Enchanted Castle Wyckhoff Heiress Plot Revealed
In England, Lord Wilfred Vincent and Archibald Terhune meet Agatha Wyckhoff heirs at Castle Wyckhoff. Multiple Agathas, all Americans, are traced through a will to wed the heiress and claim twenty million pounds. Mrs Armistead, chaperon, guards identity while suitors vie for wealth.
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Wilfred Vincent
Archibald Terhune
England
Agatha Wyckhoff
Wyckhoff Castle
Agatha
Wye
Discovery and Rivalry at Castle Wyckhoff
In the third day at Castle Wyckhoff Archibald discovers Agatha Sixth among six heiresses and contemplates marriage to one with twenty million. Vincent flirts with Agathas First Fourth and others while Archibald suspects a rival. both men tease, scheme, and withhold their finds as a hidden portrait hints at Agatha Sixth’s identity.
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Vincent
Castle Wyckhoff
Agatha
Wyckhoff
Unruly Vincent Distracts Guests From Discussion
Narrator returns to drawing room as Vincent is found on the floor by the fire playing a game with the secretary. Mrs Armistead rebukes the secretary for the behavior while Vincent remains unabashed following the narrator.
Church of Few Weddings in London’s St Peter’s Vere Street
London church St Peter’s Vere Street has only two marriages in two centuries due to not being licensed for marriages. The 1890s weddings occurred with special authorization costing 250, and the church boasts Burne-Jones windows, grand interiors, and a fashionable following including peers and American visitors.
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London
St. Peter's
Vere Street
Canterbury
McMillan
Maurice
Charles Maurice
Chapel of Ease
Lord Selborne
Col
Lord Digby
Coldstream Guards
Edward
England
McMillan-Maurice
Dr. Maurice
Canon Page-Roberts
Ganon Page-Roberts
St Alt
Bishop Potter
New Yorks
St. Peter’s
Burne-Jones
Cavendish Square
Harley Street
Lord Cheylesmore
Westminster
Duke of Wellington
Lord Roberts
Government Rules Change Triggers Pension Controversy at Iowa Soldiers' Home
The Iowa Soldiers' Home faces conflict between federal and state law over pension payments. Federal rules require veterans receive their pensions directly, while state law funds the home and disperses funds, including allowances to dependent wives and withheld amounts for disciplined members. Commandant Horton must choose which law to follow, risking federal support if he defers to state practice or federal compliance if he refuses.
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Marshalltown
Iowa
Horton
Million Dollar Claim Upheld In Wells Estate Suit
Samuel Bute of Stanhope wins a court sustained claim against the Wells estate in Grundy County. The Wells estate, worth several million, stems from land holdings across Grundy, Kossuth and Wirmet counties built up after years of speculation. Bute, once a farmhand and Louisiana lottery winner, asserts a contract for look after property, filed after Wells’ death. The case reveals a late life vindication for a man past sixty who now anticipates formal settlement details.
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Webster City
Grundy County
Grundy Center
Ransien
Independence
Samuel Bute
Wells
George Wells
Bute
Stanhope
Louisiana Lotteries
Iowa
Grundy
Kossuth
Wirmet
Druggists Lose Permits in Rockwell City Case
District court led by Judge Church ruled against four Rockwell City drug stores in an injunction action by anti saloon forces attorney E R Acres. Permits must be surrendered immediately with most already handed back and possible supreme court appeals by one or two defendants. The decision ends liquor sales at area drug stores in the county.
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Rockwell City
Judge Church
Calhoun County
E. R. Acres
Decorah
Sioux City Man Faces Bankruptsy Petition Over Missing Safe Funds
Sensational charges against John C Cantonwine of Armour South Dakota are made by three Sioux City creditors in a federal court petition filed at Sioux Falls asking that Cantonwine be declared bankrupt. The creditors claim about 5000 dollars in losses and allege the robbery claim was a fraud to defraud creditors. Cantonwine, a large South Dakota retailer, said his safe was robbed of 3300 dollars in paper money 2000 in gold and 300 in silver on September 18. He offered a 1000 dollar reward for robbers. The petition contends the money was moved by Cantonwine himself.
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Sioux City
John C. Cantonwine
Armour
S. D
Sioux Falls
Cantonwine
Sioux City Tran Company
C. Schenkberg Company
H. A. Baker Company
Citizens State Bank of Armour
South Dakota
Eldora Aims to Become the City Beautiful
Eldora seeks transformation into the city beautiful with plans to hire Prof. A T Erwin from Iowa State College to inspect the area and lecture citizens on improvement ideas. Post-visit, the city and residents will implement suggested enhancements.
