Vian the M and the Maid
Hal Gilman returns to Oakdale with a mature plan for settlement work but encounters Miss Alice Blanchard who confesses a pledged attachment. As they deepen their bond they reveal a secret elopement scheme leading to a tense ride to New York and a late train caper ending in a doorstep reconciliation and a vow of a hastily arranged wedding.
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Ife
Grothertial
Grandfather Gilman
Mr. Blanchard
Hal
Alice
New York
Grandfather Glilraan
Rascal
Halfred
Joyce Gilman
Wheatherlys
Miss Alice
Mrs. Weatherly
George
Adam
Halfred Joyce Gilman
Blanchard Path
Goodby
No Beauty for Him on the Streetcar
Haggerty and his wife ride home on a streetcar. He flirts with compliments to please her, but she points to a pretty girl two rows back. He responds with a loving line that he only has eyes for her, confirming her suspicions.
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Hal
Alice
Gilman
Peyson
Mr. Peyson
Oakdale
Dudley
Willie
Halfred Joyce Gilman
Rascal
Grandfather Gilman
Haggerty
Iowa
Wilbur W. Marsh
Waterloo
Press Club
Des Moines
L. S. Cass
Hawkeye
First Aerial Spy Michowski Held by Russians
German Pole Michowski, attached to a Leipzig aircraft maker, is jailed in Russia as a suspected spy after an emergency landing near Warsaw in February. Moscow accuses him of espionage near fortifications. Berlin argues he flew to win a prize offered by Germany's national flying endowment.
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Herr Michowski
Warsaw
Michowski
German National Flying Endowment
Tragic Court Testimony Ends in Self Harm at Amberg
In Amberg Germany a young girl who was to testify in court begged to skip questions about her past. She revealed she had been a cashier and engaged, fearing public disgrace for a minor theft from youth. The court persisted, she opened a vein and remains in danger of death.
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Amberg
Germany
Railways in trouble as capital slows expansion plans
Des Moines bankers report hesitancy toward railroad expansion amid government stance and rising costs. They warn continued profit restrictions could choke growth and investment, citing Burlington bonds and the rail system’s large employment and material demand.
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Des Moines
Homer A. Miller
The
Iowa National
East
Burlington
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