Chip McGuire in Riverton Woods Mystery Love and Escape
Chip McGuire a sixteen year old living in Maine woods is sold by her father to Pete Bolduc but escapes to a Frisbie camp. She wins a wary welcome in Riverton as she spends freely, tours shops, and thaws old wounds with Uncle Joe and Aunt Comfort. A web of pursuit, romance, and discovery unfolds as Chip reconnects with Greenvale, Cy Walker and Ray while old secrets surface.
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Chip McGuire
Tim
Maine Woods
Pete Bolduc
Martin Frisbie
Martin
Raymond Stetson
McGuire
Chip
Tomah
Ray
Levi
Bolduc
Old Cy
Amzi
Greenvale
Aunt Comfort’s
Hannah
Aunt Comfort
Judson Walker
Vera Raymond
Abby
Mandy Walker
Christmas Cove
Cy Walker
Moonine
Peaceful Valley
Judson
Luke
Riverton
Frisbie
Joe
Vera McGuire
Hull
Comfort
Uncle Joe
Angie
Miss Phinney
Chip's Christmas Gift Scheme Spreads to Riverton
Chip plans an elaborate holiday spree to repay friends from Riverton and Greenvale. She imagines buying trifles then costly gifts for Angie and Miss Phinney, arranging money from Riverton, spending a day shopping, and returning to surprise her old circle as a Lady Bountiful.
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Chip
Uncle Jud
Martin
Abby
Angie
Miss Phinney
Riverton
Greenvale
Chrif
Riverton Village Life and Rival Lodging Scene
Riverton a small New England village with about two thousand people features brick blocks wooden stores a brown stone bank four churches two hotels and two daily trains. Each hotel runs a gong at meal times and Uncle Joe Barnes ferries passengers and mail on a regular two horse stage twice daily with synchronized landlord routines shaping village life.
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Riverton
Greenvale
Joe Barnes
Quaboag House
The Office Boy and the Transfer Ticket Mystery
A society woman questions transfer tickets as an office boy demonstrates remarkable ability to read and manipulate them. He claims skill in tracing origins, expiration times, and routes, using transfers to travel freely and earn carfare, while entertaining coworkers with his clever splicing.
Demonstration Shows Qualities Of Iowa Apples In Storage
Professor Fenney reports results from storing apples gathered from Iowa orchards in Tigley plant in Manson City. Varieties include Wealthies Pattons Greenings Salome Winesnaps Iowa Blush and more in about seventy types. Wrapped immediately after harvest yielded the best condition. unwrapped stored well but later rot appeared. Wealthies worst.
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Manson City
Iowa
Tigley
Wealthies
Patton’s Greenings
Salome
Winesnaps
Iowa Blush
Grimes
Scott’s
Annette
Melinda
Langfords
Nelson Sweets
Clemmons
Fenney
Clerk Owed County Money Triggered by Audit
Pottawattamie County Clerk H V Battey was ousted by Judge Wheeler after an audit by Des Moines experts showed a county debt of 2197.86 against the clerk. Temporary charge given to former clerk H J Chambers. bond set at 20000. Report cites $1139 in customary fees as part of the owed amount.
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Pottawattamie
Council Bluffs
H. V. Battey
Pottawattame County
Wheeler
District Court
Board of Supervisors
Des Moines
H. J. Chambers
Chambers
J. Richman
National Accounting Company of
Battey
City Treasurer Flayed in Dubuque State Exam
Pennell, the Dubuque State Examiner, finishs review of city officers. Treasurer criticized for lax collection of delinquent taxes especially large accounts. Examiner finds methods unjust and costly to the city, urging legal accountability for uncollected interest.
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Dubuque
Pennell
Big Clarinda Failure Hits Local Merchants
Clarinda sees one of its worst business collapses as Hunt and Clayton liquidation enters bankruptcy. The firm carries about 45000 in debts with stock estimated at 30000 and creditors likely to recover 35 to 50 cents on the dollar. Former owners Hunt and Clayton sold to Miller and Wilson from Chicago who tried Chicago style management locally without success.
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Clarinda
Hunt & Clayton Company
Iowa
Messrs
Hunt & Clayton
D. C. Miller
R. K. Wison
Chicago
Waterloo Boy Thieves Caught
Police busted a planned theft ring in Waterloo arresting Tommy Falenstein 9 Myron Kilerlain 9 and Charley Jepperson 10. They left Dr Clark's office with two watches a neck lace and admitted stealing for a year taking bicycles cigars and jewelry. They planned more robberies from youths at gunpoint.
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Waterloo
Tommy Falenstein
Myron Kilerlain
Charley Jepperson
Dr. Clark
Boys Capture Wolf Cubs in Creston Township
Six young wolves were captured by the young sons of Sam Miller in Lincoln township. They brought them to the county auditor's office and received the bounty on wolves.
