Tafts tribute to Major Archibald Butt on Titanic heroism
President Taft delivered a tearful tribute to Major Archibald Butt, praising his loyalty self sacrifice and steadfast courage. He recalled Butt as Archie a man of humor and self abnegation whose death emptied a sovereigns life. Previously Butt showed literary talent with Both Sides of the Shield a romance of love and war.
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Archibald W. Butt
Taft
Butt
Archie
Archie Butt
Almost a Proposal in the Pines Drama of Palmer in Georgia
Palmer, a Boston reporter, is sent to Georgia to study fal and farm conditions. He is mistaken by Colonel Turpin for a lawyer and invited as a guest at the Pines while Turpin suspects a mortgage foreclose. Palmer grows fond of Ellen Turpin and narrates county life, its finances, and the peril facing the Turpin home as he contemplates confessing he is not kin.
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Palmer
Boston
Georgia
Turpin
the Pines
Ries
Bud Turpin
Ellen
Ly Ellen
Presbyterian Church
George Washington
Mount Vernon
Turpins
General Oglethorpe
General Washington
Fort Augusta
Meadow Garden
Waltons
Bud
Miss Ellen
Mrs. Turpin
Mary
Augusta
Fense
Margaret Robertson
Dert Simmons
Jim Barrett
Ruth Howan
George Adams
Ind
Sally Stovall
Wasic
Isre
General Sherman
Sys
Buds
Oglethorpe
Pines
The Kentucky Palmers a Tangled Dilemma and Hunt
The narrator explains avoiding a strictly honorable role to keep Colonel Turpin from a false position. Miss Ellen sings beautifully that evening and, with the colonel, the group gathers at the piano. The next morning Bud’s friends invite a hunting trip, where the narrator tries his luck and observes the party while the others fill their bags with plover robins doves and larks.
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Kentucky Palmers
Colonel Turpin
Princeton
Ellen
Bud
Jim
Miss Ellen
Rick
the Pines
Barts
Pines Kiss of Ellen and the Lodge Echoes
A narrator recounts a courting venture at the Pines with Miss Ellen as the pivotal figure. Among friends, a rival confesses deep love, while Ellen stringently tests romance. The group hosts a festive prep for guests, and the narrator pursues reconciliation as night winds down with promises and growing affection.
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President Taft
Major Archibald W. Butt
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Hick’s
Koops & Abels
Queen ‘Olives
King Midas Mavaroni
A. C. Bennett Co
Branchport Ave
Enterprise Market
Broadway Telephone
Henry S. Meyer
Mgr
Harry Goldstein
Bradway
Broadway
BLACK
Long Branch
C. B. Deaver Broadway
Rockwell Ave
of Wesson
Domino
Faltows
WM. Bryan Elberon
Reason
W. G. Eisele
Cedar Ave
West End
J.C
Disbrow
Rothstein & Sons
Tailors and Cleaners
Brighton Ave
J. Hill
Goldstetn
H. &. Meyers
St. Ave
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