Nada Holmes and the dancer in the charity show
Nada Holmes attracts the attention of Austin Herrick as a masked dancer at a charity performance. After a pursuit to Mrs. Walker’s door she reveals her dancing past and vows secrecy. Austin promises discretion while hoping for a future with Nada as Mrs. Herrick.
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Nada Holmes
Anna Walker
Nada
Hudson
Anna
Dan Herrick
Aunt Anna
Austin
Mrs. Walker
Austin Herrick
Jackenapes
Young Herrick
Nol
Miss Holmes
New York
Free course in teleg raphy announced by Rock Island board
The Rock Island board of education will establish a free teleg raphy course in schools. A roundup of regional items notes Jefferson county exemptions, gunnery school at Great Lakes, women's coalitions, crimes, accidents, and local developments across Illinois cities including Rock Island, Danville, Freeport, Joliet, and Rockford with varied incidents and civic actions.
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Rock Island
Northwestern
Chicago
Stanley Sokolin
Rock River
By- Tron
Freeport
Manita
Seventeenth Judicial District
Rockford
A. H. Frost
Danville
Bert Linchum
Emory Stackhouse
Fred Smith
Belvidere
Stephen A. Douglas
Statehouse
Springfield
Chicago & Alton Road
Virden
W. H. Orwell
Macoupin County
Plainview
John G. Stead
Girard
Alfred Bambrough
Emmerson
George W. Beiber
Joliet
Methodist
Coleta
Illinois Central
Tampico
Galesburg, Rockford & Northern Railroad Company
Public Utilities Commission
Hooppole, Yorktown & Tamuica
Hillview
Stockton Chautauqua
Tallula
Woodale
Frank Gogan
Chamber of Commerce
Stephenson County
National Army
Stella Tracey
Saginaw
Mich
Southern Hlinots Hospital
Army Medical Corps
Big
Harry A. Wheeler
Washington
Fred Peterson
Illinois in Brief Sightings and Shifting News
Statewide items report gar markets in Alton as fishermen await further sales, Jerseyville mine subsidence disrupts rail lines and homes, farmers fined for Canada thistle control at Geneva, and drafts guidance from federal officials. Also noted are civilian deaths in Chicago, a panic caused by a runaway park train, a fatal burglary arrest, lawsuits over butter and egg board membership, and local notices of births, anniversaries, oil drilling, gas rate talks, and weather anomalies.
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Mississippi
Alton
Pana
Jerseyville
Chicago & Illinois Midland Railway
Geneva
Illinois
John E. Negan
Federal Appeal Board
Joe Mattes
Chicago
Dearborn
Khiaki
Ralph Duncan
Orie Reed
Galesburg
Morgan-Kuhn Company
Richard Flaherty
Springfield
Peabody Coal Company
Consumers’ Company
Lake Calumet
Joseph Novak
Chirtees
John Kirchner
Arenzville
Lewis Bins
Virginia
Giles Irwin
R. S. Fitch
Camp Grant
Rockford
Illinois Refining Company
Lee County
Spring Valley
Fitch
Rossman
Ogle County
Rochelle
Minois Northern Utilities Company
State Utilities Commission
Red Cross Society
Hettick
Oscar Olson
Mooseheart
C. A. Walker
Carlinville
Mark Arie
Thomasthorpe
Ilinois
Jay Clark, Jr
Worcester
Mass
Roy McIntyre
Butler
State Grounds
Freeport
Hazel Mullarky
Lena
G. A. Salzer
Savanna
Green Valley
Manchester
Alva W. Dawson
Leavenworth
Penwell
Smith-Lehr
Paris
United States Aviation Corps
Pansa
Corbett
Warsaw
B. F. Marsh
Household Uses of Salt and Water in the Home
The list describes various traditional salt and water applications such as thawing frozen drains, removing tea stains, killing beetles, cooling mixtures, easing chil blains, extinguishing fires, preventing clothes from freezing, protecting baking tins, neutralizing neuralgia when sniffed, cleaning baths, keeping drains clear, preventing grease sputter in pans, promoting hair growth after illness, whitening curtains, preventing towel colors from running, reducing soot in flues, strengthening weak ankles, improving potato texture, preserving carpet colors, removing ink stains, forming briquettes, and aiding carpet cleaning after sootfalls.
Alaska Rail Link Aims To Power War Effort In 1918
The Seward to Fairbanks Alaska railroad near the Tanana river, ordered by Congress in 1914, is nearly complete and expected ready early in 1918. It taps the Matanuska and Nenana coal deposits, delivering fuel to tidewater for Pacific naval bases and boosting freight capacity for troops and munitions.
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Alaska
Seward
Fairbanks
Tanana River
Yukon
Congress
Matanuska
Nenana
Tidewater
Pacific
Odd Currencies Across the World
The article describes nonmetal money systems: iron money in Germany, cardboard money in Mexico, porcelain money in Burma and Siam, feather money on Santa Cruz Island, and fur money on the Loyalty Islands. It notes fur currency uses cords woven from bat fur from the flying fox.
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Germany
Mexico
Burma
Siam
Santa Cruz
Loyalty Islands
Pacific
Levity and judgment in moral conduct in Catholic Citizen
The Catholic Citizen argues that levity requires good judgment and is controlled by it. It condemns prurient humor and burlesque of sacred things, noting fixed judgment as essential. It states a Christian gentleman may be a fool, yet true character lies in life and conduct, not brilliance.
Wages in Maine Rise for Woodcutters
In Maine, first-class woodsmen who cut two or more cords of pulpwood daily earn $5 to $10 per day under piecework. The big paper company has shifted most of its cutting to this pay basis, showing substantial earnings beyond munition factory wages.
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Maine
State of
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Re Chapman
Jefferson County
Banner County
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