Belmont Boss and Gloria Kerr in Fractured Society
Gloria Kerr, daughter of Belmont political boss David Kerr, challenges graft and social pressure as she engages in settlement work while Kerr plots a favorable press franchise with Judge Gilbert and Kendall. Joe Wright hikes opposition through the Belmont News, Gloria seeks truth from Wright, and Gilbert orchestrates social ambitions amid political scheming.
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Belmont editor and Gloria Kerr confront a tense office scene
Wright meets Judge Gilbert and Gloria Kerr in his Belmont office. Gloria remains poised as the editor strains to balance business, romance, and a looming political campaign. The uneasy meeting hints at lost days, weathered friendship, and a possible future Paris reunion.
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Gilbert
Gloria
Belmont
Williame
Judge Gilbert
Miss Kerr
Kendall
Kerr
Ffeelf
Weather Bureau
Locust Lawn
Joe
David Kerr
Foel
Europe
Paris
Paths to Citizenship and a King's Coronation Tale
An article outlines naturalization rules for foreign born women, including age and residency requirements, marriage to a citizen, and divorce or death affecting citizenship. It also recounts Mr. Deakin’s remark about royal coronations, describing a poor alley scene where a boy shelters a young girl with his coat and cap.
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United States
Public Ownership Leaders Push Rail Transit Plan
Smith W. Brookhart of Washington and Judge A. Van Wagenen of Sioux City plan a state conference to form a state and national organization for government ownership of railroads. Letters to influential statesmen and a Senate plan to transfer railroads to the public are noted.
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Washington
Judge A. van Wagenen
Sioux City
Plan
Des Moines
A. van Wagenen
United States
Iowa
Kenyon
Congress
Clifford Thorne
Iowa State Railroad Commission
Santa Fe Railroad Company
Thorne
Ripley
Cumming and
Interstate Commerce Commission
Brookhart
Seventy Miles of Road Graded in Osage County
Osage County graded seventy one miles of roads in the last season at two dollars and twenty cents per mile. A gasoline tractor cost two thousand seven hundred dollars, a double blade grader fourteen hundred eighty dollars, and an elevator type grader eleven hundred sixty dollars. Cement mixers cost one hundred fifty dollars each. Bridge work totals about twenty five thousand dollars with a eighty foot steel snow bridge and a sixty foot steel bridge plus seventy two concrete culverts. County Engineer Hanson supervised all road and bridge work.
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Osage
Hanson
Towa State College
McGregor Power Line Hears Challengers Before Rail Commission
Preliminary hearing in McGregor on a right of way for McGregor Light and Power to carry electricity along Girard highway to Monona. Opponents include Bell Telephone Standard Telephone and Western Union. Represented by D. D. Murphy C. J Neill I N Wellman and J B Agenton. Final hearing set for Des Moines on date to be announced.
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Des Moines
Commission
Lone Highwayman Robs Swan-Michael Viers Near Perry
Swan-Michael Viers was held up by a lone highwayman near Perry. He arrived by train and, while walking toward Swan and near the Des Moines river's Bennington bridge, a man with a revolver demanded his money and watch.
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Swan
Michael Viers
Accident Kills Waukon Man on Dundee Farm
Waterloo says Carl Wurtzel died in an unusual accident while shingling a building on the Dundee farm in Jefferson township. A shingle knife penetrated his leg above the knee, severing an artery.
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Waukon
Waterloo
Carl Wurtzel
Dundee
Jefferson Township
Laborer Leaps to Death in Town Building
Sioux City reports Charles Cassavant, a laborer, ending his life by leaping from the Town building sixth floor to the court floor amid a suspected love affair. In Waterloo plans were outlined for a Twin City district fair to be held between Waterloo and Cedar Falls.
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Sioux City
Charles Cassavant
Cassavant
Waterloo
Cedar Falls
Willing To Oblige A Traveling Man Tries Coats
A traveler, annoyed by a clothing dealer who pressured passers by to try on coats, entered the shop. He tried on many coats, paid for none, and left with a parting joke about not charging for the experience and promising to help if he returns.
Letter Mixups at Euclid Village Post Office
A young woman asks at the Euclid Village post office for a business letter and is told none. she returns flustered, confessing she was expecting a personal note. An exchange reveals a misread item as a dangerous paint, mistaken for a fire extinguisher.
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Euclid Village
Uncertain weather note from Baltimore American
A terse Baltimore American snippet notes that the mercury keeps going down with a playful exchange about whether the comment refers to temperature or tablets, signaling a light backstage gag or weather remark in the paper.
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Baltimore American
Wife Convinces Husband to Ditch Coffee for Postum
A wife recounts warnings from coffee use causing health issues and heart palpitations. She switches to Postum, praises its taste, and notes her husband eventually joins her in abandoning coffee, declaring they are no longer “coffee slaves.” The ad promotes Regular and Instant Postum from Postum Co. Battle Creek Mich.
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Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Welkwile
Postum
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