Thanksgiving Plans and Hidden Tensions at Wheatley Hills
In November gloom Ellen weighs Thanksgiving options as Gibbs presses for the opera and visitors from Port Washington. Family frictions surface over plans and loyalties while Lilian’s suspicions rise and the day unfolds with preparations, drive plans, and delicate pleas. Snow coats the memories as Altian arrives with urgent news.
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Villino Dell Orto
Wheatley Hills
Ellen
Elsie
Tommy
Port Washington
Gibb
Lillian
Metropolitan
Gibbs
Gay
Sho
Lizzie
Torrens
Dad
Lilling
the Tira
Mr. Wallace
Deer Shed Horns Renew Each Year
The horns or antlers of deer are shed and renewed yearly. The horn regrowth takes about three to four months to reach full size after shedding.
Stormy night tests Ellen in Gibbs marriage
Ellen endures a tense day as Lillian’s movements and Gibbs’s absence fuel suspicions. Her father-in-law urges patience and forgiveness while Ellen dreams of a renewed life with Gibbs, only to be tortured by fear that Lillian and Gibbs may have betrayed them tonight. The storm rages, time drags, and sleep remains elusive.
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Torrens
Tom
Lilien
Lillian
Gibbs
Tommy
Wallaces
Altian
Ellen
Eilen
Lizzie
Jean Christophe
Exquisite
Lilian
Reno
Josselyn
Mlaza
Bainbridge Wallace
Ace
Times
England
Elien
Gilbs
Poignant Russian Tragedy Recalled by Exile's Death
An old man in eastern Siberia recalls a legendary tale set in late 1880s St. Petersburg. A czar era officer, ruined by debt, murders a money lender who promised a wedding gift, is exiled to Siberia, and dies in poverty.
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Harbin
China
Siberia
St. Petersburg
Wally Schang Injured. Yanks Lose Catcher
Advices from Boston report New York Yankees catcher Wally Schang suffers a double fracture of his throwing hand. He is expected to be out for about two weeks, leaving the club short in the pitching and defense department.
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New York
Boston
Wally Schang
New York Yanks
This Fish Is a Quiet One
The butterfly fish stays motionless most of the day near the surface often at the same spot. When light falls on it it becomes more animated suggesting a daily pattern observed by Nature Magazine.
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Nature Magazine
Disturbances Rise in Eastern Poland
In Poland disturbances attributed to Communists grow more numerous, especially in eastern regions. The cabinet contemplates protective measures as unrest spreads.
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Warsaw
Poland
Nature's Canonflace In The Magazine Flower Inhabitant
The fragment describes a Natur Magaziné scene with a white eral pudcer and a flower dwelling theme. It hints at a creature or entity tied to a plant setting and a cultivated habitat. The text reads as a poetic or magazine style note rather than a clear news event.
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Sive Natur Magaziné
Early shaving implements before Bronze Age use flints
A fragment notes that shaving the beard in the Bronze Age and earlier relied on flints shells or bones with a sharp edge formed by creant.
Fortunate Fact When at hist the sheep are divides from the goats
The fragment reads as a cryptic historical note noting a division among groups and an implied selection process. It mentions goats and sheep with undefined roles and a name-like term that may be a cipher or misread. No clear event, date, or organization is discernible.
City Cuts Paving Costs By Reusing Cobblestone Gaps
City crews salvage cobblestones by re cutting and pressing cracked stones into gaps and filling with asphalt to save on paving bills. The effort recycles street materials and extends the life of historic cobble infrastructure.
Cotter Community Notes Reflect Local Life and Travel
Cotter and nearby residents share visits and errands with Humphrey Davis and others. School opens with 140 in attendance, 35 in high school, while families travel to Kansas City for cattle trading and to Cedar Rapids for a day. Community events include a club meeting, a funeral service, and a Sunday picnic at Sunset Park.
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Cotter
W. C. Davis
Humphrey
Mary Jones
Sam Hatenstein
RL. Richards
Mise Sweet
Frank Hauenstein
Price Davis
Ilinoia
Holly Orris
Richard Jenkins
Geo. B. Stapp
Garry Stapp
Edwards
C. L. Duncan
Evan L. Edwards
Columbus Junction
Faye McCurley
Fairport
Victor Morris
Ebb Williams
Sam Hauenstein
Crawfordsville Moves and Travel Notes
Mrs. J A Moorhead helps her grandson Joseph Arthur MecCoy start school while his mother stays in Wisconsin. John Holmes family travels to Peabody Kansas to visit the Thome Skinner home. Prudence Johns leaves for Cedar Falls to resume work at the State Teachers College. Mary Borders heads to Cedar Falls. Oral Conrad goes to Mt. Pleasant to enter Iowa Wesleyan College. Rev W C Porter and S G Taylor attend the Keokuk Presbytery fail meeting in LeClaire. Whitfield Davis family returns from Ohio summer visit with Mrs Davis' parents.
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Crawfordsville
J. A. Moorhead
Mr Pleasant Sabbath
Joseph Arthur MecCoy
Wisconsin
John Holmes
Claire
Peabody
Kansas
Thome Skinner
Prudence Johns
Cedar Falls
State Teachers College
Mary Borders
Oral Conrad
Mt. Pleasant
Public Cabs Replace Private Vehicles at German Weddings
Berlin reports a shift in wedding transport as horse cabs and taxis replace private carriages. Brides and grooms are seen leaving the home to church by one horse cab or taxi, then calling another conveyance after the ceremony. Cab drivers scout churches and know wedding times, aided by a Journal Want-ad that yields results.
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Berlin
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Abbe McBride
Earl Melfride
Humphry Davis
Evan Edwards
Jim Edwards
Cedar Rapids
BY Taylor
Gunn Magic Mud Company
Ren
Gunn
Mr.gunn
Heron
Stanley
Everett True
TOL A
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Hex
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