Pollyop Polly Hopkins and the Squatter City Heroine
Pollyop Polly Hopkins leads life in the squatters city as she pleads for Old Mare to leave. Robert Percival, a local hero, contemplates helping the people restore happiness in Storm Country. Grace Miller White’s serialized Storm Country popularized her work and made her a world famous author.
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Annetr
Polly
tJeremiak
Robert
Hubert
Robert Percival
Grace Miller
Whit “Tees
Grace Miller White
Friend H. Miller
Ie Cayugs Lake
Vicnity
New York
Ted Squatter Girl
Squatter tensions boil on Ithaca area farm frontier
Polly Hopkins, a hungry squatter’s daughter, visits Oscar Bennett for milk while facing his threats and the town’s power struggles. Her father Jeremiah Hopkins, the mayor, wrestles with law and livelihood as Granny Hope and Jerry cling to the Silent City’s fragile shelter near Cayuga Lake.
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Ithaca
N.Y
Oscar Bennett
West Hill
Trumaneburg
Lake Cayuga
Cecar
Marcus Mackense
Mackensie
Bennett
Thin
Polly Hopkins
Poliyep
Oacar
Oscar
Beo- Rett
Voll
Bennet
Granny Hope
Polly Lover
Evelyn Robertson
Cecer
Evelyn
Pollyop
Polly Annpaire
Polly
Hopkins
Cerar
Hennett
Potty
Piri
Wenoe
Evelyn Rothertum
Daddy Hopkins
Resnett
Moe
Granny
Jerry
Jeremiah Hopkins
Enigh Valley
Ithace
Cayugy
Pullyep
Wee Jerry
Fragmentary quotes on politics and estates in Carlyle
The fragment discusses Thomas Carlyle and his critique of hero worship and parliamentary estates. It mentions "three estates" and a "fourth estate" in journalism, noting class distinctions in an implied historical context.
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Thomas Carlyle
Sesing
Bet
Tole
Rupert Hughes to Chronicle Legion Post History
Rupert Hughes, author, will chronicle happenings of the Robert Stowe Gill American Legion post in New York. The Lambs Club writers compose the post, with Hughes detailing his military career from private in 1907 through service in Mexico and intelligence duties, noting deafness as an asset to leadership and his stance against censorship.
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Rupert Hughes
Robert Stowe Gill Body
American Legion
M Hehe
Hibert Stowe
Legion
New York
Hitortan
Tombersip
Lamb's Club
Merit Peert
Mr. Hughes
Hughes
Cme
High on Legion Honor Roll
M W Grimes editor of the Le Sueur News sent 3236 personal letters to 80 men and seven woven to the colors during WWI. He mailed weekly copies of the hometown paper and wrote homey messages to lift spirits. After veterans returned he formed an American Legion post and published a full edition featuring Le Sueur boys who died in the war.
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M. W. Grimes
le Sueur
Minn
Grimes
American Legion
Veterans in Congress Show Strong Ex-Service Presence
Washington watchers note a likely increase in ex service members in the fall election as debates over the World War bonus intensify. The House already has 31 veterans, the Senate two, with New York voting four veterans and Massachusetts and Tennessee among those represented.
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Washington
House
American Legion
Senate
Newberry
Michigan
Elkins
West Virginia
New York
Massachusetts
Tennesse
Ungrateful husbands cause a dowry dispute enjoyments
A disillusioned wife pleads with a friend about her ungrateful husband who refuses a promised dowry and a $1,000 ornament, highlighting a domestic quarrel over financial expectations.
That Friend in Ness Helps When Independence Fades
Poem fragment notes a person feeling independent like a hog on toe and needing a friend to offer aid when help is most needed. It asks for blessing on the one who comes along to assist in that moment.
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Ness
Legion Man Busy Aviator in Montana
The article profiles Fern T. Vance an ex soldier turned aviator based in Mire City Montana. He racked up 3000 flight hours turning down ride offers and operates an airplane company while offering taxi service across Montana's vast distances. Vance returns from service and promotes American Legion conventions.
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Fern T. Vance
Vance
Montana
Texas
Mire City
American Legion
Service for Legion Also Brackett in Marblehead
Raymond Brackett ran a Marblehead hotel and served patrons with “service” including oyster stew. He joined the military at war’s start, served as lieutenant on the Lake View, mined waters near North Station, and aided sinking the German fleet at Scapa Flow. He later posted and served as national vice-commander of the American Legion.
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Raymond
Brackett
Marblehead
Mass
Mr. Brackett
American Legion
War memorials and plans across nations and communities
War dead memorials in Quincy Mass and Harvard Cambridge may inspire future projects. King Victor Emmanuel backs large troop exchanges with Britain and America next summer. American Legion aims to energize youth and courts, while prison inmates borrow badges. A national archives building is proposed in Wy rough with wartime documents. A germ powered war warning and smokeless insect powder idea appear. Women campaign for keeping their names after marriage prompts newspaper naming debates.
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Quincy
Mass
American Legion
Eee
Victor Emmanuel
Harvard
Cambridge
National Archives
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RH Livingstone
Polley
Pany
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Eve
Koterteen
Deddy Hopkins
Silent City
Oranny
Goat
Polly Hopking
Post
Minnesota
Man
Ace
Wiles City
Mont
Raymond Brackett
Buenos Aires
The
Cotome
N. D
Boy Scouts
Los Angeles County
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