Man Without A Country Ends In Quiet Acceptance
The tale recounts Lieutenant Philip Nolan’s end aboard a ship as he longs for home and a mapped country. A confidant recalls Nolan’s loyalty, his map of the United States, and a final request to be buried at sea with his Cincinnati badge.
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Levant
Fred
Lfe
Nolan
Washington
United States
Indiana Territory
Mississippi
Louisiana
Texas
Pacific
Danforth
Fort Adams
Orleans
Philip Nolan
Army of the
Dead 37 Years Man Comes Back In New York Homecoming
Joseph J. O'Donnell, officially listed dead since 1880 by the G A R Lafayette post, returned to Ridgewood Queens to a veteran reception. He had joined the 165th New York Infantry in 1864, served until 1865, then the 8th Cavalry, later worked as a cowboy before vanishing. Relatives learned he was alive at Leavenworth Soldiers Home, and he rejoined family amid old comradeship and memories.
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New York
Joseph J. O'Donnell
Lafayette Post
George Bolster
Dill Place
Ridgewood
Queens
O’donnell
One Hundred and Sixty-fifth Infantry
O'Donnell
Eighth Cavalry
Kiernan
A. G. Mills
Hanging Boy Wins Fight With Buzzard in California
A 15 year old, Hans Mierbach, clung to a shrub root 250 feet up a rock ledge for four hours after a fall. A large buzzard attacked him, pecking at wounds as he fought with his free hand until a search party rescued him at dusk. He tied his wrist with a handkerchief and wrote a farewell note before the rescue. The article also gives omelet recipes and ends with a Browning quote.
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Santa Rosa
Cal
Hans Mierbach
Mierbach
Man's arms life saving net saves eight children in fire
John McNicholas of Phillipsburg New Jersey returned to his burning home and woke his eight motherless children. He formed a line at a window and jumped first to the lawn then each child leaped into his arms. All were saved though the home and two others suffered extensive damage.
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Phillipsburg
N. J
John McNicholas
McNicholas
Kick Spoils Mare Sale In Loud Auction Clash
In Wroughtstown Pennsylvania Jennie the old family term mare resisted being sold at Isaac Percy’s estate sale. Bidders formed a ring in the barn yard as Jennie kicked at them sending Julie Kirkpatrick of Newtown into a rock wall. Auctioneer Cornell offered the mare at fifty dollars but knocked her down for seven dollars fifty to a single bidder.
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Wroughtstown
Jennie
Runiare
Isaac Percy
Itarmers
Julie Kirkpatrick
Newtown
Cornell
Indian Captive Found After Seventy Years
Pendleton Oregon reports William Barnhart a Umatilla Indian returns from Fort Hall Idaho and learns his aunt’s daughter Nannie Bell is alive on the reservation. The aunt had been captured by Bannock Indians in the 1840s and slavery records tie to a raid that killed several relatives. An interpreter aids a three day search revealing the aunt died 11 years ago.
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Pendleton, Ore
Willam Barnhart
Umatilla
William Barnhart
Nannie Bell
Nannie
Seasonable Dishes for Warm Weather Menu
A housewife friendly guide presents three recipes for warm weather meals. Lima Bean Salad uses chilled beans with onion, capers, green pepper, olives, vinegar and oil, served on a chilled dish with pickled beef garnish. Creole Rice blends red peppers onion ham and rice in a savory broth until tender, finished with butter. Scotch Gingerbread combines flour sugar spices raisins ginger almonds and molasses baked to a half hour. Rice Cups offer a custard with rice eggs vanilla and cream, unmolded and topped with peaches and whipped cream.
Always Carry a Loaf Moral of This Tale
Canton reports two holdup men robbed Charles Sells who hid $5 in bread wrapping and $7 more elsewhere. The thieves grabbed the hidden money while the victim preserved a loaf as a moral lesson.
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Canton
Charles Sells
Sells
Turtle Has Snake's Head Mystery Nets Japanese Fishermen
In a Santa Monica fishing village, Japanese fishermen puzzle over a deep sea catch described as a creature with a turtle body head of a snake and beak and claws of a wolf or eagle. Officials seek identification of the strange specimen from the voyage.
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California
Los Angeles
Santa Monica
The Kitchen Cabin 128 Happiness Ad
A quirky line promotes happiness as the cheapest thing in the world, noting that many rich people cannot buy it. The brief item tag appears as a stand alone promotional or ad-like gag.
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Edward Frerett Hale
Truxton
Mexico
Harry Cole
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la Plata
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Watrous
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Sir Thomas Lee
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Robert Browning
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