Hidden love and squatters clash on Ithaca farmlands
Polly Hopkins shields a band of squatters on a dilapidated allotment near Ithaca New York as Oscar Bennett a wealthy farmer and husband to Evelyn Stobertson threatens to drive them off. Robert Percival a sympathetic stranger intervenes crushing Bennett in a quick duel and freeing Polly amid the tense conflict.
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Silent City
Ithaca
New York
Polly Hopkins
Small Jerr
Cranny Hope
Oscar Bennett
Evelyn Stobertson
Polly
Magens Mackenzie
MacKenzie
Stranger
Evelyn Robertson
Meobert Percival
Evelyn
Robert Percival
Hennett
Oscar
Keviyn
Larry Bishop
Marcus Mackenzie
Bennett
Evélyn
Polly Hopkins Faces Marcus MacKenzie in Squatter Settlement
In a tense scene Polly Hopkins defends her home at Silent City as Marcus MacKenzie confronts her and demands Jeremiah Hopkins. Polly recalls the lost lamb and vows to help her people while maintaining dignity amid threats. The moment deepens Polly’s resolve and the settlement’s hope in a challenging world.
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Robert
Pollyop
Oscar
Polly
Littleamah
Daddy Mopkins
Silent City
Polly Hopkins
Robert Percival
Granny Hope
Marcus MacKenzie
Jeremiah Hopkins
Pollyep
MacKenzie
Wilowait
Marcus
Daddy Hopkins
Iowa farm crops had good winter
Des Moines April 18 report from Charles D Reed Iowa Weather and Crop Service notes wintered well despite moisture and snow shortages. Rye grasses alfalfa and clover fared best while oats and spring wheat face slow planting due to rats and saturated soil. Bees wintered well but pig stocks down due to feed costs and diseases.
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Des Moines
Charles D. Reed
Lowa Weather and Crop Service
Council Bluffs
Diagonal
Salmon Run Dims as Alaska Canneries Face Slow Season
Ketchikan reports 104 salmon canneries along the Alaska coast capable of employing 306 000 and packing 5 000 000 cases yet less than a tenth will operate this season. The supply declined as fresh fish remained available year round and past practices drew government scrutiny. Pack- ers are blamed for the shortage after earlier cannery placements away from streams reduced catches. Last year marked a four year cycle year with fewer hordes arriving from the ocean.
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Ketchikan
Alaska
Alaskan
The Architect of St. Paul’s Sir Christopher Wren
Sir Christopher Wren served as architect of St. Paul’s for forty years earning a salary of 1000 dollars annually. He received only part of his pay before being dismissed at age 82.
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St. Paul's
Sir Christopher Wren
Proposition to Hopkins From a Persistent Stranger
A man taps a door with a riding whip and seeks to influence Polly to persuade her father, Hopkins, about a plan. Polly worries for Daddy Hopkins as Hopkins returns with Wee Jerry, while a tense, unfolding scene hints at danger and a clipped, serialized ending.
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Polly
Daddy Hopkins
Hopkins
Wee Jerry
Pesi
Nemy
America’s Sweet Tooth Is Growing Steadily Sweeter
The Commerce Department reports 1921 sugar use at 10.55 billion pounds, per capita 97.5 pounds, a record. U.S. production reached 2.5 billion pounds while imports topped 6.67 billion pounds. Territories like Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines contributed, and Britain forecasts higher sugar use as postwar taxation shifts.
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America
Washington, D. C
United States
Department of Commerce
Kawaii
Orto Rico
Philippine Islands
England
Commerce Department
Great Britain
American Commercial Agenta
United Kingdom
First Locomotive in Iowa Arrives in Davenport 1855
The Palimpsest editor notes Antoine Le Claire, Iowa’s locomotive pioneer, arriving by flat boat to Davenport in July 1855. Massachusetts and Iowa papers in the State Historical Society archive confirm the crossing and speculate on the engine’s fate as a hazardous, historic relic.
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Antoine le Claire
Iowa
Davenport
State Historical Society of
Attorneys Consider Boycott of Judge Dugan in Des Moines Case
In Des Moines rumors claim fifth judicial district lawyers may boycott Judge Harry G. Dugan of Perry over alleged intoxication during court in Indianapolis. Governor Kendall rejects calling an extra session to impeach. Dugan likely to serve remainder of term through December 1922 with attacks by Warren County lawyers possibly spreading to other counties.
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Des Moines
Fifth Judicial District
Harry G. Dugan
Perry
Indianola
State House
Warren County
Dugan
Madison County
Dallas County
Guthrie County
Adair County
Marion County
Mexico’s Debt Per Capita Stands Small Worldwide
Forbes Magazine notes Mexico’s per capita debt under $25 and claims Mexico leads the world in small debt. The Brussels July 1921 report lists debts per capita for nations, including United States 235.96 and England 824.78, with Mexico cited at 24.34. The piece adds Mexican business stability, reporting only 2 percent of Mexican business men failed during wartime and postwar strains.
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Mexico
International Financial Conference
Brussels
Maries
Loannceneanteie
United States
C.cascuce
Cheer Waancannecowrne
Aim Apesivili Aida
Germany
England
Rio Grande
Forbes Magazine
Cow Tied in Barn Vanishes in Ohio Windstorm
A Wooster farmer tied his cow in a barn before bed and found the barn blown away by a storm the next morning. The cow remained unharmed and still tied to the manger.
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Ohio
Wooster, O
Here
HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE PROMOTES HEALTH
An old advertisement explains Nagal Catarrh as a cold like ailment and promotes Halls Catarrh Medicine. It offers an ointment for local use and a tonic that acts through the blood to strengthen the system and reduce susceptibility to colds. It notes forty years of sales by F. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo Ohio.
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Hall
Drueeists
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Farmers Pay Bulk of Iowa Taxes as Assessments Shift
Iowa tax tables show personal property, farm lands and railroads down from last year while town lots and express and telephone properties rise. Railroads drop due to a federal court restraining action. overall, farm land still bears about three fifths of state taxes with per capita levy at 43.36 dollars and family of five at 216.80 dollars.
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Des Moines
Glenn CC
Haynes
Executive Council
Iowa
Great Truth on Fear of Death from Epictetus
A concise meditation notes Epictetus' assertion that fear of death, not death itself, is the root of evil, baseness, and cowardice in humans. It frames death as a natural, manageable event through virtue and reason.
Ku Klux Klan Presents Pastors With New Suits in Frederick
In Frederick Oklahoma last night representatives of the Ku Klux Klan visited six churches. Two klansmen in robes attended each service and presented ministers with suits of clothing accompanied by a letter criticizing lawmakers.
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Frederick
Okla
Ku Klux Klan
Fragmentary note on Aoki life and need for gentle care
A partial text fragment discusses Aoki life as great yet compares Chiat to a forward child needing quiet humored handling to avoid waking it. The fragment ends with Temple.
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Ily
Chiat
Temple
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Little Brown and Company
Marcuxs Mackenzie Hle
Ray Dexter
Percival
Perceval
Bennett Skee
Lowa
Antoine
Claire
Menico
Republics
Columbia Dry
Johnestock
Columbia
Columbia Dry Batteries
Tulvast
McElhinney Drug CO
Chicago
Planters
N. Clark ST
Madison Se
Write Centre For Reservations
B.l.wenzel
J.C. McCormick
Standard Oil Company
Indiana
Michigalh Ae
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