Fraudulent marriage prank turns to true love in Rossville
Fred Stokes, a busy News editor, engineers a sham obituary and a forged marriage ad to bait a Cuban suitor. The ploy backfires when the Cuban arrives with a mourning companion claiming a lost fiancé. The ruse leads to a real reunion as the lovers discover the grave was that of a relative, and the couple wed unexpectedly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press Association
Shears
Fred Stokes
Fred
Shurtleff
New York Herald
Zanaga
Rakcal
Nellie Jardine
Yoycé
San Francisco
Ile
Rossville
Meigs
Adirondacks
Nellie Jardine Ivery
Wny
New York
Senor
Cuba
The Maine Ironclad Battleship and Other Navy Notes
A detailed 1890s naval note highlights the Maine ironclad battleship built at Brooklyn under an 1880 act. It covers her steel armor by Bethlehem, length, beam, draft, speed of 17 knots, coal capacity, and twin 15-foot screws with 9000 indicated HP. The記事 also mentions torpedo tubes, battery composition, and crew of about 350, with an estimated cost of 2.5 million dollars.
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Navy Department
Brooklyn Yard
Congress
Bethlehem Steel Works
Maine
N. F. Palmer
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Pir
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Siorland
the Dais