Mysterious boy Hannibal and divided loyalties stir Belle Plain
Betty Mulroy escorts Hannibal through Belle Plain amid Captain Murrell’s schemes and a mounting danger to the boy. Yancy’s raft drama ends with suspected death as Judge Price probes land titles. Betty fears pursuit as Norton is shot, while Bethel warning to flee signals a larger confrontation ahead.
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Quintards
Jonathan Crenshaw
Faladen
Rob Yancy
Hannibal Wayne Hazard
Yancy
Nathaniel Ferris
Waintards
Hannibal
Mirrell
Filis
Wannibal
Dave Blount
Costa
Betty Mulroy
Ferrites
Captain Murrey
Bruce Carrington
Betty
Tennessee
Carrington
Murrell
Slocum Price
Urrell
Judge
Cavendish
Price
Jalil
Hetty
Belle Plain
Judge Price
Charley Norton
Norton
Bess Hicks
Dro digal Judge Itinerant peril in the night clandestine ride
Betty and Hannibal flee from danger after learning of a fatal encounter involving Captain Murrell and Mr Norton. They seek refuge with Judge Price, but are forced into a night carriage by Slosson, Slosson’s gang, and their captive, as pursuit and fear escalate toward an unknown riverbank fate.
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Hetty
Letty
Betty
Charley Norton
Charley
Hannibal
Misa Betty
Theo
Miss Betty
Ali
Misa Hetty
Murrell
Mahaffy
Raleigh
Milas Betty
Haleigh
Hinonibal
Slocum Price
Helle Plain
George
Dar
Missy
Almin
Bus
Slosson
Slorson
Jim
Welty
Hannbal
Tom
Belle Plain
Netty
Bunker
Prisoners Move Against Hetty In Carriage Incident
Betty protests as Slosson and a man named Bunker board a carriage. The tavern keeper, reeking of whisky, says he would not strike a pretty woman except kindly. Hetty cries out in momentary shock and defiance.
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Betty
Slosson
Bunker
Hetty
Resignation Signals Deep County Board Inquiry Expands
R Eo Hauke, a county board of supervisors member, handed in his resignation to the county auditor effective immediately amid a sweeping investigation led by Kenry KF. Sampson about irregularities in bridge contracts and sapplite purchases. Sampson arrived to file a petition for removal under the Cogan Jaw, with Hanke identified as a six year board member linked to the Des Moines jobby effort opposing regulatory legislation. The fallout suggests other board members and county officers may be drawn into the inquiry.
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Clinton
R Eo Hauke
Board of Supervisors
Kenry KF. Sampson
Hanke
Cogan Jaw
Sapplite
State Organization of Supervisors
Des Moines
Destructive Fire Destroys Taft Warehouse in Des Moines
A Thursday night blaze destroyed the two story warehouse of C C Taft & Co at Third and Vine. Losses are estimated at 100000 with stock insured for about 50000. Building owned by F M Hubbell Son Co valued at 20000 and insured for 10000. Office but papers escaped. preproof vault mostly intact.
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Des Moines
Fiire
C.C. Taft & Co
Third and Vine Streets
E. T. Scott
F. M Hubbell, Son & Co
Taft Company
Winter Wheat Yields Reported Across Iowa Fields
Des Moines reports high winter wheat yields from Montgomery and Union counties. Mrs. Jessie F. Smith near Villista claims a bumper output of over fifty bushels per acre on twenty nine acres. J. E. McCann of Dodge township threshed seven hundred bushels from ten acres, about seventy bushels per acre. Mrs. Smith near Berkeley harvested fifty seven bushels per acre from fifteen acres on one county.
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Des Moines
Villisca
Montgomery County
Jessie F. Smith
Villista
J. E. McCann
Dodge Township
Union County
Fire destroys Harper & McIntire wholesale store at Ottumwa
Ottumwa's business quarter faced a major blaze as the four story Harper and McIntire wholesale hardware store burned. The explosion of powder and cartridges threatened firefighters but caused no injuries, though the stock of about twenty merchants’ goods suffered smoke and water damage.
