Love a Thing Apart in the Boss's Car Romance
Doris Kenyon, a devoted secretary, falls for her boss Walter Harper after a rainwashed afternoon ride home. Years of unreciprocated longing turn to a confession of love as he reveals true feelings during a country drive, concluding with the line that love can be a fragile thing.
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Doris Kenyon
Walter Harper
Walter
Doris
Dorly
Ale
Mita
Darla
Misa Kenyon
Harper
Enders
Wayle
Vision of His Sweetheart in a Small Village Tale
Jefferson Deane endures a dreary night as a misty drizzle and a slippery riverbank set a grim mood. A nurselike Sally cares for him while Rosabel Masta is finally heard in a dreamlike visitation that ends with a tender bedside confession from Rosabel.
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Jefferson Deane
Jefferson
Rosabel Masta
Rosabey Hand
Tefforsat
Doretor Jones
Tye
Sally
Tefferson
Jem
Lim
Muggle Martin
Rosabel
Peter
Martin
Mra
Moore
Boston
la Watch
Walt
Rubin
Jeffereon
Sailid Kusubel
Mother Bobbie’s Rainy Porch Lesson
A child named Bobbie defies a porch rule during rain. His mother warns him not to go off the porch and get his feet wet. He late returns with a stick to “protect” her from needing to go out, saying he brought it so she won’t go out in the rain.
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Bobbie
Difficult Irish place names confuse a shop clerk tale
A clerk relates a comically tangled origin of his surname with mispronounced Irish place names. He says he comes from Cork and adds increasingly distant towns in a rambling, humorous account, noting many Irish places have long names that are shorter in reality.
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Ireland
Detroit
News
Lost boy in crowd asks for mother at dollar day scene
A distressed young boy named Ste Herry is separated from his mother during a dollar day event. He sobs as an amused crowd gathers and several women claim his mother is nearby, but he remains distraught and declares he cannot hear or see her.
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Ste Herry
Tile
Not Mated Billy's News on a New Baby Brother
A humorous, garbled exchange shows Billy excited by a new baby brother while a corner grocer asks quizzing questions. Billy answers with a joking remark about depth of shade, reflecting a quirky, small-town scene.
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Billy
Selgibor Add
Local notes from Moravia and vicinity
A roundup of social and travel items from Moravia and nearby towns. Mrs. R P Hillyard visited Allerton with parents. James Hoskinson of Chicago was called to Moravia by the death of his uncle C E Hoskinson. Residents joined trips to Eddyville to view high water. Mrs A W Cooper of Mystic stayed with her daughter Mrs Lester Brain in Moravia. Misses Josephine Foster and Virginia Easter visited at Mrs TR E Stites home. William Brenes, barber student in Des Moines, visited his mother in Moravia. W C and M H W Chambers of Jamestown Ind visited after the death of their brother H W Chambers.
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James Hoskinson
Chicago
Moravia
C. E. Hoskinison
A. W. Cooper
Mystic
Lester Brain
William Brenes
Des Moines
Marian McCrory
W. C. and
M. H W. Chambers
Jamestown
Ind
4. F. Chambers
H. W. Chambers
Pilkington Brother Dies. Relative Visits From Flagstaff
Malcolm Pilkington of Flagstaff Arizona has journeyed here to be with relatives after the death of his brother W. T. Pilkington of Albia.
Weatherly and Lewis Return With Two New Ford Cars
D. J. Weatherly of the Waughop Motor Co. and Joe Lewis of Beat Melrose visited Des Moines on business Tuesday and drove home two new Fords, a Tudor and a Coupe.
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D. J. Weatherly
Waughop Motor Co
Joe Lewis
Beat Melrose
Des Moines
Mr Coolidge Chooses Between Writing and Whittling
A note suggests Mrs Coolidge may pursue writing books she favors or spend time whittling. The remark frames a personal choice between literary work and crafts.
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Mr. Coolidge
Whittle
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Chet Broshur
Seperby
E. R. Scott
Earl
G. W. Jones
Tip
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Fred Tillmont
A. H. Higley
A. R. Main Farm
Ray McCloud
Harry Robinson
D. E. Callen
Tig
J. L. Johnson
Coffin
Hiattsville
H. E. Watts
JH. Mevauley
Foster
J.J. Knoll
Geo. R. Darby
Sheffield
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J. Pg
Crandall
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Town
H. G. Broshar & Son
R. P. Hillyard
Allerton
Eddyville
Des Moines River
Josephine Foster
Virginia Easter
TR. E. Stites
Family Pear Coataville
Malcolm Pilkington
Flagstaff
Ariz
W. T. Pilkington
Albia
Goodyear
Oehler Bros
MORA
Chet Broshar General Insurance
Greenebaum
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