Engagements on the Annandale Platform
In chapters XIV to XV, Glenarm shadows Olivia Gladys Armstrong and Arthur Pickering as the Chicago express nears Annandale. Olivia, grown and wary, refuses a California trip, while tension rises between Glenarm and Pickering as questions about their past and possible plans for the future emerge.
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Stoddard
Pickering
Taylor
Chicago Express
Mrs. Taylor
United States
California
Theresa
Olivia
Cincinnati
Olivia Gladys Armstrong
Arthur Pickering
Annandale
New York
Glenarm
Chicago
Rosalind
Orlando
Olivia Giadys Armstrong
Miss Armstrong
St. Agatha’s
Tech
Apel
Congressman's Umbrella Becomes Capitol Gaffe
A humorous Success Magazine item describes Representative Blank misplacing his wife’s umbrella after a Baltimore trip. She scolds him for failing to guard her item and jokes that national affairs shouldn’t rest with a man who forgets an umbrella.
Purified Life Insurance Fails to Spur Major Law Changes
Gov Hughes influences New York Legislature to keep the insurance law largely intact. Officials cite reforms already achieved and the Equitable Life report of 1906 showing reduced expenses, higher asset income, and a 9 percent rise in dividends to policyholders.
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Gov. Hughes
New York
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Equitable
The
Sympathy for the Fish and Dooley on Truth and Charity
An address before Chicago Socialists cites Upton Sinclair on charity as futile and oppressor rich. It features a fishing anecdote about liniment for fish mouths and quotes Mr Dooley on truth being currency and counterfeit in discourse.
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Upton Sinclair
Chicago
Mr. Dooley
Tea Becomes Healthful Remedy Says Salis bury Woman
A Salisbury Maryland woman reports coffee caused health problems leading her to tea then Postum. She says Postum improved digestion and restored her weight beyond normal, praising Postum Food Coffee as a satisfying nourishing substitute. She references The Road to Wellville and its slogan There's a Reason.
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Salisbury
Postum
Wellville
General Interest Items from the Commonwealth
A compilation notes one prisoner in Platte county jail and local events. It reports Papillion bond sale to Omaha Savings Bank, Arlington land uptake, a damaging Geneva tornado, a Blue Hill death rumor, and Montreey church dedication. Also covered are a golden wedding in Pawnee, a Red Cloud chautauqua plan, Elm Creek drowning, Stanton incest suicide, West Beatrice death, glanders in Grand Island horses, Syracse saloon fight, Brady bank charter, a boy's foot injury, St Mary's confirmation in West Point, Weslayan trustees and future head, Union Pacific passholders list, Webster City couple anniversary, a Fairbury drowning, Bryan article in Indianapolis Star, Lincoln grain firm tax appeal, Nebraska City oldest church status, Hastings superintendent petition, and Columbia National merging with First National Lincoln.
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George Adams
Blue Hill
Kuker
Oklo
Monterey
Cuming County
David Stitt
Pawnee County
Red Cloud
J. H. Vollmer
Eelmcreek
Kearney Canal
Elm Creek
Henry Oltman
Stanton
Frank J. Utton
Colby
West Beatrice
Grand Island
Syracse
John Siefken
F. Kahlbeck
Brady State Bank of
Brady
State Banking Board
Albert
William H. Hughes
Auburn
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
West Point
Wesleyan Board of Trustees
D. W. C. Huntington
Wesleyan University
Union Pacific Railroad
State Railway Commission
M. S. Campbell
Webster City
Pennsylvania
Otoe County
Guy Henney
G. A. Henney
Fairbury
William J. Bryan
Indianapolis Star
Louis Ludlow
Washington
Ludlow
Lincoln
Nebraska
C Lowe
Lincoln 4 Grain Company
Liberty
Barneston
St. Benedict’s Catholic
Nebraska City
Emmanuel Hartig
Manuel
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Bobbs-Merrill Ca
Congressman
Purified Life Insurance
Platte County
Papillion
Omaha Savings Bank
Arlington
Cheyenne County
Geneva
Hastings
School Board
Public Schools
Columbia National Bank
First National Bank of Lincoln
S. H. Burnham
First National
Columbia
National Lead Company
Cargiana
Carters
Mateo Pin
Tutade
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