Belmont News Frays Edge of Political Ring
Gloria Kerr, daughter of Belmont political boss David Kerr, returns to town amid a packers franchise fight with Judge Gilbert aiding Kerr. Editor Joe Wright fights to publish against Kerr while Gloria expands into settlement work and faces threats from Kerr’s allies. Wright plans to leave Belmont after his paper comes under attack as unrest rises and a sensational scandal brews.
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Gloria Kerr
Belmont
David Kerr
Kendall
Chicago Packers
Judge Gilbert
Kerr
Joe Wright
Reform
Gloria
Belmont Society
Ghoria
Gilberts
Europe
Wright
Belmont News
Joria
Sha Rt
Underworld
Ella
Gloria seeks word on Joe Wright after Belmont race defeat
After her father loses the election, Gloria aims to warn Joe Wright of danger. She learns from Dr. Hayes that Wright is recovering in his room. She visits Wright at his home, and a child guides her to his waiting room as she plans how to inform him about her father’s actions.
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Mike Noonan
Wright
Gloria
David Kerr
Joe Wright
Belmont
Heart
Noonan's
the News
Patty
Joey
Doc
Dr. Norton
Arthur Morrison
Ryan
Kelly
Dr. Hayes
Gioria
Ees
Mr. Wright
Mrs. Hayes
Fragmentary Harper's note on language quirks
The fragment shows a garbled quotation from Harper's with stray phrases like you know and Sure I don't know. It includes misread words and odd punctuation, preserving a sense of casual dialogue and incomplete thought.
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Harper's
Cuticura Advice for Hand Skin Ailments
An old ad touts Cuticura to treat rough cracked hands with burning itching palms. Directions include soaking in hot water, washing with Cuticura Soap, drying, applying Cuticura Ointment, and bandaging, claiming velvety softness for workers exposed to pica, with a Boston postal offer.
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Caticura
Dept. L
Boston
The Bishop Bowman's Tale About a Little Girl
A Philadelphia minister is told a story by a late bishop about a girl who wrote a line on a cow composition. The tale recounts the girl reading her piece at the bishop’s dinner, with the audience reacting to the humorous mispronunciations and the clumsy phrasing of the poem about a cow.
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Bowman
Philadelphia
Will leaves estate to Denver nephew in New Jersey notice
A damaged text notes a man employed as a janitor at the First National Bank leaving a will to his sole relative, nephew George L. Beem of Denver. The will provides for a portion of salary and funds left in bank credit for his heir.
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Gorge L. Beem
Denver
Unclear OCR fragment hints at gifts and building volumes
Fragmentary text references twelve buildings and large gift totals including Carnegie gifts and a range from 6,000 to 50,000 with mentions of 2,371,642 and 168,655 volumes.
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Carnegie
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