Mean Tricks and the Battle for Votes in London
A letter from Anna Bentley in London in 1918 recounts a failed suffrage movement decade earlier. She describes Hyde Park meetings, a House of Commons confrontation, a secret committee of old bachelors sabotaging the group, and a bogus sale that emptied members. The note argues men use dirty tricks to defeat women seeking rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Hyde Park
House of Commons
Villaina
Committee of Ways and Means
Hercules
Anna Bentley
The Soldier King and the Duchess of Histeria
A legendary tale follows a young king ambitious to conquer all realms. He meets a duchess in disguise in a mountain conference, seduced by beauty, and agrees to independence for many lands in exchange for marriage. The duchy of Histeria remains pivotal to his empire’s fate.
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Hie Ace
Napoleon
Ife
Cir
Misteria
Histeria
Duchy of Ti
Iilsteria
Reformation by Smoked Ham From a Widow
Bill Scott's nightly ham theft leads to a widow's reform plan. Locked in a smokehouse with twenty hams, he endures days of varying preparations until he vows to change his ways, aided by Flo and a town legend.
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T. C. McClure
Bill Scott
Glenn
Bill
Mia
Widder Glenn
Flo
Herkimer County
Amoked Bhatwa
Mill Scott
Villagor
Notice on County Bounty for Coyotes
County residents who applied for the coyote bounty are reminded they may file claims with state authorities when the legislature convenes. County Clerk F. R. Ewiort notes the state can appropriate funds for the bounty and urges interested parties to act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. R. E.wiort
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Julius Pizer
T. F. Watts
P. M. Sorenson
P. O
Hershey's
Corner Fitch and
Locust St
Poland
China
B. P. Rock
J. O. Anderson
Paul Morton
Equitable Life Assurance Society OF the
United States
H. P. Neely
Omaha
Neb
W. H. McDonald
North Platte
Nebraska
Mutual Building and Loan Association OF
Dewey Street
First Morteares
State Banking Board
T. C. Patterson
Samuel Goozee
E. S. Davis
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