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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1909
Page
11
A narrator recounts romantic melodrama aboard a Venetian gondola where Charlotte rejects Langdon Bogardus until a comic, publicized “Curfew” spell by Langdon breaks the scandal and seals the couple. Melvina, the stern matriarch, toys with fate and finally blesses the union as Charlotte and Langdon defy social odds.
The Iguazu falls near the triple frontier of Paraguay Brazil and Argentina are described as larger than Niagara with a 213 foot drop and a 229 foot leap. The river splits on a island creating two arms near a 280 foot viewpoint offering vast tropical scenery and roaring waters heard miles away. A 14 million horsepower estimate underscores the falls’ power, with most visitors reaching by a six day journey from Buenos Aires through Santa Fe missions and Jesuit ruins.
Count John Bernstoff appointed German Ambassador to the United States and recalls the famous swan dinner at Delmonico's in the early era. Luckemeyer funded a gilded tasting monument after a $10,000 duty refund, hosting seventy two guests around a central lake with four swans, canary cages, and a gold menu. The room was a floral spectacle with a champagne of haute cuisine ending in gilded delicacies.
Miss Laura A Hecox returned to her post after a series of vacations marking twenty seven years of tending the Santa Cruz lighthouse. Since 1881 a woman has run the light, and it has never gone out at night. She followed her father who was a retired clergyman guiding the beacon and caring for his family. After his death she took over the duties and has kept the lamp clean and burning to prevent dimming.
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