Cowboys of the Flying Bart Ranch Plot for Phonograph Return
In a rural drama set at the Flying Bart ranch a heartbroken crew schemes to win back a prized phonograph after a champion runner fails. Helen Blake and Culver Covington push Speed to race Centipede against unknown entry while romance and a looming engagement trouble the plots.
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Shapter I
Flying Vart Ranch
Helen Blake
Speed
Redheart
Jean Chapin
Sis
Covington
Helen
Stover
Wally
Ting
T Corlnefort
Columbus
Culver
Lear
Hikeley
Fresno
Love and jealousy collide in a seaside romance
Roberta confesses love for Jack Chapin amid entangled relations. A prior fiancé, Culver Covington, is hinted to attend, risking jealousy and a possible tragedy as tensions rise between lovers and those who know them.
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Culver
Roberta
Scott
Speed
Helen
Jack Chapin
Desperate Plot Thwarts Wire to Culver
J Wallingford Speed contemplates drastic action after a murky plan to protect a confidant unfolds. The dialogue hints at a perilous scheme as Speed orders a friend Culver not to come, seeking to halt a looming danger. The scene ends with Speed collapsing and the cliffhanger to be continued.
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Jack
Culver
J. Wallingford Speed
Attack on Bed Bugs Ends Fatally for Woman in City
Mrs. Ageliki Margiori, wife of Christ Margiori and a chambermaid at 70S Jefferson Street, attempted to burn bed bugs with gasoline on a mattress. The gasoline ignited, flames engulfed her, and she suffered severe burns to her arms and left thigh. Firefighters extinguished the blaze at 12:20 p.m. and a physician treated her injuries.
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Ageliki Margiori
Christ Margiori
Steve Melvon
Jefferson Street
Five-Mile Tampt Bill Advances to Governor
The Iowa House fast-tracked the senate amendments to the five mile limit bill. Amendments allow Iowa City saloons to operate until their current permits expire, and the measure awaits the governor's signature to become law. Wo Bachman returns from Chicago with two Juling Bauer parlor grand pianos for delivery. a new drinking fountain is installed in front of the Waterloo Savings Bank.
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Nes Moines
House
Senate
Iowa
Wo. Bachman
Chicago
Waderloo
Bank at Fairbank Soon Will Be Open
Fairbank Iowa April 16 Special Officers of the Farmers State Bank expect doors to reopen within a few days as the bank examiner conducts an inquiry into certain securities. Bank officials say depositors are unaffected and the institution remains sound while the investigation proceeds.
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Fairbank
Farmers State Bank
Officera
Kieffer Savings Bank
Damge
New City Passenger Agent Named for C G W at Waterloo
Chicago Great Western announces E P Kretz, formerly of Dubuque, as city passenger agent for Waterloo replacing M E Schnell who is transferred to Des Moines. Kretz will arrive today and begin duties. he previously worked in Dubuque in the line’s city passenger department.
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Chicago Great Western Railroad
E. P. Kretz
Dubuque
Waterloo
M. E. Schnell
Des Moines
Kretz
City
Senate resumes probe into Washington police neglect
The Senate subcommittee resumes its inquiry into alleged police negligence during the March 3 suffrage parade. District officers testified again as witnesses as senators Jones Pomerone and Dillingham push to finish the probe soon. A separate license to wed was issued to Nicholas F Drilling and Shirley Belle Wheeler.
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Washington
Senate
District of Columbia
Jones
Pomerone
Dillingham
Nicholas F. Drilling
Waterloo
Shirley Belle Wheeler
Urbana
Senate Passes Two Bills Raising State Officials Salaries
Des Moines reports the Iowa senate approved two measures affecting state officer pay. Neal of Washington proposed raises for the auditor, treasurer, and secretary of state to 3600 a year, for the attorney general to 5000, and for the clerk of the supreme court to 2700. Kimball of Potta wattamie filed a companion bill boosting the two attorney general assistants to 2500 a year.
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Des Moines
Senate
Neal
Washington
Supreme Court
Kimball
Pottawattamie
Illinois towns won by days in local option battles
Chicago reports a wave of dry victories in many Illinois towns and cities on local option ballots. Augheley Champaign Altamont Bluffs Cherry Valley Effingham Pesatum McLeansboro Winnebago Greenville Rockford Winchester went dry while Pocahontun Pocatonica Millersburg and others stayed wet. Aurora reelects mayor, several towns elect Progressive aldermen, Canton ousts socialist ticket, Pawnee mayor by coin toss, Joliet Democrats ousted by Citizens ticket led by H E Wood.
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Chicago
Nels
Augheley
Champaign
Altamont
Bluffs
Cherry Valley
Effingbant
Pesatum
MecLeansboro
Winnebago
Greenville
Rockford
Winchester
Pocahontun
Pocatonica
Millersburg
Aurora
Canton
Teket
Pawnee
Joliet
Citizens
H. E. Wood
Birdmen in Cho Country Contest
Paris and various European locales report on a $1500 Pommery cup cross country air race from Paris to Berlin 635 miles northwest. Competitors Edmund Audemars and Pierre Dancourt begin, with Audemars making stops in Villa Coublay and Wanne before resuming toward Berlin.
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Paris
France
Edmund Audemars
Pierre Daucourt
Berlin
Audemars
Villa Coublay
Inter State Commission Bans Spark Risk Ads and Tariff Delays
Washington April 16 Moving picture films fall under dangerous goods rules requiring spark proof metal cases and tight packaging. The commission voids railroad advertisement commissions, extends tariff harmonization deadlines and urges clearer ads to earn public confidence.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Central Passenger Association
C. R. Hutcheson
Hutcheson
Town Criers’ Club
Irving Hotel
Superintendent Mann of Press Gallery Dead
Washington April 16 Charles H Mann longtime superintendent of the press gallery of the house of representatives died after several weeks illness He was 74 and had served since 1878 In recent months he stayed at his post despite ill health Funeral arrangements were not yet made.
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Washington
Chas. H. Mann
House of Representatives
Mann
United States
Stock closing prices in New York market report
The New York market report lists closing prices for major stocks including Canadian Pacific Reading Rock Island Chicago Great Western Atchison American Smelter Union Pacific Baltimore and Ohio Southern Pacific Southern Railway United States Steel Amalgamated Copper Northern Pacific Great Northern Missouri Pacific New York Central and other issues with mixed gains and losses as of today April 16.
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New York
Stock Exchange
Canadian Pacific
Pennsylvania
Reading
Rock Island
Chicago Great Western
Atchison
American Smelter
Batale Co
Gay
Union Pacific
Baltimore and
Ohio
Southern Pacific
Lone Southern Railway
Brooklyn Rapid Transit
United States Steel, Common
United States Steel
Pfd
Amalgamated Copper
TOR
Northern Pacific
Great Northern
Missouri Pacite
New York Central
Wanted notices for work and cattle in Waterloo Ta
Classified items include a kitchen girl or dressmaker wanted by Lock Box 168 City and a milk cow for immediate purchase described as fresh or springing. Also an available competent girl for general housework listed with a Waterloo address and phone contact.
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City
Upton B. Kepford
Waterloo
Wellington St
For Sale Close in Modern Residence Bargain
For sale by owner on the west side a modern residence with eight rooms and hardwood floors. Direct purchase with reasonable terms at $3,600. Phone 1904.
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West Side
Father John's Medicine praised for cough relief by mother
Mrs Wesp of Long Island writes gratefully that Father John’s Medicine built up her family’s health. She and her two children suffered coughs and were run down but now enjoy strong health. She calls it the best tonic for strengthening the system.
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John
Middle Village
Father John
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