Silent City squatters face eviction amid family strife
Polly Hopkins hidden in Ithaca area shanty with father as Marcus Mackenzie seeks to drive out the squatters. Hubert Percival and Robert Percival emerge as potential allies while Evelyn Robertson wrestles with secret wealth and romance. A dangerous night storm tests loyalties as Polly pleads for help and Percival vows to return the father home.
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Silent City
Ithaca
New York
Polly Hopkins
Grand Fope
Oscar Hennett
Evelyn Robertson
Wolly
Marcus Mackenzie
Polly
MacKenzie
Robert Percival
Evelyn
Hubert Percival
Bennett
Oscar
Kevlyn
Larry Wishop
Percival
Renaie
Hopkins
Potlly
Nebelg Daila
Robertsan
Robert
Eve
Cayuga
Woltrop
Granny Hope
Lerry Hishop
Lue Braeger
Pollyop
Unique Housing Project to Rise in Cleveland
Cleveland April 21 A housing development billed as unmatched in scale and design will cost 30 to complete and start within sixty days on Shaker Heights. Led by Josiah Kirby the project includes 1000 plus housing units central heating and ice plants a market theatre public garage and a business center across Shaker boulevard. The land fronts 8 400 feet valued at 2 5 million with 10 million for apartments on Shaker east of Morland circle 10 million for apartments and terraces along Shaker west of the circle and 10 million for the business development on Williams avenue and related facilities.
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Eveland
Cleveland
Shaker Heights
Josiah Kirby
Shaker Boulevard
Morland Ecircle
Coventry Road
Morland Boulevard
the Circle
South Woodland Road
Kirby
Morland Circle
South Morland Boulevard
Circle
South
Woodland Road
Williams Avenue
Hidden Sick Guest In Bare Shanty Mystery
Robert finds a pale man named Oscar Bennett and a sick boy in a rough shanty linked to Polly Hopkins and Evelyn. Evelyn hints of a romance with Dolly Hopkins while Polly urges medical help and the scene ends with a taunting confession and a cliffhanger.
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Latch
Pollyop
Robert
Eve
Holly
Billy-goat Hopkins
Evelyn
Miss Robertson
Bob
Polly Hopkins
Pollyep
Oscar
Bennett
Dolly Hopkins
Job
Lobert Siamered
Harding signs bill for 17 million hospital grants
President Harding signed legislation authorizing a 17 million dollar appropriation to construct additional hospitals to care for disabled veterans.
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Washington
Harding
Women embrace stronger flavored cigarettes in cities
San Francisco reports Percival Smith Hill of American Tobacco says educated women now demand six cylinder cigarettes with full tobacco flavor like men. He notes women in larger cities smoke more than ever and perfumed cigarettes are fading in favor.
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San Francisco
Percival Smith Hill
American Tobacco Company
Hill
Sigourney Man Killed by Train in Waterloo Yards
Frank K. Kline, 406, of Sigourney, was killed instantly when he stepped in front of an Illinois Central freight train in Waterloo yards. He was unmarried and worked as a well driller. no motive was established.
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Waterloo
Iowa
Frank K. Kline
Sigourney
Illinois Central
Kline
Energy potential of Niagara and Mississippi falls
The article notes that if Niagara Falls were fully utilized it could generate about 7,000,000 horsepower, while on the upper Mississippi river 2,000,000 horsepower units of work would be available.
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Falls of
Niagara
Upper
Mississippi
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