The Evil Of Her Gang's Depredations Comes Home
Elinor Hingston, living in Wollingham with her wealthy father Gilary, faces a violent theft by the anarchist gang led by Kingston. After Old Hilary is shot dead, Rev Ward courts Elinor while Walter Watt fancies her. Baroslay is jailed on suspicion as the gang plans a country club hold up to fund his defense.
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Elinor
Gilary Hingston
Wollingham
Kingston
Huff, Boroday, Talbot and Lethbridge
Hilary
Ward
Walter Watt
Baroslay
Wen
Gost
Mr. Ward
Tye
Enoer
Hin
Iraphi
Fillary
Wiere
Parson and Ward Discuss Faith and the Under Dog
In a sunlit terrace conversation Elinor and Rev Ward debate charity and injustice. Elinor muses on marriage and companionship while Ward laments the world’s underdog plight and the weight of faith amid hardship. The talk touches class, poverty, and personal vows.
Parish House Fire Escalates Tension Between Ward and Elinor
After a country club event, the band debates funding for a parish house. A lightning strike sparks arson by Huff, destroying the parish house while Saint Jude's church is saved by Ward on the roof. Elinor, shaken, notes Ward's bravery and contemplates aiding in the new building.
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Saint Jude's
Elinor
Ward
Saint Jude’s
Huff
Price
Hilary
Walter Huff
Sharp gang split over Huff argon escalates toward crisis
Narrator notes a fierce dispute within the gang over Huff argon and a looming risk of jail for some. The final line promises a ravaging confrontation in the next installment.
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Huff
Ail
Iowa crops expected to surge in war food drive
Iowa experts project a large rise in crop value this year with corn may reach 400000000 bushels and oats, potatoes also up, as favorable weather prevails. The state eyes $677.5 million in crop value plus livestock and dairy output, plus 40 million quarts of canned corn for war effort. A Council Bluffs report notes Denmark faces wartime hardship like Germany, though no combat.
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Iowa
Dirar Ames
Sirus Thon
George M. Chappel
Agricultural Extension Department
Iowa State College
Ames
Santie
Lowa
Towa
Fowa
Denmark
Council Bluts
Danmark
Germany
Anna Backoff
Council Blffy
Backoff
Parmentier’s Potato Campaign And Royal Endorsement
The piece recalls the French chemist Parmentier promoting potatoes among peasants by field trials and guarding crops. He used public curiosity to spark theft resistance and persuaded Louis XV to wear potato flowers at court to entice elite adoption of the crop.
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Parmentier
Louis XV
Elevators in Ancient Times Hint at Early Lifting Devices
Ancient engineering mentions lift like contraptions in Vitruvius. Archimedes allegedly devised a hoisting machine using ropes and a winding drum with capstan and levers. A second century BC design could rotate a man inside a capstan to lift passengers and freight to a convent in Mount Sian.
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Vitruvius
Archimedes
Monat Sian
Automobile hit by train at New Hampton injures driver
D. L. Mowhbrey, Sibley grain buyer, was struck while crossing Milwaukee tracks near New Hampton. His car was dragged about 140 feet by the engine and carried 150 feet, leaving the vehicle wrecked but the driver unharmed except for a bruised wrist and a wrenched leg.
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New Hampton
D. L. Mowhbrey
Sibley Grain
Milwaukee Tracks
Red Cross Leader Resigns in Des Moines
J EB Weaver state director of Red Cross chapters since May 1 asks to be relieved. He will be succeeded by Dr A E Kepford of the state board of control, whose appointment Weaver recommended. Weaver says war fund campaign duties are ended and his private business needs demand his time.
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Red Cross
Des Moines
J. EB. Weaver
The
A. E. Kepford
State Board of Control
Weaver
Delivery Costs Challenge Local Grocers
Grocers in Cotincl Bluffs admit high delivery costs hurt business and discuss a possible agreement to cut or remove delivery charges to ease competition and attract customers.
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Cotincl
Wounded by Torpedo in Salanik Hospital
George Wilson, son of Mr and Mrs Frank Wilson, lies wounded in a Salanik Greece hospital after the American steamer Grace was torpedoed in the Mediterranean by a German submarine. Cable dispatch confirms the injury.
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Lowan
Missouri Valles
George Wilson
Frank Wilson
Salanik
Greece
Grace
Mediterranean Sea
Cornerstone Laid for Longfellow School Building
Royal ceremony as several hundred attendees watched the cornerstone laid for the Longfellow school building. Four new structures under construction will total nearly 420,000 when finished, reflecting a substantial local investment.
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Longfellow School
Old Member Red Cross Claim in Center Township
Local readers claim Mrs. Olave Wolden a 57 year old of Center township is the oldest member of the American Red Cross in this section of the state.
