Hidden Assets Provoke Attack at Glenarm House
In the aftermath of a nighttime assault at John Glenarm's home, Larry Donovan aids Bates and defends the house while uncovering hints of a hidden objective. The pair fear Pickering's men seek something valuable, possibly tied to the grandfather's estate, as Bates shows pluck in defense.
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Bates
Larry Donovan
John Glenarm
John “Marshall Glenarm
Larry
Pickering
Gates
America
Mr. Glenarm
Chapel Porch
Sailing Home Sparks A Linger For Deeper Stakes
A narrator promises a richer dinner if the listener stays, hinting that more is at stake than family wealth. The speaker expresses rising interest and hints at suspenseful implications, implying a choice to linger may reveal deeper motives.
A Triple Alliance at Glenarm House
Bates defends the house against intruders while loyalties are tested. John Glenarm confronts Pickering’s agents as Larry, Bates, and Stoddard pledge support. A threatening letter from Arthur Pickering demands vacating Glenarm House, hinting at Marian Devereux’s possible disclosure.
Quotable Lines Sparked by a Houston Post Exchange
A poster quote highlights a sharp exchange about marriage and wit. The aside reflects the newspaper’s occasional lighthearted tone and social humor.
Growth and storms dot Nebraska region daily life
Nebraska readers learn of Bladen's growth and new hall in Eustis. Storms lash Stenhauer area with seven inches of rain. Wymore hosts Salvation Army tent meetings and Arlington forms a Modern Woodmen unit. Falls City votes bonds for a school, Geneva's population up 18 percent since 1890, and Omaha area property value rises to 160.9 million.
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Bladen
Odd Fellows
Eustis
Stenhauer
Salvation Army
Wymore
Arlington
Strang
Falls City
Oxford
Stanton
Marshal
James Crawford
Elm Creek
Buffalo County
Geneva
Otoe County
Paul
Douglas County
Custer County
Anselmo
Broken Bow
Lee Greer
Omaha
Table Rock
A. Lawler
H. V. Riessen
Kearney
Supreme Court of the State
Lewis M. Stewart
Red Cloud
Columbus
Business College
Gage County
Charles Graves
Peru
Burlington
Nebraska City
Nehawka
Avoca
Endorsement for Deans Kidney Pills by Judge Light
Justice of the Peace A M Light of Rolla Missouri endorses Dean's Kidney Pills. He cites personal experience with kidney medicines and recommends their use. Sold by all dealers for 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Justice of the Peace
A. M. Light
Rolla
Knights of Pythias
Missouri Brigade
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Her Pointed Retort
A railway porter teases an elderly traveler with jokes about the train’s engine, pretending it drinks wine. The old lady quips that it is water and requests no further mischief, noting their shared fatigue and humor on the journey.
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London
The Goat Comes First in Swiss Law
The text outlines Swiss rules protecting goats, including fines and jail for boy mishandling goats and arrest for driving a goat off a path. It also notes penalties for harming goats on another's yard and railroad stoppages for goats on tracks, plus a tongue in cheek pitch for Defiance starch and collars.
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Switzerland
Nature and city contrasts in a rustic tale
A dreamy girl seeks mountain solitude while a practical man favors nature. The narrator recalls a mountain retreat and its insects, then contrasts with returning to the artificial city. The piece ends by touting Defiance Starch as a cheap, satisfactory purchase with extra starch per package.
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Nature
Defiance
The Day of the Farmer and Its Rising Role
The World Today Magazine notes the farmer’s rise from local to national importance. It contrasts old and new farming styles, cites credit and trust dynamics, and argues farming as a business shaping individual American character and national progress.
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New England
World Today Magazine
Courtesy at Home
The piece argues daily life habits shape character and that selfishness undermines manners. It asserts home life erodes formal etiquette between friends, as true courtesy should become a second nature, inseparable from us as limbs.
Inevitable peril in the liquor rush hits the road
A exchange frames the danger of alcohol in cars through a brief, provincial dialogue. It promotes Lewis' Single Binder cigar as a simple affordable choice from Lewis' Factory in Peoria Illinois, with a wry line about men doing things not required by their jobs.
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Lewis
Lewis’ Factory
Peoria
Defiance Starch Promoted Amid Laughable Quotes
A tongue in cheek ad style note mocks readers with a quip about Borus and Naggus ending and total sales of 17 copies. The piece advertises Defiance Starch to prevent iron sticking on ironing day, price 10 cents for 16 oz, sold widely.
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Borus
Naggus
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Bobbs-Merrill Co
Batogs
Stoddard
Santa Claus
Cincinnati
Glenarm House
Annandale
Wabana Co
Indiana
John Marshall Glenarm
Wabana County
Arthur Pickering
Marian Devereux
Houston Post
Nebraska
Cut Off Lake
Pat
R. B. Haaker
al Man
Rolla, Missouri
Dodds
Sal Squioe
Marta Ve
Ciel
Guare
Chicago
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