Poor Bobs Synopsis Set in Japan and San Francisco
In Mitagiri a rich lord’s son Kayama steals a girl and is slain after swapping identities with a unconscious stranger, Robert Wells. Wells, posing as Kayama, learns of a grim bargain to purchase the girl and encounters deceit, maternal loss, and a tangled romance with Alberta Hayward while William Raymond Williams plots against him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitagiri
Kayama
Aochi
Thunder Gate
Robert Wells
Wells
America
James Sanderson
San Francisco
Bob
Alberta Hayward
Raymond Williams
Williams
The Sanderson plan and a couple in the woods
Alberta and Ray Williams discuss futures with the Sanderson firm as tension rises over trust and plans. Williams vows to find a way while Alberta questions his confidence, and the couple share a tense, intimate moment among moving firelight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray
Williams
Alberta
Arizona
Bob
Jim
Wells
Dreams and duty clash in Takasaki era romance
Robert Wells faces conflicting loyalties as love for Alberta and ambition under Uncle Jim test his path. Letters from Takasaki reveal family debt and Misako’s loss while Gordon and Sanderson debate Bob’s work ethic and the Fushiki bridge project looming over his choices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Wells
Alberta
Uncle Jim
Sanderson
Bob
Gordon
Takasaki
Wells
Robert
Doctor Wells
Misako
Gordor
Jim
Pasquale
Fushiki
Williams
Goron
Miss Bill and the Car Engine Trouble Joke
Joe confesses to a friend that his wife overheard his tale of two car misses the night before. She discovers only one miss in the engine, turning the joke into a domestic misunderstanding about engine trouble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill
Joe
Steve Jackson
Amen and Hallelujah Echo in Grieving Community
A reflective note speaks to spiritual resilience as a community endures sorrow. The piece contrasts quiet disappointment with shared faith, urging measured response and hopeful perseverance amid collective mourning.
Texas Cotton Crop Generally Good Across State
Texas farmers report the cotton crop as generally good with rain needed in East Texas and several southern and western counties. Corn prospects are poor in many areas while hot dry weather slows boll weevil damage and aids cotton fruiting. North Texas and the Panhandle have had good rains, wheat harvesting is finishing, and rising grain prices add over 2 million dollars to farmers' incomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
North Texas
Panhandle
Red River
Bowie
Arkansas State Line
West Texas
Madison
Leon
McLennan
Texas Publisher Shot to Death in McMullen County
James Stitz, a former Three Rivers deputy and editor of an oil journal, is jailed in McMullen County after allegedly shooting Jay R. Secrest, a legislative candidate, while the men rode in autos returning from oil fields. Secrest died within thirty minutes. The dispute began with an attack on Stitz in Secrest's paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
San Antonio
Tex
James Stitz
McMullen
Jay R. Secrest
Three Rivers
Stitz
Secrest
McMullen County
Honey crop in Elgin fetches strong prices
Elgin Texas farmers with good bee hives report a bumper honey yield this year with stock at a multi year high and honey of excellent grade, bringing favorable prices to beekeepers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elgin
Tex
Cabinet Resigns In Belgrade After Pacitch Letter
Premier Pacitch submitted the cabinet's resignation to the king and urged elections. Pacitch had formed the cabinet May 21 after resigning April 12 with his former cabinet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgrade
Nikola P. Pachitch
Pachitch
Garibaldi Buried With Military Honors in Rome
General Garibaldi, once a war hero and newly aligned with fascist ranks, was laid to rest in Rome on Saturday. All branches of the army and navy attended the burial services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Italy
Garibaldi
Army
Navy
New Smithville School Nears Completion in Texas
Work on the new $75,000 high school building in Smithville Texas is practically finished. Furniture and other necessities will be installed in time for the new term opening September 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smithville
Tex
Corpus Christi Votes 1.68 Tax Rate Per Hundred
Corpus Christi city commissioners set the property tax at 1.68 dollars per 100 valuation. The decision fixes the rate for the upcoming fiscal cycle and affects homeowners and property owners citywide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corpus Christi
Texas
Tax Revenues Reported For Matagorda County
Total net collections for Matagorda County and the highway department reach 26406.30 dollars with 18568.38 dollars credited to the highway department and 7842.92 dollars to county funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matagorda
Bay City
Tex
Highway Department
Nero Era Coins Unearthed In Leeds Garden
Roman coins from Nero’s era were discovered about three feet below the surface in a Leeds garden, unearthed recently by a local resident who reported the find to authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nero
Leeds
Eng
Hen conversation on interest and a plan for automobiling fines
A group of hens debate interest in hearing a message from Mrs Hen. They joke about cackling and listening while considering a plan to fine drivers who frighten them with automobiles, proposing escalating meals as penalties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Gray Hen
Mrs. Hen
Miss Hen
Miss
Mrs. Brown Hen
Miss White Hen
Miss Finety Fashionable Hen
Mrs. White Hen
What He Gave Boy
A Scottish farmer elected to the school board visits a village school and tests the class by asking what naething is. A back-row pupil answers that it is what he called me the other day for holding her horse.
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Lord of Thunder Gate
Bobs
Sandy
Ray-boy
Berta
Elsie
Rob
Brownsville
Washington
Fort Worth
Marlin
Commodore Bullock
Moorehead
Brazos County
Interstate Commerce Commission
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad
Childress
Texas Panhandle
New Smithville School
Marybraham Bonner
Mrs. Brown
Lkele
Warner
Irner
Medies Co
Rochester, N. Y
Charles Narrey
Vincennes Sun
California
Haarlem
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!