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Newspaper

Sidney Telegraph

Location

Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America

Date

Sep 22, 1922

Page

4

Periwinkle House romance sets Civil War rebuke tale

A Northern officer Virgil Drace vows to hang outlaw Stepho la Vitte for murdering his father and setting a warning card on a tree. On a Mississippi river voyage he befriends Liberty Shottle, becomes master and slave, and reveals a plan to strike down the guerrilla leader to recover a town’s ruined past and possibly a hidden fortune.

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Mississippi Stage on the Leona Afloat in Night of Dreamlike Ballads

On the steamboat Leona the deck-hands chant a June rise anthem while a floating ballroom on the Mississippi glows with waltz music. In a gilded saloon, fashions from Civil War eras mingle with modern decadence as society’s romance drifts between plantation lore and river luxury.

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River Championship on the Leong Stirs Deck Tussle

Drace contemplates a secret South mission as Shottle leaves to seize liberty. On the river deck a throwing and wrestling match erupts between the Leong’s big fireman and Vicksburg Joe for the championship of the River.

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