Ozone Island saga tests pride and charity in Maynard tale
In a scene from a long story, Nathan Scudder and Edward Van Brunt tour Eastwich with Martin Hartley as high living New Yorkers. A country family headed by Washy Sparrow faces eviction, Agnes Page intervenes, Hartley is rebuked, and Van Brunt offers aid while tensions between class and duty surface as the party moves toward Ozone Island.
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Mr. Boloman Pratt
Nathan Scudder
Edward van Brunt
Martin Hartley
Pratt
von Brunt
Agnes Page
Hartley
Eastwich
Reddy
Agnes
van Brunt
Washington
Martin
Edward
Poundberry
Brown
Scudder
Sue
Mr. Pratt
Van
Washy
Horsefoot
Sparrow
Peter Brown
Skipper
Ozone
Illinois Mayor Reece Loses Petition in Springfield Race
In Springfield Judge George W. Murray ruled Mayor Reece’s contest petition against Judge Lawrence Sherman insufficient in law, ending the bid to unseat Sherman as the Republican mayoral nominee. Sherman’s nomination stands, setting the stage for the party’s mayoral choice.
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Reece
Springfield
Lawrence Sherman
George W. Murray
Sherman
Murray
Drys Win City Office Nominations In Litchfield Primary
In Litchfield the drys defeated wets by two to one in the city officers primary. The dry slate carried all wards except one with nominees including John Henley and William Wilton for clerk, C R Davis and Otto Heise for attorney, George P O'Brien for marshal, William D Shaffer and Harry Leathor for city offices.
Tragedy Follows Suicide of Couple In Benton
In Benton a 25 year old man John Nichols killed himself with a gun in a sequel to the death of his sweetheart Miss Gyr Somers. He left a note claiming life had nothing left to live for since her death and shot himself near the home of his sweetheart's parents after telling friends of his plan.
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Brown
Martin
Hartley
Mr. Hartley
Doctor
Doc
Bosh
Washy
Peter Brown
Sparrow
Mr. Brown
Scudder
Mr. Scudder
Nate
Horsefoot
Benton
Gyr Somers
John Nichols
Miss Somers
Nichols
Tragic double suicide after reconciliation in Pawnee
Henry Green fatally shot his wife after a reconciliation in Pawnee then killed himself. The couple had been dining with Mrs. George R. Miller, the wife’s mother, when the tragedy occurred.
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Pawnee
Henry Green
George R. Miller
Indictments Against Minister Dropped
Indictments on the charge of criminal libel against the Rev. E. Fisher and F. B. Vennum were quashed by the last grand jury. The cases stemmed from language in a paper issued by the city dirty organization last fall targeting a member of the city council.
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E. Fisher
F. B. Vennum
Diry
Sigel Township Tax Collector First to Return Books
Shelbyville Henry Bartimus, tax collector for Sigel township, is the first to return his books to the county treasurer. Sigel’s assessed amount was 4963.69 with 4918.71 collected and 44.88 delinquent. Bartimus’s commission totaled 98.38. In related items, two drownings near Cooperstown were reported, a murdered Italian body found in Nor mal Preesident James Re-elected at Urbana, and Carterville notes a farmer’s son Guy Jones shooting a wolf and taking six cubs.
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Shelbyville
Henry Bartimus
Sigel Township
Sigel
Bartimus
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Sold in Ohio and Vermont
A historic testimonial letter shows Mrs. E Hanson of Columbus Ohio praising Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relief during change of life. Another Vermont reader Mrs Charles Bancuary reports renewed health and strength after using the remedy. The ad notes the compound as a standard female health treatment for thirty years and urges women to consider it for distressing female ailments.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Columbus
Ohio
Mrs. E. Hanson
East Long St
Graniteville
Clarles Bancuay
R.fld
Lydia EL Pinkham
Deceitful Maude Men Undermine Trust Among Friends
During the shopping period the text laments deceitful Maude men and notes the erosion of trust between friends, highlighting the breakdown in loyalty and reliability among companions like Percy.
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Maude
Percy
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T. D.mesves
Twag
Sparrow Yard
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Holitha
Bugsy
Ike
Lord James
Miss Page
Mr. Sparrow
James
Enyashe
Eureka
News OF Illinois
Danville
College Street
Vermilion River
George Hooker
Sydney
Hooker
University of Iinois
Charlestown
George May
Eastern State Normal School
Jake
Arthur Rich
Guy Nichols
Newt Tarbel
Grover Welch
Herbert Milholand
Oliver Hostetter
Torney Ivy
Sheriff Slover
H. C. May
Burke
Drys
Litchfield
Sweetheart
Kile
Deardstown
Edward Mientz
Simon Mentz
Charles Ross
Cooperstown
Bloomington
Alton Yards
Normal
Urbana
Edmund J. James
Board of Trustees
W. L. Abbott
Chicago
H. A. Haugan
W. Shattuck
W. L. Pillsbury
Carterville
Guy Jones
Hying
Big Muddy River
Bessie
Slater
Clara
Dodds
Guaret
ST. Louis
Wohler Grand Restaurant Co
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City
St. _Louis
Vieit
Velista
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