Power and Bribery In The American Octopus
Shirley Rossmore learns that John Burkett Ryder may help her defend her father against bribery charges tied to powerful corporate interests. Ryder invites the author to his Broadway office, prompting Shirley to consider a dangerous opportunity to confront the man she suspects orchestrated her father’s downfall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shirley
John Burkett Ryder
Father
Massapequa
Stott
Europe
Paris
Jefferson
Mrs. Rossmore
Great Northern
Min- Mig
Wall Street
Madison Avenue
Long Island
Senate
United States
John Ryder
John
Broadway
Mr. Ryder
Letter to Ryder Ends Chase for Mansion Interview
Shirley Green writes a polite note declining a business office meeting and demanding the interview occur at the Ryder mansion to uncover letters. The scene shifts to a playful Louvre overheard exchange where a tourist and guide joke about reseeing rooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louvre
Woman Becomes Harvest Hand in Kansas Fields
Mrs. Bradley Floyd of Highland Kansas becomes the first woman to apply for harvest labor at St Joseph Missouri's labor bureau. She signed for a wheat shock job at 3.50 dollars a day and, with her husband and others, headed to western Kansas. She aims to pay down a mortgage by both earning wages and securing free board this summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Labor Bureau
St. Joseph
Bradley Floyd
Highland
Kan
Kansas City Journal
Kansas
Jet Belt Fashion Fad Spreads Across Gowns
Black and white belts flaunt jet accents with colored gowns as jet remains popular in belt buckles. Steel studs replace jet on white belts while dull silver buckles suit black belts.
Miss Hippo and Mr Monk Splashed as Season’s Catch
Harpers Bazaar notes a lavish match appraised as the season’s catch with Miss Hippo courting multimillionaire Mr Monk, while Miss Giraffe says the partner showed no affection and failed to comfort her with a kiss or embrace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Hippo
Mr. Monk
Giraffe
Harper’s Bazar
Hailstorm Damages Crops and Breaks Windows in St Paul
Hail storms in St Paul caused extensive crop damage and shattered forty eight windows on a Great Northern train. Passengers report large ice chunks and ground coverage up to six inches deep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Great Northern
Notable writers born in April and those who died
The Dundee Advertiser notes April as a month of literary gifts and losses. It lists Shakespeare Wordsworth Swinburne Fielding Hans Andersen Charlotte Bronte Hobbes Gibbon Kant Froude Zola as births and Shakespeare Wordsworth Goldsmith Otway Rossetti Matthew Arnold Byron Chaucer Tasso Racine as deaths, plus Bacon La Fontaine Humboldt Darwin Franklin Defoe Emerson among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shakespeare
Wordsworth
Swinburne
Fielding
Hans Andersen
Charlotte Bronte
Hobbes
Gibbon
Kant
Froude
Zola
Goldsmith
Otway
Rossetti
Matthew Arnold
Byron
Chaucer
Tasso
Racine
Bacon
la Fontaine
Humboldt
Darwin
Franklin
de Foe
Emerson
Dundee
Chatty Old Gentleman and Escaped Lunatic Exchange
Dialogue fragment shows two men on a railway near an asylum. The Old Gentleman notes the asylum view from the railway while the Escaped Lunatic jokes about the railway view from the asylum. Scene suggests a tense, ironic exchange.
Local Brighton and Monmouth Visitors Highlight Week
Mrs Sam Hollen and daughter of Brighton visited the city Wednesday. Earl Corbin plans a Chicago trip to see friends and relatives. Cloyce Beard summering in Monmouth Ill visits his mother Mrs Eliza Beard. The Moreland sisters and Minnie Pehler with Lottie Ludwig registered at the Rest Room. Dr and Mrs J Boice returned from a two month western trip visiting Rock Springs and Colorado and praise the region. Mrs W R Lytle left to join Mr Lytle in Regina Canada with Madison Klotz Jr accompanying to Minneapolis where he visits family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maud
Myrla Moreland
Minnie Pehler
Ainsworth
Lottie Ludwig
Keota
Lippincott’s Magazine
W. R. Lytle
Mr. Lytle
Regina
Saskatchewan
Canada
Madison Klotz, Jr
Minneapolis
R. C. Butler
Florence
The Doctor Away From Home When Most Needed
The ad urges keeping Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy at home for cramps cholera and diarrhoea. It claims physicians may be away and promotes prompt treatment with the medicine sold by Cook and Sherman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cook
Sherman
Quieting Title Suit in Washington County Iowa
District Court of Iowa in Washington County publishes ORIGINAL NOTICE in a case brought by Dr Chalmers against numerous defendants and unknown claimants seeking to quiet title in fee simple to described real estate in Washington City. The petition asserts plaintiff owns the property and unknown claimants may have interests. defendants must appear by noon of the second day of the September 1907 term or be defaulted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court of
Iowa
Washington County
Washington
District Court
