Clever Lady Navigator Becomes Illinois River Pilot
Rose J. Watkins, wife of Captain George T. Watkins, earned a steamer pilot license in Chicago amid stern tests. The Ottawa area resident has run excursion boats on the Illinois River for years, guiding crews and cooking for deck hands while navigating under varying wind and current.
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Chicago
Illinois River
Rose J. Watkins
Inen
Mansfield and
Peck
Ottawa
Watkins
Starved Rock
Spring Valley
Chienago
George Watkins
Jwaters
Illinois
Congressmen Arrested At Ball Game Quorum Called
A rolling call incident at the Washington Baseball Club saw twenty two congressmen seized by the Sergeant at Arms after a call for a quorum. Nicholas Longworth and wife were escorted from the president's box, with Gaines and Sibley later returning to the Capitol.
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Williams
Congress
Washington Baseball Club
Nicholas Longworth
John Sharp
Ohio
Capitol
Longworth
Gaines
West Virginia
Sibley
Ball Park
Carrhdges
Washington
Sherman
New York
Republican Congressional Campaign Committee
McKinley
Illinois
Chicago
Nationals
California
Santa Rosa
Cal
Loud
Michigan
Cousins
Iowa
Thomas
Dunwell
Burleigh
Maine
Rodenburg
Wellman and the Pole Dash by Air Ship
As Walter Wellman readies his dash for the North Pole by air ship the world awakens to the vast daring and importance of this expedition with public curiosity and official interest rising in step with the undertaking.
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Arctic
Mr. Wellman
Pole
Spitzbergen
Wellman
Maj
Menry B. Versey
United States Weather Bureau
M. 2. Smith
North Pole
Walter Wellman
Unin
Africa
the Pole
The Princess Ena Dress in Spanish Silk and Lace
The wedding dress of Princess Ena, a Spanish-made gown with Brussels lace costing high sums, reflects royal preference for Spanish craftsmanship. The scene shifts to Beaulieu Abbey where Alleyne Edricson joins at a fire in a forest inn, meeting rough travelers, a gleeman, and Hordle John, setting a tale of monastery, tax, and drunken revelry.
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Ena
Spain
Madrid
Beaulieu
Hardie John
Alleyne Edricson
Secman
Minstead
Alleyne
Norwich
Hordle John
Naive Questions Stump Novelist Mrs Alexander in Florence
A young American woman interviewed novelist Mrs Alexander in Florence. She found Mrs Alexander delightful and amusing and recounted a Naive exchange about a Florentine child’s dinner table joke from Padua Venice and Florence. The tale highlights cross cultural naivete and humor.
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Padua
Florence
Innate Diplomacy as Nurse Keeps Patients Cheerful
Humorous dialogue quoted from the Houston Post shows a patient asking a nurse to marry him after recovery. The nurse replies she must stay cheerful with patients and mentions a promise to run away with a married man who lost both legs.
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Houston Post
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Rose Watains Grant
Mleiois River
Widkins
Interstate Commerce Commission
Standard Oil Company
Alfonso
MTS. Rosh
E. Watkins
Eliza
Virgin de la Valoma
Sir Nigel
Glastonbury
Lancaster
St. Simeon
Hendy Tobias
Hampole
Gshe White Company
Venice
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