Army flier's act demonstrates new American records in Texas flight
Lieut Milling and Lieut Sherman set endurance and distance marks for pilot and passenger, flying from Texas City to San Antonio and back, 224 miles each way. Despite 25 mph headwind and hazy skies, they logged 4 hours 22 minutes aloft on the outbound and 3 hours 57 minutes on the return, with an average speed near 69 mph.
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New York
Milling
William H. Carter
Texas City
San Antonio
Fetaraight
Thomas Dew. Milling
United States Army
Lia
War Department
A. 5
Cowan
Texas
Unio
Mexico
Sherman
Lieut
Ling
Tin Field
Santa Fe
Alguo
Siberian exile for famed European seductress Tatiana
A long-ago famed beauty, Tatiana Reteheriak, now over forty, was exiled for life to Siberia after a career of luring rich husbands to ruin, stealing valuables, and fleeing with lovers and passports. Her trail included marriages to a landowner, a stock broker, a consul, and a lawyer, with a child from one union before police uncovered her.
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St. Petersburg
Tsilana Reteheriak
Siberia
Tiana
Seldot
Ruesta
Aho
Sberia
Tatiana
Constantinople
Russia
Rusela
Bankrupt Actress Fritz Scheff Faces Four Petitions
New York socialite Fritz Scheff filed four voluntary petitions in bankruptcy. She owes about 150000 dollars. Her alleged assets include real estate at Big Stone Gap Virginia, former husband John Fox Jr.'s home, valued at 75000 dollars.
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New York
Hight Fame
Big Stone Gap
John Fox
Court Approves Name Change From Yuszkevicz to Jinks
John Yuszkevicz of this city secured a court order to simplify his name. On the plea that not one man in a hundred could pronounce it, he will hereafter be known as John Jinks in legal records and daily life. The action was granted after standard procedures, clearing the way for consistent identification.
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Y Peterson
John Yuszkevicz
John Jinks
London cockroach hunter earns royal title
A London businessman pens a quirky tale of becoming “King of the ratcatchers” and “champion blackbeetle destroyer” after a bizarre stint in pest control. He recounts prospecting for gold in America, facing roaches, and clearing a Chicago kitchen, claiming the new vocation proved highly profitable.
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London
Himsalf
1S. L. Philips
Messrs. B. J. & N. Philips, Limited
America
Chicago
Ex King Manuel Weds Princess Augistine Victoria in Sigmaringen
Former King Manuel of Portugal married Princess Augistine Victoria of Hohenzollern at the bride’s castle in a Roman Catholic ceremony led by Cardinal Nello. A grand royal gathering attended, with the Prince of Wales and other princes and princesses present.Hohe
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Portugal
Victoria of
Sigmaringen
Germany
Manuel of
Augustine Victoria
Hohenzollern
Nello
Patelarca
Lisbon
Prinses
Hotel Blocks for Tombstones in New York Sale
Granite blocks that formed walls of the Astod house in New York will be sold to two tombstone makers by the firm razing the land. The sale aims to repurpose the blocks for memorial stonework and related construction.
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Tombstones
New York
Astod
Windes Town of Helltown Lips and Lures of Chemical Trade
A feature on Windes in England detailing bleaching powder packers and chemicals. It describes the town called Helltown by a journalist, the workers wearing protective gear, and the high wages but dangerous atmosphere. Industrial output includes soda compounds, glazing materials, cyanide for mining, and various chemicals with a thriving but hazardous environment. The population is around 30,000 with workers in chemical plants and metal works.
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Windea
Windes
Helltown
My Sudan Year Echoes a Devil Possession Tale
A passage from Youth's Companion quotes Bishop Gwynne recounting a Ferberline belief in the devil entering a cook and then the bishop, causing mischief like breaking a jam jar. The tale presents possession as genuine in local belief, framed by a humorous dialogue about jam and supper.
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Sudan
Ethel S. Stevens
Gwynne
Bay
Souk
Doctored Toy Dog by Sellwood Surgeon
Dr. R. S. Stearns of Sellwood Oregon performed a remarkable operation on a small toy dog brought by Richard Brock two and a half years old, son of Mr. and Mrs. Brock. A missing boy led searchers to the doctor’s office where the operation was in progress and Richard watched tearfully as the tail was repaired and he left smiling.
