Mystery Woman and hotel intrigue in New York
Farquahar, waiting for Lila in a hotel lobby, befriends Jenkins who taunts him with suspicions of Lila’s fidelity. Jack’s failures with Lila lead to revelations about Mrs Ware and a web of deceit, leaving Farquahar conflicted by truth and relief as the stakes rise in wartime social circles.
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Farquahar
Lila
Jack
Dorothy
Dot
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Jenkins
New York
Ware
Gilroy Holmes
Mrs. Ware
Herbert Ware
How Bright Is Your Babyr
A discussion of infant time perception from birth onward, asking whether babies develop past and future senses, anticipation, memory pictures, and understanding of now, tomorrow, yesterday across early ages. The piece poses ten questions on developmental milestones with yes or no prompts.
Wayne Emmelman May Secure PSC Secretary Post
Possibility hinges on Governor Elect Harry Leslie. Marion County Republican secretary and longtime Cof fin ally Emmelman is floated as J Reid McCain’s possible successor, with discussions held in secret session but no decision reached at today’s conference.
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Wayne Emmelman
Marion County Republican Organization
George W. Coffin
Public Service Commission
Harry Leslie
Emmelman
J. Reid McCain
Jackson
Key to Questions and Child’s Peekaboo Play
A sequence discusses timelines where future desires precede past events. It notes unknowns, likely answers, and a five year old’s possible conceptions. The text ends with introducing baby peekaboo play as a forthcoming observation.
Secretaries Boss Shames Crystallizes Social Clash
Crystal Hathaway faces her stern boss Lincoln Pruitt at the Pruitt Hardware Co as he questions her late arrivals and hints she prefers high society. He contrasts her need to work with wealthy peers and hints she’s disappointing him. The story hints at Mlle Eloise Dumont’s influence as motive.
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Miss Hathaway
Lincoln Pruitt
Crystal
Mr. Pruitt
Mlle
Eloise Dumont
Pat Tarver
U S Missionary Hails Philippine Islands Work
Rev John R Golden of the United Christian Missionary Society praised U S efforts in the Philippine Islands before the Methodist Ministerial Association. He credited a stable government, monetary system, laws, education, and highways while opposing full independence for the islands.
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United States
Philippine Islands
John R. Golden
United Christian Missionary Society
Methodist Ministerial Association
Philippine
Arson Conviction and Sentence in Fayette Case
Albert Fowler announced another arson division conviction. Mark Dixon received a two to fourteen year sentence at Fayette after a jury found him guilty Saturday. In his confession he admitted being drunk when he set fire to the house of Mrs. Jessie Osler, who died in her bed.
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State Fire Marshal’s Office
Albert Fowler
Mark Dixon
Lafayette
Dixon
Druk
Jessie Osler
Post receipts fall 2.39 percent in November
Postmaster Robert H. Bryson says failure of merchants to issue Nov 30 statements helped drop postal receipts by 2.39 percent from November last year. He notes many merchants will wait until after Jan 1 to send statements for Christmas funds. Total receipts reached 382,221, down 9,376 from November 1927.
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Robert H. Bryson
Post Office to Hire 600 Extra Clerks for Christmas Rush
Postmaster Robert H. Bryson announced the hiring of 600 additional postal workers, raising the local office staff to 1,700 for one week to handle the holiday mail surge. Most new hires come from the eligible list and prior-year temporary staff, with work starting December 17. No further additions will be added.
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Robert H. Bryson
Bryson
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