Belmont vendetta over a contested franchise saga
Gloria Kerr arrives at Belmont home as David Kerr, town power broker, pushes a packers franchise with Judge Gilbert in the background. Joe Wright, editor, fights the scheme as readers rally for reform, while society circles and a tug‑of‑war over influence intensifies across Maple Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gloria Kerr
Belmont
David Kerr
Kendall
Chica Packers
Judge Gilbert
Kerr
Joe Wright
Reform
Gloria
Gilberts
Europe
Wright
Paris
Belmont News
Esmeralda Springs
News 3
Plock-Yards Company
Imos Gilbert
Koowladsqugst
4 Yards Company
Gilbert
Kelmont
Jose
Uma
St. Louis
John Kendall
Mrs. Gilbert
Maple Avenue
Maple League
Belmont Franchises and a Senate Deal Behind the News War
Editor Kerr fights a city machine over a franchise as he plots to buy the News to muzzle opponents. Senator McMinstry negotiates power in exchange for control of Belmont and a favorable state legislature. Kerr aims to keep the paper in his office and out of rivals' hands amid election upheaval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Kerr
Kerr
Belmont
Wright
Lemont
News
Ito
Aris
Sie Wee
Jack Durken
First Ward
Mike Noonan
Noonan
McMinttey
Washington
McMinstry
James McMinitry
Jim McMinitry
Dave
Senator
Jim McMinstry
Jim
Tye
Helmont
George Washington
Jenkinson
Graham
Washington County
House
Senate
Interurban Railway Company
Davidson
Peake
Gloria Kerr Returns to Belmont Society Drama at Locust Lawn
Gloria Kerr, back from St Louis, juggles salvage social ties with the first families of Belmont while renovating Locust Lawn. She faces chilly receptions from elites and a strained relationship with her politically active father, reticent to share the social rebuffs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gloria Kerr
St. Louis
Gloria
Belmont
Mrs. Gilbert
Locust Lawn
Gilbert
Kerr
Helmont
Contradictory Terms in Cambridge Explanations
An American visitor seeks meaning of local terms from a Cambridge Don who explains pull term as three quarters of a term May week as the first fortnight in June a general admission day when men leave the university and an ordinary degree from a special exam an inspector of art someone six years with arts study The visitor asks if he can still be placed on a London train if he asks for a Cambridge ticket.
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Cambridge
England
London
Remarkable Growth Rates in Turnip Seeds and Projectile Speeds
The article notes turnip seeds rapidly increasing weight, with Turnip seeds expanding to 27,000,000 times their original bulk and daily gains on peat. It also describes projectiles gaining speed after leaving the muzzle, rising from 1474 to 1689 feet per second within six feet before slowing after twenty-five yards due to gas impulse.
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Lindley
Meadowbrook Farm Notes On Livestock And Farm Practices
A broad guide to farm care and marketing notes from Meadowbrook Farm. It covers dairy herd management, water needs, milking hygiene, hog and pig breeding, turkey free range feeding, crop harvesting timing, soil nutrients, lime and fertilizers, and barn layout. Emphasizes eggs, roads, school links, and market readiness for farm products.
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Harry Ki Tootle
Waltzes
CTE
Jarameter
Instraas
Meadowbrook Farm
Buillam
Idmig Ae
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