Deeds of a DARE DEVIL Bucknam Pasha in Ottoman Turkey
New York World profiles Bucknam Pasha, American sailor turned Ottoman admiral and oil magnate. From boy captain on the Great Lakes to Turkish strategist and oil land negotiator, he shaped naval actions against Greece and built a vast Turkish oil empire. His daring, links to Abdul Hamid, and later life in Constantinople are sketched.
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EW York
Ransford D. Budknam Pasha
Turkey
Rover
Great Lakes
New York
Boston
Baltimore
Pacific Ocean
Bucknam
Abdul Hamid
Bucksport
Abdul
Mohammed V
Bucknam Pasha
John D. Rockefeller
William C. Whitney
Constantinople
Dardanelles
Fort Kum Kaleh
Four Corners
Russia
Roumania
America
Meriofito
Rodosto
Sea of Marmora
Lake van
Asia Minor
Trebizond
Black Sea
Lster
Tampico
Key West
Chicago
Naos
Panama
W. H. Ledbetter
United States Navy
Ledbetter
Ad Ventures
Naas
City of
Pekin
Pacific Steamship Company
Cramps
Philadelphia
Golden Horn
Sultan
Yildiz
Palace
Club de
New York World
Two Good Stories From Bardstown Minister Tales
An out-of-town minister staying with a Bardstown neighbor tells of Providence delaying his departure after bad weather. A second tale recounts a colored preacher fleeing arrest in Kentucky then delivering a humorous sermon misquoting Hezekiah after recognizing an officer in attendance.
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Bardstown
Len Johnson
Providence
Ben Johnson
Kentucky
Johnson
Hezekiah
Wilde Among Great Dead Buried in Pere la Chaise
A Paris correspondent notes Oscar Wilde is buried in the newer Pere la Chaisse section with a flat grave marker and a chain fence. Nearby lie Moliere Daudet Rachel Musset Balzac De Musset and the lovers Abelard and Heloise, sharing the tombs of history’s famed figures.
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Wilde
Paris
Pere la Chasse
Oscar Wilde
Moliere
Alphonse Daudet
Rachel
Alfred de Musset
Balzac
Abelard
Heloise
Pocket wireless at Imperial College shows portable telegraphy
The Marconi company demonstrated a pocket wireless at Imperial College, South Kensington. Four small knapsacks hold all equipment so a party lost in a wilderness could summon help. The present range covers about fifteen miles, with plans to extend it later.
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Imperial College
South Kensington
England
Marconi Company
Sofia War Scenes as Reserves Pour Through Sofia to Front
In Sofia crowds watch battalions pass toward Adrianople and Tehatalja as 100,000 new conscripts join over 500,000 already in the field. The city buzzes with marching feet and patriotic songs, despite old mud-streaked uniforms and a peasant-faced resolve.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Adrianople
Tehatalja
Turkey
Chicago News
Slavna Bulgaria
Belgrade
Europe
America
North and South Pole Finders Meet in War-Torn Bulgarian Street
A vivid street scene shows brick and stone architecture in a Bulgarian town as recruits march to the railway station. Turkish war evokes pride and tension as civilians watch the procession amid convalescent soldiers and clattering rock doves.
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Slavna Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Berlin Cat Laws Spark Humorous Supreme Court of Cats
A Berlin correspondent notes Germany's careful care for cats and cites a court ruling on shooting cats near a tame raven. Lieutenant Klotz paid damages after killing two cats, with a judge declaring birds and cats must meet strict conditions before violence.
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Germany
Berlin
Klotz
Man Wrecks Furniture Claim Wins Half Ownership
In Minneapolis a district court jury sided with Charles I. Dougherty who argued that half the furniture in his former shared home belonged to him and thus could be destroyed. Dougherty had been accused of breaking into the home he once shared with his wife and smashing items, but the jury agreed his claim to half the goods.
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Berlin
Germany
Egypt
Pussey
Paris
Jerome K. Jerome
Jerome
Leutenant
Klotz
Minneapolis
Charles I. Dougherty
Jezreelites Temple at Chantham Sold in Landmark Case
London reports the Jezreelites temple in Chantham, begun in 1882 by White who styled himself James Hershon Jezreel, sold after spending at least 220000 on a monumental 124 by 100 foot tower. The six story, roofless complex once housed 5000 followers awaiting 144000 salvation and later became known as the Mills residence before eviction and public notice.
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London
Jezreel
Chatham
White
India
James Hershon Jezreel
Mills
Prince Michael
Put Up Wrong Flag At Lighthouse
Nathaniel Jones, a Black lighthouse keeper, celebrated the birth of his son by hoisting a flag bearing the initials W J. He believed the letters stood for his boy’s name but they were misread as Want Assistance. A cruiser responded to the distress signal, and Jones has since moved to a different post.
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New York
Nathaniel Jones
W. J
Architect Wedson Wedson and Trixie Clarendon wed in grill room
Archie Babcock Jr. of Paterson New Jersey a prominent architect and son of a millionaire married actress Trixie Clarendon in a Bridgeport Connecticut grill room. The ceremony joined two entertainment and architectural circles in a private event.
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Wedson
Bridgeport
Conn
Archie Babcock, Jr
Paterson
N. J
Trixie Clarendon
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