A Brevet Bachelor Causes Navy Garrison Gossip
A stage romance unfolds at Angelalisod where Miss Hadley, a southern beauty, stirs jealousy among bachelors and Mina La Roche. Proctor, the adjutant, is pressed into acting as protector and confidant while the post watches the flirtation with mixed scandal and humor.
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Gails
Aling Hadley
San Angeles
San Diego
Angelalsod
Leutenants
Columbus
Jenult Mathers
Neutepanta
Napa
Misa Hadley
Hadley
la Roche
Mina Hadley
Mrs. la Roche
Amd
Bin
Croup
Misa Hadler
Burt la Roche
Miss Hadley
Proctor's liaison exposed amid Miss Hadley’s clause
On the island visit the bachelor Proctor becomes enmeshed with Miss Hadley as rivals and wary hosts watch. Proctor sends a telegram and violet gift to Miss Hadley while planning a reveal about his wife. The scene ends with Miss Hadley publicly challenging him, exposing the affair.
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Radley
Proctor
Careesly
Potesselvely
Magne
Theo Proctor
Miss Hadley
Apauranoce
Miss Hodley
Brummel
Hadley
Mina Lindley
Mr. Proctor
San Francisco
Argonaut
Dawson City Adopts Monster Wood-Pile Punishment
The Omaha Bee reports Dawson City uses a harsh cure for crime. Convicted offenders must saw wood ten hours daily regardless of weather or light. When less wood remains, authorities assign minor offenses to keep men productive, supposedly reforming behavior.
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Omaha Bee
Dawson City
Early US Railroad Stories From South Carolina Route
Dr W W Smith of Williston BC notes the first US railroad was the Charleston to Augusta line 140 miles long, begun 1896 and completed 1833. Descriptions recount wind as motive power, two stacks per locomotive, no spark arresters, daily 100 mile runs, night camps, wooden track fixtures, snake heads, conductors collecting fares on boards, primitive mail, and wooden coupling hooks to halt cars from pulling apart.
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W. W. Smith
Williston
B. C
United States
South Carolina
Charleston
Augusta
Publicity Claim Sparks Advertised Bulletins Dispute
A tall physician quarrels with a stranger over adding promotional lines to medical bulletins. The stranger presses for endorsing Hulger's Blood Bitters while insisting the bulletins are advertisements. The man denies the claim, leaving him furious and silent.
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Hulger
A Derky's Delusion and the Clock Hands Tale
An old Southern colored man visits a watchmaker with two clock hands asking them raised to fix time. The watchmaker questions where the clock is and the man insists on having the clock though only the hands are faulty. The tale ends with the man leaving, intending to seek an honest repair.
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Weil
The Military Salute Gains in Popularity
The war has popularized the half military salute among both men and women. Ladies began adopting this modern greeting, replacing the old bow. Initially awkward, the salute is described as graceful and more personal than bowing and scraping.
Fragmented OCR Mystery Noted in Town Scene
A damaged OCR passage hints at a jewelers scene with a request for a bright diamond ring and a stray mention of a German military presence abroad. The text is unclear and partly garbled, offering only scattered references to people and places.
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Mrs. Strong
Ella
Ells
Hindhey
Abe
Leutenant
Frador
Strong
Mra. Strong
Misu Uladles
Aflout
Mise Hadley
Obe
Tos
Ons
Maximilian Schumann
Mexico
Zacatecas
California
Omar
Frouir'se Tantee Reed Wyeesenl
Quericus
Nearvieigh Cynicus
Perhead
Aventer
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