Beulah Harris and Harris Family in Hillside Rescue
In the mountain cabin raid aftermath John Harris and his son Allan are cared for by the Arthurs after a robber attack. Beulah bonds with her mother and father while Grey the sergeant secures the suspect Jim Travers. Allan’s recovery begins as Mary and Beulah vow to save him.
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Harris
Gardiner
Riles
Allan
Grey
Jim Travers
Beulah Harris
Arthurs
Mrs. Arthurs
Fred
Lilian
Beulah
Arthurs’ Ranch
Mary Harris
John Harris
John
Giese
Greg
Caleary
Father
Gethsemane
Olivet
Mary
Johr
Solar System Moves Through Space Toward Lyra
Astronomers state the sun travels through space toward a point in Lyra at roughly 12 miles per second, carrying the entire solar system in this motion.
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Lyra
Easter in the Village Awakens a Son and Hope
In a small village a grieving father Tom Graham resists church after his son’s death in France. A neighbor urges repentance and faith as Easter approaches. Tom reads his boy’s letter and decides to usher at church with renewed hope as the anthem “Awake, thou that sleepest” echoes.
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Hiram
Mr. Thomas Graham
Tom
Graham
Hiram Brown
France
Tom Graham
Lizzie
Dad
Milwaukee Strongman Lechner Demonstrates Unusual Feats
Peter Lechner of Milwaukee, a 28 year old carpenter, showcases extraordinary strength feats. He drives 60 penny spikes through planks bare handed, lifts and breaks weights and spikes, presses eight men apart, tears packs of cards, and writes with a 100 pound weight in one hand. He follows a meatless diet and avoids alcohol, claiming a simple regimen.
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Rae Wis
Peter Lechner
Lechher
Sandow
Lechner
Man in Brooklyn Keeps Two Wives in Three-Room Flat
Antoine Ruyts, 45, an iron worker, lives with two wives in a Brooklyn three room apartment. One wife Charlotte Ludovica is Belgian and speaks Dutch, the other Marie Pierre Le Barre is French. The Belgian and the French wife communicate by knocking on wood. Ruyts faces bigamy charges with a $1000 bond.
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York
Brooklyn
Antoine Ruyts
Ruyts
Herbert Andrews
Andrews
Charlotte Marie Ludovica Ruyts
Antwerp
Paris
No. 1
Mme
Marie Pierre le Barre
United States
Ellis Island
Marriage by Moonlight in Kalland Life Cycle Ceremony
Juanita Miller, daughter of the late poet, is described in a stylized moonlit ceremony at Joaquin Miller home. The ritual blends seven life cycles with symbolic flower beds and a bridal dance. The couple, Juanita and Juan Miller, were already married by a justice of the peace three months prior.
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Akland
Cal
Joaquin Miller
Juanita Miller
Juanita
Juan Miller
Lily Love
Juan
Miller
Justice of the Peace
Peevish Chicago traffic cop detains sleeping man
Tony Sorenson, asleep at Jackson boulevard and State street, is arrested for disorderly conduct after a police officer claims he ran him over. At Central Station Sorenson pleads, phones his wife, and is bailed out by William Lynn as comical night unfolds with a car meant to leave and a home brew joke.
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Tony Sorenson
Jackson Boulevard
State Street
Mr. Sorenson
John King
Central Station
Richard Brennan
Mrs. Sorenson
Brennan
William Lynn
Maywood
Mr. Lynn
Bill O'Dwyer
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Robert J. C. Stead
Stooee
McClure’ Newspaper ‘Syndicate
Neise
Milwaukee
Gotham
Chicago
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