Minerva Boat Romance Turns to Wedding Escape
At a Palm Beach party Lucy Harkness falls for Tim Stevens who boasts a perilous love. After he coerces her aboard his yacht Minerva and declares love she flees overboard into the sea. Lucy later returns with Dr. Fergus Faunce and learns Stevens must raise 250000 dollars or face jail. She marries him to avoid pressure, then deserts him for Faunce.
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Palm Beach
Cooper Clary
Leeson
Lucy Harkness
Lucy
Tim Stevens
Minerva
Tim
Stevens
Fergus Faunce
Modane
Miami
Mango Key
Gulf Stream
Faunce
Tropics
Arctic
Lacey
Lucy Stevens
Faance
The Minerva Voyage and a Marriage in Crisis
Tim Stevens marries Lucy but she deserts him and vanishes aboard the Minerva. Modane suspects Mango Key as the landing, while a violent hurricane and waterspout strike the yacht, leaving Lucy rescued and haunted by visions of Fergus Faunce as she recalls a dreamlike sequence aboard the Minerva.
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Lucy
Minerva
Gulf Stream
Tim Stevens
Fergus Faunce
Fergus
Mango Key
Advertising costs in business and early epidemics impact
The article notes the high cost of advertising for business and contrasts it with historical smallpox epidemics that swept America after European contact, causing far more Indian deaths than warfare. It emphasizes the economic idea and the devastating health impact in a concise historical frame.
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America
Western Hemisphere
Fish Meal Fattening Trials Show Faster Pig Gains
Iowa State agricultural experiments compare three fish meals with corn and salt against tankage and corn for dry lot pigs. Fish meals yield faster, cheaper gains though costs vary by price per ton. Researchers J Evvard C Cullet W E Hammond and C F Bay report results and offer mimeographed summaries from the Animal Husbandry Section in Ames.
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Iowa
Jom’ Evvard
C. C. Cullet
Northwest Iowa road bond push may speed up paving
A proposed 100 million state road bond amendment could accelerate pavement of primary roads in Northwest Iowa. The plan would refinance county bonds, fund 6 000 miles of paving and 1 800 miles of gravel, and use motor vehicle licenses and gas taxes to repay. Proponents argue it benefits black counties by speeding improvements and reducing interest costs, with final approval by statewide vote.
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0. L. Brownlee
Tribune
Towa
Iowa
Glenn C. Haynes
Iowa Good Roads Association
Sioux City
State Highway Department
Iowa General Assembly
Utme
North West
Northwest
Northwest Low
General Assembly
Lucy Christening Opens Vessel with Champagne Ritual
The Lucy was christened with a solemn ceremony as a pint bottle of champagne shattered on the bows. A second pint followed, Faunce and the Lucy herself drinking to the craft’s health in the ritual seal.
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Lucy
Faunce
Diphtheria Deaths Drop Sharply Upon Immunization Efforts
Dr Steelsmith the acting health commissioner announced a marked decline in diphtheria deaths. The rate fell from 239 deaths in earlier years to 34 in 1929 and he credited immunization and community organization with the drop. He cautioned that continued decreases depend on sustained vaccination programs.
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Gh Steelsmith
Sioner
Steelsmith
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