Borrowed Plumes A Working Girl’s Gown Romance
Lucy Erroll, a shop seamstress, borrows a costly yellow satin gown from Mrs. Cramer for a church social. She dreams of a proposal from her sweetheart Tom, as Mrs. Cramer’s wrath looms. A rector’s kindness and Mrs. Cramer’s sudden charity end the tale with a forgiving kiss and a wedding gift.
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Lucy Erroll
Dorothy
Lucy
Tom Martin
Tom
St. Barnabas
St. Barnabas’ Rectory
Mrs. Cramer
Worth
Mra. Crarmer
Mr. Harris
Miss Erroll
Mra. Cramer
W. G. Chapman
Whistles on Pigeons Parade Chinese Craft
In China, pigeons are fitted with light whistles early in life to create an outdoor concert as they fly. Two types exist bamboo-tube and gourd-mouthpiece styles, lacquered in yellow brown red and black, with 2 3 5 10 or 13 tubes. Some whistles use ox horn for the five-tube version, and names distinguish varieties such as the eleven eyed one.
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China
Willie's Troubles
Mr and Mrs Smith stopped to chat at the home of an elderly neighbor. Willie the grandson had swallowed a dime startling his parents. A doctor arrived, Willie recovered, and later the grandmother joked Willie would be over his financial difficulties by now.
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Willie
Smiths
Pet Snake Rescues Inmate From Jailer At Central Station
A man with a three and a half foot snake sparked a chaotic scene at St Paul Central police station. Jailer H Neuman, weighing 367 pounds, cleared the desk as the serpent emerged from under the suspect’s coat. The owner claimed the snake would do no harm and left with it in hand. Charges against the man remained unspecified.
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St. Pau
Minn
Central Police Station
Sergt
M. J. Tallon
H. Neuman
Neuman
Sergeant Fallon
John Rowan
Steps on Black Cat Tail Ends with Police Case
Danville report recounts a domestic disturbance sparked by stepping on a cat tail. William Pitt, detained by friends after violent actions toward his wife during a lamp-ignited fire, was bound over to the grand jury on assault charges and sent to jail without bond.
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Danville
William Pitt
Pitt
Grand Jury
Jath
Drowning in Great South Bay After Scooter Sinks
Edward Jansen weighed over two hundred pounds and with Harry Richter and Oscar Fredericks rode a scooter that sank on thin ice in Great South Bay near Patchogue. All three were rescued. Jansen saved his hat, while a stolen diamond ring story follows from Terre Haute.
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Edward Jansen
Great South Bay
Patchogue
Mr. Jansen
Roe
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Mills County
Tribune
W. F. Hill Earler
Davis Owners and Publishers
Taitoring
Win
Lugsch
Old Glenwood House
Qgienwood, Iowa
Mills County Abstract Co
Glenwood
Iowa
Trimmer
Chicago
Commercial Hotel
DR. Trimmer
Dukty
F. M. Trimmer
Oakwood Blvd
Knoxville
S Fun Centre
Everstudy
Babar
Omaha
Pet Snake
Terre Haute
Ind
Bruce Cofforth
Pittsburgh Police Department
H. L. Lyon
Mary E.G. Lyon
Chiropractic
Lyon & Lyon
Chiropractors
Jas. A. Swope
West Side Square
Square Brand
Davis & Anderson
Pacific Junction, Iowa
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