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Newspaper

Polk Progress

Location

Polk, Nebraska, United States of America

Date

Jun 14, 1917

Page

1

Lucy Carteret Admits Identity On Atlantic Voyage

A refined Englishwoman traveling on the Alsatia from Liverpool to New York reveals she is Lydia Cravens and that her father does not know she plans to live in America with him. She has a stolen necklace and attracts the attention of Mrs. Amelia Beggarstaff and detective Mr. Quoin as she overhears a troubling clandestine talk.

Lucy Carteret Lydia Cravens America Liverpool New York Amelia Beggarstaff Lucy Mr. Quoin Craven Lydia Agnes Hicks- Lorrimer Winant Miss Craven Mrs. Beggarstaff Dowager Dragon

On Atlantic Ship Lydia Craven Discovers Father Craven’s Secret

Lydia Craven sails as Lucy Carteret and learns Thaddeus Craven may be her father after finding his name among first cabin passengers. Winant helps locate him while Lydia discovers Craven embraces Mrs Merrilees on deck under moonlight, upending her assumptions and foreshadowing further revelations.

Winant Miss Carteret Mr. Craven Carteret Lydia Craven Lucy Carteret Wells England Craven Qaith Lydia Mra. Beggarstar Mrs. Merrilees Thaddeus

Dragon and Heiress on Deck in Craven Family Mystery

Lydia Craven pressures the Dowager Dragon aboard the ship to reveal her father Thaddeus Craven while Amelia Beggarstaff and the Dowager exchange barbed banter. A steward reports Mr Craven seen abaft the deckhouse as Lydia hurries to confront him.

Lydia Amelia Beggarstaff Lysila Craven Thaddeus Dowager Dragon Winant Mrs. Beggarstaff

Wouldn't you like to have her sing in the wilderness

A fragmented dialogue features a Judge remarking on joining someone in the wilderness. The line contrasts a desire for wilderness with reluctance to be there, reflecting a humorous or ironic exchange. The source fragment hints at a broader conversation about companionship and setting.

Capture of Messines Ridges Marks Bold British Victory

Haig's forces struck at Messines ridge near Ypres driving enemy from the line and seizing 5000+ prisoners and guns. Mines and heavy bombardment shattered German defenses as British artillery and air units supported a ten mile advance with minimal British casualties.

Messines France Douglas Haig Belgium Messines Ridge Ypres Vimy Ridge No Man’s Land the Somme Plumer Russia

Lancaster County Firm Forced to Hold Grain

A Lancaster County firm faced pressure to store grain as prices advanced, drawing farmer satisfaction with the move and the prospect of improved returns for growers charging storage support.

Lancaster County

Elevators Profits Revealed After Year of Sales

Raymond area co operative elevator reports 19000 profit amid freight car shortages. Sixty members held 6000 in stock, with 15.95 hundredweights wheat and 42.85 hundredweights corn shipped. Each stockholder received 9.33 stock dividend plus per bushel grain dividends and an extra stock share. Martin Nissen led district grain with 1595 bushels wheat and 4285 bushels corn, plus dividends totaling 677.31 and 9.88 stock dividend.

Raymond Larmers Martin Nissen

Nine Held for Blackmail in Chadron District Court

Nine individuals from Omaha and Chadron were held by County Judge Slattery on conspiracy to blackmail County Attorney Fd Crites and Mrs Robert Hood of Chadron. Bail set at 500 each with appearance in district court on June 22.

Chadron Steve Maloney T Harvey Wolf W. Stolan Gus Tylee Phil Winkler Charles W. Tipkin Omaha Allen G. Fisher Louis K. Mote Charles I. Day Slattery Fd Crites Robert Hood

Escort of Buffalo Bill’s Burial by Knights Templar

A delegation of Knights Templar from North Platte escorted the body of Colonel William F. Cody Buffalo Bill to burial on Lookout Mountain near Denver. The grave was blasted from rock under a thin earth layer. Over ten thousand mourners attended the ceremony last Sunday.

North Platte Knights Templar William Fr. Cody Buffalo Bil Lookout Mountain Denver

Sells Corn for 16720 Dollars Near Morse Bluffs

Farmer William Settles sold his corn crop for 16720 dollars after hauling 11000 bushels to town near Morse Bluffs. Also notes Omaha's June 5 incorporation of Benson and Florence, a paving district proposal in O Neill, and Beatrice reporting a flag desecration case in Gage county with a reward offered.

Fremont William Settles Morse Bluffs Beatrice Gage County Sherman Township Here

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