The Silent Barrier Debuts in Sunday Post Magazine
Louis Tracy’s new serial The Silent Barrier starts in the Sunday Post Magazine last Sunday. The tale follows a young American millionaire and his European romance, with the author reclaiming the original title after a publishing dispute with Harper & Bros. The first installment appears in the Daily Post.
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Jouis Tracy
Sunday Post
Europe
Mr. Tracy
Rex Beach
Harper & Bros
Mr. Beach
Post-Sunday Magazine
Daily Post
The
The Wish and the Quiet Stranger at Embankment Hotel
Charles K. Spenser arrives at the Embankment Hotel and selects letters to receive in No 20 as he surveys his surroundings. The American’s poised, athletic appearance contrasts with the former occupant, a Frankfort banker, foreshadowing an upcoming thrilling life event.
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Denver
Leadville
Shall &E
Spenser
Frankfort
No. 20
Herr Bamberger
Embankment
The Stomach of the Child and a Paris Hotel Interlude
A mixed page folds diet advice for children with Stuart’s Dyspepsia Tablets praised for digestion and appetite. In the hotel lounge, Spenser observes two young women, Miss Millicent Jaques and Helen, discussing wealth, theater life, and ambitions while an American author reads letters from Long Beach.
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Stuart
F. A. Stuart Co
Stuart Bldg
Marshall, Mich
Dixie and Yankee Land and the Fifth Massachusetts Infantry
Read in 1909 the Fifth Massachusetts Infantry heads to Baltimore for Taft inauguration with Colonel William H. Oakes in command and rules banning certain tunes at events. The piece blends march lyrics with notes on British social life and a cliffhanger about a later newspaper serialization.
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Baltimore
Maryland
National Guard
Dixie and
Yankee Land
Fifth Massachusetts Infantry
J. Cody
Charlestown
Taft
Union Forever
Dixie
Yankee
South
Massachusetts Fifth
Fifth Infantry
William H. Oakes
Oakes
Washington
Convention Hall
Fifth and
I. Streets
N. W
Coast Artillery Corps
N. G
Massachusetts
Settlement Talks In Grout Heirship Case In Probate Court
In Greenfield on February 23, Probate Judge Thompson adjourned for two weeks as settlement talks proceed in Ellen Grout’s petition to be deemed W L Grout’s lawful widow. Grout, a sewing machine maker, died last spring with an estate around 700000 dollars. His will left most assets to his second wife Elzira Grout and to his first wife’s son Frank L. Grout of Orange, with no mention of Ellen Grout.
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Charlies IX
Spenser
London
Sprite
Vichy
St. Galmier
Apollinaris
Eau Naturelle
Leadville
Battle Mountain Tunnel
Helen
Bond Street
Kilburn
Greenfield
Thompson
Ellen Ll. Grout
W. L. Grout
Grout
Ellen Grout
Elzira Grout
Frank L. Grout
Orange
Plans for two simultaneous Bermuda yacht races
Captain William Meyer arrived from Bermuda and outlined a plan for two parallel races to Bermuda. The Savannah Yacht Club in Georgia would sail yawls as New York yachts depart from New York, with wireless vessels accompanying each fleet for intercommunication.
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New York
Bermuda
William Meyer
Savannah Yacht Club
Georgia City
Meyer
17 year old tramp travels from Oakland to Baltimore on 59 cents
Ralph O Leary a colored youth said he rode across the nation on 59 cents from Oakland California to Baltimore to visit a dying brother. He was arrested in Providence but released after police interview and sent toward Baltimore on the Knickerbocker Limited. He claims he started 13 days ago with 60 cents and had one cent left when nabbed.
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R. I
Ralph O'Leary
California
Knickerbocker Limited
Boston
Union Station
Baltimore
O'Leary
Oakland
Cal
Pacific Coast
Talisman Hit by Giant Wave Off Cape Hatteras
In a great gale off Cape Hatteras last Friday the Norwegian steamer Talisman arriving from Cuba narrowly avoided sinking. After leaving Havana on February 17 she faced a massive sea that engulfed the vessel except for the bridge, smokestack and masts. The ship lay becalmed for 24 hours while crew used oil to calm the turbulent sea.
