Spy intrigues and a gale of shadows on Gibraltar
Billy Capper shadowing Louisa, a Wilhelmstrasse operative, taunts her in her room in Gibraltar as he seeks to learn why his Malta fate was swapped. Jane Gerson escapes Paris with dresses while Captain Woodhouse plots amid tropic harbor tensions and a looming war in Europe.
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Bobbs-Merrill Company
Bright
Jane Gerson
Europe
Hildebrand'‘s
New - York
Calais
Captain Woodhouse
Egypt
Paris
Jane
Poiret
Worth
Pacquin
Doeuillet
Cloud
Berlin
Wilhelmstragse
Germany
Louisa
Billy Capper
Malta
Capper
Wilhelmstrasse
Alexandria
Wady
Halfa
Gibraltar
Theotel
Splendide
Willy Kimball
Lady Crandall
George Crandall
Government House
Saxonia
Woodhouse
Joseph Almer
Hotel Splendide
Movernorjemetels
Crandall
Sir George Crandall
Rangoon
George
Sir George
Queen’s Terrace
Ramleh
Doctor Koch
the Rock
Morrish
Billy
Billy ‘Capper
Industrial Review Highlights Oregon Growth and Projects
Salem reports land grant counties to collect taxes on C and C lands with over two million due. Florence to build a $6000 electric fog and signal station at Coquille mouth. Portland shipyard adds 50 by 500 boiler shop. Astoria rushes six modern dwellings. Pendleton bets on a $75,000 health resort hotel at Lehman Springs and a new garage with rest room. Nine shipbuilding plants operate along the Columbia and Willamette rivers. Florence Monroe Shingle Co. to establish plant. Longshoremen claim Portland wages were highest globally during recent sympathy strike. Eugene Supreme Court upholds Chambers Power Co. in ditch widening. Coos Bay line gets gravel ballast. Ontario Episcopalians buy site for church. Odell school contract $6,208. Junction spends $500 on Pacific Highway. Standifer Clarkson closes sea vessel contract. Eugene gets 200,000 ties for mill lines.
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Salem
Congress
Florence
Coquille
Portland
Willamette
Astoria
Gardiner
W. F. Jewett
Pendleton
Lehman Springs
Enterprise—High
Joseph Lake
Columbia
Florence—Monroe
Wash
Shinglemill Co
N. P
State
Normal School
Ashland Normal
Supreme Court
Chambers Power Co
Eugene
Drewsey
Oregon Short Line
Union Pacific
R.E. Strahorn
Mal Ahner
Harney
Oregon
Springfield
S. P. Co
Coos Bay
Pendleton Tribune
North Bend
S. P
Klamath Falls Strahorn Railroad Cuts Five Miles
Survey through Dairy area finds route saving five miles for the Klamath Falls Strahorn railroad project. Transit planners aim to shorten track, improve access, and speed freight and passenger service. Local officials endorse the revised alignment and expect cost and time benefits.
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Klamath Falls
Strahorn
The Dollar Bill That Traveled the Town
A man prints his initials on a new dollar and spends it in town. The bill returns four times over two years until he sends it to a mail order house. It never comes back to his town and cannot help pay taxes again. The tale concludes with the marked bill ending its life.
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Nevermore
Pleasant Evening Reveries for Tired Mothers at Home
A reflective column praises mothers, past and present, for nurturing family peace. It urges husbands to show daily affection, praise children’s achievements, and teach domestic skills. It warns against neglectful, critical behavior and stresses that a happy home matters more than wealth.
Creamery Planned for Brewster Valley in Coos County
Glendale shingle mill adds a large boiler to its plant as Brewster Valley prepares for a new creamery project in Coos County.
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Brewster Valley
Coos County
Glendale
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Earl Derr Biggers
Robert ‘Welles Ritchie
Earl ‘Derr Biggers
Ferizy
Fortune
Wilhhein‘atrasse
Maria
Industrial Review
Junction
Lane County
Pacific
East St. Johns
Standifer- Clarkson Company
Monarch
Lakeside
Bandon
Reeds
Italy
John M. Scott
Portland, Oregon
Southern Pacific
Brookings
Curry County
Chetco Cove
Madona
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