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Newspaper
Maurice Times
Location
Maurice, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1919
Page
7
George Barr McCutch eon scenes unfold with Barnes arriving at a dusty rooming house. Mr. Dillingford and heavyset guest Mr. Bacon discuss meals as Barnes recalls Harlem and contemplates the storm outside. Rushcroft greets Barnes with theatrical warmth, to the amusement of locals in the taproom.
In a tense Hart's Tavern scene, Mr. Barnes, a wealthy engineer, contemplates a journey ending as Rushcroft pressures him over a supper and a lingering taproom encounter. Miss Tilly drafts a vivid portrait of Barnes while a mysterious woman and looming weather raise suspense.
Wealthy New Yorker Thomas K Barnes travels through New England and, amid a mountain storm near Hart's tavern, meets a girl bound for a house called Green Fancy. An automobile arrives to give her a lift and Barnes ends up at the tavern with a stranded touring company led by Lyn don Rushcroft and Miss Thackeray.
A lively tavern scene turns deadly as a staged battle escalates into murder and sudden death. Police investigate the incident and audiences await the next chapter of the事件.
A historical note describes a sphex family mother wasp that digs a ground tunnel and stores eggs, then uses a pebble as a hammer to pack dirt into the tunnel mouth. The remarkable record notes the wasp bringing dirt and repeatedly pounding to firm the surface.
A fragment notes Bulwer Lytton's remark on the veil of futurity and its weaving by the mind of Paarcy. The line suggests a meditation on fate and perception shaping what is yet to come.
Evanston society imagines a city kitchen with standardized menus and home delivery by fast cars. Mrs J A Odell and Mrs Homer Kingsley sponsor the project as housewives discuss uniform meal hours and expert preparation for subscribers.
Carl Hinton of Denver elopes with Elizabeth Ramson of Kansas City daughter of a police commissioner. Their romance spans letters and a thousand mile telephone chats, thwarted by detectives and a court wedding in Liberty Missouri where they first met seven years ago.
In an Indiana town, a cottage remodel reveals bags of cash and coins buried in a garden. John Rezac finds money totaling hundreds, sparking a citywide scramble as neighbors dig with their hands and lanterns to claim coins. Rezac guards the scene with a shotgun amid a ghost rumor and midnight chaos.
A long lost Comtesse Du Barry bust, one of six made by sculptor Pajou, has reappeared at the Chicago Art Institute after a chain of sales. Burgess Stafford, a dealer in eighteenth century furniture, bought the piece for 25 dollars and later confirmed its identity through library reproductions linking it to Pajou’s Louvre bust. The piece is valued at about 25 000 dollars by a New York dealer.
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