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Newspaper

Polk Progress

Location

Polk, Nebraska, United States of America

Date

Mar 17, 1910

Page

2

Tempest and Lucy Carew in Craven Country Home

Basil Tempest, famed poet, shuts himself in his English estate to avoid fame. Lucy Carew arrives from America to study him and drafts a synopsis of his poems. After a stormy start, Tempest enlists her help with his manuscript and seeks London, while an affair with Lady Ormond complicates schemes of divorce and marriage.

Basil Tempest Craven Lucy Carew England Tempest Lucy London Jancy Ormond

Chapter IV Continued in a Confiding Room Reverie

Miss Drew recalls Basil's early talent and family ties. Mrs Henry and Miss Carew reflect on Sir Geoffrey, Lady Tempest, and Basil's lonely upbringing, with memories of Paris and Craven. The talk shifts to writing and the old housekeeper's reveries about the past.

Miss Drew Parsons Mr. Basil Henry Craven Geoffrey Oxford Sir Geoffrey Miss Carew

Tempest and Miss Carew Readies for a New Novel

Tempest returns to London with Miss Carew in his country house as they discuss his manuscript and the fate of a novel. She reads aloud, he pushes for sponsorship, and a tense dynamic grows amid setting details and a looming continuation.

Travel Punchline About Two College Friends

Two former college friends travel abroad with opposite aims. One aims to visit every guidebook spot. the other seeks constant amusement. A quarrel prompts a joke about writing a book, revealing the line about Travels with a Donkey.

Robert Louis Stevenson

Austria Faces Bread Price Surge and Possible Measures

The article notes a 640 percent rise in bread prices in Austria since 1907 and discusses government steps to curb living-cost increases. It argues that militarism and border issues worsen conditions, with disarmament unlikely and famine a looming threat. It also mentions Massachusetts tree planting along highways totaling fifteen thousand trees.

Austria Massachusetts Zsrboriculturs

The Elevator Joke Across the Editor's Desk

A visitor with iridescent whiskers tests a copy boy with a joke about a popular actor whose rise involved an elevator and a detective suitor pursuing a vanished girl. The exchange ends with silence under a bleak night sky.

Guurri St. Joe Eliza

They Won’t Tell the Scandal About Mr Hideous

Citizens discuss a rumored, withheld scandal about a person named Mr Hideous. Reactions show shock and curiosity as details remain undisclosed.

Mr. Hideous

She Liked the Place Selection by a Lady’s Maid

A lady’s maid praises her mistress taste as she notes gowns and ribbons that flatter her. The dialogue highlights refined attire and the mistress’s sartorial guidance.

Ballinger Under Fire In Ballinger Pinchot Hearing

Washington testimony before the Ballinger Pinchot investigation reveals Chief Engineer A P Davis strongly opposed Secretary Ballinger. Davis said Ballinger directed slow restoration of power sites on public lands and issued only oral orders. James R Garfield testified that a $30,000,000 irrigation bond plan was unnecessary and that Taft and Wickersham lacked facts on reclamation certificates and Garfield currency.

Washington A. P. Davis Reclamation Service Ballinger Pinchot Davis Garfield Pepper James R. Garfield Secretary of the Interior Ballinger- Pinchot Taft Congress West Wickersham

Banker on Trial for Embezzling From Tipton Bank

Indianapolis case reports William H. Marker former cashier of the First National Bank of Tipton and Noah N. Marker former assistant cashier indicted for embezzlement and complicity. The United States district attorney said evidence will show misapplication of thousands of dollars and false bank reports to the comptroller.

Indianapolis Ind First National Bank of Tipton William H. Marker United States Court of Marker Noah N. Marker United States Charles W. Miller Trenaury

House panel substitutes ICC for court of commerce in bill

Washington reporting the interstate commerce commission was placed in place of the proposed court of commerce in the administration railroad bill by the house committee on interstate commerce.

Interstate Commission Taft bin House Washington Interstate Commerce Commission Court of Commerce Administration House Committee On Interstate Commerce

Doctor Fritch Sentenced for Manslaughter in Millman Case

Dr. George A. Fritch was sentenced to serve from 7% to 15 years in the Jackson state penitentiary for manslaughter in the death last August of May Belle Millman of Ann Arbor.

Detroit Mich George A. Fritch Jackson Maybelle Millman Ann Arbor

Senator Daniel Stricken At Daytona With Paralysis

United States Senator John W. Daniel of Virginia was stricken with paralysis in Daytona Beach Florida on Wednesday. He is in a hospital and his physicians say he will recover. A second stroke does not follow according to doctors.

Daytona Fla United States John Daniel of Virgina

Convicted of Child Murder in Wankegan Case

Henry Amanza of Chicago was found guilty Saturday of murdering his illegitimate 12 year old son Walter Knobel of Chicago. The jury fixed his punishment at 14 years in prison.

Wankegan Ill Henry Amanza Chicago Walter Knobel

Tramp Charged in Clinton Man's Death

A. W. Lundgren, 63, died from head injuries alleged to be caused by a tramp named John Reed. Reed is charged with murder in Clinton, Iowa after the Sunday incident at a hospital.

Clinton A. W. Lundgren John Heed Reed

Return Visit Brings City Folk to Country Relatives

Mrs. Warburton laments relatives of her husband visiting from the country. She and Mrs. Wilson trade jibes about hosting, shopping, theatergoing, and a misfired country bias as they recall the awkward tension of entertaining five guests and city life vs rural hospitality.

Mrs. Wilson Mrs. Warburton James Bobbie

Diplomacy Wins Settlement for Hingham Pastor Appointment

1747 in Hingham John Brown was invited to be pastor. One opponent, swayed by Brown’s humor, questioned grounds of opposition. Brown challenged him, noting mutual folly in opposing the aggregate parish opinion, leading to the man withdrawing objections.

John Brown

Also Mentioned on This Page

By Marie van Vorst Amanda of the Mill Miss Desmond Aeoy J. 3. Lippincott Company Mr Tempest Ramshills Paris Lady Ormond THE Oker EGE “Tarian Millinery Reclamation Tipton, Ind Commerce Dr. Fritch Senator Daniel Stricken
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