A Border Patrol Officer Meets Miss Upton at the Mine
Lieutenant Kynaston, in charge of the local border patrol, assists Miss Upton whose car breaks down near the Santa Cruz mine owned by Daniel Upton. The scene unfolds on the Mexican border amid ongoing gun running suppression efforts and tension with Villista forces.
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Kynaston
Villa
Villista
San Pedro
New Mexico
Tia Juana
Miss Upton
Mrs. Fane
Santa Cruz
Mexico
Frontiersman Kynaston EscortsUptons as Alarm Triggers Patrol
Miss Upton and Mrs. Fane join Captain Kynaston at a remote New Mexico cavalry camp. An urgent note orders a quick detachment sweep along the line while the two women await his return, amid frontier talk of border tensions and romantic tension.
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Mrs. Fane
Mr. Kynaston
New Mexico
Kynaston
Washington
Tibet
Miss Upton
Corporal Welsh
Mexco
United States
Dorothy
Methuselah
Dreamland
Love Triangle Dolds Lieutenant Kynaston
A melodramatic query centers on which woman wins Lt. Kynaston’s heart Mrs. Fane or the sympathetic Doro. The piece hints at romance and social dynamics within a regimental setting.
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Kynaston
Mrs. Fane
Dorothy
Optimistic Thought On Excellence And Labor
A brief aphorism notes that excellence is earned through steady labor rather than granted freely, urging persistent effort as the path to achievement. The message emphasizes discipline and perseverance as keys to success.
Prominent Women in Training Camp for War Service
The Chevy Chase National Service School for Women near Washington enters its second week with 1000 recruits in khaki, learning Red Cross first aid sewing signaling and wireless under army instructors. Notable attendees include Mrs. Robert Lansing and Mrs. Genevieve Clark Thompson as camp leadership and speakers like F D Roosevelt.
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Chevy Chase
Washington
The
Kansas City Star
National Service School For
Navy League
George Dewey
Admiral Dewey
Robert Lansing
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 Mourns Lost Arcadia and Neighbors
In Bloomfield Center Uncle Zenas laments the decline from old time gatherings and neighborly unity. He recalls apple-cuttings, corn-huskings, barn-raisings, and a shared hopeful poverty. He contrasts it with codfish aristocracy and fractured communities, praising the heroic log cabin era.
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Zenas
Arcadia
New York
Bloomfield Center
Happy United Village
Eugene Wood
Population figures and tech notes from a bygone era
The excerpt cites an 180,000,000 population for European and Asiatic Russia with a 900,000,000 bushels annual wheat need at five bushels per head. It mentions fire plugs turned into sanitary fountains, Australia being only partly explored, human breaths per day, 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 is held by about 400 000 to 500 000 people in England and Wales, far more than any other name. The large family includes many distinguished men who helped shape the empire.
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England
Wales
The Good and the Bad Proverb Paraphrase
A Portuguese proverb notes the good man has a pledge and the bad man lacks both pledge and surety, reflecting a moral distinction between virtue and unreliability.
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Service
United States Army
United States Marine Corps
Marine Corps
Red Cross
Raphy
O. K
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