The RIVALS Romance on a Railway Love Triangle
In a Surrey setting an engine man Tom Deane courts Phoebe Mayburn while Ellen Ashbern and Nellie complicate the romance. A railway wedding on the main line ends with a near collision as a tidal train interrupts the ceremony and tests loyalty and pride.
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Surrey
Tom Deane
Deane
Tom
Phoebe Mayburn
Hreman
Mr. Mugsby
Mugsby
Tor
Saya
Phoebe
Ellen Ashbern
Norm
Wilen
Hilton
Milen
Ellen
Mistresa
Mr. Deane
Hien
Goodby
Porter
Eillen
Nellie
Nell
LT Will
Neil
Charley
Former German liners marked for sabotage in Atlantic
The Washington Moccasin and Callao, cargo ships once of the Cunard line and now under U S flag, face suspected sabotage by Germans or Reds. The George Washington also shows tampering, with divers finding opened watertight compartments on Moccasin and gear issues on Callao and Washington as Britain eyes similar crews amid anti shipping attacks.
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New York
United States
Germany
Great Britain
International Seamen's Union
Cunard Line
England
George Washington
Wilson
Moccasin
Callao
Superntor
Europe
Alan Hiner
Rio de Janeiro
Via Crucis Rite Is Revived at the Coliseum in Rome
After a fifty year gap the Coliseum again hosts the Via Crucis ceremony. Cope Bene- Get IIV, ruler from 1740 to 1758, started the rite by placing a cross at the arena center and founding fourteen stations. Participants wear gray robes and hoods. Princess Barbrini leads a column of women, with patrician families among male participants.
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Rome
Italy
Via Crucis
Cope Bene- Get Iiv
Isto
United Taly
Coliseum
Barbrini
Coast to Coast Air Mail Line Expands With Faster Service
Congress approves 1.415 million for a New York to San Francisco air mail route with 38 hour delivery times and 2 cent postage. Planned extensions include Chicago, St Louis, and future coast routes. pilots, planes, and agencies expand as service grows.
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New York
San Francisco
Washington
Sam
Congress
Uncle Sam
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Bellefonte
Chicago
Bryan
Ohio
Omaha
Town City
Naaha
Chevrennne
Salt Lake City
Oden
Tene
Sacramento
San Pranecisco
Cuengo
St. Louis
New Orleans
Ovin Motor Deioter DeBhayt Havilards
Sit
Mervin
Theatses Morse
New York-Clevely
Cleveland-Chicago
Burleson
Capital
Martin
Thomas Morse
Chicago-St. Louis
Post Ofice Department
Myers
Farmer Kills 47 Snakes While Plowing Near Tipton
Peter Neyen on a Tipton Indiana farm turned over two snake dens while plowing. He used a nearby grub hoe to dispatch 47 snakes of various kinds, ranging 15 to 18 inches, with rattlesnake notably absent.
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Peter Neyen
Tipton
Neyen
Neven
Concrete Bird Tree Planned for West Chester Lawn
Dr. B. H. Warren of Philadelphia builds a 15 foot concrete tree on his West Chester lawn. A wire frame supports holes of various sizes to lure birds to nest and rest. A large concrete bath at the base will provide running water for visitors, with imitation limbs offering perching spots.
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Philadelphia
B. H. Warren
West Chester
Vicar Endorses War Slang in Bedford Park Parish
Rev J Cartme Stohinson, vicar of Bedford Park, urges use of war slang in his parish magazine. He cites terms like lead-swinger funkhole and skrimehawker as examples and says church folk fight a holy war with polite, archal language.
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London
J. Cartme
Stohinson
Bedford Park
Funkhole
Skrimehawker
Magpies Attack Cattle in Limestone District
Reports from the Limestone district of the northern Black Hills say magpies menace livestock. The birds circle then alight on the animal and ferociously peck holes in tender areas, attacking sheep and cattle when carcasses are unavailable.
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Limestone
Black Hills
End of a Monkey Faced Owl in Bardstown Battle Scene
A fine monkey faced owl was killed here after a battle with crows. The three foot specimen had Seight golden plumage mottled with erty and its eyes were ringed by long white feathering.
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Bardstown
Redhead Ruth Fends Off Teasing Boys and Finds Love
Ruth Hayes battles daily taunts from rowdy boys near her college while rescuing a rusty colored kitten named Reddy. Her brave gesture draws Fred, a fellow redhead, into her life as their romance begins and he becomes her protector and future partner in life.
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Ruth Haynes
Fred
Ruth
Ang Uth
Ruth Hayes
Roya
Fenre
Rath
Bork
Reddy
Jack Evans
Jack
Peed
Flan
Cause of Trouble in Heiress Marriage
A sympathetic friend questions an unhappy marriage to an heiress. The heiress controls all the money, causing tension and trouble within the union. The exchange is from a Dostoevsky transcript translation.
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Hunter
Bostoe
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