The Jeffries Scandal Deepens In High Society
Annie Jeffries urges financier to support her husband Howard as the case against him looms. The scene shifts from sensational press to the opulent Riverside Drive mansion where bankers, reporters and a betrayed wife confront the mystery surrounding Robert Underwood’s murder.
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Astruria
Robert Underwood
New York
Howard Jeffries
Clinton
Edward
Brewster
Jeffries
Robert Untherwood
Jernstein
Yellow Press
Riverside Drive
Broadway
Underwood
Old Jeffries
A Plucky Wife Vows to Free Her Husband
Annie Jeffries challenges Captain Clinton as she vows to prove her husband Underwood’s innocence and seek Richard Brewster to defend him. The scene centers on a harsh jail system, a brutal captain, and a determined wife who risks all to save her spouse.
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Robert Wedrweed
Nied
Howards
Ein
Unierwood
Winward
Underwood
Underwood Hills
Howard
Clinton
Indy
Jeffries
Jenkins
Annie
Wes
Richard Brewster
Judge Brewster
Brewster
Capt. Clinton
Sensational headlines fuel readers craving big news
The passage notes Americans love sensational stories from fires and crashes to divorces and bank robberies. It contrasts nightly shocks with dull days when no disasters occur and mentions tariff debates as the era's most thrilling topic for newspapers.
Fitzgerald on marriage as a state Quote from Omar Khayyam translator
Edward Fitzgerald mocked marriage as a state in a witty quip to Miss Ellen Churchyard of Woodbridge. He defined marriage as being seated at work when a large bonnet interrupts to invite a walk, illustrating his genial opposition to matrimony.
Taft OAS Treaty Will Help Farmer
President Taft told the Western Economic Society that opposition to the Canadian reciprocity pact comes from lumber monopolies and print paper manufacturers. He predicted the bill would pass due to public opinion and argued the treaty benefits farmers and the nation in the long run.
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Pact On Lumber Trust
Paper Manufacturers
Chicago
Taft
Western Economic Society
Lumber Trust
United States Senate
Senate
New York
Senate Finance Committee
Washington
National Grange
Commissioner of Corporations
United States
Hezekiah Great Passover Sunday School Lesson 1911
A compact summary of Hezekiah's reforms in Jerusalem as described in 2 Chronicles 30. The lesson outlines temple cleansing, priestly purification, national covenants, and a universal Passover extending from Beer-sheba to Dan. It highlights the king's wholehearted devotion and the prosperity that followed.
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Beecher
Jotham
Ahaz
Hezekiah
Hoshea
Israel
Hastings
Temple
Jerusalem
Prophets
Hosea
Micah
Isaiah
Manasseh
Abijah
Zechariah
Zechariahs
Yizziah
God
Judah
Nisan
Beer-sheba
Dan
Peter the Hermit
Jenny Geddes
Benjamin
Ephriam
House of God
Plans Reform in Court by Supreme Court Chief Justice
Washington reports that Chief Justice White has formed a committee to revise equity court rules. Justice Lurten and Justice Vandeventer join White ex officio. The group will report to the full court likely in the fall with proposed changes and revisions.
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White
Washington
Supreme Court
United States
Lurten
Vandeventer
Train Crash Kills Fireman In Lafayette Yard
A west bound Wabash freight crashed into standing cars in Lafayette yards. Fireman O. E. Phil Flaburn of Peru, age 32, was killed and buried under wreckage found eight hours later. Engineer Charles Ernest and brakeman Henry Ewing, both of Peru, were badly injured.
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Lafayette
Ind
Wabash
O. E. Philflaburn
Peru
Charles Ernest
Henry Ewing
Kansas Retail Jewelers Meet Opens In Hutchinson
The Kansas Retail Jewelers association held its annual convention in Hutchinson with optometrists joining. President C. H. Paxton of Paola chaired sessions. Speakers over two days included Ben R. Vardaman of Des Moines E. R. Moses of Great Bend Walter Sperling of Seneca and H. A. Tibbala of Emporia.
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Kansas Retail Jewelers
Hutchinson
Kan
Kansas Retail Jewelers’ Association
Optometrists
C. H. Paxton
Paola
Ben R. Vardaman
Des Moines
E. R. Moses
Great Bend
Walter Sperling
Seneca
H. A. Tibbala
Emporia
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Mr. Jeffries
BY Charles Klein
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Ray Walters
Fears
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