Glever Lady Navigator Steams Ahead as Pilot Wife
Mrs Rose E Watkins, wife of Captain George T Watkins, earned a pilot license after rigorous tests by Steamboat Inspectors in Chicago. An expert river navigator and former schoolteacher from Peoria, she and her husband operate an Illinois River excursion boat, guiding crews and cooking for deck hands while handling ships under diverse conditions.
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Rose Watkins
Illinois River
Chicago
Rose E. Watkins
Lnois River
Starved Rock
Mansfield and
Peck
Ottawa
Watkins
Fishtseer
Spring Valley
George Watkins
Illinois
Congressmen Arrested Over Ball Game Call
A crowd of 22 Congressmen from the House were rounded up by the Sergeant at Arms during a Washington Baseball Club event to secure a quorum. Nicolas Longworth and his wife were among those escorted from the President’s box, while others returned to vote and race back to the game. The episode sparked humorous exchanges about duty and devotion to the ball park.
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Williamus
Congress
Uarms
Washington Baseball Club
Nicholas Longworth
John Sharp
Ohio
Capitol
Longgworth
Gaines
West Virginia
Sibley
Pennsylvania
Ball Park
Washington
Sherman
New York
Republican Congressional Campaign Committee
Mck Kinley
Chicago
Nationals
California
McKinley
Santa Rosa
Cal
Loud
Michigan
Cousins
Iowa
Thomas
Dunwell
Burleigh
Maine
Rodenburg
I Fnois
Beaulieu Monastery Tales of Alleyne and Hordle John
The scene shifts at Beaulieu Abbey where lay brother Alleyne meets renegade monk Hordle John. Alleyne sits amid a rough gathering in a roadside inn as tales, songs, and old customs unfold around the fire. A tense bond forms with Hordle John foreshadowing danger and change.
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Beaulieu
Ordle John
Meinet
Alleyne Fdrieon
Iceman
Minstead
King Alfonso Fires Plecon, Birds Fall in Madrid
In a plecon shoot at Madrid, King Alfonso killed twenty-three birds out of twenty-nine. Reports note improved Spanish marksmanship in recent years.
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Madrid
Alfonso
Wellman and the Pole Dash For the North Pole
Walter Wellman prepares his airship dash for the North Pole as the world notes the daring plan and its potential significance. The veteran newspaper correspondent seeks to push the feat from bold idea toward historic voyage, with public interest rising alongside technical hurdles and anticipated peril.
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Wellman
The Princess Ena Wedding Dress in Spain
The bridal gown for Princess Ena caused great interest in Spain being a Spanish product. It was chosen to honor patriotic sentiment with the King and Queen-mother presenting the dress. Made from special silk with heavy silver embroidery and Brussels lace, it featured orange blossoms and cost notes of luxury.
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Ena
Spain
Sik
Madrid
Narve' Questions, Mrs Alexander in Florence
A young American interviewer finds Mrs Alexander, the novelist, charming in Florence. She recalls a playful Florence anecdote about a Florentine child asking where her parents were born, noting how everyone seemed to have met there by chance.
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Padua
Florence
Patient asks nurse to marry after recovery
The Houston Post quotes a patient and a nurse in a wartime style exchange. The patient asks if the nurse will be his wife when he recovers and she replies yes, but claims love is only part of treatment. She then reveals a promise to run away with a married man who lost both legs.
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Alleyne
Eliza
Lancaster
St. Simeon
Devil
Slendy Tobias
Warfarera
Dicon
Hampole
Fins
Houston Post
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Glever Lady Navigator
Interstate Commerce Commission
Arctic
Mr. Wellman
Vale
Spitzbergen
Maj
Henry Bb.llersey
United States Weather Bureau
M. J. Smith
North Pole
Walter Wellman
Inith
Baig
Rose. E. Watkins
Siew Conan Dpyie
Harper & Brothers
Norwich
Hordle John
Nigel
Virgin de la Paloma
Glastonbury
Flere
Venice
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