Star Wastes: Elsa Verner Finds Frontier Life
Elsa Verner leaves the East for Deep Gulch with Myrtle Weston’s support and a modest three trunks. She meets Boyd Wardell the local sheriff, helps a sick child, becomes town teacher, and grows into a frontier marriage as their life unfolds amid mountain rides and small joys.
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Elza Vernor
Ehe
Elea
Myrtle
Myrtle Weston
Sineagmy Busband
Elsa
Deep Gulch
Wycherley
Boyd Wardell
Risa
Wardell
Elss
Uttle Township
Old Hagie
Blea
Boyd
Old Eagle
Hlea
Wachita
Las
Frontieraman
Secret Telephone Schemes Complicate Love and Politics
Jasper Worrell plans to win Blanche Brooks by installing a hidden phone linked to her room. Mark Seaton lays the wiring while Blanche and Jasper plot to sway Blanche’s father, Robert Brooks, who opposes Jasper’s family in local politics. A mislaid window exposes the setup to Brooks, who realizes the ruse and smiles at the scheming duo.
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Mark Seaton
Alrily
Jasper Worrell
Cupid
Beaton
Jarvis
Robert Brooks
Blanche Brooks
Jasper
Brooke
Worrell
Bia
Blanche
Jarvia
Father Brooks
Dian
Mr. Brooks
Tal
Father Brooka
Brooks
Mr. Brooke
Fusion
Jarvig
The Floral Collector Bristow Returns Westward
John Bristow, a retired trader, returns from the Pacific coast with a vast flora collection intended for public library display. He plans to fund a new library building with a ten thousand dollar donation, aided by his friends Arnold Tracy and Nellie Tracy who have housed and supported him amid bemusement from local families.
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Abel Dallas
Dan Porter
Nat Wells
John Bristow
Hvenden
Pacific Coast
Brinton
Bristow
Lrst
Rockies
Abel
Dan
Nat
Dallas
Porter
Wells
Nellie Tracy
Arnold Tracy
Pearsons
Evenden
Porterter
Tracy
Nele
Arnold
Day's End portrait and a star of a romance
Alden Chapman recounts Lesbia Travie and artist Alan Rawleigh whose shared moment at sunset inspires a painting. Alan’s career blooms after meeting Giles Larne, with The Day's End winning top prize and a priceless diamond on the canvas last worn at Lesbia's wedding.
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Lesbia Travie
Alan
Lesbia
Leshia
Alan Rawleigh
Dey
All
Aky
Lesbian
Soul
Giles Larne
Art Institute
Larne
Far West
Mr. Larne
America Bound by Its Debts to France Defense Pact
President Wilson told the Senate that the United States is bound by a special defense treaty with France offering military aid if Germany attacks unprovoked. He described the pact as temporary and dependent on league of nations decisions, with the league able to end the special protection when its council deems the league sufficient. He urged ratification of both the special treaty and the broader alliance.
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America
Washington
France
Wilson
Senate
United
Great Britain
League of Nations
League Council
League
Council of the League
United States
Street car collision near Excelsior leaves two dead
Two men were killed and seventeen injured in a head on collision between a Tonka Bay passenger street car and a freight train west of Excelsior Minnesota. Motorman Axel J Johnson and an unidentified man died. A girl and another unidentified man were among the seriously injured.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Excelsior
Tonka Bay
F. Berger
Axel J. Johnson
Johnson
Manitou
Walsh Blames Britain for Barbarism in Ireland Speech
Senator Walsh of Montana accuses the British government of dark barbarous oppression of the Irish. He argues Ireland’s freedom lies in the league of nations and says England may be challenged under Article 11 if it deafens to America.
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Washington
Walsh
Montana
Senate Today
Ireland
League of Nations
England
America
Defense in Ford libel case rests in Michigan
Mount Clemens Mich July 28 in the Ford Chicago Tribune libel suit the Tribune defense rested. Attorney Lucking for Ford offered the deposition of Edward Marshall the writer about the circumstances around the famous interview published in the Detroit Free Press. The deposition was taken last November in New York and said to have offered a different angle to the widely circulated remark that the word murderers should be embroidered on the breast of every soldier.
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FORD
Mount Clemens
Mich
Ford-Chicago Tribune
The
Tribune
Lucking
Edward Marshall
Detroit Free Press
New York
Parts rushed to disabled army bomber after wreck in fog
New York reports preparations to rush new parts to the army bombing plane wrecked on upper bay during its third lap around the U S border. The plane en route to Cleveland became lost in fog and forced to land.
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New York
Army
Upper Bay
United States
Cleveland
American boy released by bandits
Philip Thompson the American boy kidnapped by Mexican bandits was released after a ransom of 1500 pesos was paid. The U S State Department and the Mexican government confirmed the payment and release today.
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Washington
Philip Thompson
State Department
Forest Fires Reported Near Grand Marais Minnesota
State Forester Cox received reports of forest fires near Grand Marais. The Ely forest supervisor sent the message as Cox works to determine the fire’s extent and impact.
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Minnesota
St. Paul
Minn
Grand Marais
Cox
Ely
Forester Cox
Steamships to Resume Traffic Soon After Strike Pact
New York July 28 marines engineers and shipowners reached an agreement ending a three week idle period due to a marine workers strike. Traffic is expected to resume shortly as ships return to activity under the settlement.
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New York
Marine Workers
May
Marines
Chicago Slaying Suspect Confesses to Six Year Old Girl Murder
Thomas Fitzgerald, who confessed to killing six year old Jeannette Wilkinson, was previously charged with murder. The coroner's inquest continued late this afternoon in Chicago.
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Chicago
Thomas Fitzgerald
Jeannette Wilkinson
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