Food for Angels and the Mockery of Meals
Nellie Barton fears a rift in her marriage after overhearing praise for their old meals. Her sister in law hatches a plan to vindicate Nellie by staging a refined tea with fond memories of Mrs. Barton's home cooking. The ruse exposes Nellie as the favored cook, and the scene ends with Mrs. Barton praising Nellie’s dishes to the neighborly circle.
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Selina Lillian Higgins
Nellie Barton
Mrs. Barton
Nellie
Mrs. Dorsett
Ronald
Mr. Stowell
Barton
Ronald Barton
Stowell
Cold Light in Time of War Boosts Military Use
Francois Dussaud notes in Harper's Magazine that cold light searchlights, now portable in knapsacks, offer divergent beams useful for aiding the wounded, locating ruins and disasters, and guiding night battles. Paris experiments in front of the war minister show their potential for submarines, aircraft, balloons, and colonial service efficiency.
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Paris
Boulevard de Charonne
Francois Dussaud
Harper's Magazine
Salt Horse Name for Corned Beef in Army Slang
The origin of the term salt horse for corned beef remains unknown, yet it is the U S army mess beef name and is also called salt junk by soldiers. In New England junk stands for chunk, a fragment, so salt junk refers to salted beef pieces.
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United States Army
New England
Panama Canal Defenses and Fortified Islands Plan
The article quotes Col Goethals on canal defenses, noting forts near Taboga and the Pacific fortifications on Naos Perico Culebra and Flamenco. It describes monitoring patrols, jungle terrain as a barrier, and possible landings from the Pacific side while Atlantic approaches remain difficult.
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Culebra
C. Z
Panama Canal
Goethals
Atlantic
Toro Point
Colon Harbor
Margarita Island
Colon
Pacific
Naos
Perico
Flamenco
United States
Fortifica
Taboga
Sam
Misereri Mei Domini A convent tale of love and revealed kinship
In San Diego province near River La Plaza a miller's daughter Mercedes loves Palo, son of the governor. Their secret meetings end in tragedy as a guard betrays them, Mercedes kills the guard, flees to a convent, and Sister Sorice reveals she is Mercedes's mother. The revelation echoes a twenty year old past as Mercedes learns her true lineage and the convent bell tolls Misereri Mei Domini.
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San Diego
la Plaza
Mercedes
Don Paud
Palo
Chiquita
Sister Sorice
Lorice
Sorice
Spain
Mia Carrissima
Daily Story Pub, Co
Illinois Fire Marshal Resigns as Morgaridge Steps In
Springfield reports Governor Dunne accepts the resignation of Jacob Le Bosky of Chicago from the state fire marshal post. Assistant Frank R. Morgaridge named acting fire marshal as the department undergoes partial reorganization while deputy marshals are named.
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Springfield
Dunne
Jacob le Bosky
Chicago
Frank R. Morgaridge
le Bosky
Bat
Mr. Morgaridge
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Food For
Angels
W. G. Chapman
Canal
Bic
Taboga Island
Empire
Panama
Nao
Balboa
Atlantic Ocean
Colonel Greene
Wuphwe
V. Pickard
Culebra Island
Panama Railway
W. H. Aspinwall
Henry Chauncey
John L. Stevens
Washington Hotel
Illinois
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Frank D. Thomson
A. H E. Gilpin
Centralia
Thomson
Peoria
Oscar Addington
Bloomington
Wilson Streets
Rock Island
G. G. Craig
Silvis
Rock Island Road
Pacific Coast
Granite City
Edward Horner
Rockford
Ball Park
McGloon
Omaha
Weeks
Ilinois Alfalfa Growers’ Association
Illnois
Harvard
Milk Producers’ Association
Belvidere
Elgin
Dunham Stock Farm
Wayne
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