Gilded wedding plans collide with a troubled bride to be
Lorelta Douling, a Western merchant’s daughter, faces pressure from a status hungry mother as she contemplates a marriage to shipbuilder Norman Williams. He wheedles affection while drinking and jealousy strain their engagement, and Joretta’s secret love for Jim Norton, an aristocratic chief engineer, complicates the unfolding autumn wedding amidst lavish preparations, social expectations, and family maneuvering. The scene shifts between lavish fittings, arrival of guests, and doubts about love, duty, and control.
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Lorelta Douling Ia
Norman Willams
Sra. Dowling
Joretta
Jim Norton
Als
Lopez
Mike
Norman
Long Beach
Audrey Landon
Agua Caliente
Aes
Jetty
Mumsy
Mme. Jenet
Mademoiselle
Madame
Paris
Senate
Williams-Dowling
Lmelight
Ech
Christmas Wish List From Two Young Sisters
Eight year old Ruth Hamlin at 213 E Ninth St and her three year old sister Joanne Swindling at 236 Harwood St request toys and household items for Christmas. They ask for dolls, a piano, a rocking horse, clothes, a doll house, a house cleaning set, furniture, candy and nuts and stockings full of goodies. They sign off with goodbyes to Santa.
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Santa Claus
Rose
Warren
Betty
Leroy Zedak
Grafton
Helen Jean
Ruth Hamlin
E. Ninth St
Santa
Joanne
Christmas in a Parsonage demo highlighted by Mrs Thorpe
In the reading from Missionary magazine Mrs Lara Thorpe presented a demonstration titled Christmas in a Parsonage. Other attendees included Mrs William Townsend with study from the day’s article and Mrs Ide Furee along with Mrs T Pfeiffer and Mrs Charles Wt.
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United States
William Townsend
The
Missionary Magazine
Ide Furee
T. Pfeiffer
Charles
Lara Thorpe
Wisconsin Adds Tularemia And Undulant Fever To Reportable List
Wisconsin authorities place two animal diseases, tularemia and undulant fever, on the reportable list to gauge spread. Five tularemia cases linked to rabbits have been found. the rabbit hunting season may raise transmission risk. Advisers urge rubber gloves for those handling wild rabbits. Over fifty undulant fever cases traced to hogs and cattle have been reported this year, with 42 cases recorded by the state laboratory in 1929.
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Madison
Wis
State Board Ofealth
State Laboratory of Hygiene
First Timers Sparse in Michigan Penitentiary
Jackson Mich Over half of the inmates at the state penitentiary near Jackson have prior prison time figures from the prison record clerk show 5029 total inmates with 2460 first timers.
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Jackson, Mich
Here
School Adds Boxing Courses at Aberdeen College
Aberdeen South Dakota Northern State Teachers College has added boxing to its curriculum. The program expands physical education offerings and provides students with new athletic opportunities on campus.
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Aberdeen
S. D
Northern State Teachers College
New State Legislator Plans Parity Bill for Businesses
Norfolk Neb Obed Rausch, nominated by both parties, will introduce a novel bill in the next session. His first measure would place most businesses on par with banks, seeking state guarantees and protection for any business that fails, equating it with insolvent banks.
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Norfolk
Neb
Obed Rausch
Fisherman hooks shark with clothesline at Buzzard's Bay
North Greece resident B F Kelly, 78, recounts catching a shark at Buzzard's Bay using a clothesline. He attached a large fish as bait on a hook, fixed the line to a boulder, and by morning a shark dangled from the hook.
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Greece
N. Y
B. F. Kelly
Buzzard’s Bay
Germany Reads About Game In Sheriff Race Near Herkimer
The card game of pitch between Daniel Strobel and Fred Sauer to choose the county sheriff candidate drew attention in Germany. Strobel sent a clipping and a photo of the principals from a Westig newspaper front page.