Court House
City of
Washington Brick and Tile Co. and Davies file land quiet title suit
In Washington County Iowa the Washington Brick and Tile Company and Daniel W Davies sue to quiet title to extensive lots and South Washington real estate described in a lengthy caption. They allege twenty years of adverse possession by themselves and claim all defendants and unknown claimants have no valid interest. The notice warns all named and unnamed parties to appear by Sept 2 1907 or default and judgment will be entered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Bellville
James W. Campbell
Jas. W. Campbell
Lizzie Campbell
Lissy Campbell
Lissie Campbell
James Campbell
Joseph B. Davis
Joseph W. Glasgow
William M. Glasgow
Wm. M. Glasgow
W.M Glasgow
Joseph M. Glasgow
Margaret T.glasgow
Margaret A. Glasgow
John Graham
Eliza A. Higgins
John J. Higgins
J.J. Higgins
J. M. Glasgow
Andrew Kendall
Richard Moore
Mary Louisa Moody
Mary
Hilda K. Perry
T. L. Patterson
Thomas L. M. Pattison
T. L. M. Pattison
James Risk
H. C Kitner
Dana F. Stone
David F. Stone
Simon Teeple
George M. Vodra
George Vodra
Elijah Wing
Washington County
State of
Iowa
Washington Buggy Company
The
Washington Realty Company
C. F Wabnitz
Washington
Jonathan Wilson
Johnathan Wilson
J. H. Wilson
Alice Wilson
Edgar ©. Wilson
Abraham N. Miller
R. B. McMillan
J. P. Kirkpatrick
Mary J. McMillan
Jonathan H. Wilson
Jos. Williamson
Sarah C. Miller
Eliza Wilson
Eugene Wilson
Lowry Wilson
Louisa Wilson
Ellen Wilson
Anna Wilson
Thomas Wilson
Edgar Wilson
Eugene M. Wilson
Eliza B. Wilson
James C. Houck
Margaret C. Houck
Joseph M. Kaufman
Jos. M. Kaufman
Henry Roumaker
Catharine Roumaker
Nehemiah Tunis
John Marshall
Rebecca A. Marshall
Joseph H. Williamson
Joseph Henderson Williamson
Williamson
Ida M. Williamson
S.J. Williamson
Susan J. Williamson
William E. Williamson
Jennie E
R William R. Lindsey
Jennie Lindsey
John T. Tate
Thomas B. Stephens
Terra Stephens
City of Washington
Sarah P. Stewart
Joseph Beliel
E. B. Gibson
Albert Phelps
James E. Yocum
S. L. Walde
Coralinn Aide
Ora Rowan
Jackson Roberts
Margaret J. Roberts
Viola K. Phelps
E. G. Wilson
A. Phelps
A. Robertson
William Robertson
Rowan
Jeffrey
M. G. Robertson
Nettie Robertson
Elam Phillips
Elam D. Phillips
Alexander Robertson
Alex Robison
Allice Wilson
Jerry Franklin
J. F. Henderson
Melinda C Henderson
Thomas H. Downing
Mary E. Downing
Ned Skinner
Wm. Adams
William Adams
W. Adams
Dorcas Marshall
James Wilson
John Wilson
Martha Wilson
Martha Mount
W. KR. Mount
Jas. T. Wilson
Emma Wilson
John M. Wilson
Dorcas
F. E. Swift
South Washington
Said
Said County
South
Defendants
District Court
Washington Brick and Tile Company
Daniel W. Davies
Southashington
Nathan Baker
Mary Baker
Joshua Joshua Marshall
Margaret Marshal
Brier
John Brier Sr
Damaris Brier
M Young
Demaris Brier
Young
Mary J. Young
Alfred T. Burris
Edeth J. Burris
Elizabeth I. Burris
Elisa Ann Wilson
Elsia Ann Wilson
William Norwood
Rebecca Norwood
Jacob T. Hayden
Jacob J. Hayden
William F. Toorea
Amanda M. Toorea
Schuyler Corbin
John T. Burris
Alvin Sanders
Joseph McKee
James A. McKee
Jane Wilson
Wm. R. McKee
Sarah McKee
M. J. McKee
M. A. McKee
W. R. McKee
Jas
A. McKee
Fanny McKee
Wm. Wilson
Elizabeth Williams
Elizabeth R. Williams
Mary J. Scranton
E. C. Eaton
Ella Eaton
R. A. Riley
R. F. Riley
Clarissa Vinton
J. C. Vinton
John C. Vinton
Rebecak Norwood
Michael Hayes
William Norwod
Rebeca Norwood
Francina A. Burris
J. A. Sturges
Abbie L. Sturges
Laura Sturges
Charles L. Sturges
N. F. Sturges
Viola N. Sturges
John A. Sturges
Abbie Sturges
Newton Sturges
Viola Sturges
A. N. Ramseyer
J. J. Ramseyer
J. J. Ramseyr
John P. Ramseyer
J. P. Rameyer
John P. Ramsger
Stotts
Minerva L. Stotts
John McCully
Patience Hayes
Caroline Hayes
Francina Burris
Franncina A
F. Chester
W. W. Wells
J. H. Young
William Wilson
Charis L. Sturges
W.A. Wilson
Wim. A. Duncan
A. N. Ramsyer
Hock Musser & Co
Shaw, Rigour and Co
Thomas Stoddard
Josiah Luckey
George Key
W.A Saunders
James B. Shaw
Shaw Rigour & Co
Erskine McClelland
Wm. Hi, McNabb
Alexander Lee
John Stockton
John Hendee
Mary A. Meeks
R. P. Bradford
Etta Bradford
H. B. Sisson
Wm. F. Toorea
M. W. Corbin
John Sturges
J. J. Ramsyer
5Th M
J. F. Khen
Notice of Quiet Title in Washington County Iowa
Plaintiff J. F. Khen seeks to quiet title to real estate in Washington County Iowa. He claims twenty years of adverse possession against many named defendants and unknown claimants. The case asks for cancellation of adverse claims and a decree establishing plaintiff as owner. Default entered if defendants fail to appear by September 8 1907 in Washington Court House Iowa.
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Lion and the Mouse
Charles Klein
Ryner Woll
Ryder
Rossmore
City
Shirley Rossmore
Shirley Green
Tare
Minnesota
Him
Sam Hollen
Brighton
Earl Corbin
Chicago
Cloyce Beard
Monmouth, Ul
Mrs. Eliza Beard
DR. Chalmers
Clerk of the District Court of
J. W. Brock
R. Stuar
P. V
Sons
Bee Ages Brick and Tile Company
Plaintiffs
Eicher & Livingston
Owa
J.P. Rhea
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