risks a perilous sacrifice to secure his freedom. The tale follows his spiraling fear, addiction to racing bets, and the looming moral choice that could save or doom them.
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Williama
Runa
Rome
Tinanho
Roger
Etaira
Central Office
Han
Emma
Captain Williams and Mrs Brooks in a tense hotel room confrontation
Emma Brooks confronts Captain Williams about her husband Joe Brooks theft and the coercive plan to rescue him. Williams regales her with tales of his sea past and ships, while Emma weighs exposure, mercy, and a perilous moral choice in a mood of fear and resolve.
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Hien Mra Brooks
Hersdf
Joe
Captain Willams
Willams
Colossus
Mrs Harriman Named World’s Richest Woman
New York reports Mrs Colwha Harriman as the wealthiest woman with an estate conservatively valued at 220 million dollars after an official reading of her husband’s will. The earlier probate placed assets at 149 million, with informants noting large stock transfers to her and her son before death. Market gains since then push the total past 200 million, solidifying her rank above Hetty Green and other rivals.
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New York
Colwha H. Harriman
Harriman
Walter A. Harriman
Union Pacific
Local option gains in counties vote outcome
Winnipeg Dec. 22 reports local option results from yesterday's vote led by Joan Job. Eighteen counties joined the seventy that already favored no saloon, while twenty one counties voted for license and sixty counties remain wet.
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Winnipeg
Joan Job
Hall's Texas Wonder Sold for Kidney and Bladder Claims
The advertisement touts Hall's Texas Wonder as a remedy for kidney and bladder troubles, claiming years of use with no complaints. It promises 60 days of treatment per bottle and guarantees results across many cases.
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Mali
Creswell’s Tax Not Enough to Meet Expenses
Creswell officials Weber and Ogram circulated a voluntary subscription among Creswell businesses raising about 200. Subscriptions from 2.49 to 25 funded extra costs of incorporation. The five mill tax will bring just over 300, mainly to cover warrants, leaving little for city business.
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Creswell
C. L. Weber
F. W. Ogram
Ihe
Cres- Well
Cironicie
Creswell and Vicinity News Roundup
The A C Bohrnstedt Company received 7000 trees as part of 77000 to be set on fruit lands here. Shipment praised by assistant superintendent Shotwell. E J Moore reports Ha zelwood cream station paid out for butter fat eggs and poultry totaling 24938 40 for 1909 to date, with business expected over 25000. Ladies Aid Bazaar and chicken pie dinner at Woodman hall cleared seventy dollars. H Yeoman family from Lester Prairie Minn will make Creswell home. Bohrnstedt Co second will begin erecting a residence. J Cochlin sold 108 acre ranch to W C Lamb Colo rado at 45 per acre. Lamb plans to move in.
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A. C. Bohrnstedt Company
Hillegas
Martin and
Pirie
Shotwell
E. J. Moore
Creswell
Ladies’ Aid Society
M. E. Church
Woodman Hall
Booth
H. Yeoman
Lester, Prairie, Minn
Bohrnstedt Company
J. Cochlin
W. C. Lamb
Colorado
New Postal Card Designs Approved for Issuance
Postmaster-General Hitchcock approves designs for government issued postal cards set for February supply. Ordinary card shows McKinley head, small card features Lincoln, 2-cent international card grants Grant portrait, and the double card pair carries Washington and Martha Washington. Borders diversified with "Postal Card" text on stamps. Superior paper chosen for ink absorption and appeal.
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Hitchcock
Eugene
Post Office Department
Government Printing Office
McKinley
Lincoln
General Grant
George Washington
Martha Washington
Universal Postal Union
Cottage Grove Notes and Local Meetings
Mrs. Frank Snodgrass visited Eugene while Frank attended the Blake depot robber trial in Portland. Curtis Veatch added ten registered Angora nanny goats to his flock from a known Willamette valley breeder. E Compton family to move from Cottage Grove to Earlham Iowa next Saturday. Cottage Grove Lodge No. 51 A F and A M elected officers for the year at Masonic hall with Harry Wynne as W M and others named.
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Frank Snodgrass
Eugene
Frank
Blake
Portland
Curtis Veatch
Willamette Alley
E. Compton
Compton
Earlham
Iowa
Cottage Grove Lodge No. 51
A. F P
A. M
Masonic Hall
Harry F. Wynne
W. M
Worth Harvey
D. A. Smith
J. W
T. C. Wheeler
Treas
M. H. Aanderson
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Eugene Walter
Jonkine
Horae Racine
Rok
Trent
Bip Dent
Brooks
Grocka
Thim
Lin
Williams
Nuain
Heneer
Lie
Antogun
John W. Harding
Hofd
Ible
Hlmeself
Mrs. Harris
Hich Dudgeon
Heth
Smith
Jimsy
Simm
Tegfless
Sato
Mrs. Crocks
Len
Abe
Mia Brooks
Malay Archipelago
Ste
Che
Shail
Hall
Texas Wonder
Creswell and Vicinity
Cottage Grove Notes
Micro
Moyt Chemical CO
Port
Chemicar CO. Posnaso
Portland, Ore
Madame Dean
Wnited Medical CO
Lancaster
W. L. Delano
Marvel Whirling
the New Poets
Syr
Woodward-Clark & Co
DP Gss
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