Alterhoffen Chateau Visit Sparks Tense Welcome
A tense scene unfolds at Alterhoffen as an American guest joins the château gathering. Madame de Varier and Dr. Starva exchange defiant glances while Georges notes a discord among the hosts. The pale, heavy Dr. Starva appears threatening as the party moves to dinner.
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Georges
Mr. Haddon
Alterhoffen
Madame de Varier
Dr. Starva
Madam
Madame de Varnier
Messieurs
Intrigue on the Vitznau steamer with Dr Starva unfolds
The narrator sails toward Vitznau with Dr Starva and Madame de Varnier. Starva slips a headache powder narcotic into the narrator’s glass to test loyalty, but the narrator feigns intoxication and secretly empties the drug, planning to expose the plot while maintaining cover as a cooperative tool in their scheme.
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Dr. Starva
Vitznau
Madame de Varnier
Mortimer Brett
Starra
Masked Intrigue at Midnight in Sofia Hotel
The narrator recalls Dr Starva and Madame de Varnier orchestrating a midnight arrival for Mr Haddon. A drugged escape plan unfolds while Starva disguises the traveler as Sir Mortimer Brett’s envoy. The plot hints at Helena Brett’s presence and a dangerous deception intended to trap the narrator in a web of intrigue.
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Starra
Starva
Mr. Haddon
Dr. Starva
Madame de Varnier
Mortimer Brett
Helena Brett
Dr. Starra
Sofia
Helena
Sir Mortimer Brett
First Section of Tig Horse Barns Awarded to Fred Welt
Secretary Simpson awards the Des Moines contracts for the first leg of state fair horse barns to Fred Welt with an overall expenditure of eighty thousand dollars though only ten thousand will be spent this year. The piece also notes Iowa Methodist hospital plans for new wings, River land settlements involving Attorney General Byers, Creston Winterset Des Moines interurban progress, a projected Roosevelt visit to Iowa in October, and a forthcoming Iowa flora guide by Wesley Greene.
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Simpson
Fred Welt
H. W. Byers
Iowa
Council Bluffs
Byers
Bluffs
Missouri River
General Byers
Ilinois Central Railroad
Omaha Bridge and Terminal Company
State House
A. E. Park
Creston
Winterset
Des Moines
Park
Interurban
Roosevelt
Washington
Mississippi
Memphis
St. Louis
Cairo
Tenn
Mississippi Valley
Cummins
West
Business Men's League of
Wesley Greene
State Horticultural Society
Lowa
Philadelphia
She State House
Mento County
Treasuries
Sity Treasuries
Secretary of
Sta
Dade
Scott County
Harri
Son and Marion
Mu Lot
Allamakee
Black Hawk
Bremer Senor
Lyon
Winneshiek
Woodburyee
Duo A
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Arthur Henry Vesey
D.appleton & Copdanys
TQ BR
Iowa Methodist Hospital
C. H. Ainley
Albia Peeee
Boone Civetowvan
Coon Rapids
Ayrshire
Dayton
Dedham
Delmar Orn
Galva
Gowris
Hawarden
Reton
Kingsley
Manilla
Missouri Valley
Ottumwa
Eatonsneer
Rock Rapids
Sheldon
Spirit Lake
Battle Creek
Callender
Calmar
Cushing
Duncombe
Ft. Dodge
Gruettinger
Hills
Ida
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