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Eldora
A. T. Erwin
Department of Forestry and Landscape Gardening
Iowa State College At
Ames
Byers Argues Case Over Mulch Law in Burlington
Attorney General Byers appeared in district court October 8 to argue a demurrer by County Attorney Kuhlemeier in the case to remove him from office. The dispute centers on who enforces the mulch law and tax collection. Byers contends the county attorney must enforce the law. he warns saloon keepers not yet under the law will face prosecution. Judge Smyth took the matter under advisement as Burlington’s mulch law situation is reviewed.
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Kuhlemeier
Burlington
Byers
C. K. Lennat
Smyth
Judging Teams Chosen for Intercollegiate Stock Contest
Professor Dinsmore selects six men from Ames College to represent at the Kansas City event with one alternate. The team travels to Sedalia for practice before the Oct contest, facing strong Kansas and Missouri rivals. A silver trophy and $200 prize will be shared among top finishers.
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Ames
Dinsmore
Kansas City
George W. Godfrey
Taverne
H. FH. Kildee
Osage
Eugene Darling
M. W. Joiner
H. H. Phillips
Manquoketa
H. L. Thornton
Aledell
Sedalia
Kansas
Missouri
Amey
Albrook Nominated for District Judge Seat
C F Albrook of Hardin county was nominated by the Republican judicial convention to succeed Judge W D Evans who resigned for the supreme bench. Albrook won on the twelfth ballot after a stubborn three way contest with Baeyea of Mamits county and Peterson of Wright. Final tally 80 to 15 with Roeye. The nomination was later made unanimous.
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Hampton
C. F. Albrook
Hardin County
W. D. Evans
Albrook
Stinbhborn
Baeyea
Mamits County
Peterson
Wright
Roeye
Dubuque Board Lines Up 1915 Bond Rollup Plan
The Dubuque board of supervisors passed a resolution to levy a limit to take up 125000 dollars in bonds outstanding for the courthouse construction. The bonds due in 1915 carry interest at per cent. The aim is to retire them quickly to save interest, with an estimated 10000 dollars yearly available.
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Dubuque
Board of Supervisors
Court House
Foley’s Prosperity and the Irish Wit
An Atlantic tale notes how a neighbor’s colorfully built house spurred mockery of wealth. The speaker recalls John D. Rockefeller quipping that envy fuels the need to block views of others prosperity with trees and distance.
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Mr. Rockefeller
Foley
John D. Rockefeller
Ice Contamination Through Ice In Milk
A child contracted typhoid fever from milk analyzed as pure after the nurse admitted adding ice lumps to cool it. The practice contaminated the milk and reduced its nutritive value. Milk should be cooled in a refrigerator or by placing bottles in cracked ice briefly.
Cattle Culling Infected Herd Near Marshalltown
State veterinarians condemn twenty five of thirty two head from the Willcox herd southwest of Marshalltown. Des Moines associate Br H E Talbot and local Dr F J Neiman assist in eradicating the diseased cattle. Local farmer W F Willcox owns the herd.
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Marshalltown
W. F. Willcox
Br. H. E. Talbot
Des Moines
F. J. Neiman
Gas Explosion Wrecks Burlington Bank Vault
Miller Brooks son of J W Brooks vice president of the State bank was knocked senseless by a gas explosion in the upper vault. A rag jet left open fed the gas and ignited near a burning jet outside. Brooks was badly injured and hospitalized.
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Burlington
Miller Brooks
J. W. Brooks
State Bank
Young Brooks
Clara Martin Announces Candidacy in East Toronto
Miss Clara Martin of Toronto declares her bid for the provincial legislature in east Toronto. She is noted as Canada's first woman lawyer and the first woman to serve on Toronto's board of education.
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Clara Martin
Toronto
East
Canada
Martin
Board of Education of
Niagara Power to Feed Canadian Grid Across Distance
Niagara Falls power will be distributed nationwide across Canada. Bids requested for 10 000 tons of structural steel for towers to carry cables. Current Niagara output already reaches beyond 126 miles as Canada plans greater transmission range per Scientific American.
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Niagara
Niagara Falls
Canada
Scientife American
Rival Dignities and a Teething Syrup Ad
A humorous exchange contrasts British and American boasting about ancestors on coins and native figures. An unrelated crib note promotes Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for teething with claims of soothing the gut and reducing colic at 25 cents a bottle. The passage ends with an aphorism about money as the easiest root to cultivate.
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Mia. Winslow
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Agatha Sixth
Wilfred
Shakespeare
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Miss Marsh
St. Peter’s Church
Iowa State News
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Geo
Rockwell City Drug Stores
Misa Jolen Fauerbier
Main St. St. Joseph, Mich
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Mreir
Perrna
Stelon Sanerbter
Ladies’ Home Journal
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Peoria
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