Was He a Coward? A 1912 courtship farce unfolds
Ruth Burt suspects Fred Winters of cowardice after he returns from Cuba. Her brother and a trio of hired crooks stage a fake highway robbery to force a marriage proposal. Winters neutralizes the ambush, proves valor, and Ruth and Fred reconcile, aided by a mock-robbery debt.
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Ruth
Burt
Fred Winters
Eagle's Nest
Birches
Miss Ruth
Winters
Hirches
Mr. Winter
Gally
Mr. Winters
Cuba
Dagle’s Nest
Fred
Panhandler Plague Hits Brooklyn Hearts with Cold Reason
A New York Herald editorial condemns panhandlers who trade on pity, noting their aims are small and constant. It argues that sincere hearted donors enable emigration to distant points, while the crowd in Brooklyn and the Bronx helps them return. The piece calls for public resolve to curb this nuisance.
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Panhandler
Brooklyn
The
Bronx
New York Herald
No Mourning Over The Jagsby Bank Gamble
A terse dialogue notes Jagsby’s son turning to gambling and breaking his father’s heart. The punchline lands on the accusation that he “broke the bank,” implying a ruinous spree rather than personal sorrow.
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Jagsby
Peking Paris Air Race Planned Across Gobi and Siberia
Leaders including Prince Borghese endorse a Peking to Paris air race starting next September. The route crosses the Gobi Desert via Peking Kalgan Tuerin Urga Kakhta Lake Baikal then Irkutsk Omsk Kazan Moscow Warsaw Vienna Triest Genoa Avignon Lyons with depots along the Trans Siberian. Participants pay 1000 dollars deposit refundable on start.
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Paris
Peking- Paris
Prince Borghese
le Matin
Weather Bureau of
Russia
Trans-Siberian
China
Gobi
Peking
Kalgan
Tuerin
Urga
Kakhta
Lake Baikal
Siberia
Irkutsk
Omsk
Kazan
Moscow
Warsaw
Vienna
Triest
Genoa
Avignon
Lyons
Gobi Desert
Dog Bite Suit Awards $1000 Damages in Mineola
Mrs. May Miller, housekeeper for George Wintjen, taught his collie to jump and seize dainties on her shoulder. The dog later bit Miss Minnie Stockton, a laundress, across the street causing four months of bed confinement and a $1000 verdict against Wintjen.
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Mineola
L. I
May Miller
George Wintten
Minnie Stockton
Wintjen
From Pulpit to Poverty in Springfield News
Reverend William C. Peterson aged seventy nine is moved to the almshouse after a long clerical career spanning decades though he has not served actively in pulpit work recently.
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Poverty
Springfield
Mass
William C. Peterson
Almshouse
Barry Named Commander of Eastern Army Division at Governors Island
Gen Barry, new commander of the Army's Eastern division with headquarters at Governors Island, succeeds the late Gen Grant. Born in New York City, he entered West Point in 1873 and rose through the Seventh Cavalry and First Infantry. He led troops in Cuba in 1907 and became West Point superintendent in 1910.
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Thomas H. Barry
United States Military Academy
West Point
Governor's Island
D. Grant
Barry
New York City
First Ward
Seventh Cavalry
First Infantry
Pine Ridge
Roosevelt
Senate
Cuba
Island
Hugh L. Scott
Third Cavalry
Major General Candidate: Frederick Funston’s Rise from Botanist to Field Leader
Brig. Gen. Frederick Funston, head of the Department of California, may soon be promoted to major general. A former government botanical explorer, he captor of Aguinaldo and conqueror of the Philippines, Funston hails from a fighting family. His father Edward Hogue Funston served in the Civil War and Congress, while his mother descended from Daniel Boone. His early life spanned farm work, studies at Kansas State, and stints as a train collector and newspaper reporter before government service drew him to dangerous frontiers in the Dakotas, Death Valley, California, and Alaska.
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Frederick Funston
Department of California
Uncle Sam
West Point
Fred Funston
Aguinaldo
Philippines
Edward Hogue Funston
Ahn Jhlizabeth Mitchell Funston
Daniel Boone
Funston
Congress
Kansas
Hardy Kansan
Mexico
Kansas State University
Flo
Santa Fe
Kansas City
Dakotas
Montana
Death Valley
California
Alaskan
All American Moments at London Opera House Concert
Oscar Hammerstein received a handshake from King George at the London opera house during a League of Mercy concert. The visit featured Queen Mary and royal guests as four Americans sang in a Faust scene and Miss Lyne rebutted the royal compliment with a light reply.
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Oscar Hammerstein
George
London Opera House
Opera House
League of Mercy
Cqueen Mary
Princess Mary
Prince Albert
Alexander of
Teck
Victoria
Schleswig-Holstein
Earl of Chesterfield
Lord Barquhar
Countess of Chesterfield
Mr. Hammerstein
Prince Alexander
King George
Lydia Locke
Orville Harrold
Henry Welldon
Miss Lyne
Marguerite
Royal Box
Wu Ting Fang Set for Return As Chinese Minister in U S
Wu Ting-fang will return to Washington for a third term as Chinese minister to the United States representing Yuan Shih Kai. Friends plan lavish welcomes, banquets, and pink teas as the famed diplomat resumes duties amid revived anecdotes about his sharp tongue and the famous interrogation point.
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America
Wu Ting-fang
Washington
United States
Dr. Wu
Yuan Shih Kai
Chinese Republic
Sci
Beatrice Cenci Tale Tied to St Angelo Portrait Debate
An article notes Iconoclasts question the Beatrice Cenci painting attribution to Guido Reni and her famed beauty, while describing the Castle of St Angelo in Rome and its altered mausoleum, the Vatican link, and St Peter’s evolving church plan with a photogravure of the castle and surrounding landmarks.
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Rome
Beatrice Cenci
Guido Reni
Shelley
Beatrice
Guido Rent
Ley
Castle of
St. Angelo
Hadrian
Eternal City
Vatican
Tiber
St. Peter’s
St. Peter's
Mecca
Seek New Light On Pigmies In Dutch New Guinea Expedition
London reports fresh details on a planned expedition by six Englishmen, led by Capt C G Rawling, to study a pygmy race in Dutch New Guinea. They were seen near the Kapare river, with huts and numerals up to ten, yet no children and only one woman observed during the hunt.
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London
Nassau
Kapare
Nassau Mountains
Rawling
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Khingan
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Grant
Hadriat
Castle
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