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Creston
Sam Miller
Lincoln Township
Waterloo to Perry Electric Railroad Planned Across Iowa
Plans for a 114 mile electric railroad from Waterloo to Perry with a spur from Story City to Ames aim to connect Des Moines. The Town railroad, financed by Chicago and Victoria financiers, would run west from Waterloo to Cedar Falls then southwest through Mreads ville Dike Lincoln Grundy Center Hidora Hubbard Garden City Story City Boone Molngonn to Perry. Hourly service expected, cutting travel time and boosting Waterloo area manufacturing. Headquarters to be in Widora where bankers are heavily invested.
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Waterloo
Perry
Story City
Ames
Des Moines
Town Railroad
Ehpitalists
Chicago
Victora
Cedar Balls
Mredsville
Dike
Lincoln
Grundy Center
Hidora
Hubbard
Garden City
Boone
Molngonn
Widora
Indian game fatal shooting in Washington youth accident
A 1 year old Pant Crity obtained a rifle during an Indian play and fatally wounded Cimenea Snyder, aged about the same. The incident occurred after a dispute over a real gun and a shot fired from Crity’s home window. Both families were present. no charges yet filed.
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Washington
Pant Crity
Cimenea Snyder
Isis
Young Snyder
Critz
Altradr No Wellon
Well Digger Dies After Terrific Blow Near Bancroft
Michael Duffy of Armstrong was killed while guiding a well drilling machine when a frightened horse jumped the sweep. The machine struck him from behind and he died at the Commercial hotel after doctors failed to save him. Post mortem showed bowels perforated by the blow. He leaves a wife and two children.
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Bancroft
Michael Duffy
Armstrong
Fred Millow
Here
Duffy
Claim they saw Weaver Iowa Falls Man Says He Recognized Missing Attorney
A couple in Cornell Bluffs reportedly spotted attorney W L Weaver, missing since December 24. A rumor persists that a grand jury indicted Weaver, but no official confirmation or action by police has surfaced.
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Iowa Falls
Towa Walls
A. C. Otterbach
Cornell Bluffs
W. L. Weaver
Weaiher
Weaver
Young Scott County Girl in Fatal Gun Accident
Davenport man George Bowles, 60, was fatally shot by 19 year old Cordin Nickerson who was handing him a loaded revolver. Bowles died instantly. the coroner's jury exonerated the girl of blame.
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Scott County
Davenport
George Bowles
Cordin Nickerson
Bowles
Miss Nickerson
Smallpox Closes Osage Schools and Public Buildings
An epidemic of smallpox has closed Osage public schools churches library and all buildings used for public gatherings. Charles Kathan chairman of the board of health issued a proclamation forbidding all public meetings. Alongside smallpox there are many diphtheria cases.
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Osage
Charles Kathan
Board of Health
Mother's Tragic Find: Logan Child Dead Under Cultivator
Mrs. Su P. Jacobs discovered her young son deceased beside a cultivator wheel on a farm southeast of Logan. Authorities believe the child climbed onto the implement and fell as the machine moved down a steep incline. no witness to the accident.
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Logan
Su P. Jacobs
German Americans Fight In Iowa Liberal Delegate Campaign
The German American Central Alliance of Iowa plans a state drive to elect only liberal delegates to the conventions of the two major parties in Iowa.
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Davenport
Testing White Lead for Pure Paint Quality
An advertising notice explains testing White Lead for purity before painting. It describes a blowpipe test to distinguish pure White Lead from adulterated products, warns that adulterants cost more in the long run, and offers a free blowpipe kit and booklet from the National Lead Company of New York.
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National Toad Company
Woodbridge Building
New York City
Ras
Sandy's Slow Long Breakfast With Big Cheese
A Scotsman named Sandy lifts himself to a farmer and is offered cheese at breakfast. After a pause the master remarks he takes long to eat. Sandy replies that cheese of such size cannot be eaten quickly.
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Sandy
John D Eagle Stone a Rockefeller Charm
The New York Press describes John D Rockefeller carrying a perforated eagle stone kept in his pocket. The brownish relic from an eagle nest is believed to shield against disease and disaster and rattles when shaken, with a ribbon through the hole said to grant powers when gifted.
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John D
John D. Rockefeller
New York Press
Verger Refuses Reward With Strict Rules Quirk
A visitor praised a verger in an old church for courtesy and information and offered half a crown as a tip. The verger declined, saying it was against the rules. He then mused that finding a coin on the floor would not violate the rules if picked up.
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Verger
Sympathy for a Public Office Husband
A scene shows Mrs. Upmore lamenting the strain of a husband’s public role on family life. An elderly domestic recalls her late husband, once a grand imperial guard, who was constantly busy with ceremonial duties and almost mute from long hours away.
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Verena
Mrs. Upmore
Grand Imperial
Alda Guard
Coffee Eyes and Postum Cure Highlighted
A Oswego Montana woman suffers eye pain and vision loss from coffee before switching to Postum Food Coffee. After three months she reports sharp improvement, and her nursing baby remains healthy. A friend quitting coffee for Postum also sees rapid relief from dyspepsia and headaches. There’s a Reason. Postum Co. Battle Creek Mich.
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Oswego
Mont
Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
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