Abe Lincoln in Chicago Lawsuit Tale From Tazewell Chapter XXII
In a Chicago chapter Abe Lincoln prosecutes a multi-client suit amid a regional panic recovery. Harry visits Honey Creek, learns of Davis and Bim, and writes tender letters about love, duty, and pending developments. Nim the boy brings hope as personal ties and promises shape a tense legal saga.
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Davis
Tazewell
Abe Lincoln
Harry
Honey Creek
Bim
Chicago
Eli Fredenberg
Barry
Davia
Tazewell County
Abe
Mr. Davis
Aerful
Neemiah
Nim
Mr. Nimble
Dizon
Lincoln's Law Skill Noted In North And Middle Counties
The narrative recalls Abraham Lincoln's respected legal ability across regions as Samson Traylor describes the Davis case. It covers Davis sparking a fatal clash, Harry Needles and Samson near a prairie fight, and Lincoln guiding the defense with merciless cross examination and a strong verdict for the plaintiffs.
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Keleo
Lincoln
Tazewell
Samaon
Harry Needles
Davis
Samson
Harry
Samson Traylor
Correcy
Deteris
Bathgney
Daria
Steve Nuckies
Bim
Mysterious boy Nimble and survival through Chicago trial
In a fragmentary reminiscence a narrator recalls paying debts to Davis, moving a fragile boy named Nimble to safer surroundings, and shielding him from a scheming antagonist Eliphalet Biggs. Harry survives lung fever with slow mending after leaving Dixon. The story hints at political and personal alliances aiding concealment and survival, ending with Davis recovering health and leaving the city.
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Davis
Dixon
Harry
John Wentworth
Abe
Mr. Ninkle
Nueckles
Wisconsin
Bim
Eliphalet Biggs
Biggs
Chicago
Isobel or The Trails End is Curwood film at Fox Theatre
Fox Theatre screens James Oliver Curwood drama Isobel or The Trails End Friday and Saturday. Edwin Carewe directs with Jane Novak and House Voters in a sweeping Northland photoplay praised as one of Curwood’s finest. The film has toured New York and other cities before reaching our city.
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Fox Theatre
James Oliver
Curwood
Northland
Isobel
Trails End
Edwin Carewe
Jane Novak
Pbpeal
Edwin Catone
Photoplay
Hotel Astor Grand Ball Room
New York
Northwest
For the Sake of Peace Court Declares Head of Family
An eastern court rules a man is the head of the family though most people will continue daily routines as before. The decision changes nothing in practical life for many households.
Do Not Touch Names Haunt Museum Visitor
A boy recalls the museum animals with playful misnaming, noting most creatures bore the warning Do not touch as their name, reflecting a humorous moment captured by Boston Tran eerily.
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Boston
Library as a force in education and public life
The article argues that libraries are information bureaus driving civic educational and industrial progress. It highlights Andre Tardieu’s The Truth about the Treaty added to Chilcote Library, praising its eye witness insight into the Paris Peace Conference and its selective treatment of Europe’s postwar issues.
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Bureau of Information
Andre Tardieu
Chilcote
Andre Tardien
Europe
France
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Russia
Italy
Turkey
Balkans
League of Nazi
England
M. Tardieh
United States
Fairfield Seeks More School Room for Fall Expansion
Fairfield plans two portable schoolrooms this fall to ease crowding at grade and high schools. After a $10,000 bond funded McElhiney building last year, officials still face capacity strain as Rural students and incoming families boost attendance. Portable rooms offer a feasible cost approach to relieve congestion ahead of a planned junior high project.
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Fairfield
Boards of Education
McElhinney
North Court Street
Emerson Widow Granted Inheritance Despite Murder Link
In Des Moines the Iowa Supreme Court ruled the widow of Roy Emerson cannot be barred from inheritance even though the son killed his mother and died by suicide. The court noted a state law forbidding direct heirs who killed parents is not triggered as the inheritance came via devise to the widow and son. Speeds up Car Repairs. The Burlington Road states each grain and coal car must be in ship shape by July 1, adding 1500 car repairers to meet demand as crops move and coal sales rise.
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Des Moines
Emergson
Creston
Laws Supreme Court
High Court
Roy Emerson
Supreme Court
Chicago
E. P. Bracken
Burlington Road
Corn Progress and Weather Impacts Across Iowa Fields
The Iowa Crop Service bulletin reports the third straight week of above normal temperatures with tropical rains from a Caribbean storm reaching Texas and Iowa. Corn is largely laid by in over 75 percent of fields, with some tasseling observations. winter wheat ready to cut, oats fair, and clover hay quality variable. Reports from Washington Mahaska Henry and Lee counties note rainfall, temperatures, and ongoing harvesting, with rain delaying haying and soft ground hindering binders.
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Charles D. Reed
Iowa Crop Service
Caribbean Sea
Texas
Iowa
Woodbury
Timothy
Washington
Mahaska
Oskaloosa
Bussey
Henry
Mt. Pleasant
Lee
Keokuk
Mount Waialeale’s Record Rainfall In Hawaii
Scientific American reports the summit of Mount Waialeale on Kauai received 590 inches of rainfall in thirteen months. The peak stands 5,080 feet high and is exposed to prevailing trade winds.
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Hawaii
Mount Waialeale
Kauai
Hawaiian Islands
Scientific American
Philco Retainer Battery Price Explained in Guarantee
The Philadelphia Diamond Grid Battery with the Philco Retainer is guaranteed for two years and valued at not more than one twenty fourth of its original price. This statement clarifies depreciation under the warranty.
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Philco
Philadelphia
Old Controversy How Perfectly Simple
An oblique note on enduring debates suggests that long running quarrels appear deceptively straightforward. The fragment hints at a cultural remark by McC. Creers and reflects on recurring public disputations.
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McC
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