Emerald Bell Heist Near Border Sparks Patrol Action
Miss Dorothy Upton and Mrs. Fane reach a camp at the New Mexico border as Lieutenant Kynaston investigates gun running reports. A sagged Mexican priest claims a stolen emerald bell tied to a shrine. Kynaston retrieves the jewel then Major Updyke arrives to oversee valuables. The priest and bell vanish and Kynaston crosses back with a rescuer to aid the Upton party amid Villista pressure.
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Dorothy Upton
Zapata
Carranza
Kynaston
Department
Updyke
Priest
Upton
Villistas
Crossing the Border to Aid a Mine Attack
In the dawn of a tense border episode, Lt Kynaston and Nolan slip toward the Santa Cruz mine to scout for a possible rescue or intervention as fire erupts from the Mexican line. They plot routes, hide their horses, and watch the adobe buildings and ore house from a hill above the mine.
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Mexico
Nolan
Kynaston
Santa Cruz
Kynaston and Nolan
Attack on the hillside mine house during a border standoff
Kynaston and Nolan creep down the acequia toward the house as rebels attack from the slope. Upton organizes defense and plans to evacuate Dorothy and Mrs. Fane while keeping his claim safe, wary of crossing the line to help. The assailants push forward, surrounding the house as the siege begins.
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Nolan
Kynaston
Upton
Mr. Upton
Villa
Warning of Villa Invasion If Kynaston Reveals Neutrality Breach
Lieutenant Kynaston faces a dilemma as he contemplates informing the American government of an impending Villa invasion while risking dismissal for crossing the border into Mexico. He weighs how to warn without admitting the neutrality violation.
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Kynaston
Villa
United States
Mexico
Tense stand at Mexican border house under siege
Kynaston surveys a long-range assault on a house near a windmill as seven hundred yards separate attackers from defenders. Upton and Nolan prepare, the women hide, and a flag of truce arrives while Kynaston stays behind in uniform and oversees from the house.
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Kynaston
Nolan
Mr. Upton
John Wilkes
Wilson
Fane
Miss Upton
Upton
Miranda
Remus
United States
Song Soldiers Sing Across the Ages of American War Music
The article recalls how soldiers in 1898 and earlier wars used camp songs to boost morale as they charged enemies. It highlights bands playing during battle, notes the spread of iconic tunes like There'll Be a Hot Time, Yankee Doodle, Star Spangled Banner, Battle Hymn of the Republic, and Dixie, and ponders what song future troops on the Rio Grande will adopt.
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Old Town
Rio Grande
John Brown
Twelfth
Massachusetts Regiment
Julia Ward Howe
America
Francis Scott Key
Baltimore
Anacreon
Heaven
London
Ft. McHenry
Mindeen
Peor
Khey
Boys In Blue
Johnny
Babylon
Georgia
Dixie
Maryland
North
South
Lorena
James R. Randall
New Orleans
Richmond
Confederacy
Worth a King's Ransom Revisited in Feudal Prisoner Acts
A London Chronicle writer traces the phrase to feudal fines and ransom practices. The king’s ransom likely derives from princes and nobles whose payments went to the king, while soldiers could claim booty or liberty for captured prisoners.
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London Chronicle
Richard Coeur de Lion
Spring motor drives flexible shaft camera for smooth follow
A spring driven flexible shaft system enables a motion picture operator to track moving subjects with the ease of a hand held camera, improving follow shots and fluid motion during filming.
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