Honorable Uncle Lancy and the Senator's Wife at Funeral
A family in Iowa endures a double bereavement after a car crash kills the parents. Aunt Olympia, the senator's wife, arrives from Washington as the three sisters Adele Helen and Limpy navigate grief. They discuss future plans with Aunt Olympia observing and guiding, while finances and education shape their choices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olympia
Alencon Delaporte Slopshire
Slupshur
Iowa
Washington
Iowa Was Not His State. Brother Rasmussen
Iowa City
Bill Blakely
North Square
Main
Helen
Adele
Karl
Kandy
Baksheesh
Bob" Saunders
Allan Funeral
Bob
Deacon Rasmussen
Aunt Olympia
Limpy
Jong
Ainslie
Dr. Ainslie
Helena
Holy Land
Richard
Cox
I. Q
Lim
Wilton
The Honorable Uncle Laney serial debuts today
Dear voter text promotes a new serial story by Ethel Hueston featuring Senator Alencon Dela porte Slopshire, his wife Olympia, and three Iowa nieces. The plot centers on a reelection race against Governor Wilke with Aunt Olympia guiding the political path as the nieces advocate for Uncle Laney. The piece invites readers to vote the serial as the year’s top story.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Lancy
Ethel Hueston
Alencon Delaporte Slopshire
Olympia
Helen
Adele
Slopshire
Wilke
Papa
Iowa
Laney
Uncle Laney
Changes in Naval Plans and Key Military Appointments
Rumors of drastic changes in naval construction in Britain and the United States surface, with intense coordination of ships planes and submarines. Admiral Van Keuren becomes chief of the bureau of construction and repair, while General Daniel Van Voorhis leads canal zone defense and guards major gold reserves at Fort Knox. Captain Liddell Hart critiques modern war and defends strategic agility.
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York
Alexander Hamilton van Keuren
Bureau of Construction and Repair
Navy Efficiency Drive
Admiral van Keuren
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Michigan
Annapolis
Bureau
W. G. du Bose
New Model Basin
Cardenock
Daniel van Voorhis
Panama Canal Zone
Fort Knox
Britain
Liddell Hart
ASK ME ANOTHER QUESTIONS FOR YOU
The set includes nine trivia prompts covering contest vs tournament, George Eliot’s lifespan, time zones between Chicago and San Francisco, trade dollars, abbreviations Ad lib e.g Le viz, demonyms for Rome residents, the original title of the Star Spangled Banner, Alaska Indian population, and the meaning of extemporaneous.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Eliot
Chicago
San Francisco
Rome
Alaska
Fragmented Text on Language, Anthem History, and Alaska Population
A block of instructional style prose discusses Latin terms and usage in Roman and Italian contexts. It mentions the Star Spangled Banner’s 1931 adoption as national anthem and its original title. It notes Alaska’s populations of Indians Eskimos and Aleuts, totaling about 60,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Francis Scott Key
Fort McHenry
Alaska
Definition types and regional time references
The list defines contest versus tournament, notes George Eliot as a woman, assigns time differences of mountain and Pacific, identifies a pre-1885 U S trade coin for the Orient, and ends with ad libitum Latin terms meaning at pleasure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Eliot
U.S
Orient
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WNU
LUDEN
NPR
Tive
Prince Albert
Sin
Onyright
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