The Heiress from England Returns to the Governor's Court
A double marriage unfolds at the governor’s house on New Year’s Eve as Miss Keppel arrives from England to wed Pakenham while Margaret Winslow loves him. A secretary confesses killing Pakenham after a duel and plans to surrender. The English heiress later discovers a ruse and seeks escape with him, ending in exile and new vows.
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Pakenham
Margaret
England
Miss Keppel
Paxenham
Jasper
Misa Winslow
Captain Pakenham
Margaret Winslow
Sirrah
Hmd
Drinks and Gowns Tie Color to Soda Fountain Fashion
New York fashion notes link summer beverage choices to gown colors. Women pick pastel drinks like Blueberry Tadi or Old Rose frocks, matching with accessories. New flavors such as almond rickey and Claraque appear, with ice cream sodas remaining favorites among young and middle aged women.
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New York
Theo “Allverade
Indians Must Honor Contracts Despite Citizenship Status
Judge Bayard Trainer in Pawhuska ruled that lack of citizenship does not exempt Indians from debts or contracts. The decision states Indians can contract and sue except in land and annuity contracts, aligns with government policy to educate and promote self-sufficiency, and finds no federal law prohibiting ordinary contracts by Indians.
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Congress
United States
Saloons Barred in San Francisco After Earthquake
San Francisco remains saloon free as martial law closed drinking places and threats of violence backed enforcement. Police and mayor push license revocation while saloon owners seek reopening across the border in San Mateo.
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San Francisco
Orde
Board of Police Commissioners
Schmits
Schmitz
Dinan
Mansfield
Missionary clash as Brahmin preacher questions Western outreach
In Kansas City All Souls' Church the Brahmin missionary Marayan Krishna dismissed Christian missions saying most are senseless and urging Americans to export qualified teachers rather than religion. He challenged missions to prove prosperity where they operate and defended Indian philosophy the Vedas. Some attendees left as Rev. Ferguson apologized for the remarks.
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Kansas City
America
Marayan Krishna
All Souls’ Church
India
England
Charles Ferguson
Remedies Nature's Work
Sidney Middleton left St. Mary's hospital fit and hopeful to join the United States army after recovery from surgery. His right hand had two fingers fused in a single sheath of skin, an obstacle to enlistment that a local clinic fixed with Dr. Bachman performing a successful operation.
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Minneapolis
Sidney Middleton
St. Mary's Hospital
United States Army
Nature
Young Middleton
Garfield
Mich
Navy
Robert Bachman
Middleton
Bachman
Honey Boom in Texas Beekeeping Surge
Texas honey production soars this season thanks to favorable weather and more bee colonies. Uvalde County, west of San Antonio, leads the nation with the most bee colonies, benefiting from an open winter and heavy rains that kept bees storing honey through the winter and allowed steady marketing through nonproductive months.
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Texas
Uvalde County
San Antonio
United States
America
Unconscious Millionaire Learns He Inherits Million From Uncle
Thomas McCarthy a Lincoln bowl bartender in New Castle Pennsylvania and his brother Michael McCarthy of Waupum foreman of a Pittsburg and Lake Erie section gang have learned they each inherited one million dollars from their uncle who died years ago in Denver after making a fortune in Australia. Neither knew of the bequest until recently when the information came to light.
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Thomas McCarthy
Lincoln Bowl
New Castle
Michael McCarthy
Pittsburg
Lake Erie
Australia
Denver
Thomas
Michael
Governors Seek Office Across 25 States This Year
Governors will be elected in 25 states including Alabama California Georgia Idaho Iowa Kansas Maine Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Nebraska Nevada New York New Hampshire North Dakota Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Vermont Wisconsin and Wyoming.
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Alabama
California
Georgia
Idaho
Iowa
Kansas
Maine
Masachusetta
Michigan
Minnesota
Nebraska
Nevada
New York
New Hampshire
North Dakota
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Vermont
Wisconsin
Wyoming
French Republic Weathering Election Tides and Uncertain Fears
Voters reveal a resilient republic amid grim forecasts of unrest. Officials report no barricades and a calmer political climate as the government strengthens its bloc, with France shown as broader than any single party and rooted in provincial support.
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France
Germany
Letter Eaten by Goat Receives Navy Commendation
The navy department searched its files to locate a 1908 letter of commendation from the secretary of the navy to John Connolly, commander of the steamship San Francisco, after a goat mascot ate the original letter. Connolly, now retired, lives in Detroit.
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San Francisco
Navy Department
Secretary of the Navy
John Connolly
United States
Connolly
Detroit
Oklahoma farmers seek herd law to curb free range
Western Oklahoma farmers especially Beaver county want herd law before free range ends in August. Albert Wellborn explains steps: petition county commissioners to divide counties into cattle districts, then voters within districts decide by election. A majority for herd law would enact it, likely across western Oklahoma as lands shift to agricultural use.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Oklahoma
Beaver County
Albert Wellborn
Scandal in Italy Navy Reports Vast Naval Flaws and Corruption
Rome reports by parliament reveal over half the warships unfit for use, including top battleships. A shell supplier is accused of overpriced, worthless ammunition and coal contracts overpaid for undelivered quantities. Admiral Mirabello resigns as the king fumes amid market falls and political fury.
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Rome
Italy
Tern
King i S
Mirabello
Alfonso Receives Royal Welcome in Cadiz on Canary voyage
King Alfonso, en route from Cadiz to Seville, is greeted with a royal procession and lavish gifts including a camel and a colossal bouquet of 10,000 red and yellow pinks. A seaman injured on the return voyage is given £20, and Princess Ena is central to the public cheering.
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Madrid
Alfonso
Isle of Wight
Ena
Canary Islands
Cadiz
Senor Moret
Prince Carlos
Asturias
Infante Teresa
Guadalquiver
Seville
Liberal Club
Isle of
Wwul
Filipino Student Wins Hazelton Medal at Illinois Drill
A Filipino student and cadet from Company G claimed the Hazelton medal in a regional drill contest held during commencement week at the University of Illinois. More than 60 cadets competed with 40 Filipino students entering the university last year.
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Ban Victorress
Company G
Hazelton
University of Ilinoia
Victorress
Ove
Paris Bridesmaids Agency Sells Attendants for Hire
A Parisian woman opens a bridesmaids agency supplying attendants for weddings. The same girls in identical dresses attend multiple ceremonies, with a fee of a sovereign per girl proposed to cover costs.
St Lazare Prison in Paris to Be Demolished
Historic St Lazare once a 12th century leper hospital and revolutionary prison is slated for demolition to make way for modern improvements. The building, famed for grim conditions and harsh regimes, housed 1200 inmates across five interconnected blocks and will be replaced as Paris reshapes the Faubourg St Denis area.
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Paris
Paria
Faubourg St. Denis
St. Lazare
Beaumarchais
Figaro
Lanavare
Robespierre
Venner
Bt Lazare
Inquisition
Island Bargain Sold for a Monarch Ambition
A Springfield Republican note predicts Lundy Island near the Bristol Channel will be sold late this year. The three mile by one mile island, tax free and privately held, attracts a would be monarch with imperial aims seeking isolation and proximity to England.
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Lundy Island
Bristol Channel
Springfield
Mass
England
Boarding school wit on proper cheese description
A girl asks a polite cheese salesman if the cheese is good. He replies we have lovely cheese. She warns against lovely as a qualifier. He insists lovely should describe only something that is given, while he defends using it for cheese.
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N. Y. Presa
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