Tragic tale of Hugh Stires and Jessica Holme in Smoky Mountain
synopsis of a melodrama where David Stires disinherits his ward Jessica but Hugh’s return and a web of deception lead to romance and danger. Harry Sanderson, nicknamed Satan, finances Hugh while misidentities, blackouts, and forged drafts drive the plot through mountain sanatoriums, river accidents, and a fatal climax.
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David Stires
Hugh
Jessica Holme
Harry Sanderson
Stires
Satan Sanderson
Jessica
Harry
Hallelujah Jones
Smoky Mountain
Hugh Stires
Devlin
Tom Felder
Pendergast
Prendergast
Milli
Xix
Jessica Hugh
Prodigal Return Brings Stir To Smoky Mountain Town
A returned wanderer receives a warm welcome and rumors shift from sluice robberies to a boom in hydraulic projects. He discovers a grave and a statue bearing his likeness on a knoll, fulfilling Jessica’s vision of his burial and prompting awe at his near fate.
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Hitcell
Prendergast
Smoky Mountain
Jessica
Aniston
Hugh
Aspens
David Stires
Prodigal Return on a Mountain Grave
In a secluded hillside tale, Hugh discovers his father’s grave and a statue bearing "I will arise and go unto my father." Jessica reveals she carved the figure, guiding him to reconciliation as old guilt and forgiveness surface at night near the mountain shrine.
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Relef
Jessica
Tempest
Old Despair
Hugh
Carmack Trial Nears End May Go To Jury Within a Week
Nashville dispatch reports state lawyers in the John D. Sharp Colonel Duncan B. Cooper and Robin Cooper murder trial of former Senator E W Carmack begin rebuttal. In Louisiana six negroes to be hanged for murder and one for attacking a woman scheduled today.
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Nashville
Tenn
John D. Sharp
Duncan B. Cooper
Robin Cooper
E. W. Carmack
New Orleans
Louisiana
Great Divide to Be Translated for Continental Productions
Henry Miller plans four international stagings of The Great Divide with translations into French German Italian and Spanish. His eldest son Gilbert handles adaptations while Miller retains London rights and oversees Paris Berlin Rome and Madrid as sole owner-manager. He aims for autumn productions with local producers and casts including an American couple for Paris and Berlin.
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Opera House
Henry Miller
Miller
Paris
Berlin
Rome
Madrid
London
Gilbert H. Miller
Stephen Ghent
Ruth Jordan
New York
Spain
Italy
Claim Chicago Property at Family Reunion
Beloit March 6 heirs of Andrew Layton a pioneer settler of Chicago plan legal steps to recover eighty acres south of the Cook county courthouse. They contend the tract was never sold and current occupants trespassers as Layton died years ago after gifting a daughter a deed to the property.
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Beloit
Wis
Andrew Layton
Chicago
Cook County
Layton
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