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Newspaper
Plainfield Messenger
Location
Plainfield, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1922
Page
6
In a stormy Chicago afternoon Corvet and Spearman quarrel over a hidden plan tied to Sherrill and a daughter Connie. Corvet flees to the lakefront where Connie greets him. later, Uncle Benny vanishes amid rumors linked to Alan Conrad of Blue Rapids Kansas, prompting.family concern and a swift, tense search.
A romance unfolds around Constance Sherrill and Henry Spearman as Alan Conrad, Surrey’s alias, wins Constance only to lose her to a selfless match. The legend of the Indian drum near Mackinac Island marks ships lost and lives counted, its twenty four beats matching the Miwaka tragedy of 1895 with twenty five lost at sea.
Benjamin Corvet, a powerful Chicago Lake Superior shipping magnate, paces the Fort Dearborn club during a February storm. The tale recalls the Miwaka disaster and a lifelong, storm‑tainted devotion to vessels, balance sheets, and the lake’s ominous drum.
A historical method describes softening putty hardened around glass by mixing three pounds of quicklime in water with one pound of pearlash to create a paint-like consistency. Apply to both sides of the glass and let sit about 12 hours, then lift the glass out without trouble.
The article notes rich tar sands 150 to 200 feet thick extending 73 miles along the Athabaska river with sun driven pools. Similar sands are found at intervals from latitude 57 north toward beyond the Arctic.
The dialogue portrays McGinty as a foine feller and a great friend, with humor about his handshake. A line suggests he was seeking the safety of his watch, reflecting a light social exchange in dialect.
A housewife smiles at a basket of clear white clothes and thanks the grocers for Red Cross Ball Blue in an advertisement fragment.
An Irish American was brought before Justice Barry on suspicion of suspicious conduct. A police officer testified he wore a "republican hat." The judge asked if the hat meant anything, replying it may be a hat without a crown. Boston Transcript.
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