The House of the Black Ring Chapter IX Fire On the Ridge
Rose Hartswick and Jim Farthing race through a smoke shrouded valley as a wildfire closes in on the Brown lot. Rose steers a panicked buggy through debris and flames, risking all to save the horse and escape by forcing a path to safety.
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Rose
Karl
Sinking Springs
Amos
Martswick
Rosie
Dot
Black Log Run
Cherry Creek
Jim Farthing
Hartswick
Jim
Death by Long Fall Shocks City Worker on Madison Ave Tower
Thomas Mortimore, 42, a rigger and foreman for Alfred Parsons, fell 500 feet from the 34th story of the Metropolitan Life Insurance building at No 1 Madison Avenue. He lost footing while scaffolding on the Twenty first street side and perished as witnesses watched. Mortimore had spent 40 years in perilous trades and was alone on the scaffold when the accident occurred.
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Jim
New York
Thomas Mortimore
Metropolitan Life Insurance
Madison Avenue
Mortimore
Alfred Parsons
Twenty-first
Reg ulations for the Troops of the United States Book Found
Lee Matthews of Hastings Michigan found a 1808 copy titled Regulations for the Order and Discipline of the Troops of the United States by Baron de Steuben. The volume includes militia acts, leather bound in pocket size with firing, marching and camp diagrams, plus 37 lithographic figures of manual exercises.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Lee Matthews
Hastings
Mich
United States
State of
New York
Baron de Steuben
Army of the
Scrambled Fish With Eggs Method
Scrambled fish with eggs recipe instructs shredding codfish to one cup and soaking briefly. Drain, cover with boiling water, drain again, then stir in butter paprika and five eggs with cream. Cook over hot water until creamy and serve on toast.
Not His Business
A humorous exchange from Everybody's Magazine features a colonel describing a fertile Texas country and enormous deer with eight foot antlers. When pressed on how the deer pass through dense forests, he replies that such matters are “their business” with comical insistence.
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Texas
Art Appreciation From Le Rire Cartoon Exchange
A humorous dialogue features a father and artist discussing gifting a drawing to a boy who enjoys cutting up pictures, highlighting a playful art appreciation moment.
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le Rire
Rumor of Stage Fever Grips Washington High Society
Miss Helen Hunt daughter of Judge William H. Hunt Montana, a chorus member in Mrs. A C Barney's charity musical About Thebes at Belasco theater next week, reportedly received a tempting offer to perform. The tale spreads through army navy and diplomatic circles with talk of abandoning society for the stage.
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Washington
Army
Navy
A. C. Barney
Thebes
Belasco Theater
Helen Hunt
Miss Hunt
William H. Hunt
Montana
Taft
Yale
Admirals Say War With Japan Impossible
Two senior admirals, Admiral H Ijichi of the Japanese training squadron and Rear Admiral Robley K Evans, discussed U S Japan relations in Los Angeles and agreed war is impossible. Ijichi praised U S reception and outlined how his navy raised ships at Port Arthur and Chemulpo. Evens recalled the Ma kasas Yokohama explosion and both men noted friendly ties between nations.
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Los Angeles
Cal
H. Ijichi
San Pedro
Robley K. Evans
United States
Japan
Admiral Evans
Admiral Ijichi
Jichi
Tjichi
Port Arthur
Chemulpo
Evans
Ijich
Makasa
Yokohama
Isichi
John Mott
Sato
Aso
Ishii
Soya
Wag
Sakamoto
Makuzo Nagai
San Francisco
Alexander
Admiral Tjichi
Japanese Association
Frisco
Taylor
Golden Gate Park
Pope on Woman's Rights: The Home Is Her Sphere
Rome reports on April 21 as Pope Pius X addresses a delegation of the Union of Italian Catholic Ladies. He rejects equal rights with men, insisting women belong under male authority, yet notes a social mission through charity and reform within acceptable bounds.
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Pope
Rome
Pius X
St. Paul
Leek Eating Sparks County School Scuffle
In Potter county, twelve Brookland pupils taught by Miss Jennie Wightman of Gold faced punishment for gathering and eating leeks. The students quit school, decrying the discipline as unjust as locals defend the long standing leek ritual and threaten civic appeal to protect the custom.
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Molly
Brookland School
Jenni
Wightman Bold
Brookland
Potter County
Jennie Wightman
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