The Finding of Jasper Holt Grace Livingston Hill
Holt escorts the desperate Scathlin toward Hawk Valley while a young Harrington sister travels by rail. Holt suspects Scathlin hides incriminating papers for an eastern syndicate and plots to outwit him. As danger looms, the girl’s arrival and Holt’s resolve thread through a tense, tense journey.
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Holt
Scathlin
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Harrington
Scathlm
Scythin
Hils Cantor
Lam Plains
Loty
Jeff
Scathliin
Brison
Cruch Scathlin
Scathiin
James Harrington
Scathiln
Scathling
Scathiiu
Harringtons
Mrs. Harrington
Jin
Chapter Il Journey and a Train Disaster
Jean Grayson travels with relatives and wrestles with a leather case of important papers given by a rough man. A sleeper accident jolts the train, plunging her into danger while she worries for her mother and contemplates how to inform her family. The scene blends duty, fear, and emerging peril as chaos erupts around her.
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Jean Grayson
Jean
Alsin
Mr. Harrington
Hawk Valley
Hitle
Fale
Jim
Ana
Rhea
Renin
Chriat
Amerion
Alleged booze runner and woman arrested in Nebras ka
Lincoln police arrested a former soldier known as Bush and Alma Simpson of Omaha on liquor charges. Agents traced alcohol shipments from Shenandoah to Nebraska City and found 71 pints of whisky hidden in a car. Simpson admitted posing as a single woman and described their travels and activities to officers.
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Alma Simpson
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Mrat Buah
Tina
Ohudrem Therm
Ug & Aingle
Omi
The Hard Up British MP and American Confrere
The Indianapolis News notes British MPs earn about 2000 a year and face high London living costs. A London paper quotes a member asking for 3000, mileage warrants, and free franking to ease duties. The writer compares democracies and mocks British habits versus American practice.
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Indianapolis News
Congress
House of Commons
London
Canning Town
Great Britain
M. P
Very Prosaic and The Lighted Night of War Echoes
A fragment from the Edinburgh Scotsman frames a quiet day of waiting for a lover who recites poetry and comments on hair color before lights fade and a distant memory of music lingers, ending with a reflective war poem by John Jay Chapman praising youthful sacrifice and truth.
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Edinburgh Scotsman
Washington Star
Paren
Inland Waterway Question and World Trade Through Soo Canals
The Detroit News notes 1918 freight through the Soo canals reached 70 107 618 229 mile tons, underscoring Great Lakes productivity and a riverside vast economy. It questions inland waterway limits and the possibility of opening sea access, while contrasting output with trade for ores, wheat, meat, dairy, and fabrics.
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Detroit News
Great Lakes
Soa
Detroit
United States
Canada
When Man: A Failure From the Office Economist
The text argues that failure in business reveals character only by what follows. It stresses the importance of perseverance and resilience, noting the man who refuses to quit defines his outcome.
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Office
Economist
French Girl Surplus and War Losses Spotlighted
Boston Globe reports in postwar France the major issue is 700000 marriageable girls left without husbands after World War I. Lt. Couve notes 1.4 million French soldiers died, collapsing the balance of married and single among the population of 40 million.
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Boston Globe
France
Chaulain Daniel Couve
United States
No Gun Toters From the West to the Montana Cowboy
The Los Angeles Times notes Montana’s gun ban after the state legislature outlawed firearms. Cowboys may not carry weapons without a judge granted permit, demanding good character and a warrant for wear. Peace conference influence looms large.
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Los Angeles Times
Montana
America Needs Cables
In Tokyo a dinner by the American-Japan Society urged better U S Japan communications. Viscount Ka neko backed a project for a cable route via the Aleutians and pressed that private capital or government action should build the United States own cablen to Aria and Europe to ensure prompt news exchange with major nations.
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America
Seattle Times
United States
Japan
Tokyo
American-Japan Society
Viscount Kaneko
Aleutian Islands
Aria
Parrot slogans on government and labor power
A Saturday Evenime Poet piece argues that claims governments in the United States and Western Europe are run by capitalists for capital gain are false. It notes labor’s growing influence, unions shaping industries, and government hesitating in conflict with labor power, citing U S railroad capital’s past stance and a mock peace ink tale from New Orleans.
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Europe
Promiant
Tapita
Isber
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John Jay Chapman
Pershing
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Leonard Wood
University of Pyemaylvania
London, Telegraph
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Joan Mull
Prince
Rete
Fest
Muwsukes Journal
Wista
Alexandar Lichtentag
New Orleans
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Lichtentag
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