Preparedness for defense urged at New York banquet
President Wilson urged national unity for a comprehensive defense plan at a Manhattan Club banquet. He called on all political opinions to back the preparedness program, defending liberty and self-determination while stressing a defense, not war, posture, and warning against alien sympathies and sectarian antagonism.
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Union News Service
New York
Wilson
Manhattan Club
United States
Philippines
Hawaii
Porto Rico
Cobra
Navy
America
Galnery
Youth Shot After Noisy Porch Visit in Fort Collins
In Fort Collins Colorado Walter Willie 19 was shot in the stomach and left arm about 10 pm Thursday while on a porch with Miss Lura Street 18. A buckshot charge fired from a shack occupied by Thomas Watton paroled for lifting a statutory offense. Watton reportedly threatened Miss Street and Miss Street friend Willie during his parole period. local sheriff and police pinned manacles on Watton as Willie recovers from injuries. A Boulder County ore bonanza near the James town Alice mine yields ore worth about $100 a ton with seven workers.
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Fort Collins
Colo
Miss Lura Street
Walter Willie
Willie
Miss Street
Thomas Wotton
State Penitentiary
Ted
Watton Faiguing
Whae
Watton
Miss Birget
Boulder Mine
Boulder
Boulder County
Thomas Moher
J. A. Wasson
Alice
Jamestown
Mexican Bandits Raid U. G. Ranch Near Brownsville
Twenty five Mexicans raided the ranch eight miles northwest of Brownsville, seizing guns ammunition saddles and clothing and threatening to kill Ramires unless paid. Arthur Copper Heads Rio Grande.
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U. G. Ranch
Brownsville
Tex
Adrian Ramires
Ramires
Theater plans spark playful audience questions at Piffle
A quirky dialogue hints at a new play at the Piffle theater next week with characters discussing audience arrangements and a birthday gift word game. Uncle John buys a game for Tommy who claims ownership and proposes a playful split for a billable purpose.
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Piffle Theater
Fragmented stage notes hint at a comedy sketch scene
Dialogue hints at a stage manager increasing chorus pay while joking about agricultural work. One line suggests Valeting chickens as a possible gag. The text appears as disjointed Broadway style quips from a script or review.
Her Vindication He at Eight in Missed Meeting
A dialogue fragment shows a quarrel over meeting time with one character insisting on a six o’clock promise, the other claiming seven was stated. The exchange captures tension over punctuality and misremembered plans.
Horatius and the Bridge: A Humorous War Time Exchange
A quirky excerpt shows a landlord and tourists debating wartime inconveniences while Spurius Lartiusa declares Romanian pride and Horatius jokes about a long unwanted guest at his house. The dialogue blends bravado with comic domestic frustration.
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New York City
Arthur Copper
Rio Grande
Arthur Coppel
Denver & Rio Grande Railway
Kingdon Gould
B. ©. Jeffery
Road
Rigleys
Wrigleys
Wrigley
Saint Ives
Wrigley’s
Wrigley Spearmen
United
WM. Wrigley JR. CO
Kesner Bidg
Chicago
Maus Battalone
Mollie
Dollie
John
Tommy
Marine Kye Momedy
Spurius Lartius
Horatius
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