Girl elevator operator saves for rain and own car
Seattle teen Miss Beryl Smithson, elevator conductor in the Hotel building, discusses her savings discipline. She saved to buy her own car, emphasizing grit, sacrifice, price watching, and investing in necessities over fleeting desires. She views saving as attainable for any determined girl.
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Seattle
Wash
Europe
Beryl Smithson
Hitel
Second and Pike
Miss Smithson
The White and Red Bridge of Harborhead and Portside
A salt marsh bridge divides two towns Harborhead and Portside sparking a bitter feud over painting the structure Parson Lane condemns the quarrel Almira Turner and Noah Wade break their engagement amid the rift The harbor fire and shared danger unite both sides in a mutual rescue Paint colors are decided by vote with green chosen ending the feud and a joint wedding procession seals peace
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Harborhead
Portside
Parson Lane
Noah Wade
Almira Turner
Noah
Almira
White Bridge
Almira's
Almira’s
Markham's Ruse Leads to Wealth and Marriage
Markham, a poor American in Florence, woos Madeline Trevor with false poverty then finds a hidden Murillo. He fakes a fortune by selling the painting to a rich buyer and marries Trevor after she secures a fortune. She insists on a prenuptial waiver of rights to her money.
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Warner Markham
Florence
Uffizi Gallery
Titian
Markham
Madeline Trevor
Miss Trevor
Trevor
Murillo
Italy
Midas
Chicago
Packer
Secret gift to life saving service from two New York sisters
A mysterious annual $1,000 gift to the life saving service from two New York women, always cloaked in secrecy, has totaled $20,000. One sister died since the last gift, and the survivor sent $500 for her.
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Washington
Life Saving Service
New York
Shingle Spanking Linked to Death Inquest
In Zion City Illinois an inquest heard that nine year old William Paul Cameron died after a spanking with a shingle administered by Ester Oterlander and Eddie Mc Dougal both around sixteen. The mother Mrs. F H Brown a Dowie cult member testified four weeks after the incident.
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Chicago
William Paul Cameron
F. H. Brown
Zion City
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Miry
W. W. Elmer
Leavenworth
G. W. Hoxbey
Leavenworth, Wash
DR. J. Stillson Judah
Leavenworth Hospital
Attorneys AT Law
O. B. Hughes
Sam Sumner
Columbia
Valley Bank Bldg
Wenatchee, Wash
Fred Kemp
Halbert Block
Geo. G
Hannan Lawyer
Wenatchee
Crollard & Crollard Lawyers
Office Commercial Bank
Parone
B. J. Williams
A N. Corbin
Wiliams & Corbin
Lewis J. Nelson
Elliott Block
Avenworth, Wash
FOX Lawyer
Eapeneae Weeler
Reaveaverin
John E. Porter
Notary Public
Columbia Valley Bank
Wenatchee Wash
Knights of
Pythias
Harry Warner
D.C
A-R. Brown
Zarthan Lodge No
Masonic Temple
E. Mohler
W.M
A. G. McKeown
Ible
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