Harriman to Face Newsman Son-in-Law As Engagement Proceeds
Special to The Sun from New York reports Miss Mary Harriman engaged to William B Straicht consul to Mukden and former war correspondent. Straicht, 30, Cornell graduate, met Harriman in Peking during TaftCupid visit. Harriman has clashed with newspapermen, while she remains a prominent society figure and horsewoman.
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Wizard of Finance Wins as Market Recovers
The Street roils as bears push prices down margins call and bonds wobble. Broker William Bond battles despair then rides a dramatic rally sparked by $40 million from the Treasury to redeem coupons. The market snaps back as a secret rescue by the wizard of finance and the administration averts disaster.
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Monument for Davis Signed by Alabama Official
The bill to erect a Jefferson Davis monument was signed today in Montgomery Alabama. The memorial will stand near the site where he took the oath as the first and only president of the Confederacy.
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Salvation Army for the Nobles A German Reform League
Aug 9 Berlin reports a league to redeem sinful aristocrats has formed in Germany. Duchess Marie Antoinette of Mecklenburg founded the group after a failed bid for King Alfonso of Spain. She aims to reform Europe's aristocracy amid evidence of crime linked to noble birth. The league begins with a study into causes of aristocratic lapses.
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Lightning Kills 800 in U S Each Year
Special to The Supa reports that about 800 Americans die yearly from lightning, equating to one death per 100000 population. The belts of frequent storms span Florida, Georgia, Alabama and much of the Deep South, with danger zones mapped across regions and mortality rates per area.
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Home Recipes Banbury Tarts and Banana Pie
A compendium of old fashioned kitchen instructions for Banbury tarts banana pie left over dish and silver spring cake with step by step mixing, baking and filling notes. Includes sugar raisins currants lemons crackers eggs and spice measurements, plus a salmon roll recipe and canning method.
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Where the Fun Comes In A Quixotic Local Fable
A fragmented satire piece features a defiant Mae and a persuasive suitor Mr Fountenpen, whose peaceable intentions are questioned by Mae’s mother. The text mocks pomp and a mock cornerstone at a “peace police” project while riffing on the joker’s cruelty and a fly’s teasing.
Mystery Upon Mystery and Paving the Way
A collection of wry humor notes on circus snake charmers, a blond stereotype, and Russia's phonograph wedding. The piece imagines phonograph weddings and even divorce by phonograph, then shifts to a wartime Encampment joke about a Jap spy and a comic exchange with a sentry about sightseers and vanishing “Japs.”
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Russia
Dentist Quip Goes Against Juvenile Logic
A child’s playful exchange questions a mock role of dentist. Willie replies punningly that his act of hammering a wash boiler is justified by irony, claiming he cannot dent without the job.
Love at first sight defense in wedding vow tale
A night of fate leads a sworn skeptical suitor to marry after confessing beauty blinded him. He recounts their instant spark amid vows, framing their union as inevitable and ruled by affection rather than reason.
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Upton Bath
Nancy Carnegie and Husband Threaten to Break Into 400
Newport Rhode Island August 9 There is fuss in the swell colony as Mr and Mrs James Hever of New York threaten to come and win entry into the exclusive set Nancy Carnegie married Hever a riding master and niece of Andrew Carnegie His uncle forgave her because she loved the young man of humble origin who is a mighty figure
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R. I
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New York
Buckles and buttons set fashion in dull and bright styles
Big gilt, silver and steel buckles lead in round square and oblong shapes. Jet and tortoise shell buckles are favorites among fashionables. Plain and jeweled designs appear with colored inserts. Buttons trend to large sizes and odd shapes with crocheted and embroidered touches. Square and tube button shapes emerge on imported models.
Infatuation Drives London Youth to Attempt Suicide in Cab
Shirley Falcke, 18, son of a wealthy broker, tried to shoot himself beside Iris Hoey, an actress, after planning to part with her. He spoke of death, rode in a hansom cab, was wounded, and is hospitalized. Hoey describes his emotional turmoil and his desperate actions in London.
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Inquisitive Edwin and the Monkey Question
Edwin ponders monkeys in a playful exchange about growing up talking and being paid. The dialogue explores whether monkeys become people or can talk and wear clothes, ending with a parental command to go to bed.
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Edwin
Wdawin
Fire Causes Major Damage at Baltimore Businesses
Fire in Baltimore on August 9 caused about 100000 dollars in damage to the barns of the Baltimore Transfer Company and to Hechinger Brothers furniture store. No injuries reported. Fire crews battled the blaze through the afternoon, with investigators examining the scene for the source of the fire.
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