No Flower Show As Gardens Go Wild In Cauliflower Village
In a village near the Cauliflower public house the annual garden contest collapses after residents, led by Bob Pretty, uproot their plots to gain prize money. A chain of diggings spreads from Bill Chambers to George English’s warning that meddling fertility may bring misfortune, ending with a chaotic flower show and a single winner amid village uproar.
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Bob Pretty
Bob Hisself
George English
Bob
Australia
Miss Wicks
Bill Chambers
George
Mariner
Bill Juat
Henery Walker
Bill
Peter Smith
Oliday
Joe Gubbing
Joe
Sea Honery
Sea Bob
Sam Jones
Hederyt Sea Bob
Ieee
Trentry
Bel
Henery
Joe Gubbins
Formin
Ouse
Oase
Mill Lane
George English Hisself
Sea George Eng Meh
Henry Walker
Ralph Thomson
Ralph
War color for alU wavy
Navy orders decree new regulation painting all warships in a fighting drab gray color called war paint The Castine will be first to wear it before the Atlantic fleet sails to the Mediterranean European powers will witness American battleships in the new drab color
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Washington
Navy Department
New York Navy Yard
Torpedo Flotilla
New Hampshire
Mississippi
Idaho
North Carolina
Montana
Mediterranean
Arnold
House Built In Twelve Hours In East St. Louis
An East St. Louis contractor built a five room cottage with basement and completed painting and readiness for occupancy in under 12 hours. Start to finish saw rapid foundation, brickwork, framing, chimneys, and interior studs, with roof underway by noon as workers paused for lunch.
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East St. Louis
Jolata
Innovative Memphis Home Features Include Disinfecting Room
A Memphis physician plans a luxurious home on East Street near Vance Avenue with a formaldehyde disinfecting room for occupants and clothing. The design includes a standpipe with hose for firefighting, a private safe, locked pantry shelves, a plate warmer, a shower bathroom with stone walls, a screened summer sleeping room, and other distinctive details.
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Memphis
Tenn
Morosini Adopts New Surname in Rome Story
In Rome the late New York millionaire Giovanni F Morosini was discovered to have adopted the surname Partegnazza. His birth certificate lists Venice as his birthplace on July 11, 1831, and a Garibaldi era escape on board a ship to America led to the name change prompted by his brother.
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Rome
Giovanni F. Morosini
New York
Morosini
Napoleon Partegnazia
Coliseum
Cavalier Partegnazza
Morcaini
Venice
Antonio Partegnasza
Maria Angela de‘Mattia
Garibaldi
America
Doge
Partegnassa
Seneral
Wheeled Bride to Gtation on Barrow Mount Vernon
An odd street spectacle in Mount Vernon as Harry Heidler and his wife, Miss, were seen on a wheeled conveyance on Barrow Street. The scene drew curious onlookers during the hour.
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Barrow
Mount Vernon
Harry Heidler
Ene Hour
Pigeons Find Ship Unerring Instincts Shown Inland
Capt Condy of the British steamship Cayo Manzanillo reports homing pigeons locate temporary or permanent lofts after long journeys. Belgian birds marked with metal rings, part of a ten-bird loss in a September storm near Vera Cruz, later returned, showing strong homing behavior across hundreds of miles.
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Galveston
Tex
Condy
Cayo Manzanillo
Cowdy
Gulf
Vera Cruz
Capt. Cowdy
Mexico
Capt. Condy
Mother of 23 and all alive arrives from Isle of Wight
Mrs. Alice Camp age 66 arrives at the Battery from Ellis Island with 11 of her 23 living children and five grandchildren. Kathleen Warren greets them from New Haven as Arthur Damp, 22, brings greetings from his father Alfred Damp of Pittsburg. The family, all skilled tailors, includes Alice 16, Gertrude, Sidney, Alfred, John, and Arthur. Warren clan’s oldest is 14.
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New York
Alice Camp
Isle of Wight
England
Battery
Ellis Island
George Warren
Warren
Kathleen Warren
New Haven
Conn
Damp
Arthur
Alfred Damp
Pittsburg
Queen Victoria
America
Southhampton
Camp
Alice
Gertrude
Sidney
Alfred
John
Mia
Police School Reform Sparks Des Moines Drive
Des Moines police face internal strife amid reform moves under a new city government. A municipal police education program opens a free, compulsory course for officers in criminal law, evidence, criminology, physical culture, military discipline, math, first aid, and civil government.
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Des Moines
Morgan City
Wallace Ditaeh
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Henry
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Giovanni Partegnazza
Shah Jehan
Jumma Masjid
Delhi
India
Taj Mahal
Homers
Havana
Merry England
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