Pretty Fretty Holds Langley in a Witty Tangle
Langley Madden returns to Alderbrook farm and renews a risky courtship with Pretty Fretty as he faces Georgina Wortham’s potential-miss and Vernon’s reserved affection. The pair spar with flirtation and wit while planning futures at Winslow.
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Alfretta
Johnny
Langley
Alfreta
Slimas
Langley Madden
Alderbrook Farm
Kitten
Snap
Susette Barlow
Susette
Pretty
Vernon
Fretty
Georgina
Farmer shoots neighbor over jealousy over borrowed paper
An Indiana farmer returned home from hunting and fired at a neighbor as he left the house, injuring his legs with shot. A lawsuit followed, revealing the neighbor had come to borrow the local newspaper. Costs totaled 375 for the suit plus 25 for a doctor. One dollar could have saved the trouble.
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Indiana
Water Shortage Bites Nebraska City as River Recedes
The city’s water works face shortages as the Missouri River water level drops two feet. The suction line extends 1,700 feet to the main channel, and a further six inch drop would require 500 more feet, totaling 2,200 feet. Freezing risk looms with cold weather and shifting sand bars complicate pumping.
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Nebraska City
Mrs Ablut Seeks Treatments From Dr Wolfe In Town
Mrs Ablut living north of here is staying in town and is undergoing treatments from Dr A E Wolfe as listed in local notices.
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Sam Ablut
A.E. Wolfe
Plaints of the Mail Man
A Philadelphia Record piece recounts mail carriers rescuing incoming letters from office building chutes. An elevator starter jokes about dynamite, while a postman describes the danger of heavy letters dropping from up to twenty stories. He warns of possible painful blows and even blood from envelopes.
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Phhiladelphia
Strong Language On Regent Street Angers American
A New Yorker recalls a cab horse incident on Regent Street in London. A well dressed man is knocked down, loses his hat and cane, and explodes in anger with fierce language before walking away in a fury.
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Regent Street
London
Canaries Thrive at Scafield Farm in Wisconsin
In Scafield Wisconsin Mr and Mrs Herbert Neupert run a canary farm raising about 1000 birds a year. The couple have pursued this unique occupation for 40 years and report a profitable business requiring skill judgment and patience.
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Scafield
Wis
Herbert Neupert
Neuperts
Costly Target Opens in New York Navy Yard
The most elaborate target in the world was launched in the New York navy yard. It is an almost exact duplicate of a section from a battleship hull and is estimated to have cost about $1,000.
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Ball Dearing Bartlett
Bartlett
New York Navy Yard
Wright and Penman Writers Share Publication Hope
A Yonkers statesman reports mixed progress with editors accepting pieces. The writer notes some stories accepted by editors but none by his wife.
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Wright
Penman
Yonkers Statesman
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Nashrile Americ
Ydld MacGrath
New York Herald
Pittsburg
Kinalda
New York Globe
Oan
New York Evening Mail
J. C. Tanner
Great West
Kansas City
United States
Associated Press
STAR
Washington
Theferson City
Topeka
Guthrie
TAK Star
The
Kansas City Star
Kansas City Times
Tte
Nancy Hazlity
Lingley
Alderbrook
Georgina Wortham
Winslow
Cousin Langley
Tommy Hartwell
Mmake
Twentieth Floor
Him
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