Fire and Night at the Old Soldier's Home Drama
The Sheridan Dramatic Club's rehearsal of Pygmalion and Galatea at the Qld Soldier's Home is disrupted by a fire and a tense night. Tom Bilbeck clashes with John Hemmingway over a presumed affair, two convicts threaten the group, and the cast endures a storm bound stay with roving danger inside the building. The sheriff arrives as tensions flare and a dramatic night unfolds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheridan Dramatic Club
Tom Bilbeck
Maryella
Jim Cooper
Qld
John Hemmingway
Bilbeck
John Hem- Mingway
Prisoners Revealed in Unexpected Situtation
A group encounters a man surprised by the number of prisoners. The Colonel clarifies there is only one in custody. He escorts Bill to a chair where Bill sleeps peacefully as the sheriff, a small old man, is revealed after shedding a layer of clothing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snorer
Bill
Snowstorm intrudes as Hemingway fights for wife
In a rousing tale a snowstorm rages as the narrator assists Mrs. Hemmingway, her husband John arrives in a dramatic entrance, and a tense struggle ensues with snowshoes clattering and a table as improvised battleground. The scene unfolds in a winter night setting with an electric lamp and a crowd of veterans nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Cooper
John Hemmingway
John
Tom Bilbeck
Maryella
Mrs. Hemmingway
Basement wreck destroys fruit jars and horse in haste
In Chapter IX the disturbance unravels as the sheriff's horse tethers to a post torn from the wall. A shelf of glass fruit jars collapses to the basement floor while the horse whinnies and retreats, followed by the uprooted post. The scene ends with a tease for next week.
Bidders Set Own Prices on Rare First Editions
A Boston bookstore valued a caller's old copy of Alice in Wonderland as six thousand five hundred dollars. The piece is cited as a rare first edition from London 1805, highly sought by collectors, with value varying by condition and bidder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
O Finve
London
John Tenniel
Loda
New York
Apelleton and Company
Rare Fox Varieties Described as Not Separate Species
The sitter fox is a red fox variety. Black, silver and cross foxes are same species, not separate. Silver foxes show varied fur, with white tips and yellowish hues on cross foxes, found mainly in North America and Siberia. Few true black specimens occur in the Far North.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Painfinder Magazine
North America
Siberia
Par
A Short History of Cardiac Knowledge Over Centuries
The text surveys 300 years since Harvey's discovery of circulation and explains the heart as a pump. It notes the left ventricle draws four spoonfuls of blood per beat, a seven minute body circuit, and oxygenation by the lungs. It mentions remaining questions about infections nervous diseases and valve function.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Harvey
Instruction Points for Evincing Instruction Evidences
The teaching factors conditioning evidence of instruction include pupil teacher ratio indicated by attendance, number of classes taught by teachers, student hours per teacher, and students per class. The North Central Association recommends ratios: pupil teacher 23, four classes daily, one student hour per day per teacher, and class size four.
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North Central Agspeciation of Colleges and Secondary Sehinols
Stone Revealed History Moabite Stone Unearthed in Old Text
Fragmentary OCR describes the Moabite Stone set up by Mesa king of Moab to honor his name and victory over Israel. It notes long-lived history, biblical ties, and surviving inscriptions mentioning Jerusalem, the Virgin's spring, and the pool within the city walls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mesa
Moab
Israel
Yezeliahem
Jerusalem
Habit Chains Bind Lifelong Trades in City
An old saying about writers, sailors, railroad workers and newspaper men reflects how habits cling beyond active years. The piece notes retirees still crave their former environments and routines, and that habits once formed are hard to break.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steumboaut
Tiverman
Time Out The Vagsis Family Evening Scene
A family scene unfolds as brothers and their children gather for a quiet evening. The older brother jokes about a four year old's antics while a younger sibling calls his baby “8 o clock” and the clock chimes.
Betty Brown Eyes Finds Love At Blair Dance
Betty, invited by Tom Hylana after a note mixup, goes to the Blair dance with Dolly’s help. Tom praises her on the floor and confesses the note was for her, not Blanche, as they share a hopeful moment and plan another dance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ata
Dolly Murdock
Letty
Dolly
Tom Sland
Tom
Betty
Chifre’s
Ing
Bounty
Jaste
Blanche Benton
Blanche
Tommy
Arial Betty
Som
Avery
Glanche
Despar
Twa
Jim
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Frank R Adams
Frank B. Drueno
Shep
Hemmingway
Law and
Mr. Hemmingway
Drs. Wilson & Lawson
Physicians & Surgeons
Rolfe, Iowa
S. E. Higgins Osteopathic Physician
Corner Oak and River Sts
Rolfe
Carl J. White
Optometrist
Iowa
Robert Bruce
State Savings Bank
Bourg
Abe M. Devaul
L. M. Graham
Valla
Kent
Amy Ireland
L. W. Kennedy
J. M. Bush
Water Sup
Col
H. H. Grove
Mallard
Morpheus
Pilk Henwether
Duford
Jenn
Ere
Ans Uti
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