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R. S. Stearns
Sellwood
Ore
Richard
T. Brock
Tichard
Dr. Stearns
Hichard
Fragmentary court note on a shooting inquiry rises
A fragment from a court record questions a shooting incident with evasive dialogue about intent and evidence. The text shows uncertain remarks and a blank mind remark, suggesting confusion or incomplete testimony. No final action or outcome is provided.
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Breom
Proper Care of Rugs in Home Cleaning Tips
Vacuum cleaners help preserve rug nap and appearance, especially for oriental rugs. Use the vacuum with the nap, roll up and down, avoid across motion, and clean gently. Wash annually with wool soap and warm water, dry evenly, sweep gently. Mend moth holes with a pro, repair faded edges, and brush fringes carefully to prolong life.
Baked Fish With Dressing
Bake rock cod or similar two to three pounds after cleaning and drying. Rub with salt and pepper, dress with fine bread crumbs, salt, sage, pepper, and onion, moisten with milk and melted butter. Bind with string, lay in a pan with butter, top with salt pork, add tomato sauce and hot water, bake about one hour, basting often.
Baked Mushrooms In Rich Cream Sauce Preparation
Baked mushrooms prepared as for stewing bake in a moderate oven for 15 minutes. Season with salt pepper Yemoh juice and chopped parsley. Baste with butter, arrange on dish and pour gravy. Prepare sauce by beating cream butter parsley cayenne salt white sauce lemon juice. Mushroom on buttered toast slices after baking.
Silver and Gold Pie Recipe Steps and Variations
Instructions describe a two layer pie with a silver potato layer and a custard milk layer. The silver part combines grated potato with fruit rind, egg white, sugar, and water baked in a deep crust, then a milk custard with cornstarch and egg poured over and baked until set, finished with a ring or served plain.
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Malta
Ice Cream Cake Recipe Fragment
Culinary fragment lists sugar eggs butter and milk with vanilla for cake and frosting. Mentions frosting with egg whites powdered sugar and coconut. Includes odd notations such as put put meats on the froating and stray measurements.
Washing Gloves Care Guide in Brief
The note explains gloves do not require washing on hands. It suggests focusing on the most soiled fingertips, bending the fingers to expose the dirt, then brushing lightly with a nail brush and rinsing well to cleanse the gloves thoroughly.
Cleaning Burnt Steel With Vinegar Rag
If bright parts of a kitchen range turn black from heat use a cloth dipped in vinegar to rub the surface. This will restore the brightness by removing the soot and oxidation from the metal.
Baked Lamb Chops Recipe Note
A rough OCR fragment describes baking lamb chops with a thin onion slice, seasoned with salt and pepper, placed on a pan with water, and baked until done. Contains no clear publication details or quantities.
Gleaning Fish Dishes Heated with Mustard Remedy
A note describes using hot water with ground mustard to remove disagreeable taste and smell from dishes, kettles, silver and other utensils. It presents a practical household tip for cleansing and deodorizing kitchenware.
For Tough Fowls Add a Pinch of Salerates or Ginggar
A brief note suggests enhancing poultry health by adding a pinch of salerates or a small amount of ginggar to the drinking water to aid growing tough fowls.
Urk Saves Kavala The Greek fleet saves a besieged town
Salonika correspondent recalls Kavala’s near-sack by Bulgars. A Turkish boatman slips away in darkness to seek aid from the Greek fleet at Thassos. Early dawn ships arrive, a destroyer appears, and Greeks rescue the town, celebrated by grateful locals.
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Salonika
London Daily Telegraph
Kao Kavala
Aegean Sea
Bucharest
Kavala
Leutenant
Bien
Thassos
Arma
Simba
Lear
Aes
Spelling dispute over Poe middle name on new school
A local dispute centers on the engraving Edgar Allen Poe atop a new school on Ritter Street. Simon Gratz demands the middle name be Alan, citing Poe’s mentor John Alan in 1811, while the architect cites Alen. The clash may go to counsel, with references noting Poe’s Gold Bug link near the building.
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Betaweoh
Rittner Street
Pee
Edgar Allen Poe
Simon Gratz
Board of Education
Poe
Allan
Gratz
John Alan
Richmond
Poa
Foe
Aslan
Philadelphia
New York
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