Mystery on the Alsatia A Craven Family Intrigue
An English heiress arrives on the Alsatia to find her estranged father Thaddeus Craven amid a tangle with Mrs. Merrilees. A stolen necklace surfaces as Lucy Carteret uncovers her true identity Lydia Craven and a web of secrets unfolds aboard the Liverpool to New York steamer.
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Synopis
Liverpool
New York
Amelia Beggar Staff
Lucy Carteret
America
Lucy
Quoin
Thaddeus Craven
Craven Reveals Secret Diplomatic Mission To Daughter
In a tense family scene Craven explains his past and unveils a hidden life. He hides his real work in New York as a cheerful real estate man while secretly serving as a Downing Street diplomat. Lydia learns she is not the only one bearing secrets in this intertwined US England tale.
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Craven
Lydia
Liddy
Keyes
Young Keyes
England
America
New York
Downing Street
United States
Craven’s Secret Service Work and Lydia’s Treatment
Tad Craven, a British secret service operative, lived as a bachelor for years, raising questions about his deception and the impact on Lydia. The story examines ethics of disguise and personal cost within intelligence work.
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Opea
Tad Craven
Secret Service
Lydia
Indiana National Guard to Add Cavalry Regiment
Indiana orders a cavalry regiment added to the National Guard as part of the Seventeenth division. Three troops are already organized in Indianapolis and Evansville, with one more ready in New Albany. Major P A Davis oversees early organization and recruitment for the remaining nine troops.
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Indiana National Guard
Indianapolis
War Department
Harry B. Smith
Cavalry Division
Militia Bureau
Washington
Indiana
Seventeenth Division
National Guard
Smith
Evansville
New Albany
P. A. Davis
Rain Damages Crops and Gardens in Benham
Severe rain and hail last week damaged growing crops and newly planted corn. Low-lying potatoes washed away or buried. early gardens beaten into the mud. Other items report a death in France, girls learning tools in Brazil schools, a drowning while saving a planter near Spencer, a Frankfort man owed $300, a wind-damaged house in Fort Wayne, and a Red Cross membership surge in Elkhart.
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Benham
State May Buy A Coal Mine In Indianapolis
Indianapolis reports the central state purchasing agency adopted standard specifications for institutional supplies and named a committee to pursue buying a coal mine for state institutions. Governor Goodrich leads the committee with Ball and Terhune as advisers. Sale and Duncan to handle flour and meats.
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Indianapolis
Goodrich
W.W. C. Ball
Terre Haute
T. C. Terhune
Il.anton
J. W. Sale
Bluffton
Estes Duncan
Mise
Jeanette Harris
Knightstown Farmer Shoots Self at Home
Newcastle John M. Deck a 55 year old farmer committed death by own action at his Knightstown area residence. He had been ill for months and this is believed to have prompted the rash act.
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Newcastle
John M. Deck
Knightstown
Deck
Ogle Wins Marguerite Thiebaud Memorial Scholarship
Connersville Miss Audrey Ogle, age eighteen, daughter of Mr and Mrs Paul Ogle, won the Marguer ite Thiebaud memorial scholarship. The award provides a year of free instruction at Earlham College.
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Connersville
Audrey Ogle
Paul Ogle
Marguerite Thiebaud
Earlham College
Indiana urged to speed up army recruiting
Indianapolis reports Indiana has supplied its quota for the regular United States army and is urged to accelerate recruitment to assist states where response has been weaker.
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Indiana
Indianapolis
United States Army
Bluffton names two to board of review in W H Eichhorn’s memo
Hoosier notes report Bluffton judge W H Eichhorn has named Thomas L Fisher of Notting ham township and John A Bowman of Lancaster township to join the county auditor assessor and clerk on the board of review. Indianapolis physicians plan to donate one third of fees from patients in government service to families of physicians serving in the war. Large ammonia tank explosion at Zahn HB Garniler brewery injures workers. damage estimated at 4500 dollars. County commissioners Nelson and Belden die of pneumonia within a week. Terre Haute school trustees reject teacher salary increase demand. Decatur Geneva board selects E A Harbin for high school superintendent and reappoints Miss Inez Kelly as principal. Terre Haute fire causes 20000 dollars loss at A Bogart Co. Columbus seniors receive sheepskins. Princeton infant dies after coal oil ingestion. Mary reports low interest in city election registrations. Anderson 500 acres now under cultivation as gardens. Gary Lake county farmers plant 4000 more acres of corn this year.
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Lagrange
Francis M. Nelson
Wallace A. Belden
Terre Haute
Teachers’ Association
Decatur
Geneva Board of Education
E. A. Harbin
Inez Kelly
Wheeling
Phyaiciana
Mary
Anderson
Gary
Lake County
Four Weeks in Hospital in Cleveland Woman Praises Remedy
In Cleveland Ohio Mrs W C Brown says four weeks in hospital failed to ease her pain and fainting. After beginning Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound she improved quickly and urges others to try it before leaving the drugstore. She cites conditions in lower organs and severe fainting as the ailment improved by the remedy.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Lydia E. Pinkham
W. C. Brown
12Th St
Haunted rifle in trenches and eerie omens at war
An officer recalls a German sniper rifle found in a captured trench. Five ivory disks set in the stock marked the weapon and locals warned of unlucky dugouts and graves. Every time the officer tried to clean the rifle, shellfire surged, and he hid it, passing the legend to future occupants.
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Albert
Fritz
Fearful Prospect Prophecy Sparks Grim Witty Exchange
A farmer declares a grim forecast saying everything planted will sprout. In response a sharp retort notes the speaker could face burying his mother-in-law, reflecting rural humor amid anxious seasons. The exchange captures tense hopes and black humor in a community narrative.
Woman Finds Freedom In Spouse's Quiet Resistance
A reflective note on female independence within marriage, suggesting women often pursue their own methods unless a husband dictates otherwise, highlighting social pressures and personal choice. The line hints at balancing autonomy with partnership dynamics.
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maLen
Red Cross
South Bend
Vineland
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Mich
Indiana Yearly Meeting of Friends
Zeno H. Dean
J. R. Walter
Mildred Allen
Centerville
Muncie
Delaware County
L. Gentiiore Brewing Company
Fort Wayne
Couain
France
Hartford City
G. T. Fulton
Johnston Window Glass Company
Anothe Brother
Vimy Ridge
Brazil
Crowns. Spencer
Fred Howard
Raccoon Creek
Frankfort
Frank FB. Miller
Utica
N. Y
James Conley
Miller
William
Blackstone
Hebron
Elkhart
The
Ft. Wayne
Y. M. C. A. Army
Peru
Peoria
Harold M. Sherritt
Harrison Nickey
U. S. Navy
Hoosier Notes
CZCMA
Gists
A.B. Richards Medicine Co
Shermen, Tex
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Eadagton
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