Miss Barton’s Choice Love and a burglar’s revelation
Jasper Warren shuns a tennis party to help a starving family, winning Irene Barton’s favor by saving John Little from crime. A burglar’s praise of Warren shifts Irene’s view as Warren secures Little’s reform and confesses his love, prompting Irene to keep the memory of Warren in a framed portrait. Also notes on Oregon agate and water coal dredging finds draw crowds in Portland Harbor.
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Jasper Warren
Winters
Reef Committee
Girton
Mickel
Warren
Jasper
Miss Barton
Val Winters
Fence
John Little
Irene
Mr. Warren
Irena
Little
Irene Barton
W. G Chapman
Oregon
Port of Portland Commission
Hawthorne Avenue
Portland
Captain Groves
Willamette Br
Inman
Rome Marks Birthday With Flags Illumination Amid Histories
Rome celebrated its 2607th birth anniversary on April 21 with flag hoisting and lights though the Century Feast revival did not occur. Archaeological finds suggest Rome’s founding should be dated earlier than the 750 B C official record, shifting back centuries.
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Rome
Forum
Palatine
Horace
Woman Astronomer Honored by London Society
The Royal Astronomical Society of London granted honorary membership to Annie Jump Cannon, Harvard University astronomy curator. The president praised her skill in stellar spectral typing, noting she classified 150,000 stars by their spectra.
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Royal Astronomical Society of London
Annie Jesup Cannon
Harvard University
London Society
Cattle Plunge 50 Feet in Darkness Near Wenshba Reserve
Lewiston Idaho report recounts 26 cattle falling to a 50 foot cliff near the Wenshba forest reserve after being driven off a blind trail edge. One two week calf survived uninjured as ranchers and neighbors assisted the injured with lariats and crude, ineffective care.
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Lewiston
Idaho
Wenshba Forest Reserve
Ray Hester
Washington
Banker ponies of North Carolina coastal marshes
On the coast of North Corona, banker ponies roam the marshes. These half wild horses, twice the size of Shetland ponies, feed on fish caught with their hooves and stranded at low tide. Captured foals prove valuable as strong, intelligent draft animals.
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Baltimore
North Corona
Cat Laps Turpentine Ends In Tragic Bronx Death
Hessie the cat of painter Adolph Grotta in the Bronx ingested turpentine spilled by another cat. Hessie became delirious then destructive before Patrolman Koop shot and killed her when unable to capture the distressed animal.
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New York
Hessie
Adolph Grotta
Bailey Avenue
Bronx
Bessie
Leasie
Grottas
Koop
Kingsbridge
Panics and Panthers in Venezuela Camp Tale Told
J W Lewis, a University of Minnesota geology alumnus, recounts a Venezuela expedition with oil prospects. He describes bullets in a hotel hall, native police rescuing, and jungle life with panthers and cannibal rumors. He notes crude dress and local ingenuity to cut living costs. He recalls Coro's 1440 church and plans to return via New York to Venezuela.
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Minneapolis
Minn
University of Minnesota
J. W Lewis
School of Mines
W. H. Emmons
Mr. Lewis
Lewis
Mr. Panther
Coro
Venezulea
Los Angeles
New York
Venemucia
Olivet College President Links Women Teachers to Baseball
President Lancaster of Olivet college declared that no college girl in America is thoroughly trained to teach school unless she knows the game of baseball. This assertion was made during a lecture on the importance of baseball knowledge for teachers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olivet
Mich
America
Lancaster
Olivet College
Bossies Joy Trot Ends in Police-Shot Cow Death
A Rogers Park cow named Bossie, owned by Mrs. Peter Adelhoefen, went on a reckless joy ride damaging property and briefly eluding officers. The animal was lassoed and seven shots were fired to stop the chase, ending the incident. Mrs. Adelhoefen mourns the aging animal.
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Chicago
Peter Adelhoefen
Morton Street
Rogers Park
Adelhoefen
North Clark Street
Foresees Hour of Death in Grand Junction
Mrs. Clara B. Carter predicted her death two weeks earlier and died at the hour she foresaw in Grand Junction Colorado. She prepared for burial, bought a $500 coffin, arranged sermons, and planned a joint interment with her six year old daughter’s remains brought from Kansas. She left an obituary and an extended life notice.
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Grand Junction
Colo
Clara B. Carter
Carter
J. J Guiblin
Earth
Kansas
Rat Uncovers Family Theft in Greenwich
In Greenwich Connecticut a rat in the Mallory household unearths a pawn ticket bearing the name Gertrude Ooederbecke. The servant confessed to stealing about five thousand dollars worth of diamonds and jewelry from the family.
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Greenwich
Conn
Clifford D. Mallory
Gertrude Ooederbecke
Mule Liven Reaches Age Forty Eight in Tennessee
A mule born in 1865 on Robert Holman’s farm near Springfield, Tennessee, sold 30 years ago as a plug, is recorded as the oldest Tennessee mule at death, living forty eight years. In Camden, New Jersey, sisters Mia Jamieson and Mrs Margaret Dawson, after 38 years apart, met for the first time and said they are not fond of visiting.
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Springfield
Tenn
Robert Holman
Camden
N. J
Mia
Mary Jamieson
Margaret Dawson
Strawberry Recipes and Reflections From an Old Issue
The article presents straw berry dessert ideas including strawberry shortcake honey salad dressing and frozen fruit cup with detailed steps and proportions. It ends with a Max Muller quote about living up to one’s ideals and the enduring impression of our lives.
Good Things to Eat Bran Bread and More
A collection of home cookery notes detailing bran bread with raisins dates or figs and milk, a nut loaf with mixed nuts and bananas steamed and sliced, a casserole dish of chopped steak with barley and brown gravy, and a June salad dressing using fruit and whipped cream.
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Brazil
Orchid Species Increase From 300 to 10000
A century ago only 300 orchid species were known and catalogued. The latest authority now lists about 10 000 epoaies as recognized species. The quote contrasts travel fatigue and curiosity with the rapid expansion of orchid knowledge.
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George Elmer Cobb
Reedville
Irane
Boyd Girton
North Carolina
Venezuela
Hla
Bossie
Max Muller
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