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Ottumwa
Harper & McIntire
Old Settlers at Carroll Hear Annual Entertainment
Citizens of Carroll arrange a celebration for the old settlers day in Carroll on Thursday August 10. Hon Dr Halton of Sigourney a former county resident will be principal speaker at the event.
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Carroll
Halton
Sigourney
Bloodhounds for Creston Police Use
The Creston board of supervisors appropriated fifty dollars to aid Creston police officers in purchasing a pair of bloodhounds for apprehending criminals in the county and city.
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Creston
Board of Supervisors
Crestun Poliee
Postoffice Gaffe Reveals Loot By Unknown Robbers
In Luwa City unknown robbers hit the Kuluna post office siphoning $300 in cash and $3 checks. They gained entry through a window, seized a horse and buggy, and fled from the scene.
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Blow
Gaffeluwa
Kuluna
Hotel Men Elect Northwestern Association Leader
Frank J. Donohoe of the West hotel in Sioux City was elected president of the Northwestern Hotel Men's Association at the convention closing session in Des Moines. J. A. Medlar of Omaha was re elected secretary.
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Hotel Men Elect
Des Moines
Frank J. Donohoe
The
West Hotel
Sioux City
Northwestern Hotel Men's Association
J. A. Medlar
Omaha
Bond Issue Is Carried Logan
The $20,000 bond issue proposed to improve Logan water works system carried by a 29 vote majority. One hundred twenty six women voted.
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Logan
Cole And Co Pile Cure Ad From Black River Falls Wis
An 19th century ad promotes Cole and Co Pile Cure promising relief for skin and mucous membrane issues. It claims a superior remedy with a price of 23 and 50 canta and urges readers to write to J W Cole and Co in Black River Falls Wisconsin. The ad also includes a quip about oversleepiness and a patient seeking insomnia relief for a numbed foot.
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Cole
J. W. Cole & Co
Black River Falla
Wis
Paxtine Antiseptic Promoted for Catarrh Remedy
Paxtine Antiseptic is sprayed into the nasal passages as a surprisingly successful remedy for catarrh. The product is offered by The Paxton Toilet Co. of Boston Massachusetts at 25 cents per box and available postpaid on receipt of payment.
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Paxton Toilet Co
Boston
Mass
Trouble's Way Climbing to Outrun a Fire Threat
In a perilous tale a man habitually climbs a tree when danger nears. The trouble responds by setting the tree ablaze to smoke him out, forcing a desperate escape. This vivid exchange frames a suspenseful parable of courage under threat.
Well fed mood in a colorful tongue
A New Orleans Times-Democrat humorous exchange shows a speaker boasting after a meal. A second voice says they feel like everything after eating hash. The fragment captures regional dialect and casual banter.
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New Orleans Times-Democrat
Ty Cobb criticizes noise at baseball banquet in Philadelphia
Ty Cobb of the Tigers told a Philadelphia banquet that baseball suffers from loud talk arguing and wrangling. He recalled a man who said he was going to hear the ball game when asked where he was headed after leaving a taxicab.
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Ty Cobb
Tigers
Philadelphia
Willing to Work for Public Office in a Dipute over Jobs
Democratic representatives face a surge of office seekers as two Wayland pilgrims discuss government service with humor. One aspirant admits ambition but rejects mere pay for idle duty, while another quips about preferring meaningful work and earning wages, joking about filling fountain pens for an assistant secretary role.
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House of Representatives
the Treasury
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Feller
Agate Bunker
Isatty
Lusson
Vetcy
East Tennessee
Tha Birong
Sloggon
Dread Colgon Law
Clinton County
C. C. Taft & Co
Rose Dale
Libby, McNeill & Libby
Chicago
Post
Pennsy Cereal Company
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