The Governor's Lady A Dramatic Bargain Struck
In a tense room Senator Strickland pressures Slade to secure Katherine Strickland as a future wife for money and power. Katherine negotiates a perilous bargain while Bob Hayes confronts her with harsh accusations and heartbreak. The narrative sets up a scandalous love triangle and looming divorce as themes.
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Strickland
Merritt
Slade
Hayes
Senator
Katherine
Mr. Slade
Miss Strickland
Bob
Lindee
Left Alone Katherine Sees Dark Bargain For Power
Katherine contemplates a grim future born from a bargain that would make her wealth, her father secure, and her art a tool for material gain. She envisions becoming the wife of the state's chief executive, then recoils in horror at the personal cost.
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Katherine
Roll-top desks barred to enforce railroad efficiency
An Eastern railroad bans roll-top desks for all employees from top to bottom. Flat-top desks are required to prevent accumulation of papers and ensure workers start each day with a clean slate and immediate access to tasks.
Oid Cal's Explanation and Shelby Cullom Retort
A Springfield veteran recalls Shelby Cullom as formidable in debate on war. The anecdote centers on Cal rolling home drunk and denying teetotaling while claiming not to be bigoted.
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Cal
Shelby Cullom
Springfield
Mars Shelby
Foundations Laid by Leaders in All Spheres
The piece honors leaders who shaped commerce education public service and community life noting they began every great effort. It recalls that princes nobles and their workers dug and hollowed the path with effort and sacrifice.
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Council Board
George Adam Smith
Arrested as Spy News From Across the State
A list of upcoming events across Nebraska includes a Fall Festival in York November dates, a State Federation of Women's Clubs convention in Pawnee City, Degree of Honor in Fremont, a Democratic barbecue in Hastings, Mennonite delegates in Beatrice, and a state teachers association in Omaha, with other regional gatherings through December.
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State Federation of Women's Clubs
Pawnee City
Fremont
Hastings
Mennonite
Beatrice
State Association of Nebraska Teachers
Omaha
Central Nebraska Poultry Association
Kenesaw
Farmers’ Congress
Richardson County Man Arrested as Spy in Germany
Henry Ralif of Richardson county who just returned from Germany was arrested as a spy while traveling there with a kodak. He and two young women were taken into custody after being caught in kodaking an old castle. Officials later confirmed Ralif’s citizenship.
Missing school warrants and grain company checks tied to murder
It emerged that a page of blank school warrants and several leaves of blank Updike Grain checks were stolen from A. Z. Megrue's Harvard office the night before the Traut and Sanderson murder. Clarence Traut found more blank checks missing from his father's book. Authorities suspect the stolen items were given to a confederate who fled.
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Hastings
Updike Grain Company
A. Z. Megrue
Harvard
Traut and Sanderson
Clarence Traut
Beadwork Feat by Mrs. Arabel McCullough of Stella
Mrs. Arabel McCullough of Stella crafted 3,300 rose beads this season and 1,463 last year. She spent a month and a day of leisure from housework and gardening to produce the beads and plans to work through winter. Several strands were sold and many gifted to friends. The aged, frail woman continues bead work.
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Stella
Arabel McCullough
Apple crop collapse blamed on dry summer in three counties
J A Yager president of the Nebraska horticultural society reports the Dodge Saunders and Burt apple crop to be nearly a total failure this season. He notes apple exhibits will be unusually scarce as dry weather last summer is blamed for the poor harvest.
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Fremont
J. A. Yager
Nebraska Horticultural Society
Dodge
Saunders
Burt
Yager
Degree of Honor Convenes in Fremont This October
The Degree of Honor of Nebraska holds its biennial convention in Fremont October 13 14 and 15 at Larson theater and Masonic hall. The 1922 Lincoln gathering drew about 800 attendees, and similar crowds are anticipated in Fremont.
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Fremont
Nebraska
Lincoln
Larson Theater
Masonic Hall
Love Never Grows Old in Hastings Wedding Tale
Age records for marriages were shattered when William Cutterfield aged 80 wed Lapina Dolson aged 71. Both hailed from the old soldiers home at Burkett.
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Hastings
Willan Cutterfield
Lapina Dolson
Burkett
Tragic Fall Believed To Kill Local Girl
The little daughter of Mr and Mrs Dietrich Siefken was found dead on the porch of the east Columbus home. Authorities say her neck was broken and conclude she slipped and fell no witness to the accident.
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Columbus
Dietrich Siefken
Infant nearly drowns in water-filled jar
The nine month old child of Will Berger of the Prairie Grove district nearly drowned after falling into a five gallon jar half filled with water. It required some time to revive the child.
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Will Berger
Prairie Grove District
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Alice Bradley
Europe
Mrs. Slade
Katherine Strickland
Londorm
Washington
Paris
Eastern Railroad
Richardson
Germany
Western Newspaper
Union News Service
York
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