Extradition case spurs opera night chase
Jim and Jones send a Washington inquiry as a Russian agent plots to seize papers in New York. In a tense opera box raid, Servan loses the documents to Norton and Jones, while Blaine and Olga confront a possible final stand against the Black Hundred.
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Jim
Jones
Blaine
Russia
Washington
United States
Siberia
Vroon
Black Hundred
America
Florence
Henri Servan
Hargreave
Stanley Hargreave
Such
Servan
Apy
Norton
Leutenant
Braine
Olga
Otto
Farrar
Braiine
Rom
Dimousine
Pitty
Braine and Company
General Joffre, Fairness and Castlewau Honor
A tale recounts Poincare bringing multiple marshal batons to Alsace after the French advance. Joffre declines any baton for Castlewau, noting he will not accept honors from the republic when a better man deserves them. The generalissimo and colleagues refuse to accept honors for Castlewau.
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Joffre
Poincare
Alsace
Castlewau
Republic
Hopeless. He I'll trust time to make
The fragment presents a cryptic line with no identifiable persons, places, or events. It cannot be reliably transformed into a coherent news item without additional readable details.
Romance on the Roof
Dorr an actor recovering from idleness climbs the roof to study his part and meets Mona Lawrence a young actress living next door with her woolly dog. After rescuing Mona’s dog Zou Zou from a chimney Dorr earns her gratitude and a promise of marriage before the season ends as they connect across the brick parapet.
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Charles Wilbour Dorr
Broadway
Dorr
Snookums
Zou
Zou- Zou
Fire Department
Ruina
Zou-Zou
Muzzer
Mona Lawrence
Real Scott
Fata
No more girls on warships after torpedo mishap
A British admiralty order ends women aboard warships following a torpedo demonstration gone wrong. A gunner reset a charge, fired, and the torpedo misfired striking a pier wall instead of a steamship, soaking bystanders and causing significant pier damage. A Newport officer and a prominent citizen witnessed the incident, and no further private gatherings are planned aboard destroyers.
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Newport
Caught the Business Men
A Buffalo News feature notes Giuseppe Gorolotto a fictitious barrel organist who times actions to public moments. It contrasts historic figures like Gutenberg and Franklin with his own claimed knack for right action at the right moment and its impact on local business life.
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Servan
Norton
Gutenberg
Franklin
Giuseppe Gorolotto
Main Street
Buffalo News
Lusitania
Giuseppe
Unsettling Theatre of Blood in Rural Feud
A spoofed AP dispatch describes a bloody rural fight using a scythe corn knife shovel and butcher knife. It suggests the two men had a misunderstanding and mocks cautious editorial wording in a Maine rural paper.
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Associated Press
Atlanta
Great News-Gathering Organization
Maine
Curious War Coincidences In A Welsh Route Vehicle
Private 3 N Jones of the Motor Transport A 8 C writes from Llangollen to friends about a remarkable wartime coincidence. He drove a Llangollen Wrexham motor bus, was drafted to the exact same chassis in France, and the bus company may repurchase the vehicle after the war and add a plate noting the events.
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Servan
3. N. Jones
Motor Transport
Llangollen
Wales
Wrexham
France
Denbighshire
Road Car Company
Jones
Simple Part Patience Observed Celebrities in Vaudeville
A fragment notes a figure presenting herself to a vaudeville manager as she observed what other celebrities were doing. The terse line hints at entry into show business through a manager's reception.
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Harold Macgrath
Thanhouser Film Company
Idle Hour Theater
King
Paris
Homoujik
Joan
McClure
Illinois
East Bo
West Bor
Ngers
Bea
D. J. Gilchris
General A
Aurelia
Iowa
Dr. Winfred Moulton
Farmers National Bank
E. G. Bates
Mint
Continental Mortgage Company
Petty & Company
Lytton
A. H. Waddell
Olmstead
Turner & Lieser
Maple Valley Mutual Insurance Association
Aurelia, Iowa
Cherokee County
Little Sioux River
Buena Vista County
F. H. Crepps
J. C. Lockin
Fred J. Kohthagen
Nelsons Restaurant
L. P. Nelson
Opytights &C
Nnn
Sunn A Pacoive
Wilioub Clare
Witio Scientific America
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