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Red Cross
Waukon
Read Cross
Olave Wolden
Center Township
American Red Cross
Two Draft Numbers Cause Confusion in Des Moines Soldier List
Des Moines resident Louis Edward Schaar faces possible service in the conactipt army if the war department denies his special dispensation. An error by the fourth district exemption board miscopied names, placing Oediisr on the official roll and giving him two AUP numbers amid a clerical mix up.
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Des Moines
Louis Edward Schaar
War Department
Schaar
Fourth District Exemption Board
Oediisr
Plot to destroy mines claims German spies blamed
A Wisconsin mine collapse near Duduquer related to a suspected German spy plot trapped about a dozen miners. Rescuers freed them after hours. Richard Hines died in an attempted surgery. Similar Rovta mine incident fuels suspicions of German sympathy involvement in the region.
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Richard Hines
Rovta
Strangtis
Garmat
Telegraphy to be taught in Des Moines schools this summer
Des Moines schools will offer wireless telegraphy and Morse code in summer and fall sessions. Principal Maurice Ricker of West High reported after visiting Chicago, and the school board authorized Superintendent Thornburg to install the equipment immediately. Pools may open to Camp Dodge soldiers.
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Des Moines
Maurice Ricker
West High
Chicago
Supt
Thornburg
Camp Dodge
Bridge Guard Shot Near Des Moines Patrol
Des Moines guard Charles Price of the First Iowa Infantry was shot in the left leg while guarding the C R and bridge near Levy seven miles south of Des Moines. A prowler fired from beneath the bridge. companions failed to capture the attacker. An ambulance was sent to Portes Mutnes hospital after the news reached Lieut. Col. Ball.
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Des Moines
C. R
Levy
Charles Price
First
Iowa Infantry
Price
Ball
Portes Mutnes
Advice to Son to Join Americans Telegram
A cablegram from the parent of Jean B. Je in Paris reports that the French are pressuring him to enlist and go to the front. It adds that American military attaches in Paris advised Americans to watch themselves and warned of Hungerfords urging enlistment with American forces.
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Son
Cablegram
Jean B. Je
Paris
Amroambur Lanse
Hungerfords
Fayette County Farmers Organize for Employment Association
In Fayette county, about one hundred farmers met to organize an employment association. County agent leader from Amins assisted, marking Fayette as the thirtieth Iowa county to complete organization and qualify for $1290 in government aid.
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Fayette
Fayette County
Amins
Iowa
Farmers Panic Over Looming Califor New Hood Ties
Farmers fear Califorsia Junction and this city will form a defense council to counter an imagined assault by W. W. Missouri Valles. Reports warn of a mob-like disturbance aimed at local employers, echoing a year ago unrest.
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Missouri
Valles
Califorsia Junction
Dg. W. W
Waukon Chooses Leader for National Defense Council
Incal county council of national defense organized by Miss Anna Hulahiut elected Karle of this city as president. The committee may already be formed and immediate work will begin.
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Waukon
Waukom
Mers
Karle
Mise Anna Hulahiut
Ciesine Faev
Stage Amateur Fair in Waukon Highlights Local Talent
The Stage Amateur Fair in Waukon will feature a community theatrical event with over 150 local participants. Red Cross and the local library share in the benefits of the county mir to be staged here by amateur performers.
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Waukon- Red Cross
Ro County Mir
Organize For Prohibition Drive In Iowa
Former Des Moines mayor James K N Hanna is chosen to organize Iowa for the constitutional prohibition campaign. He faces no opposition to the amendment and the temperance committee has opened offices in Des Moines to conduct an aggressive statewide effort.
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Rea Moines
James KN. Hanna
Des Moinea
Iowa
Aid Temperance Committee
Fi Chary
Des Motes
OCN
McMillan
Woodbury Colony
Two Novel Umbrella Uses From a 19th Century Guide
An 1880s Popular Mechanics item describes two umbrella based inventions. A portable improvised tent uses umbrella ribs and muslin to cover a clothesline style shelter. A clothes dryer harnesses string and rings to create drying space by suspending the umbrella over a support.
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Popular Mechanics
Mathematician Wanted in Rural Potatoes Riddle
Mrs Coratossel jokes about a big life of potatoes as Farmer Coratossel hails their son Josh's return. They debate how Josh knows math, and how many people’s households must save in the kitchen to offset nine curlond of potatoes.
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Coratossel
Josh
Peeple
Not Exposed
A fragmented note mentions a stallpex event and a slang exclamation. It provides little clear context or identifiable people or organizations. The readable portion hints at public exposure or surprise but lacks concrete facts.
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Mary Roberts Rinehart
Doroday
Lethbridge
Talbot
Saint Jade
Hoff
Ennor
Ellnor
Henriette
State College
State
T _ OK
Boston Woven Nose & Nubber CO
Cambridge, Mar
Grove County
Punt
A. Lowry & CO
Bid Tiber
Mouteoe
Rice Brothers
Live Stock Commission
Merchattn
Sioux City
Kansas
Guynt
Ming
Stallpex
Makted Barney
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