Clever Lady Navigator Pilot on Illinois River Steamer
Mrs. Watkins, wife of Captain George Watkins, earned a pilot's license after inspection trials on the Illinois River. She and her husband own and navigate their boat, running excursions between Chicago and Starved Rock, with Mrs. Watkins displaying navigational skill, leadership of crew, and cooking ability.
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Watkins
Illinois River
Chiaigo
Ilinois
Mase
Eig Stommur Wasele
Tlinois River
Starved Rock
Mansford
Peek Gune
Ottawa
Watking
Scarred Rock
Chicago
George Watkins
North Pole airship expedition eyed by Wellman crew
Wellman Maj Henry Lersey and M J South of the Weather Bureau plan a 600 mile voyage toward the Arctic coast aboard the largest airship yet built. If successful this bold project may echo the pride of the Nansen expedition and bring American prestige in a high altitude quest.
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Wellman
Maj
Henry &. Lersey
United States Weather Bureau
M. J. South
Dong
North Pole
Walter Wellman
Pingky Associates
Tony
North Poly
Oui Africa
Wellman and the Pole Dash Captivates World Attention
Walter Wellman reads like a bold explorer as his proposed dash for the North Pole using an icebound ship gains notice. The world watches the plan with growing interest and regard for its daring scale and potential impact on polar exploration.
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Walter Wellman
North Pole
The Princess Frida Dress and a Royal Spanish Wedding Gift
The narrative describes a Spanish produced wedding dress for Princess Jana, crafted with silk from a Madrid silk house and heavy silver embroidery. It details the lavish material, Brussels lace, orange blossoms, and the royal support for presenting the dress in Spain, amid courtly admiration and patriotic sentiment. The scene shifts to a rustic medieval gathering where Alleyne observes a forest gathering with innkeepers, monks, and ruffians, as characters converse and a rough song unsettles the room.
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Frida
Jana
Spain
Sind
Maulrid
Humor in Hospital Romance Lettered in Houghton Post
A patient asks a nurse if she will marry him upon recovery and she responds with cheerful insistence that the line is part of his treatment. She mentions keeping patients cheerful and recalls promising to run away with a married man who had lost both legs, reflecting a humorous hospital exchange reported by the Houghton Post.
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Syatkins
Ilorus Iioes
Willams
Williams
Capitol
Longworth
Gaines
West Virginia
Sibley
Pennsyla
Hause
Rhate Beals
Oivrigges
Sibley Marty
Lal Park
Ball Park
Washington
Sherman
New York
Republican Congressional
McKinley
Illinois
Chicago
Weir
California
Lome
Santa Roca
Cal
Gilers
Lond
Michigan
Cousins
Jet Towa Thoms
Ohio
Dunwell
Burleigh
Maine
Rodenburis
Clinois
Merlin
Aheyra
Torsl Demesne
Jos
Yong Wan
Lancaster
St. Simeon
Bendy Tobias
Dicou
Hampole
Eleck
Lamiss
Hougton Post
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Nicholas Lonmworth
Lass
Wyukus
Ian Angel
Interstate Commerce Commission
Standard Oi Company
Gould
Madrid
Afonso
M Rose
BE. Watkine
Trenbad i Lérenge
Lo Palot Ste
Wellman and the Pole
Van
Cenebey
Bwaulico
Cfm Bay 7
Hore Paar Rapin Samwee Browse
Im Atu
Uriecon
Alleyne
Norwich
Shallen
Roarse
Ulm
Eid
John
Nigel
de la Palowa
Mexander
Florence
Alexander
Venice
Hikesh
Whitesie
Niael
Wwstin Bsus
Dy Harper
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