Gypsy Girl Foretells Meeting In Mountain Cabin
In a 1917 tale, Dick Berwick wanders from a joyful camp into a Gypsy fortune teller’s circle. The reading predicts he will scale pine hills to a log cabin where a red haired bathing girl who saved him awaits, as a mysterious chase unfolds among campers and lovers.
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Gypsy
Dick Berwick
Berwick
Tre
Igke
Bob Deane
Sis
Deane
Bisse
Bob
Ick Berwick
Bla
Manager Cal led the Peach Complaint at a Big Hotel
A hotel breakfast room scene shows two European travelers seeking South African peaches. The manager reveals the peaches exist for guests, priced at three dollars each, higher than their European bill. The two demand the London price, while the manager grins at the confusion and departs. Also note a feature on a giant Twenty-Three Pound Cat Tip and his sibling Tot, both eight years old, in Indianapolis News correspondence.
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Europe
London
Alfred
South Africa
Tip
0. F. Duncan
United States
Canada
Tot
South Bend
Indianapolis News
Grip's Loyalty and a Forgotten Night at the Hampton Estate
Burton, a globe trotter and government agent, encounters Cressida Langhorne and her dog Grip at the Bound Beach depot and terrace. Amid a social crowd, old regrets surface as Grip recalls their past bond. Cressida invites him to stay week for the terrier’s sake, hinting at unresolved feelings.
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Burton
Bound Beach
Srings
Grey Torvers
Fate
Cresaida
Isabelle
Lon- Qlulu
Cressida
Stanley
Mrs. Hampton
Peter Stanley Hampton
Cressip
Cress
Cressida Langhorne
Tommy
Phil Langhorne
Crees
Mercs
Grip
Terrier
Mrs. Langhorne
New York
Diamond Umpire Pranks And Thief Ring Exposed
A tale contrasts a comic Indian fable about sanitized baseball with a real theft report from The Bertin Post. It details a crowd scolding an umpire and rubber bottles at a game, then recounts thieves who swapped real diamonds for glass, a maid suspect, and eventual recovery by a jeweler.
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New Zealand
Bertin Post
Gladstone’s Discretion in Marriage Told by an Ally
A cabinet minister valued discretion after marriage and asked his wife whether to speak or stay silent. Mrs Gladstone chose to keep silent, and she kept her word.
Thanksgiving News From Waterloo Area Personal Notices
Local social notes from Waterloo detail Thanksgiving visits among families across Greene, Marshalltown, Jesup and Gallo Wayne additions, with Emma Miner relocating to Randolph street and Mrs. Parker visiting Standish home. Health updates include Edward Rohlf Jr recovering, Mike Condon’s hospital transfer after injury, and W W Davis's serious illness in Brandon.
Elizabeth Bond Visits Belmond Student in Waterloo
Miss Elizabeth Bond of Belmond spends Thanksgiving with Miss Juenore Sheffield in Waterloo. Bond is a housekeeping rooms, a musician by trade, and lists a Frankin Iowa address. Sheffield attends Waterloo For Rent Modern Furnished Light Business College. Contact phone 764-Black.
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Elizabeth Bond
Belmond
Juenore Sheffield
Waterloo
Bond
Iowa
Congressman Pickett Delays Washington Trip After Illness
Congressman Charles E. Pickett has just returned from Town City hospital after a minor nasal operation. He planned to leave tonight for Washington but canceled his sleeping car berth due to weakness and will depart tomorrow night. He also faced issues with the right car but hopes to be in normal health for the opening of Congress next Monday.
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Charles E. Pickett
Town City
Washington
Wool Tariff Report Due By December 11
Washington reports the tariff board will deliver the wool schedule findings and the Payne tariff effects to President Taft by December 11 after a White House meeting with Chairman Imery and board member A. H. Sanders. The cotton report will follow a few days later.
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Washington
Tariff Board
Taft
White House
Imery
A. H. Sanders
Brother Comes For Death by Own Action
Mr Cronty brother of Richard Cronty who committed death by own action yesterday arrived in Waterloo last evening and will take the body of his brother tomorrow morning over the Illinois Central back to his old home at Nashua for burial. Other relatives and friends will accompany the body on its last journey.
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Mr. Cronty
Richard
German Navy Increase Approved and Funded
A well informed news agency reports Germany has decided to expand its navy, with a plan to spend 90 million dollars over six years. Official circles remain silent as the government moves to augment the fleet.
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Berlin
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Associated Literary Press
Coppright
Avascia
Diamond OF the
Carload
Krueger Markets
VEAL
John Loeffel
Jeanette Smith
Marshalltown
Carrie Parker
Harold
Jesup
Standish
Edward, Jr
Mike Condon
Rock Island
Condon
Brandon
WW. Davis
Brandon Bank
Buchanan County
Westport
S. D
Frank A. Buttke
Franklin, A. Peterson
WOOL
West Bridge Street
J. F. Dare
West First
Hawks Nursery Company
Wauwatosa
Wis
National Automobile Training Ass'n
Omaha
Neb
Gouth Street
Exerenses
Elmer Hotel
Master Barber College
Chicago
Black
Dady
Greem
Minnesota
Adams Street
Lafaretts
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