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Cape Hatteras
Talisman
Cuba
Havana
Cape
Olsen
Samuel J Elder Named for Hague Post
Washington reports Judge George Gray of Delaware may accept appointment as American representative on the International Court at The Hague to arbitrate the New England fisheries dispute. Samuel J Elder of Boston is slated to be senior counsel, replacing the late Lewis S Dabney alongside Chandler Anderson as agent and American counsel.
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Washington
George Gray
Delaware
International Court
the Hague
New England
Chandler Anderson
Samuel J. Elder
Boston
Lewis S. Dabney
32 000 Tip for Frisco Bellhop
Bellhop Jack Douglas at the Manx Hotel in San Francisco receives a letter from Willis & Jacobs claiming he is left 82000 by the will of Colonel G H Warfield after a friend spots him. He reacts with astonishment and calls it a remarkable stroke of luck.
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San Francisco
Jack Douglas
Manx Hotel
New York
Willis & Jacobs
G. H. Warfield
Boy Saves Bridge by Breaking Up Ice Jam
In Waterbury Connecticut on February 25 1911 14 year old Willie Miller and companions risked their lives to save the New Haven Iron railroad bridge over Hop Brook from an ice jam The bridge began to fail as 10 inch ice blocks battered it and a railway watcher warned of an approaching train The youths used fence rails to break the jam while balancing on moving ice to prevent the foundation from giving way
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Waterbury
Conn
Willie Miller
New Haven
Hop Brook
Hallet & Davis
Kimball
Conway
Paderewski's Stepson in Desperate Straits
Paris dispatch to the Times says Wencelas Otto Gorski the stepson of Ignace Paderewski denies starting any suit for his mother's wealth but confirms strained relations. The bohemian Gorski says he is in desperate straits pawning belongings and living on tea and bread with his wife Belle Silveira a Chicago artist whom he wed hastily after meeting one evening.
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New York
the Times
Paris
Wencelas Otto Gorski
Ignace Paderewski
America
Gorski
Paderewski
Belle Silveira
Chicago
Supreme Court Rules in $1 Fine Case in Indiana
The Supreme Court has handed down a decision in the famous $1 fine case involving John F. Curless of Union township. The ruling is adverse to Curless and obliges him to pay $400 in costs.
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Kokomo
Ind
Supreme Court
John F. Curless
Union Township
Curless
Engineer's Threat Scares Firemen at Burning Mill
At Clinton Missouri on February 23 a freight train halted opposite a mill fire after firemen laid a hose across the tracks. Engineer Bentgen pleaded to uncouple the hose and warned of five cars of powder and dynamite behind him. He stated he must exit to protect his family. The hose was quickly uncoupled.
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Clinton
W. H. Hurvey
Bentgen
Rose Gets Two Years for Larceny of $1600
In the Superior Criminal Court Abbott F. Rose was sentenced to two years in the house of correction. Rose held a trusted position at Pittsburg Provision & Packing Company and pleaded guilty to larceny totaling $1600.
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Superior Criminal Court
Abbott F. Rose
House of Correction
Rose
Pittsburg Provision & Packing Company
Lion Killed After Attack on Trainer in Américas Zoo
Wallace, described as one of the largest African man eating lions in captivity, was killed after a savage attack on trainer Captain Cardo. The trainer sustained only slight injuries.
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Americus. Ga
Wallace
Cardo
White Seeks More New Haven Data from Railroad Board
Representative Norman H. White asks the Board of Railroad Commissioners to provide additional data on figures in the New York New Haven Hartford railroad returns. If papers on file cannot answer, he requests the board obtain the information for him.
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Norman H. White
Board of Railroad Commissioners
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
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