Emerald Bell of Zapata Recovery in Mexican Border Tale
At the New Mexico border camp, Lt. Kynaston detains Villa gun runners and recovers a sacred emerald bell said to be priceless to a shrine. Dorothy Upton and Mrs. Fane witness the capture as Mr. Upton arrives. the padre asserts the jewel’s value lies beyond money and hopes it is restored to its shrine.
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Dorothy Upton
Zapata
Carranza
Kynaston
Jewel
Department
Dorothy
Father
Miss Upton
Santa Cruz
Montezuma
Tenochtitlan
Senor
Padre
Major Updyke
Trocanto
Kynaston stratagem and a midnight message
A cavalry officer, Kynaston, plans to keep valuables safe till an arriving officer receipts for them. He uses a priest ally and a night watch to await the expected handover, while sending a messenger to headquarters and guarding his camp.
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Dorothy Upton
Kynaston
Jephson
Emerald of Tro canto a Priceless Heist in Desert Camp
Major Updyke relieves Kynaston and verifies the emerald theft is tied to the priest from Tro canto. A Mexican-style desert camp hosts a tense investigation as distant gunfire signals danger, drawing officers to a hilltop vigil for new threats.
Love fuels a whirlwind rescue in a curious tale
Cupid drives a fast moving romance as Lt. Kynaston aids beauty in distress. Mrs. Fane and Dorothy whirl in a brisk, unusual plot with bizarre settings and vivid emotional rushes.
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Cupid
Kynaston
Fate Intervenes as Plans Collapse in Sudden Crisis
The passage notes how men devise plans and rely on willpower, yet destiny or luck upsets them. An untoward movement or heedless step can wreck a career, while distant rifle fire interrupts contemplation and signals a troubling moment.
Men of Sense Make Cents From Nonsense
A brief proverb style note notes that sensible people turn foolish talk into practical value and hints at common wisdom about practical thinking and frugality.
Belgian Army more numerous and better equipped than at outbreak
Paris reports King Albert’s army has surmounted difficulties and grown stronger since 1914. Recruits, clothed and armed, were trained in Normandy with French and British aid. Hospitals, schools, and training centers then prepared infantry, artillery, machine guns, and officers to return to trenches.
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Paris
The
Yser
Albert
M. de Broqueville
Antwerp
Furnes
de Selliers de Moranville
Dunkirk
Normandy
Rouen
Elbeuf
British Red Cross
Rennes
Centre d’ Instruction Des
Wills Estate To City Of Sacramento Tax Relief
Philip Miller estate valued at 22000 will residue go to Sacramento general fund to cut taxes. city to receive more than 12000 to reduce tax burden. Miller, unmarried pioneer resident, named several other beneficiaries in the will.
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Sacramento
Cal
Philip Miller
City of
Miller
Man Posed as a Woman in Ohio County Home
In Wheeling West Virginia Ohio County home officials learned that an elderly resident named Sarah Hamilton an eighty six year old colored person was in fact a man. He had lived as a woman for years and worked as a domestic for a prominent family for six decades before entering the county home.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Sarah” Hamilton
Ohio County
Sleep Ends Farm Task Fatality on Truck Trip
Harry Walls a 35 year old farmer from Beverly was killed when he fell asleep and toppled from his truck while driving produce to the Philadelphia market. The team without a driver continued along to Camden and halted at the ferry to Philadelphia.
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Camden
N J
Harry Walls
Beverly
Philadelphia
Will Open Coffin Daily at Forest Lawn Cemetery
For two months the Forest Lawn caretaker will open the coffin containing William C. Kipp, a retired Los Angeles capitalist, every day in line with his will to calm fears of premature burial.
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Los Angeles
Forest Lawn Cemetery
William C. Kipp
Kipp
British Capture of Ovillers Ends Bitter Somme Fight
British forces describe the fall of Ovillers as the war’s most dogged siege action. The town lies ruined, its garrison the Third Prussian Guards surrendering after relentless bombardment and brutal close combat.
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Somme
Ovillers
Hen hatches woodpecker in Federalsburg farm report
Ira Cordrey, a local farmer, says a hen missing for some time returned with eleven chicks and a small woodpecker in tow. The woodpecker appeared to be cared for by the hen, which fed it and treated it as part of her brood. The appearance may result from a woodpecker laying the egg in the hen’s nest while she foraged.
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Federalsburg
Ind
Ira Cordrey
Compromise Ends 20 Year Timber Lands Litigation
After twenty years of cross state court actions over timber lands valued at 1.5 million dollars in North Carolina and Tennessee, the Gilbert Hopkins case reached a compromise decree in the federal court at Asheville North Carolina.
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Asheville
N. C
Gilbert Hopkins
North Carolina
Tennessee
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