Adventure of Aimee Lambe at Jervaulx Abbey
Aimee Lambe evades an austere aunt and travels with Georgina to Jervaulx Abbey. On a motorbike adventure she meets Billy Spencer, assumes multiple disguises, and confronts a crime plot involving emeralds and robbers. Conflicts include family honor, deception, and a staged confession.
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Aihea Lambe
Jervault Abbey
Alexander Lambe
Aimee
Viscount Scroope
Billy
Spencer
Amy Snooks
Ian Apfrit
Stanhoe
Ivy Cottage
Jervaulx
Diana and De Jussac Engaged in Regency Romance
Georgina learns Diana and Monsieur de Jussac have become engaged with Lady Erythea approving the match. Alexander Lambe professes love to Georgina, who accepts, and they plan a public betrothal while plotting secrecy for a day or two before telling others.
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Georgina
Lord Scroope
Prythea
Erythea
Aimee
Diana
Monsieur de Jussac
Tam
Vicomte
Baudry
Alexander Lambe
Chapel At Ease
Mr. Lambe
Alexander
de Jussae
de Jussac
Damnet
Tam Cell
Bate
Sam
It Rains All The Time In This Country
Billy laments the unrelenting dry soil after a burglary night with the Sphinx near the footpath. He notes tire tracks from the motorcycle thieves and hints at a Scotland Yard style investigation possibly revealing two bikes at the scene and a clue Stanlee overlooked.
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Billy
Scotland Yard
Stanlee
Jack
Tire marks and clues nudge Billy toward the old theft site
Billy and Tilly discover steel studded tire prints and faint tracks across sand as they chase a mystery. They follow the path from a hedge to Divid Lane, noting ruts from the thieves machine and proof marks of the Stanhee police. The scene edges toward a new lead as the tale proceeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aimee
Tilly
Billy
Jacks the Clinber
Kate
Tilly Igiso
Stanhee
Wilbur Daniel Steele’s Life and Film Adaptation Highlight
The article profiles Wilbur Daniel Steele focusing on his interest in people and his writing career. It highlights his travels from North Carolina to France India and Provincetown and notes his story collection about the Village with the Urkey pseudonym. It mentions the film Shadows based on Ching Ching Chinaman at Fox Theatre with a star cast led by Lon Chaney Marguerite De La Motte and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbur Daniel Steele
North Carolina
Carolina
France
India
Harper’s Magazine
Provincetown
Massachusetts
Europe
Jaint
Steele
Urkey
Ching, Ching
Benth Schulberg
Preferred Pictures
Fox Theatre
Tom Forman
Long Chaney
Marguerite de la Motte
Harrison Fol
Walter Wong
Death of Black Hawk and body theft in Iowa history
The Annals of Iowa recounts Black Hawk’s death in September 1838 near the Jordan home and the later theft attempts by Dr Elbert and others. Dr Turner finally removed the head and body in 1839 and shipped them to Alton Illinois, with the governor recovering the remains before burial in Burlington’s museum, later lost to fire.
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Des Moines
Ita
Black Hawk
Annals of Iowa
State Historical Department
Middle West
Iowa
Prairie Country
Jackson
United States
Madison
Bad Axe
Washington
New York
East
Iownville
Des Moines River
Davis County
Historical Department
James H. Jordan
Jordan
Jordan House
Masonic Lodge
Keosaugua
General Jackson
Elbert
Turner
Lexington
van Buren County
Alton
Lucas
Museum of the Historical Society of
Burlington
Building in Germany Shows Heavy Decline
Berlin January 18 reports from reliable trade statistics show Germany has only one eighth as many new buildings today as a year ago. In December 458 new structures were reported, less than half November's registry, with November’s total a quarter of last year’s.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Germany
Doors of England Now Being Opened To German Waiters
Berlin dispatch reports postwar restrictions easing for German cooks and waiters. Only after December 25 did England lift bans, prompting job seekers to return to foreign posts. Prewar totals show thousands of cooks and waiters abroad, with big German presence in Chicago and London.
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England
Associated
Berlin
Germany
United States
Chicago
London
America
Switzerland
Holland
Colonel Mumma to Leave Iowa in June
Colonel Morton C. Mumma commandant of the University of Iowa ROTC will leave in June after long ties to the military department since 1916. The War Department says he will be relieved June 6 1923 and may be reassigned to post war duty before potentially returning to Iowa after his field service. He helped build the department and served as commandant in 1910 1912 1916 1917 and from 1919 onward.
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Diana
Vicente
Kies
Mumma
Iowa
Associated Press
Iowa City
Morton C. Mumma
University of Iowa
Intervale
Ths
United States War Department
University
Camp Perry
Military Department
War Department
Towa
Lews Military Department
Exports of Grain Rise in Latest Week
Grain exports from the United States last week totaled 6,734,000 bushels, up from 6,124,000 bushels the prior week. Located in Washington, D. C., the report notes the weekly increase and provides a precise volume.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
United States
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Sidney Gowing
Tir
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Rbilly
Otner
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Berythea
Bery
Georgi
Bertrand
Ainee
Mademoiselle
Almere
Hertrand
Nell
Angel
Waltier
Italy
Spain
Amsterdam
Auto Top and Paint Shop
Ford
C. V. Brown
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