What Makes You Keep That Big Bonnet on Your Face
On a ship from Liverpool to Boston, Mary Howard a pale sickly nine year old and her sister Ella meet George Moreland, a wealthy Boston heir. George teases Mary about ugliness, Mary cares for ill patient George as a nurse aboard, and he gifts her a keepsake before sailing into landing at Boston where family reunions and new fortunes unfold amid a stormy voyage.
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Windermere
Old England
Mary Howard
Lee
Ella
Mary
Howard
Parton
Tate
Sarah
Bila
Jane
Kil
Ube
Anid
Tully
Americ
Frant
Wile
Liverpool
George Moreland
Boston
Mr. Selden
America
Thas
George
Windertere
Howards
Heaud
An the
Ellianys
Wranky
Kila
Jock
Rila
Lam
Dane
Tre
Georg
Rita
Frank
Mrs. Howard
Renanure
Wight
Heston
Mr. Sellen
Mr. Howard
Sewing Society Helps Narrow Village Family In Distress
During a Chicopee Ladies Sewing Society meeting Mrs. Johnson recounts a destitute British family living in a one room home. The father died, a sickly baby, and Frank the son falls ill with scarlet fever after earning a dollar to help the family. The village spirals into sickness as resources dwindle and care becomes scarce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Sewing Society
Chicopee
Manalan
Mire
Campbell
Mrs. Johnson
Frank
Johnson
Howard
Mary
Elia Campbell
Jacksonville Fire Devours City as 10000 Become Homeless
Jacksonville, May 4. A fire caused by a wire in a shredding machine at the American Fibre Company spread from Davia and Union streets, destroying a large part of the city. Wind drove flames through six to eight blocks, leveling homes and the Boston furniture factory, with 15000? no—fifteen million dollars in damage and ten thousand homeless. Fire spread to East Jacksonville, threatened the riverfront, and forced evacuations via the South Jacksonville ferry. The blaze destroyed the United States hotel, the Law Exchange, the county courthouse, and several blocks of principal trade, before finally being checked near Hogan's Creek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonville
Fla
American Fibre Company
Davia
Union Streets
Iire
Boston
Davis Street
Davia Street
Hogan Street
Hogan's Creek
Atlantic, Valdosta & Western Railroad
Ray Street
Jones Boatyard
Jones’ Boat Yard
United States
Law Exchange
County Court House
McCoy and
Storm In Utah Batters Rocky Mountain District
Reports to the weather bureau indicate a broad storm across the Rocky Mountain district. Salt Lake has recorded about 2.75 inches of rain in 86 hours, with officials predicting totals may exceed three inches. Swollen streams and flooded farmlands are reported in many areas.
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Salt Lake
Government Weather Bureau
Rocky Mountain District
Pitiful Fate of a Child in Horse Heaven Country
North Yakima Washington May 6 a year old girl was found in a badger hole eighteen miles from home after five days of searching. She died of starvation. Her father was Hon W B Matthews ex county commissioner of Akima county. Two younger children had left to tend cattle, wandered ten miles, rested, and were found by a cowboy who returned the boy home. The girl remained missing until discovery in a desert burial site.
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North Yakima
Wash
Onely
Horse Heaven Country
Badger Hole
W. B. Mathews
Akima County
Bearching
Yangtse Uprising Reports Stir International Reactions
London reports a secret Yangtse uprising plot with claims of general risings in Yangtze province. Shanghai and Nankin officials seek to preserve order as German sources note French troop withdrawals and German sole control of Shan Si passes. Indemnity talks push for higher duties amid home-government reviews. In Seattle the battleship Iowa was launched after swift dock work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Yangtao
Shanghai
Morning Post
Nankin
Brennan
Hwai Lu
Pao Ting Fu
Shan Si
Morrison
Times
Pekin
Iowa
Seattle
Towa
Bremerton Navy Yard
Navy Department
Casey
Bigaey Dock
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Efromm
Mary J. Holmes
Googe
Ile Belden
Eoabe
Hte
Ida
Monaleur du
Selden
Ing
CITT
Jacksonville, Fla
Utah
Desert
Champoeg
Oregon
Willamette River
Portland
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