His Needless Fears Retired to a New Card Job
Jenkins, a Sequah leather company agent, fears loss of job and hospital bills for his wife Laura. After plotting a crime, he is confronted by a doctor and learns the agency closes, offering a five thousand dollar superintendent post. Laura recovers as Jenkins accepts the new position.
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Damoclean
Jenkins
Leather Company
Sequah
Mrs. Jenkins
Laura
Seaqueh
Tie
Fie
Mr. Jenkins
Serb Soldier Echoes Irish Charms In War Time
A Times writer portrays Serbs as a peasant, hardy people with Irish traits. He notes extreme privation, bread based diet, and a fighting momentum that leaves Serbia short on reserves. The piece highlights language words nema dobra sutra and the soldier’s resilient outlook.
Damaged by Heavy Guns On Queen Elizabeth At Dardanelles
Reports claim Turkish batteries caused only a funnel hole and minor bow dents. The ship's own 15 inch guns caused most damage by recoil shaking the vessel, loosening plates, and ripping buttons. after months of firing she retires for refit to withstand the recoil.
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Dardanelles
Elizabeth
Venezuela Demands Pure Butter Standard Enforced
Venezuela enforces a purity standard for butter by law and bans sale of adulterated butter, aiming to ensure all butter in the market meets the prescribed quality.
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Venezuela
Possum Wrongfully Apprehended by Natchez Cop
Natchez Mississippi policeman Ed Gahan on Franklin street spotted a large possum on the Elks club steps. He feared a legendary goats escape and seized the animal, charging it with prowling. The possum was jailed at the station and condemned to execution by the city hall janitor.
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Natchez
Miss
Franklin Street
Ed Gahan
Elks Club
Infanta Eulalie Reveals Kaiser’s Deep Religiosity
In Court Life From Within the Infanta Eulalie portrays Kaiser Wilhelm II as deeply religious. She notes his belief in a personal God guiding world events and his divine appointment to rule Germany, with frequent prayers for direction and accountability only to God.
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Infanta
Eulalie
Spain
Alfonso
Berlin
Germany
Holds Reunion of Pupils at Old Santa Monica School
Frank C. Grant aged eighty two of Santa Monica returned from a G A R encampment in Washington and held a reunion at the old schoolhouse where he taught in 1860. Nineteen of the thirty six former pupils attended as he rang the bell and conducted lessons once more.
Boy Tramps 10000 Miles Through the United States
A slender fifteen year old boy, Donald Burke from Philadelphia, rode freight cars across the nation. He started in Chicago where he was jailed then discharged, traveled to St Louis New Orleans El Paso and along the Mexican border before reaching Vancouver and Canada after visiting a fair. He faces a charge of unlawfully riding freight cars but shows little worry.
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Chicago
St. Louise
New Orleans
Texas
el Paso
Vancouver
Canada
Jews in War Across Nations Earn High Honors
London reports more than half a million Jewish soldiers serving in belligerent nations. Many in the Russian army have earned high bravery awards including the Cross of St. George. French and other allied forces likewise honor Jewish troops. notable figures include M. Georges Dreyfus promoted to commissioned rank and awarded the Croix de Guerre.
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London
M. Georges Dreyfus
England
Henri Franck
Bernheim
4Ien Mule Corps
Foreign Legion
Record Bell Puller at St Patrick’s Church
IS RECORD BELL PULLER South Bend Ind seventeen years as sexton at St Patrick s Catholic church in this city pulling the rope on the great bell at the church more than 700 miles in that time is the record which has just been completed by Charles 8 Schubert He has rung the bell for practically 7 900 services He has averaged ore service a day through the year and three times on Sunday making an annual total of 429 services In addition to this Schubert has rung the bell three times a day for Angelus For each service he rings the bell twice He averages ringing the bell six times on weekdays and nine on Sunday Therefore in a year averaging 25 strokes to the pull for the 2 346 times he rings the bell annually he would give the bell 56 600 strokes Now in each pull he jerks the rope four feet making 234 600 feet annually or 3 988 200 feet or 75544 miles in 17 years
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South Bend
Ind
St. Patrick’s Catholic
Charles 8. Schubert
Schubert
Angelus
Canary Bird in Jail Brings Cheer to Bellefontaine Prison
Logan county jail in Bellefontaine Ohio gets a gymnasium funded by Sheriff George Smith for prisoner recreation. His wife Mrs Smith adds two canary birds to divert inmates minds and aid in morale.
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Bellefontaine
Ohio
Logan County
George Smith
Turks Drink Coffee While It Boils
The text notes a traditional practice where Turks brew coffee by boiling and then swallow the grounds with the liquid. It highlights the method as part of cultural coffee consumption habits.
Red Top and Ruth Hollister in a St Dimitri romance
Ruth Hollister, a stylish switchboard operator nicknamed Red Top, wins admiration at the St Dimitri hotel. Colonel Congreve helps her advance to the business department and secretly funds a diamond ring for Allan, who wins her heart after confessing love. The colonel realizes victory can come from letting love lead.
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St. Dimitri
Andy
Red Top
Haswell
Ruth Hollister
Hollister
Massachusetts
Ben Hollister
Washington
Navy
Georgia
Miss Hollister
Colonel Congreve
Senator Hiollister
Colonel Concreve
Omaha
New York
Ruth
Allan
McClure Newssad Paper Syndicate
Red Russell of Atlanta Loses Fortune and Faces Rejection
In Atlanta, Red Russell, once wealthy after a railroad accident gave him 20 000 in damages, recalls his fall from grace. He bought a red racing car and enjoyed social fame, but after losing his money he is barred from saloons and treated harshly by bartenders and locals.
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Decatur Street
Red
Impressment in the British Navy Through the Centuries
Impressment, the seizure of men for service in the British navy, persisted for centuries and only faded away just before the Crimean War. At times crews were taken from foreign ships on the high seas.
Popular Cat Has Fancies in Dalton Refutes Twain Tale
A Dalton cat claimed as a descendant of Mark Twain's Roughing It cat prefers green beans over green coconuts. Owned by C. S. Carey, the felines raids gardens to pull and eat beans, even waiting for the popping sound signaling dinner.
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Dalton
Mark Twain
C. S. Carey
Carey
Lad Falls Into Molten Rock At Butte Smelter
In Butte Montana Edward Zachmann aged nineteen fell while dumping slag at the East Butte smelter and pitched into molten rock. His companions pulled him from the slag but only charred bones remained as the body apparently vanished in the flowing metal.
Jail Time No Bargain for Violation of Game Code
Carl Husey of Stanwood served one night in jail rather than pay $25 for a game code violation but agreed to pay $22 after deductions for the confinement.
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Everett
Carl Husey
Stanwood
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