Polly Hopkins and the Silent City Squatters
In a dilapidated shack near Ithaca Polly Hopkins shares life with her father and Granny Hope amid squatter conflict with Marcus Mackenzie. Evelyn Robertson and Robert Percival become entangled as Bennet threatens exposure and coercion while love and peril unfold through chapters of theft, threats, and tragedy.
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Silent City
Ithaca
New York
Polly Hopkins
Small Jerry
Grannlope
Ovcarnhett
Nelel
Evelyn Robertson
Polly
Marcus Mackenzie
Mackenzie
Amn Panyee
Robert Perove
Evelyn
Apter IIi
Bvelyn
Twobert Percival
Bennett
Itv
Oscar
Kevlyn
Larry Bishop
Marcus Ac
Wpolly
Robert Percival
Erelin
Percival
Hopkins
Pollyvista
Robertson
MecKenzie
Velyn
Innett
Robert
Noberteen
Granny Hope
Vercival
Jerry
Pollyep Ends Hope Shifts in Lone Ure Hut Tale
Polly and Jerry endure life in the remote Ure hut as Polly answers Auburn letters and clings to a fading reassurance from Old Mare’s threats. Jerry mourns his father while Polly hunts ways to cheer him, and Evelyn Robertson appears, stirring Evelyn’s concealed guilt amid the fragile peace.
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Jerry
Auburn
Old Mare
Polly
Daddy Hopkins
Thorne Responds to Brookhart in Heated Political Exchange
Clifford Thorne challenges Colonel Brookhart's accusations in a sharp letter, defending his own record and urging Iowa voters to judge candidates by character and nationwide vision. He argues against scapegoating economic ills to one source and stresses balanced analysis over sensational rhetoric.
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Clifford Thorne
Col
W. Brookhart
Graham Theater
Author Rupert Hughes Presents Dangerous Curve Ahead at Fox Theatre
Rupert Hughes wrote and stars in his first original screen story Dangerous Curve Ahead which comes to the Fox Theatre for two days starting Wednesday. Hughes notes the film is not built to showcase a star but to depict everyday home life for universal appeal.
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Mr. Hughes
Goldwyn
Culver City
Cal
Fox Theatre
Rupert Hughes
Helene Chadwick
California Club Women Active In National Civic Efforts
Mrs. Robert J. Burdette details extensive fundraising and leadership roles for the General Federation of Women's Clubs in California. She notes campaigns for permanent headquarters funds in Washington, a 1.5 million emergency fund for Syracuse University, and support for Mills College and Pasadena Hospital.
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Robert J. Burdette
General Federation
California
Washington
Syracuse University
Southwest Museum
Mill's College
Pasadena
Pasadena Hospital
Women's Athletic Club
Los Angeles
Women's News Service
Charles Evans Hughes
Hughes
General Federation of Women's Clubs
National Committee
Horace Mann Towner
Mendota Apartments
Washington, D. C
United States
The Leme Lover Play Line on Influenza
A 1857 era play contains a character line claiming he was confined to bed two days with the new influensa, reflecting contemporary talk of a sudden flu outbreak and its impact on actors during stage performance.
Each One Has His Work Says a Poem on Individual Duty
A reflecting line notes that men are not alike and cannot be made so. It argues each man has his peculiar work and should perform it to the best of his ability, warning that forcing similarity could waste both effort and value.
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Brookhart
Wall Street
Don Quixote
Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Polly
Pollyop
Daddy Hopkins
Jerry
Tear
Iowa
United States Senate
United States
Mus
Tom Toms & Molise
Smith Brookhart
Dante Pierce
Tam Thea
Clifford Thorne
Babylon Great Test of Manners and Force in Behavior
Emerson notes that true force lies in manners and behavior not talent or wealth, urging restraint and civility as the first sign of strength. The fragment emphasizes social conduct as a civic test.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
Party guest offers fruit salad to take home
Robert attends a party and refuses the fruit salad yet offers to take it home, joking that his grandmother or the dog might eat it. The remark shows polite dismissal without hurting the hostess.
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Robert
Motion pictures feature planned for Biennial convention
Mrs Woodallen Chapman chaired the Committee on Community Service and Motion Pictures for the Chau tauquua June convention. The plan aims to vividly show Federation work through film and how movies can serve all interests. Chapman seeks department chairmen input on preferred presentation angles.
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Woodallen Chapman
Chautauquua
Thomas W. Winter
Chapman
Federation
Man kills wife and self in Beloit apartment
Beloit reports Frank R. Barton age forty, a member of the fire and police board, shot and killed his wife in their apartment then fatally shot himself. Mrs Barton had started divorce proceedings. They leave two children.
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Beloit
Wis
Frank R. Barton
Fire and Police Board
French Troops Fire on Mobs in Haifa Disorder
In Haifa on April 26 French troops opened fire on rioting merchants after clashes erupted. An Ex-change Telegraph dispatch from Gairo reports several people were wounded amid the unrest.
Freylinghuysen Declares Reelection Bid in Jersey Dinner
United States Senator Freylinghuysen announced his candidacy for reelection at a dinner hosted by the Isadsen county Republican committee in Jersey City New Jersey on April 26.
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Freylinghuysen
Jersey City
N. J
United States
Repuilcan
One of Word's Great Rivers
The Yenisei river, among the world’s largest, empties into the Sretie sea at Yeoubeisk. Its mouth is open only for a few weeks each year and the river’s lower reach spans about four miles in width.
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Yenisei
Sretie Sea
Yeoubeisk
Fig Pickers Platform Aimed at Quick Harvest
A grower devised a three wheeled platform to lift pickers for rapid fig harvesting, a concept noted in a scientific journal as a timely method to speed fruit collection.
Suffered for eight years relief from back pain
An advertisement claims Foley Kidney Pills eased eight years of rheumatic back pain and muscle stiffness. It states the product helped a worker return to full activity and urges readers to try Foley Kidney Pills as a kidney remedy.
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Svanane
Advt
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Wee Jerry
Robert Te
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Thorne
Née
Pollyep
Federal Reserve Bank
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League of Women Voters
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Beloit, Wis
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Word's
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Chicago
Racine Ave
Wilson Ave
North Shore
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Broadway
Sheridan Road
Clarendon
Wilson
Harry Winder
Avery
Warren
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