Betty and Charley Quietly Probe Love on the Terrace
In a tense terrace scene Betty resists Charley Norton's advances as she recalls a past romance with Bruce Carrington. Tom Ware arrives, noting crops and weather, while Norton defends Carrington as a guest and potential overseer. A lodge notice closes the excerpt.
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Betty
Norton
Bruce Carrington
Charley
Hetty
Tom Ware
Tomi
Betty Hbureledis
Carrington
Tom
Private Skanen-exchange and listing details
Fragmentary OCR shows a private exchange listing with numbers 36 and 17, references to an operator aware sale, a person or apartment, and contact lines for a business office with numbers 25 or 27.
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Ee Twlefrowes
Jowe
Skanen — Exchange
Numbara
F. D. Throop
Holror
Droler
Secretary Stimson's Report Warns of Armed Unpreparedness
Secretary Stimson warns in a public report that the United States would be unprepared for war due to a dispersed army and inadequate artillery and ammunition. He cites costly futility of current armament, urges reform, and discusses wider issues from Porto Rico citizenship to Panamanian Canal administration and Philippine debt limits. Iowa press comment follows.
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Stimson
United States
ToBerves
Secretary of War
Tve
Europe
Porto Rico
Iig
Jalad
Congresa
Philippines
Panama Canal
Storm Lake Plint Tribune
TF. F. Faville
Iowa
B. P. Kells
Webster City
Stimson urges canal policy and army promotion reform
Secretary Stimson calls for US ship access to the canal with ICC jurisdiction over Dow transcontinental rates to curb railway influence. He proposes government handling of drydocks and repair shops while allowing private sale of coal and supplies. He supports a merit based army promotion system, noting gains but substantial dead wood and backward tendencies.
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USA
Interstate Commerce Commission
Stimson
Root
Taft
Wright
Dickinson
Pleasant Prairie Social News Briefs
Pleasant Prairie notes report Mrs and Mrs Claus Thornton in Durant on Saturday and Mrs and Mrs Stacker of Atalissa visiting Ed Kephart home Sunday Also Forn Els visited Gortle Stech ar'n Sunday and Mr and Mrs Ea Kenhart trans
Reminiscences of Long Ago Fifty Years Ago
A reminiscence notes efforts to curb “aprees” and urges offenders to reform after a police and court crackdown yesterday. It warns heavy penalties for defacing signs lamps and posts to protect public and private property from midnight marauders.
Clippings Reflect On Past Decades In Local Life
Thirty years ago today many townsfolk marked anniversaries with family visits and notes of social events. Ten years ago a crokinolo rose evening featured a lively meeting with Robert L Thompson winning a prize. visitors from Springfield joined Mrs. R. L. Thompson.
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S. Norton
Crokinolo
Pine Street
Gub
Edwin Moorehouse
Springfield
R. L. Thompson
Prodigal Jud The Famous Novel Scene Continues
[Chapter XIX] Continued. The judge, feverish, reloads pistols as candlelight falters. Mahaily watches, amazed, while Han nibal revels. The judge extinguishes the flame with rapid shots, declaring the weapon gentlemanly. Betty explains Tom Murrell’s routine, and Norton praises Tom while hoping for restraint.
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Mahaffy
Hannibal
Mahaily
The Warning at Belle Plain Mounts Tension
Norton and Betty stroll through rehabilitated grounds as Captain Murrell visits Tom Ware daily near Ware's office. Norton grows irate at the intruder while Betty cautions him and avoids discussing the matter, hinting at a tangle of loyalties and danger surrounding the planter.
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Belle Plain
Charley
Betty
Tom
Norton
Getty
Tom Ware
Cassip
Belle Plains
Mr. Ware
Ware
Local Society Notes from Davenport Area Visitants
Davenport area social items recount visits and calls among residents. Glenn McElroy and family spent time with J. Welsh relatives, Rosa Walt called on Lens Schmidt, Frank Baker of Jasper County visited Cyrus Haker, Ediephart’s sister from northern Iowa, and Lena Sissel hosted Frank. Residents remark the cargo steamer passage as a local sight.
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Davenport
Otre
Glenn McElroy
J. Welsh
Rosa Walt
Lens Schmidt
Frank Baker
Jasper County
Oid
Cyrus Haker
Ed Iephart
Iowa
Itr
McElroy
Rosa
Frank
Lena Sissel
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