My Secret Service and World War Profiles
An anonymous JHE correspondent reviews the book My Secret Service detailing the German army and navy’s differences as seen in Constantinople with von Hersing and the Lusitania sinking. The piece also covers Harry A. Franck’s Tramping Through Mexico and Denise and Ned Toodles author Gabrielle E. Jackson.
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Constantinople
Northcliffe
Daily Mail
Secret Service
George H. Doran Company
von Hersing
Wilhelmshaven
Straits of Gibraltar
Germany
Prussia
Mexico
Harry A. Franck
Guatemala
Honduras
The
Century Co
First Cavalry
Brooklyn
Mexican
Franck
Gabrielle E. Jackson
Denise
Ned Toodles
Sky
Annapolis
Mrs. Jackson
Academy
Carvel Hall
Winston Churchill
Debts and Wholesome Humor in McClure and Pearson
magazine miscellany reviews Miss Jessie B. Rittenhouse's poem Debts in McClure's August issue and applauds Basil King's Lifted Veil, Dana Gatlin, and Holworthy Hall stories while noting Browne's Scars and Stripes disappoints. Pearson's gains a critical take on muckraking and a favorable piece on The Tombs, with a correction about Ferdinand Gow.
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Jessie B. Rittenhouse
McClure’s
McClure
Dana Gatlin
Holworthy Hall
Cosey
Cosmopolitan
Porter Emerson Browne
Sham
Roosevelt
Pearson’s
America
Pearson
William Grengil
Ferdinand Gow
General Grant
Gow
Ward
New School Head Named for Manchester
Herbert F. Taylor, former superintendent of Niagara Falls schools, was elected Manchester head by a 10 to 1 vote. Salary set at 4000 dollars annually. He succeeds Charles W. Bickford who left to lead Lewiston schools after 16 years in Manchester.
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Manchester
N. H
Herbert F. Taylor
Niagara Falls
N. Y
Board of Education
Taylor
Charles W. Bickford
Lewiston
Dramatic Court Day in Landis Court Over Baby Irene
In Chicago on July 28 Judge Landis faced a spectacle with 300 spectators as he delivered a scathing address. He directed the nurse to turn Baby Irene over to Canadian helper Margaret Ryan amid the Matters baby case conspiracy.
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Chicago
Landis
Margaret Ryan
Dollie Ledgerwood Matters
Mrs. Matters
Judge Landis
Winifred Davis
Irene
Dr. Bernard
Misericordia Hospital
Daniel G. Ramsey
Mr. Ramsay
Miss Davis
Hyannis Heiress Wins Three Big Victories
Marion Pomeroy Smith, the Hyannis heiress, gains three key court victories on her guardianship and sanity petitions. Judge Hopkins dismisses the guardian and spendthrift claims while ruling she is sane. Amid cheers, Marion plans to leave Hyannis for Hartford to study mathematics and music and to advance her fortune.
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Hyannis
Morse
Marion
Paine
Albert C. Bill
Hartford
Waite
Egypt
John D. Bodfish
Cape
Hopkins
Marion Pomeroy Smith
Czar and French Rulers Exchange Congratulatory Telegrams
Paris reports President Poincare and Emperor Nicholas sent telegrams of congratulation after Russian forces captured the Turkish fortress of Erzingan in a notable wartime success. The exchange underscores allied sentiment as Russia achieves a strategic victory in the Caucasus theater.
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Paris
Poincare
France
Nicholas
Russia
Erzingan
Maurice the Hero of the Cape as a Mother’s Advocate
In Hyannis Maurice drew crowds and greeted all with phrases like hello Maurice and blue-eyed baby boy. He claimed the Cape’s praise vindicated Marion, presenting her as a persecuted girl made a victim of lies and scandal.
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Hyannis
Mr. Phinney
Maurice
Baby
Blue
Cape
Post
Marion
Hyannis Heiress Plans for Future and Interests
The Hyannis heiress plans to move to Hartford to furnish a small home and study mathematics while learning how to manage and grow her fortune. She aims to become a musician, study violin, and take up oil painting. Maurice focused on Marion rather than the court verdict, saying he cared little for it.
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Judge Hopkins
Marion
Maurice Phinney
Court House
Hartford
Hyannis
United States Accepts Mexican Proposal for Border Commission
Acting Secretary of State Frank L. Polk informs the Mexican government the United States is open to forming a commission with three members from each side to discuss evacuation of American forces from Mexico and cross-border incursions, to draft a protocol, and to extend powers for additional matters improving bilateral relations. The commission would operate under mutual approval and nonbinding recommendations until formally accepted.
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Lio Elizeo Arredondo
Washington
Constitutionlist Army
The
Union
Mexico
United States
Frank L. Polk
Wilson's commission on Mexico awaits Carranza reply
President Wilson considers more than a dozen candidates including White Goethals Lehman and Brandeis for commissioners. Mexico City reports tip Louis Cabrera could head the Mexican side though officials have no confirmation. Carranza’s reply is awaited. meetings likely not within two weeks with U S location favored and scope expansion seen as key to aid the de facto government.
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Carranza
United States
Arredondo
Polk
Wilson
White
Goethals
Canal
State Department
Engagement of Miss Margaret Thomas to William Gardiner
Miss Margaret Thomas and William Tudor Gardiner announced their engagement yesterday. The couple, with Gardiner family roots at 322 Beacon Street, plans a September wedding. Parents Mr and Mrs Washington B Thomas hosted the announcement at their Pride's Crossing summer home Neitherfield.
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Washington B. Thomas
William Tudor Gardiner
Margaret Thomas
Robert H. Gardiner
Beacon Street
Thomas
Netherfield
Pride's Crossing
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Howard Russell Bangs
Texas
Tate
Front Wage’s
la Salle
Gulf Coast
Nevin
Winter
Daily Post
Sunday Post
Boston Post
Daily Post Sunday Post
Boston
Mass
Arthur Spencer
Christina Rossetti
Miss Rittenhouse
Basil King
Dolly
Anna Dollie Ledgerwood Matters
Jessie Bryan
Matters
International Film Service
Barnstable Inn
Maloney
Bradford
Charles C. Paine
Mr. Morse
Woods Road
Psychopathic Hospital
Ferguson Inn
Main Street
Phinney
Miss Smith
Czar
Phinney the
Hero
Miss Thomas
W. T. Gardiner
Richard
SOCON
Stanparo
Maine
Philadelphia & Reading
Thomas M. Richards
Mystic Wharf
Charlestown
Salem
Newburyport
New Bedford
Geo. Wm. Bentley Co
State Bt
Bostom
New England
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