Anniversary betrayal and a jealous ruse
On their second wedding anniversary, Mrs. Sumner suspects her husband Irving has returned home late. A shadowed scene reveals his affair with Dora, yet the wife awakens from a dream and finds Irving beside her, turning fear into a tender reunion as she realizes it was only a dream.
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Sumners
Mabel
Irving
Mr. Sumner
Frellot
Dora
Conan Pi
R. V. Pierce
Buffalo
N. Y
Wm. H. Johnson
Avondale
Chester Co
Pierce
Girl of 11 Rescues Two Men From Drowning
Emily Lumbreyer of Bayonne New Jersey saved Frederick Muller and Godfrey Menken after Muller swam away from a boat in Newark Bay. The 11 year old seized her oars and brought Muller to her boat then to shore, and towed Menken to safety. Her father runs a Newark Bay boat house.
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York
Emily Lumbreyer
Bayonne
N. J
Frederick Muller
Muller
Newark Bay
Godfrey Menken
Menken
Emily
Hoosierisms and local notes from Anderson and beyond
A miscellaneous scramble of small town items including overstocked straw hats given away in Anderson, a two week Beacon suspension for vacation, a Niagara Falls visit with modest hotel and meal costs, a dodgy “good thing” pitch thwarted, a Crawfordsville pet raccoon and neighbor damages case, J. M. I. railroad prosperity anecdotes, a Seymour pocketbook observation, Lem Whittaker’s driven-well business, Evansville anti-cigarette club, a Marion funeral director’s cautious ad copy.
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Beacon
Niagara Falls
Bean Hill Beacon
Weeds and hay fever blamed on vacant lots
A passenger warns that after heavy rains vacant lots grow rank weeds, causing hay fever. He urges city action to cut weeds before they spread, noting economic and health costs if unchecked. He argues municipal maintenance could prevent annual hay fever sufferers from leaving for Michigan resorts.
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Michigan
Corpulent passenger on No. 32 makes dramatic dash for train
A corpulent man aboard Pennsylvania train No. 32 at Indianapolis caused a scene as he loaded a bundle heavy with market basket items. He chased the moving train after a brief stop, collapsed back into a rear seat, and suffered a near fainting spell while his wife fanned him and sought relief.
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Indianapolis
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Ecru
Anderson Clothing
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Crawfordsville
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Seymour
Lem Whittaker
Catlin Call
Evansville
Marion
Rovan
Heeapacue
the Sun's
Indiana
Washington and Pennsylvania Sts
Cora Jacobs
Alabama St
J. W. Williamson
Cincinnati St
Russia
Vici Kid
Willow
Heywood
Fred W. Eppert
Mass
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Granger Dry Goods Store
Washington Street
Madras
Dimities
Bedford
Genetey
Erennepesene Geneta Seeaares
Granger Store
West Washington Street
Usiness Universit
E. J. Heeb
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H. D. Vories
Lipes
Somerton
U. G. Lipes
Stevenson Building
Indianapol
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