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Herkimer
N. Y
Daniel Strobel
Fred Sauer
Germany
Strobel
Westig
Wenowski family mourns second son killed in accident
Eight years after John Wenowski Sr. lost a son to a firearm accident in Broadalbin New Jersey another son John Jr. died in a similar manner. He was shot by a gun belonging to a companion of his father during revolver practice.
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Broadalbin
N. J
John Wenowski
John Jr
Berlin Hotel Tests New Bedside Door Lock Device
A German inventor has installed a door locking device in a West End Berlin hotel allowing guests to lock or unlock from bed by pressing a button like an electric bell. Plans also call for Europe’s highest aerial cable road to link the upper Aosta Valley with the Mount Blanc central pass at 3,440 meters.
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Berlin
West End
Europe
Aosta Valley
Mount Blanc
Christmas Wish List From Local Children
A sanitized collection of children's letters to Santa from the address labeled at Lodi Street. Names include Richard Horace, Harold Horace, Donald Combs, Douglas Combs, Ruth Woelfer, Milton Barker, and Shirley Anne. Items range from practical coats and books to toys, games, dolls, and candy.
Congregational church holds annual meeting and supper
Wellington reports show an unusually large turnout at the Congregational church annual meeting and supper. The evening featured music by a new Sunday school orchestra, with solos and duets by Mrs. Ralph Wilson, Paul Recard, and Ralph Bowman. Officers were elected for the church and Sunday school, and the budget for the coming year was approved after discussion. Baptist women reorganize forming a Women’s Missionary Society with officers and a plan to focus on home and foreign missions and monthly meetings. Pastor H K Finley calls the new department highly valuable.
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Congregational Church
Ralph Wilson
Paul Recard
Ralph Bowman
Cassie Rowland
Robert Pierce
Col
J. C. MacDermott
F. W. Andrus
M. H. Wadsworth
Robert Lanius
Orrie Bradner
Home Department
Clair Hill
Ladies’ Aid Society
Women’s Missionary Society
Floyd Scoville
Chester Eglin
A. C. McClellan
Kenneth Avery
H. K. Finley
Wellington residents attend Byrd lecture at Oberlin
Those from Wellington who enjoyed Commander Byrd's lecture at Oberlin Thursday evening included Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Jones, Mrs. David Arnold and daughter Angela Dublo, Mr. and Mrs. George Warner, Miss Margaret and Miss Jeannette Warner, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Walden, and Harry Lee.
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Byrd
Wellington
Commander Byrd
Oberlin
Franklin Jones
David Arnold
Angela Dublo
George Warner
Margaret
Jeannette Warner
Robert Walden
Harry Lee
Former Wellington Gire Visits Here
Adelaide Cole Steiner of Seattle Washington is here for a few days visiting friends and local sites. Her trip highlights include planned tours and casual social gatherings with the Wellington Gire connection noted in local circles.
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Wellington Gire
Adelaide Cole Steiner
Seattle
Washington
Mrs Steiner Visits Former Welling ton Friends
Mrs Steiner recalls favorable working conditions during a visit with former Wellington friends neighbors and relatives. She notes civic improvements like roads and dams to provide employment and mentions hosting over 10 000 guests at a Mt. Baker tourist camp last summer. She is a Methodist church soloist in Seattle and performs on a Seattle radio station.
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Wellington
Ladies Aid Society Banquet Draws Large Crowd
The annual benefit dinner and booths hosted by the Ladies Aid Society of the Methodist church drew strong attendance last evening. Sales at the candy and fancy work booths were robust, with apron displays also attracting many shoppers. The Missionary Society met in the Memorial room, with Mrs. J H Page leading devotionals and readings. Mrs. Charles Barnes delivered her second talk on the Caribbean islands, recounting their relation to the topic first presented last month.
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Ladies’ Aid Society
the Methodist Church
Haircuts at 402 East Ave by F R Nichols Prop
Barber notice lists 402 East Ave phone 35352 offering haircuts for ladies children and men all 50 with special attention to elderly gentlemen and notes Union Shop benefit for customers.
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East Ave
Union Shop
F. R. Nichols
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