You Darlings Synopsis Match of Squatters and Secrets
Polly Hopkins lives with family in a dilapidated Ithaca area shack alongside squatters. Neighbor Oscar Bennett hides a secret marriage to Evelyn Robertson while landowner Marcus MacKenzie plots to remove the squatters. Robert Percival appears as a sympathetic stranger and Evelyn’s cousin, creating a web of loyalties, love, and threats ending with violence.
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Silent City
Ithaca
New York
Polly Hopkins
Small Jerry
Granny Hope
Oscar Bennett
Evelyn Robertson
Marcus MacKenzie
Polly
MacKenzie
Robert Percival
Evelyn
Bennett
Oscar
Larry Bishop
Percival
Silent City squatter clash ends in stand off
MacKenzie demands payment or eviction from the Silent City squatters. Polly Hopkins defies him as he threatens with a pistol and a whip. She asserts the settlement’s loyalty, refuses to move, and leads the women back into the shack.
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Polly
MacKenzie
Wee Jerry
Daddy Hopkins
Pollyop
Silent
Marcus
Silent City
Polly Hopkins
Polly Hopkins Seeks Aid From Robert Percival Against Squatters
Polly Hopkins visits Robert Percival at his home begging help as Marcus MacKenzie vows to remove squatters from the Silent City. MacKenzie confronts Percival, while Polly hides behind curtains and Robert wrestles with loyalty to the squatters and his own feelings for Polly. Evelyn Robertson schemes with Marcus to reshapes the lake country.
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Polly Hopkins
Marcus MacKenzie
Jeremiah Hopkins
Robert Percival
Polly
Poll
Lye Braeger
Larry Bishop
Lassie
Braeser
Lue
Jerry
Old Mare
Evelyn
Granny Hope
Robertson Home
Robert
Pollyop
Marc
Percival
Marcus
Eve
MacKenzie
Bob
Hopkins
Ste Ie
Evelyn Robertson
Silent City
Bennett
Oscar
Ithaca
Polly Leads Squatters to Hope After Clash at Settlement
Polly guides wary squatters inside a shanty after a threatening confrontation, insisting she would prefer violence from a man to aggression from the crowd. She relays Robert Percival's promise that squatters may stay, renewing a glimmer of relief among the settlement residents as they depart.
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Polly
Daddy
Larry
Robert Percival
Old Mare
Bowron Seeks Relief After Forty Years of Indigestion
R O H Bowron of Los Angeles credits Tanlae with dramatic relief after a forty year struggle with indigestion. He describes previous weak health, loss of appetite, and severe spells, stating Tanlae improved his condition and now keeps him strong. Tanlac is sold by druggists.
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Tanlae
R. O H. Bowron
W. 17Th St
Los Angeles
Cal
Taniac
Graduation Surprise Binds Rural Phones to Echoed Thanks
In Sullivan County rural phone lines still ring all receivers when one rings. A graduate tried to thank his sweetheart for gifts by calling her number, only to hear six voices and realize he spoke to the entire silent audience. The six exchanges stopped the moment he spoke.
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Sullivan County
Indianapolis
Central
Cuticura Talcum Promises Pure Skin Perfumery
Urges readers to include Cuticura Talcum with toiletry requisites. Describes it as part of the Cuticura Trio with Soap and Ointment and claims it provides an exquisite face skin baby and dusting powder fragrance. Priced at 25 cents to buy everywhere.
Atmospheric layers and twilight limits described
The article explains Earth's atmosphere as a thin air skin that thins with altitude. It notes air stops cooling after a few thousand feet, twilight ends around 20 miles up, and at 50 miles the atmosphere is mainly hydrogen.
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Earth
A Setback Signaled by Knick and Knack Exchange
A quip from the New York Sun features a back seat remark by Knick and a retort by Knack about women and limousine travel. The brief exchange reads as a light setback joke in the paper’s humor column.
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New York Sun
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