Boy defends family as officers debate punishment
In colonial turmoil a starving boy steals bread to feed his wounded clan. He is captured by officers who weigh a severe punishment. After a tense vote the sentence is banishment or hard labor, but they warn the boy to act with his whole heart and reveal courage in defending kin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hess
Fey
Jose
Garcia
Whey
de Guise
Bourmont
Offeer
Ibrahim
Johore
Malay Peninsula
No Questions to Be Asked in French Travel Mischief
While traveling in rural France J P Moreau hired a photographer to take views. The photographer waited on hotel manager approval for a large order of 300 francs. The manager vouched for Moreau, calling him reliably capable of anything under heaven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. P. Moreau
France
Morgan
Doing His Best in the Face of Adversity
A reflective note from Worthington Star on the man who does his best despite hardship. It contrasts common figures of splendor with the steady worker who keeps true to duty when home or country needs him. The piece praises heart and nerve as the measure of character.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sage Witt
Worthington
Sis
Marek
Geeree Pauling
Prederic Coletian
Wide West
His Best Investment in Second-Hand Library Gains
A traveler recalls Hanks once driven by money now becoming a reader of history and standard novels. A lender lent a thousand dollars to start a high class library, the borrower failed, and the books became collateral. The old citizen explains the shift through the recovery of the assets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Hanks
H E
Ang
Laurier Admired by French Canadians in Humorous Tale
A Quebec city anecdote shows a visitor praising Sir Wilfrid Laurier as the greatest, while a French Canadian asks who rules in England after Queen Victoria's death. He misunderstands the succession, thinking the Prince of Wales must have “a pull with Lauter.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Wilfrid Laurier
Quebec
Victoria
England
Prince of Wales
Lauter
Tiger hunting Sultan of Johore details big game feats
The Sultan of Johore, a noted big game hunter, recounts tiger and elephant hunts, including multiple shots at a tiger near Johore, and a discussion of hunting dangers. Capt. Syers’s death while pursuing sindang is noted, along with the Sultan’s own records of killing several large game animals and his visits with guests and photographers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johore
Syers
Selangor
Sindang
Pahang
Singapore
Fuiore
Omirse
Praise for American Uniform by French War Leaders
General Andre remarks the United States army uniform is the most serviceable and warlike he has seen. He commends the headdress and color as scientifically correct, calling it the best yet invented. General Brugere agrees with the compliment from the French officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gen. Andre
Bentley Motz
Pate
United States Army
Gen. Brugere
Wnh
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Holden
Clerar
Kichanit Burton
Atlantic
Hikusiers
TY Tran TL Savert
Ther
King Edward
George Pauling
Sultan
Pep Dheesa
His Highness
the Sultan of
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