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Newspaper
Long Branch Daily Record
Location
Long Branch, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1912
Page
2
President Taft delivers a heartfelt eulogy to Major Archibald W Butt, Titanic hero and military aid. He praises Butt's loyalty humor and self sacrifice, noting his simple character and courage amid the tragedy. Butt's life reflects duty, humanity, and steadfast service to others.
Palmer a Boston newspaper man is sent to Georgia to report on social and industrial conditions in letters. He is mistaken for a lawyer and drawn into the Turpin mortgage situation at a Southern plantation. Ellen, Klein, and Hawkins feature in a tale of love, loyalty, and a looming battle for the family home. Palmer secretly pays off the Turpin mortgage to protect Ellen, joins the war, returns reconciled, and a wedding plans unfold.
Howard Palmer recalls weeks of enlistment, fever, and devotion amid Civil War camp life. He reunites with Bud and Miss Ellen at Chickamauga, survives a deadly fever, learns Ellen forgives, and resolves to write again as his unit moves south.
Major Archibald Willingham Butt born Augusta Georgia September 26 1866 rose through U S army ranks to quartermaster and later served as personal aid to President Roosevelt then Taft He died April 14 1912 when the Titanic sank and was praised for calm leadership aiding women and children in lifeboats The Titanic survivor accounts portray him as noble and composed also noting his literary work On Both Sides of the Shield and his close ties with Roosevelt and Havana service
The article describes pulque as Mexico’s national drink made from maguey juice. It notes cultivation near Mexico City, high plant density, juice extraction by peons, and shipment to towns by long trains. It claims heavy daily consumption and describes tasting notes and a vivid scene of pulque vending.
The story tracks Milton’s former residence near Scot land Yard now York Street where he lived until 1651 and later. It notes a garden house near Lord Scudamore’s opening to a park where he went blind, his daughter Deborah born in 1658, and his burial with Katherine Woodcocke at St. Margaret’s. William Hazlitt later marked the site with a tablet, and Jeremy Bentham once knelt by a willow planted by Milton before Hazlitt opposed cutting it. The location is now hidden under Queen Anne mansions.
A tourist quips that the discovery of America, boosting financial prosperity, was Paris's defining event. The Washington Star anecdote frames Paris's rise through global trade and capital shifts.
A historical note recalls Sir Arthur Sullivan worried by an apparent inconsistency in The Lost Chord where the line I struck one chord of music sounds like two chords due to amen. Sir John Robinson relates the anecdote and Sullivan’s fear of mockery that did not come.
A malnourished man leaves a doctor and wanders into a Penn Avenue restaurant. He asks if beefsteak is nitrogenous and if fried potatoes have carbohydrates. The puzzled waiter cannot answer, prompting the man to demand a large plate of hash.
Broncho Bob notes Piute Pete’s game idea is warped and he mutters that any hand with fewer than three aces means an unfair deal. Washington stu
The New York Tribune describes magnet assisted shadow photography. An iron or steel object placed on a photographic plate is influenced by a nearby magnet, forming sharp shadow pictures on development. Both electromagnet and permanent magnet work, with several minutes exposure in a dark room.
The term blackleg, tied to cheating in racing and games, has uncertain origins. Some tie it to black top boots worn by turf and sporting men, others to black-legged gamecocks. a Queen's Bench case once debated its origin. Rhodes, the eastern Aegean island, center of ancient culture and warfare, is described with its size and climate.
Eighty young work horses and mares offered by Cable Express Co. priced 125 to 450 per pair and 90 to 200 for singles. Thirty days trial with satisfaction guaranteed. Free shipping within 400 miles of New York with blanket and halter. Office at 14 East 27th Street near Madison Square Garden.
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