A Nice Young Woman Meets Border Patrol Leader
Lieutenant Kynaston meets Miss Upton by a broken down car along the Mexican border. She introduces Mrs. Fane and mentions DanUpton and the Santa Cruz mine, while a gear problem delays their crossing toward Tia Juana.
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Kynaston
Villa
Villista
San Pedro
New Mexico
Tia Juana
Miss Upton
Mrs. Fane
Santa Cruz
Mexico
Cavalry Camp Interlude on the New Mexico Frontier
Miss Upton and Mrs. Fane visit the camp of Captain Kynaston as word comes of a line alarm. He warns them not to cross the border for 24 hours while Corporal Welsh moves a small detachment along a tense frontier. The scene blends flirtation with duty as night falls on patrols and a quiet camp.
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Miss Upton
Kynaston
Mrs. Fane
Mr. Kynaston
New Mexico
Washington
Tibet
Corporal Welsh
Mexco
United States
Dorothy
Methuselah
Love Triangle In Lt Kynaston’s Heart
A nameless narrator weighs which woman, the graceful Mrs Fane or tender Doro, will win Lieutenant Kynaston’s affection in a delicate romance scene.
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Kynaston
Mrs. Fane
Dorothy
Optimistic Thought on Effort and Excellence
A brief maxim asserts excellence is earned through labor rather than granted, emphasizing perseverance and steady effort as the path to achievement. It frames achievement as a reward for sustained work and discipline.
Prominent Women in Training at Chevy Chase Camp
The National Service School for Women at Chevy Chase near Washington trains a thousand young women in Red Cross first aid signaling wireless dietetic cookery and hospital duties. Led by Mrs. George Dewey its weeklong program shows Navy League preparedness and plans for future camps nationwide.
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Chevy Chase
Washington
The
Kansas City Star
National Service School For
Navy League
George Dewey
Admiral Dewey
Robert Lansing
Service
United States Army
United States Marine Corps
Marine Corps
Red Cross
Raphy
O. K
F. D. Roosevelt
Navy
Slavko Grouitch
Genevieve Clark Thompson
Champ Clark
Frank G. Odenheimer
Maryland
United Daughters of the Confederacy
New York
Service School
America
Chevy Chase Camp
Elizabeth Elliott Poe
Vella Poe Wilson
Philadelphia
Savannah
San Diego
Cal
San Francisco
Wealthy Citizen Recollects Arcadia and Lost Community
Eugene Wood quotes Uncle Zenas recalling Bloomfield Center and a bygone era of neighborly democracy. He laments codfish aristocracy and split clicks, contrasting apple-cuttings and corn-huskings with the heroic romantic log cabin days and shared poverty.
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Zenas
Arcadia
New York
Bloomfield Center
Happy United Village
Eugene Wood
Vast facts parade from distant realms and figures
The passage surveys vast estimates and curiosities such as population and wheat consumption, a fire plug attachment for drinking fountains, Australia’s unexplored quarter, high daily breath counts, first Japanese Romanized school books, 5000 inventions submitted to the naval board in seven months, and garbage fuel value at one tenth of coal.
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Russia
Australia
Naval Board
Great Family of Smiths in England and Wales
The Smith surname remains the largest in England and Wales with about 400 000 to 500 000 bearers. The text highlights many notable Smiths who helped shape the empire, asserting their prominence across history.
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England
Wales
The Good and the Bad Proverb Note
A Portuguese proverb contrasts character with trust, stating that the good man offers a pledge and the bad neither pledge nor surety. It reflects moral standard and caution in judgment within a brief aphoristic line.
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