Ripple Sets Sail In Quest For Merida Treasure
A salvage expedition sails from New York aboard the Ripple to recover bullion from the May 12 1911 sinking of the Ward liner Merida after a collision with the Admiral Farragut off the Virginia Capes. Captain Robertson and Chief Officer Nordstrom survived. the treasure is valued at millions in Mexican dollars, with Nordstrom guiding access to the wreck placed about 35 fathoms deep.
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Merida
Farragut
Virginia Capes
Treasure
New York
Carmichael
North River
Robert Louis Stevenson
Ripple
John Silver
the Doctor
the Squire
Jim Hawkins
Billy Bones
Treasure Island
Glass Hill
Cape Charles
Havana
Vera Cruz
Cane
Robertson
Admiral Farragut
American Mail Steamship Line
Galle
Republic-Florida
George W. Nordstrom
Nordstrom
Hamilton
Rockefeller
Percy Rockefeller
James A. Stillman
National City Bank
Pier 8
M. Ruggrok
Frank Crilly
Ralding
Waikiki Beach
Honolulu
Cully
Iver
Converse F.west
Beaver Street
L. F.gotham
Park Row
Fort River
Mags
A. Eider & Co
Boston
Navy
Tommy Jonkera
William McFee
Tommy
Newa
Frommy
West
Pistols Used in Duel for Baby in Swiss Villa
A wealthy couple from Keller due for divorce due to the husband’s demand fight over a baby daughter at the Keller villa on Lake Constance. The mother aided by her chauffeur entered at midnight with a revolver, demanded the child, and fled after several shots, wounding the husband in both arms.
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Geneva
Bregeng
Lake Constance
Keller
Keller Villa
Florida Silk Industry Advances in St Augustine
Florida to produce silk on a large scale as experiments by Dr Thomas DePamphillis show. He studied silk in Italy and Asia and declares Florida has many advantages. His estate now houses 2,000,000 silk trays and is expected to yield 10,000 pounds of raw silk every 40 days.
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Florida
St. Augustine
Pla
Thomas DePamphillis
Italy
Asia
DePamphiliis
Youth Fined for Painting Dog in Denver
Jack Conger eighteen was fined ten dollars after being found guilty of painting a dog. He was painting a fence at 1105 Bash Twelfth avenue when a fox terrier approached and he seized the dog and applied a coat of yellow paint before releasing it.
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Denver
Col
Jack Conger
Conta
Conger
BashTwelfth Avenue
Bulgarian health law draft ties marriage to medical certificate
The Bulgarian government has presented a public health law draft to parliament requiring all individuals wishing to marry to obtain a doctor's certificate proving their health. The provision sets a health verification step before marriage licenses are granted.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
The Surprise Packages Dreamland Adventure
Mahalia and the Fairy Wondrous Secrets fly through a magical door to Dreamland King where sleeping children await, and wondrous packages are prepared. Mahalia dreams of a walking talking doll as secret keys unlock gifts for scattered siblings.
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Mahalia Marshall
Mahalia
Malhinka
Charles
Mimi
Lillian
Manless New York and Dixie Return Tale
A New York Sun excerpt follows a daring actress who leaves Manhattan for the Dixie life after years in the city. She recalls theater dreams, the lure of Fifth Avenue, and a final decision to go back to small town simplicity as she awaits a fall departure. The piece then notes Tree's Winter Plaza on catalpa trees, describing leaf whorls and winter bud signs to identify the catalpa species.
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Dixie
New York
Belasco
Fifth Avenue
New York Sun
Catalpa
American Forestry Magazine
Tourist vagrant sentenced to six months as case ends
A tattered individual charged with vagrancy proclaims he is a tourist seeking America. The judge interrupts the tour with a six month sentence, and the next case is called.
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America
Birmingham Age-Herald
True Praise and a Quiet Recipe Snub
Detroit Free Press notes a playful exchange about praise and recipes. A woman’s high regard is cited, yet she did not request the jelly recipe, prompting light amusement about propriety and taste.
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Detroit Free Press
Surgeon's Air Journey Takes Flight for Paris and London
Sir Douglass Shields, eminent surgeon, flew from Croydon to Paris on an urgent call, found the patient fit to travel, then brought him by air to London where an operation was performed successfully the same evening.
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Douglass Shields
Croydon
Paris
London
London Times
Convincing Evidence From a Family Kitchen Tale
A seven year old Sammy displays an immense appetite for griddle cakes, impressing his family. When asked how he knows he has had enough, he explains he eats until a pain signals fullness and then eats one more to be certain. The anecdote reflects humorous parental dialogue from Harper's Magazine.
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Sammy
Harper’s Magazine
Dangerous Curves and a Sharp Chauffeur Joke
A humorous quip plays on driving risk and flirtatious symmetry as a chauffeur’s sharp steering elicits a playful pun about rubbering past a well formed woman. The banter riffs on vigilance and salacious humor without graphic detail.
Best of It and The One You Married
A sharp exchange from London Tit-Bits where a husband ridicules his wife for having multiple marriage proposals. She confirms several men asked her, and she admits she did marry the first fool who proposed.
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London
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Hed Farm
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