New York Girl Defies Pennsylvania Law for Freedom
Mabel Mercer, grown in New York and once confined in Germantown, escapes from an estate home and declares herself of age in New York. She recounts hiding in Philadelphia, hurried elusion, and a perilous rope escape to reach New York where she plans to work and live independently, challenging her father and Pennsylvanian guardians.
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Laws of
Pennsylvania
New York
H. C. Frick
Mise
Mabel Mercer
Metropolis
Empire State
William Penn
Newton
Philadelphia
Mercers
Pittsburg
George S. Mercer
Allegheny County
Misa Mercer
Carl Borntrasger
Henry C. Frick
Mr. Frick
Capt. Mercer
Miss Mercer
Papa Mercer
Protestant Episcopal Church
Germantown
Almugzie
Jast
Mr. Borntraeger
Pennsyvania
Plymouth Hotel
Rand
Captain Mercer
George A. Mercer
Bortstraeger
Iowa Notes and Miscellany From Across the State
A statewide roundup notes the first bank opening at Holstein, an Henry County experiment station, a destructive fire in Charles City that killed horses, deaths and resignations in healthcare and clergy, assessor valuations for Logan, revival of operations at the American Homing mill in Ham burg, and various local incidents including fires, weather impacts, and state policy discussions on rail rates, rifles, education, and health rules.
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First State Bank
Holstein
Board of Supervisors
Henry County
Charles City
Woodbury
J. B. Charlton
Towa
Cle
R Laka
Clinton
G. E. Scott
Waterloo
Ionas Falls
Logan
B. F. Fryig
Seymour Farmers and Drovers’ Bank
Leland Windsor
State Bank
American Homing Company
Hamburg
Hal Hanson
Stanton
Railroad Commission
Washington
War Department
John Garrison
Des Moiines
L. G. Weld
Graduate College
The
State University of Iowa
College of Liberal Arts
Amos Currier
Carnegie
Board of Regents
State University
Kimberly
Downs
Clear Creek
Clyde
Newton
Samuel F. Smith
Anamoosa
América
Albia
Levila
G. W. Wilson
County Fair Association
3Iason City
Glenwood
Liebbe
State Board of Control
James Davis
T. J. A. Flannigan
St. Ambrose College of
Davenport
Indiana people in West Canada land prospect letters
A Tipton Indiana letter to a Canadian government agent describes travel through Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta in 1906. The writers detail wheat prosperity modern towns railway facilities and large yields while recounting two thousand miles of travels and a two thousand acre partnership investment with hopes of owning land in Canada. The letter notes rapid wheat growth and a renter returning twenty seven bushels per acre.
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Tipton
Indiana
Ind
Western Canada
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Canadian Pacific Railway
Calgary
Edmonton
Canadian Northern Railway
Tipton County
Kansas
A. G. Burkhart
J. Treloar-Tresidder
Walter W. Mount
Maize Boom and Pineapple Trade Rise in Queensland
In Northeast Australia crops advance slowly yet maize yields in Queensland reach a record. Pineapple canning grows as a key industry while mining picks up. An older catalog note praises Defance Bt products for stiff collars and cuffs with gloss or domestic finishes.
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Australia
Queensland
A Curious Ad Blend of Love Laughter and Aids
A quirky excerpt features a flirtatious dialogue where a maid jokes about lessons in love. It advertises natural laxatives made from herbs for constipation and biliousness, then shifts to a quick aside about a historic velocipede.
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Harold
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Mabel Mercer OF
Pitts"burg
Fredom
Laat
Mabel
New York World
CAG Boontbraegee
Iowa News
State Board of Health
Drs Moines
Wesbtei
Canada
di Dent
Chia Mart National
Phidewer
Rolling Stone
Tee
Lewis’ Factory
Peore
Dodds
Bey Ta
Kat
Winchester
Carters
Gemien
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