Unfolding Pursuit Through Green Briar and Hot Springs
Confederate Sergeant Wyatt sends a spy into Green Briar country. Wyatt’s trail leads to Major Harwood’s murder, a dash for safety, and a tense pursuit by Captain Fox of the Twelfth Pennsylvania Cavalry. Lieutenant Raymond faces capture as the chase heads toward Green Briar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyatt
Bunton
Aent
Green Beriar
Duckton
Jem Taylor
Hot Springs
You
Taylor
Harwood
Noreen
Green Briar
Snow
Federal Cavalry
Tam
Fox
Twelfth Pennsylvania Cavalry
Ramsay
United States Cavalry
Raymond
Heitselman
Lewisburg
Tay- Ry
Enytata
Bad Driver Sentenced For Fatal Crash
A man identified as John Barleycorn, intoxicated at the time, received a two year penitentiary term for killing a woman in a collision. The piece urges strict penalties for all careless drivers regardless of status or wealth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Barleycorn
Usallimore
Baltimore
Russia's Trade Language Advised for Letters
Merchants in New York advised by the Merchants' Association to use Russian in letters to Russian correspondents, deeming it more advantageous than French or German. Commercial attaché C. J. Medzikhovsky says Russian is preferable, with some firms in Russia able to use English and translation agencies available in Petrograd and Warsaw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Merchants’ Association of
New York
C. J. Medzikhovsky
Washington
Petrograd
Warsaw
New York Times
Dolomites and a Wild Pheasant With an Artificial Leg
The Dolomites article traces the origin of the name from Marquis de Dolomieu and notes his overlooked Dolomite rocks near Grenoble. In New Jersey, a wild cock pheasant in Freehold survives after Dr. August R. White makes an artificial brass leg to replace its broken limb, first fixing wires and later crafting a new supportive leg.
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Cortina
Magueania
Deodat de Gratet
Marquis de
Dolometu
Alps
St. Gothard
Coolidge
Dolomeia
Grenoble
Londos
John R Lott
Freehold
N. J
August R. White
Lott
Doctor White
Remembering posterity proves the idealist wrong
A reflective line argues against the idea that pursuing a certain course guarantees lasting fame. It suggests enduring impact comes from meaning beyond popularity and public memory.
Miser Dies Leaving Fortune of Fifteen Thousand
The Norwegian miser Tor von Svendsen, 74, was found dead in his Olalla slough home near Yoledo. His body lay among crude furniture, doors were broken to enter, and two sacks held $1,000 in gold in a trunk. His wealth is put at about $15,000 with property reportedly in Oregon City and Salem. He recently bought cough medicine on credit and had little known of his life in Oregon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harwood
Fox
Bia Banda
Raymond
Chambers
Taylor
Hot Springs
Dailey
Johnny Reb
Green Briar
Lewisburg
Green
Leutenant
Fayette
Yoledo
Ore
Torgon QO
Svendeen
Olalla Slough
Jandor Olson
R. D. Burgess
Geer
Svendsen
Toledo
Oregon City
Salem
Gudbrausdalen
Norway
Boring
Blind man and dog complete 36 mile ride to Marshall
James Albert Rorie, blind since childhood, traveled 36 miles from Boyle through Flat to Marshall aided by his dog tied to the horse bridle. The dog ferried directions by returning to forks until Rorie indicated left or right. The Rorie family, including two other blind brothers Henry and John, has long operated a broom factory near McPherson Baxter County.
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Marshall
Ark
Boyle
Stone County
Jamca
Albert Rorie
Frank Rainbolt
Mr. Rorie
Henry
John
James Albert
Boone
Marion
Searcy
McPherson
Baxter County
Scarlet bathing suit sparks bullfrog chase at Highland Lake
In Winsted Connecticut a girl in a bright red bathing suit was swarmed by frogs while wading at Highland Lake. She stitched about fifty fish hooks into the suit and returned to the water, emerging with nearly every hook holding a bullfrog.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winsted
Conn
Highland Lake
Hello Girl Stops Bank Robbers in Ransomville
Five burglars attempted an armed robbery at the State National Bank of Ransomville in Niagara County. A telephone operator alerted authorities by ringing the bank just as they prepared to blow the inner vault door. The robbers fled in an automobile after startling the bank crew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Tonawanda
N. Y
State National Bank
Ransomville
Niagara County
Mrs Thomson Tells Women of Change of Life Relief
Philadelphia woman 62 describes six year change of life pains eased by Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She reports able to resume housework and shopping and praises the remedy. The letter urges others to seek advice from Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co confidentially.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Philadelphia
Mrs. Thomson
W. Russell St
Lydia FE
Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn
Mass
Willow piles to save the Panama Canal proposed by Boynton
E Moody Boynton, inventor of the Monoral system, argues willow trees can halt canal landslides. He sent a letter to President Wilson and isthmian officials proposing willow piles driven along both canal banks where slides occur. The willows would grow and spread up to 100 feet, forming a web to hold earth firmly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Moody Boynton
Panama Canal
Wilson
Boynton
War Hurts Philippine Trade Across 1915 Fiscal Year
The 1915 Philippine foreign trade suffered as European war effects dominated. Imports fell to 44,479.86 dollars, down 11.5 million or 20 percent from 1914. Exports were near 51 million but total year value rose only due to copra production and high sugar prices, despite a broadly reduced export trade.
FEED CHILDREN Properly Selected Food Pays Big Dividends
A mother praises Grape-Nuts and Postum for improving her children's health. She notes switching from frequent potatoes and coffee to fruit, cereal, soft boiled eggs, and Postum. The family reports sturdier, healthier children and a baby with teething stomach issues improving after Grape-Nuts with milk. The letter claims the Postum Co. endorses the account from Battle Creek, Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
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D Rhodes
Sepro
Sam
Mountaineer
Old Jack
Ned Cowan
Cowan
Major Harwood
Fort Seen
Tox
Oak Grove
Flarwood
J. Barleycorn
Bird
Miser
Cleveland City Hospital
Cleveland
Obie
Frederrika BK. Gainkem
Radessen
Panama
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