Silent City Squatters and a Love Tested by Threats
Pollyop, living with her father and Granny Hope in a dilapidated shack near Ithaca, faces danger as Marcus Mackenzie seeks to drive out the squatters. She befriends Robert Percival while Evelyn Robertson plots marriage to Mackenzie for money, and Oscar’s deathbed scene shifts Pollyop’s loyalties toward endurance and faith in love amid peril.
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Silent City
Ithaca
New York
Wally Llopkins
Granny Hope
Oscar
Evelyn Robertson
Polly
Marcus Mackenzie
Mackenzie
Robert Lercival
Evelyn
Teobert Percival
Dolly
Bennett
Ead
Eelyn
Larry Bishop
Robert Percival
Percival
Hopkins Shack
Hopkins
Tmolly
Robertson
Theirl
Hobert
MacKenzle
Robert
Pollyop
Robertson Garden
Jerry
Billy Goat
Candidates for Senate Meet in Des Moines Debate
At least five Republican hopefuls for the U S Senate will debate in Des Moines with sixth possible. Col Smith Brookhart Charles Pickett Leslie M Francis Claude Stanley and Burton E Sweet have accepted. The session will include equal speaking time and radio broadcast from the Auditorium.
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Des Moines Register
United States Senate
Young Republican Club
Frank Hallagan
Hallagan
Smith Brookhart
Washington
Iowa
Charles Pickett
Waterloo
Leslie M. Francis
Des Moines
Spirit Lake
Claude Stanley
Corning
Burton E. Sweet
Waverly
Clifford Thorne
Chicago
Thorne
Fifth
Young
Republican Club
Damages Sought in $50,000 Alienation Suit in Iowa
In Mt. Pleasant Iowa attorney J C McCord files a $50,000 suit for alienation of affection on behalf of C A Burtchby of Winfield against H M Nesbitt also of Winfield. Burttchby says Nesbitt used gifts and influence to turn his wife Mable Morgan Burtchby from their marriage. The case follows Mrs Burtchby’s earlier suit to oust Burtchby from a hotel business.
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MT. Pleasant
Henry County
J. C. McCord
C. A. Burtchby
Winfield
H. M. Nesbitt
Burtchby
Burtehby
Mable Morgan
Marshalltown
Nesbitt
Burtedby
Biggest and Beautifulest Manny in All the Word
A distraught speaker recalls Granny Hope leaving. She smiles, holds Jerry, and blesses a man she calls the biggest and beautifulest in the world. She prays for Hopkins away in a dairy prison and hurries back to the shanty with her burden.
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Granny Hope
Jerry
Manny
Hopkins
Daewyeng
Mennonites Move to Mexico for Colony Settlement
Some 1 100 Mennonite colonists arrive from Canada to settle on 2 000 000 acres of land purchased from Mexico near Torreon Chihuahua in western Mexico. They plan self sufficient communities with German as the language of daily life. A migration of 14 000 from Canada begins in June, with 50 trains required to relocate over three years. Negotiations target Hacienda de la Angostura in San Luis Potosi. Also noted, International Livestock Expo offers prizes for top girls canning club teams in multiple U S cities.
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EL Paso
Texas
Canada
Mexico
Chihualas
Torreone
Bottow
J. C. Hildebrad
J. F. Wiebe
Mexico Northwest Railway
Woman Praises Mayr's Remedy After 14 Years of Gall Stones
A testimonial from a woman claims Mayr's Wonderful Remedy cured long standing gall stones and digestive distress after doctors advised hospitalization. She says the simple preparation removes mucus from the intestinal tract and reduces inflammation, appealing for its claimed health benefits. Lemmon's Pharmacy and reading druggists advertise the product with a money back guarantee.
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Mayr
Lemmon's Pharmacy
New Invention Brings Radio Devices to Light Sockets
Washington April 25 The radio phone joins the electric iron and vacuum cleaner as a household convenience A Bureau of Standards invention allows attaching radio equipment to light sockets reducing battery reliance Officials note widespread adoption with cabinet members using radios at work or home The device promises compatibility with various antennas and wires and cites rapid growth in U S receiving outfits The ossiphone offers deaf users a bone conduction aid though not universally effective
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Washington
Bureau of Standards
Department of Commerce
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Grace Ee
RH Livingstone
Brown and Company Win
Little
Brown
Jesus
Vollyop
Wollyop
Eve
Billy-goat Hopkins
Saale
Senate
Young Republicans
C. A. Burtehby
Winfield Hotel
United States
Springfield
Massachusetts
Sioux City
Atlanta
Georgia
Portland
Oregon
Pueblo
Colorado
Northwestern Yeast Company
The
A. E. Putnam
Washington, Iowa
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