Globe Trotters and New Year Trials Across Oceans
A veteran globe trotter recalls a New Year on a life raft near Madagascar where hunger and sharks haunted a 25 hundred men crew. He later faces Cape Horn gales on a British wind jammer with an albatross faux turkey, while an American recluse in Hayti endures a mass execution. Other tales cover a Jamaica crocodile hunt and a Mira Boane siege where a white prisoner narrowly survives.
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Globe
Jamaica
West Iales
Third of Leiter girls to marry English noble
The engagement of Earl of Suffolk and Berkshire to Miss Daisy Leiter of Chicago is announced. The Suffolk family faces limited income yet remains popular for the match, with Charlton Park described as a grand historic estate. Details note the portraits of monarchs, vast state rooms, and old kitchens connected by a tunnel. Lord Suffolk is educated at Winchester and a keen sportsman with a hound pack nearby. Lady Curzon’s health improves as her sister awaits convalescence at Highcliffe Castle with views to the Isle of Wight.
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Earl of Suffolk
Berkshire
Daisy Leiter
Chicago
States
Suffolk
Charlton Park
Howard
Tyre
Eng
Emi
Elizabeth
Mary of
Modena
George I
Catherine of Braganza
Lord Suffolk
Winchester
Miss Lester
Lady Curzon
Highcliffe Castle
Isle of Wight
England
Earl of Suffolk and
Merkshire
Daisy Lesley Eg Reee
Ota
Storieties and jests from Frank L Stanton and others
A collage of brief anecdotes from Frank L Stanton and others recounts humorous and pointed vignettes about the South Western and European figures. The pieces include a Kentucky colonel, a Western governor, the bishop of Texas, a barber gag, and a Jewish Christian burial tale from Germany, each delivering a compact double take on culture and folly.
Native Son Claim Near Miss for California Born Rep
Representative Needham of California faced opposition from the Native Sons of the Golden West who questioned his birthplace. Needham recalled his wagon journey through Carson City Nevada when his parents aimed for California and joked a mule delay altered his birth location.
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California
Needham
Carson City
Nev
Plains
Congress
Califfornia
Native Sons of the Golden West
Barricaded Offices Exclude Women In Pittsburg Firms
Pittsburg millionaires set a rule barring women from inner offices amid reports of Chadwicking. Critics say wire screens and iron shutters won’t suffice and question who will guard clerks and office boys against hypnotism when the owners are not immune.
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Pittsburg
Philadelphia Press
Duchess Enjoys Old Ballads and Coons Songs
As Consuelo Vanderbilt the duchess of Marlborough pressed songs by plantation darkies to shock teachers. Now she sings old ballads and modern coon songs for friends, popularizing them in noble circles. The duchess of Westminster and Princess Henry of Pless have taken up the tunes.
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Consuelo Vanderbilt
Duchess of Marlborough
Duchess of Westminster
Henry of
Pless
Cullom recalls a brief wealth spell after cashing life policy
Senator Cullom of Illinois says he once felt rich for a short period after cashing an old life insurance policy. He reported receiving a little over $3,400 as a lump sum and indicates the money lasted only three or four months before he was poor again.
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Cullom
Senator Cullom
Illinois
Carnage in the East at Port Arthur described by dispatch
A graphic dispatch from Tandon, via Gen Nogl's army, depicts brutal near-constant bombardment at Port Arthur. It details mangled trenches, explosive weapons, and the dehumanizing carnage, arguing such warfare should be restrained by the Geneva convention. The piece frames Russia's Manchuria hold as irrecoverable, while notes war’s hellish persistence and calls Port Arthur a twentieth century masterpiece of horror for the Brooklyn Eagle.
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Port Arthur
Tandon
Nogl
Meter Hill
Russia
Esar
Manchuria
Brooklyn Eagle
Russell Sage Not a Scorcher in New York
New York reports say Russell Sage remains unusually free of arrests in the past month while many other wealthy men are cited for speeding or traffic violations. Sage reportedly travels downtown about three times weekly, using an automobile but authorities are not convinced he will join the speed mania. An officer is said to have arrested about a dozen millionaires in six months and may seek Sage’s capture as a trophy.
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New York
Dee
Jover
Scotland
Madagascar
Germany
Tabbei
Wwe
Bens
Russell Sage
Sage
Mr. Sage
Sound Teeth Saved Life By Quick Thinking Skater
Thomas Quinlan of Waterbury Connecticut narrowly escaped danger after both he and a friend fell through thin ice on a large pond. While the other man swam free, Quinlan clung to a coat sleeve bitten in his teeth to stay afloat until he was rescued.
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Thomas Quinlan
Waterbury
Conn
Natire
Quinlan
Found at Last Hensley Ari Dec 20
An aging speaker extols Dodd's Kidney Pills as a cure for backache praised by Mrs Sue Williams of this place. She claims 88 years old and suffering years of pain found relief after one box, urging others with backache to try the remedy.
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Hensley
Ari
America
Sue Willams
Dodd
Jong
Goa
Bright
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Globe Trotters
Cape Horn
Valparaiso
South Pacific Ocean
West Indies
Hayti
Mira- Boane
Manigat
Calabooge
Eventing
Miragoane
Leiter
Tom House
John H.wor
FACIA
Bkiy
Woodbury’s ‘Sgt
Temaina
Woodbury
Tony
Andrew Jergens Co
Cincinnati
Frank L. Stanton
South
Kentucky
Louisville
Lince Steffens
Texas
Boston
Mp Somerville Journal
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