Sheridan Dramatic Club Amid Fire and Night at Old Soldier's Home
The Sheridan Dramatic Club rehearses Pygmalion and Galatea at the Old Soldier's Home when a fire interrupts. Tom Bilbeck faces suspicion from John Hemmingway over his affections. Escaped convicts hijack the night as Bilbeck captures one thief and ties him to a chair. The group must shelter inside the Home as Hemmingway plans to rush over. Sheriff arrives and tension mounts over fainting Mrs Hemmingway. A basement disturbance draws all residents to the scene as the episode unfolds.
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Sheridan Dramatic Club
Tom Bilbeck
Margelia
Jim Cooper
John Hemmingway
Bilbeck
John Hemmingeway
Hemmingway
Pilk Henwether
Night-time misadventure and resolve in a Hemmingway scheme
In dawn light the narrator contemplates a failed mission after a nocturnal scare involving a ghostly horse. Jim Cooper schemes to quell tensions between Mrs Hemmingway and John Hemmingway, proposing a marriage fix that backfires and leaves the narrator plotting a safe escape from further favors.
Comrade Henwether Disrupts Hemingway Household
The scene erupts as Comrade Pilk Henwether warns Bilbeck of a man pursuing the Hemmingways' pale quiet denouement. A bitter quarrel ensues between Mr and Mrs Hemmingway, ending with separation. Snow storms blanket the town while the narrator recalls childhood ice boating and endures social exile.
Personal guarantees and local buying habits analyzed
The text discusses how a wife as chief purchaser trusts local merchants and values guarantees and neighborly reputation. It notes that women consider advertisements with proof of value, and mentions distrust of the Prohibition era and Henry Ford's renting plan as debated ideas. It also references Mt Etna's slopes and dense populations.
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Henry Ford
Quick Head Cold Remedy Promises Fast Relief
An ad touts a fast acting cold remedy claiming relief within 10 to 15 minutes and complete clearing in 12 to 24 hours. It highlights pure ingredients and a money back guarantee, with price listed as 26 cents at participating drugstores.
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Satiely
This Widow's Cloud Had a Silver Lining Worth $1 000 In Cash
On October 2 1929 at a railway crossing near Grinnell a husband and father was killed instantly. The story notes accident insurance protection for a yearly two dollar premium and hints at a widow and three children left behind.
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Grinnell
Rolfe Arrow
Travelers’ Mutual Casualty Company
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AWS
Mrs. Hemmingway
Hemmingways
Dreyenfurth
Abel Dreyenfurth
Antietam
Rand
Maryella
Jim
Colonel Stewart
Mike
Tom
Dregenfurth
Drs. Wilson & Lawson
Physicians & Surgeons
Rolfe
Iowa
S. E. Higgins Osteopathic Physician
Comer Oak and River Sts
Rolfe Town
Carl J. White
Optometrist
Ree
Robert Bruce
State Savings Bank
Abe M. DE Waal
L. M. Graham
Kent Building
Rolfe Iowa
Amy Ireland
Ogle
L. W. Kennedy
J. M. Bush
Plover
Col
H. H. Grove
Mallard
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Beenig 4
Megada
Mt. Etna
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Travecer Smgmuat Gs Uattye ‘Company
Drs Motxes Lowa
Bankers Trust CO
J. C. Upchurch
Alia
J. C. Upchurcc
Travelers’ Mutual Casualty Company of
Des Moines
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