Missed Chance Leads to Family Strife and Illness
A husband recalls an afternoon with a flirtation that triggered his son Bobbie’s bronchitis and near pneumonia. Dr Harris treats the child while Dot stays calm and devoted, and the man contemplates confessing Edith’s hold over him. Edith visits, and a friend hints at underlying tensions as the family faces a perilous illness.
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Cubans Seek Government Action on Rent Rates
In Havana Aug 5 Cubans urged lower rents via government action in a petition to President Alfredo Zayas. The crowd gathered at the national palace balcony. the president promised careful consideration and urged landlords’ rights, vowing decrees if municipalities fail to act. The protests claim agents hold long term Havana leases and set high sublease rents while government plans to build thousands of suburb houses for sale to workers under partial payment.
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Alfredo “2Uyas
National Palace
Congress
Insurance firms held 63.6 million policies in 1920
Industrial and life insurance companies in this country reported total policy counts of about 63,600,000 for the year 1920, reflecting a broad coverage across sectors and demographics.
Property insured value tops one hundred million
Fire insurance records show property protected in excess of 100 000 000 dollars.
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