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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Feb 17, 1909

Page

7

Distressed Ward Fights for Honorable Love and a Double Cross

Synopsis of a multi act drama. David Stires tries to favor ward Jessica Holme over his son Hugh. The Rev. Harry Sanderson mirrors Hugh and has a shady past. Jessica loves Hugh despite his faults. A foreign surgeon eyes Jessica’s eyes for operation. Jessica regains sight and weds Hugh, but a forged %000 triggers crisis. The minister bets on virtue with a cards on the altar.

David Stires Diahie Hugh Jessica Holme Harry Sanderson Stires Satan Sanderson Jessica Harry Jeannica Will

The Night Illumination at the Chapel Poker Table

Hanpter 9 presents Lelerlaiah Jones leaving a church labor night. He discovers a rich rector gambling at the altar with a sack of coins and cards. The scene rises as Jones watches, horror mounting while a silent observer hides.

Lelerlaiah Jones Christ Hallelujah Jones God's Holy Altar Christ's Table Dave Rector Harry Hugh Sindbad

Forged Consequences in a Chapel Encounter

A roving evangelist senses devilry inside a chapel and drags Bishop into a room to witness a forged altar scheme. Hugh Stires escapes with a conspirator, while Harry Sanderson faces his own mounting guilt. The bishop warns against spreading knowledge as Sanderson seals the evidence and contemplates withdrawal from his ministry.

Hugh Marty Harry Sanderson Tlarry Hallelujah Jones Tie

Frantic Leap Ends in Narrow Escape of City Fixture

A hurried attempt to gain a seat ends as a large armored wheel strikes a man and hurls him into the gutter. The man, named Vlarry, struggles to move a lever as a great mechanism revs to life and speeds away into the night.

Vlarry

Seaside hotel fire ends with all guests safe

The Clarendon Hotel at Sea Breeze near Daytona burned completely with ten adjoining cottages. Two hundred fifteen guests were awakened and escaped unharmed though a chambermaid bit a clerk in a panic. The blaze left the resort in ruins as staff and guests salvaged belongings.

Daytona Fla Clarendon Sea Breeze Aslee

Cornstalks for Paper If Papermaking Growth Spurs Forest Restocking

Washington notes debate over cornstalk pulp as a wood substitute for paper. Scientists and lawmakers push government aid to develop varieties, citing forest destruction from timber harvesting and the Panama Canal cost debate. Senatorial maneuvering shapes funding and policy. Charles W. Arthur reports.

Panama Canal Washington Department of Agriculture

Earth to share two years says Florence observer

Professor Alfani director of the Florence Observatory was knocked down by a strong quake as he stepped toward a train. Peasants rushed to help him and asked about further danger. He calmed them saying the quake was of the fifth degree and that shocks would continue for two more years.

Reggio Alfani Florence Observatory

Storm wrecks church killing woman and child

A storm wrecked a church for a Negro congregation in Learned Mississippi on February 15, killing the wife of Richard Harris and the child of Mrs. Maggie Bennett. Ten others were injured as about seventy five people were inside. The arched ceiling collapsed into a wooden tent that spared many lives.

Learned Miss Richard Harris Maggie Bennett

Henry Denounces Attack After Calhoun Trial

In San Francisco on February 16 during Patrick Calhoun bribery proceedings, Samuel Leake testified about threats to him and a past assassination attempt. He recalled Heney demanding restraint and declared he would not endure abuse, vowing to fight back rather than be shot from behind or the side.

San Francisco Patrick Calhoun Samue Leake Leake Heney

Indian Girls Long Walk From School to Reservation

Four Chippewa Falls girls were captured at Custer after fleeing from the Wittenberg government school. They said they aimed to reach a reservation and were distressed by their obligatory return. They had walked nearly twenty four hours the day prior, covering about forty miles.

Chippewa Falls Wis Custer Wittenberg

Lightning Aids Prisoner Escape From County Jail

A sharp flash lit the county jail in Springfield Missouri enabling Oscar Rowe to escape through the basement and a coal chute after the lights went out.

Springfield Oscar Rowe Rowe

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