Buying a Place on the Lake Ends in Clever Ruse
Wealthy heir Jack Aborn pursues a New England lake property owned by Dr. Cornelia Egerton. After misreading a secretary and a scam, he learns the doctor is the owner and a sociologist who secretly dispenses wealth. She offers the lake home for $20,000 and they eventually strike a deal.
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New England
Parkville
White House
Dr. Egerton
Jack Aborn
Egerton
Centr
Sarah H. McCarthy
Aborn
Egertop
Miss McCarthy
Adam
Diiely
Old
H. W’carthy
Allence
Beatden
Cornelia Egerton
Hunnewell Women Seek Govners Help in Council Row
In Hunnewell Kansas the town’s first and only woman mayor Mrs Ella Wilson and city clerk Mrs Alice Hilton appeal to Governor and Attorney General to oust five council members for alleged improper actions and to curb liquor shipments. The dispute arises as the council meets without the rest, bills are paid, and requests for city records are sent by the council. The women urge action and question legality while recalling a broader labor struggles theme highlighted by a Baltimore factory tragedy and the cost of living.
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Topeka
Kas. Mayo
Stubbs
Hunnewell
Kansas
Alice Hilton
Rose M. Osborn
Ella Wilson
Lhke
Outrage and grief haunt New York factory fire aftermath
In the Outlook Miriam Finn Scott portrays a mother of a fire victim crying for safety as she recalls a generation of labor struggle. She, a shirtwaist worker turned retiree, and her husband, a cloakmaker, describe repeated efforts to secure better pay and safer conditions for their children.
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Rosie
Triangle
Outlook
Miriam Finn Scott
New York
Faith in Doctors Halted by Surgery Fear Resolved
Amy Peterson of Fort Calhoun Nebraska recounts how brutal symptoms from gall duct stoppage worsened until doctors urged a surgical operation. After consulting United Doctors at Waterloo Institute she pursued their treatment and within a month her yellow skin faded, appetite returned, and weight increased, guiding others away from risky operations.
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Amy Peterson
Fort Calhoun
Nebr
United Doctors
Waterloo Institute
Marish Place
Wanted girl who is wholesome and good old fashioned
In Judge by Donald A. Kahn an ad requests a plain wholesome girl not involved in scandal or social snobbery. It notes she should be kind to people and animals, capable in sewing cooking and singing, not versed in creeds, and essentially modest and decent. No application needed. she will come after you.
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Donald A. Kahn
Fire Claims Five Men at Hartford Iron Mines
Negsunee Michigan May 5 five or six laborers were burned to death in a mine fire at the Hartford iron mines. Rescue efforts failed as flames swept through the shafts. Officials report ongoing investigations and safety reviews.
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Negsunee
Mich
Hartford
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Gahary
Rpom
Nashua
Central Iowa Granite Co
Waterloo
Yours Truly
Carl Kunz
Marshalltown, Ia
Barre
Stacy Nichols
Carload
Jefferson Street
Exra
United
Ft. Calhoun
Woods Bros
Heywood-Foger
Fulton
Axminster
Alexander Smith & Son
East Fifth Street
Ells Hotel
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