The Escape of Mary A Sealed Love and Flight
In a fashionable Atlantic city a mysterious beauty named Mary Leviston seeks work as a seamstress. Percy Leonard advocates charity and safety, while Mrs. Leonard arranges a trial period revealing Miss Winthrop’s wardship. Miss Winthrop flees her guardian, later marrying Percy Leonard after concealment.
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Atlantic
Mary
Mary Leviston
Enid
Percy
Northdote
Northcote
Mr. Draper
Mr. Barner
Miss Winthrop
Mrs. Heading
Manning
Clever Military Trick In Kashmir Skirmish
A commander used a disguised bugler and three herdsmen with powder pots to scare hilltop attackers. They placed night fuses and lit faces after a rocket signal, prompting the hill men to flee in panic and yielding a bloodless victory. The tale is from Lumsden of the Guides.
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Kashmir
Pashawar
Lumsden
Brave Struggle of Giles Filley to Pay Huge Debt
The tale centers on Giles F. Filley of St. Louis who shouldered $1,350,000 owed by his friend John How. Filley paid most notes over 35 years, sustained losses from a fire and strike, and died unable to settle $130,000 still owed. His life shows resilience and honor despite a collapsing debt.
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Giles I. Filley
St. Louis
Giles F. Filley
John How
Mr. Filley
How
Locust Avenue
Filley
Excelsior Company
Capt. Eads
Hfe
Arizona
Montana
Precocious Boy Interrupts Father’s Campaign Routine
The ten-year-old son of Representative Champ Clark of Missouri often sits in his father’s seat during speeches. After missing a recent address, the boy explained to a neighboring representative that he tired of hearing those things when a man was teaching them to him.
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Champ Clark
Missouri
New York World
Point of view dialogue on dress costs in papers
A conversational exchange notes that dress goods will rise this year compared with last. Miss Flypp remarks on the higher prices while Miss Primm supports that she never approved of those decollete costumes.
A Molder of Destiny
Sixty four years ago Texas declared independence and Samuel Houston led Texans into battle. He died July 26 thirty six years ago and remains a pivotal pioneer in shaping U S destinies. Born in Virginia of Irish descent he rose from sub-agent to lawyer at 25 and adjutant general of Tennessee. He moved to Texas in 1832 and as commander in chief built the army, won at San Jacinto, became first Texas president and pushed annexation to the United States amid diplomacy with France, Spain and England.
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Texas
Samuel Houston
United States
Virginia
United States Infantry
Tennessee
Mexico
San Jacinto
Houston
New Republic
van Buren
France
Spain
England
Uncle Sam
Ufe
Lone Star State
Apple Sayings Reflect Changing View of Fruit
A Youth's Companion note recounts how apples shifted from plain school-fare to a valued fruit. It cites common proverbs and an old orchard verse about picking the first ripe apples and sharing a bite with a young girl as a ceremonial test of the harvest.
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England
Midlands
Anyon
Wise Words and Moral Prose Reflections from Ram's Horn
A collection of aphorisms on duty faith restraint and character praising home life and good habits while warning against vanity and quick popularity. The lines contrast personal virtue with social impact and morality in everyday conduct.
Tongue Reading Grail Promises New Paris Based Science
A Misa Erhere No of Paris introduces Character in the Tongue Glossomancie a new science reading character by tongue form and size Long tongues indicate frankness short tongues dissimulation broad tongues expansiveness narrow tongues concentration Long and broad imply gossip while long and narrow marks half frankness Short and broad forecasts gossip and falsehoods Short and narrow signals cunning The tongue is urged as a guide before intimacy to test trustworthiness.
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Paris
Pacific Tidal Waves Reported Along Pacific Coast
A tidal wave was seen near Victoria and the North Pacific coast following earthquakes in Japan. Fishermen observed waves rising to three to six feet between 2 and 3 pm, lasting through the afternoon and fading by 6 pm. Similar waves reached Hawaii with water levels thirty five feet above sea at Keahou, while Italian instruments recorded the quakes.
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Victoria
North
Pacific
Ano
Japan
Honolulu
Hawaii
Keanhou
Italy
The Church Army Founder Rev Wilson Carlile and Work
A descriptive profile of the Church Army led by Rev Wilson Carlile in England. It highlights its aims in prisons and poorhouses, its “working homes” for released prisoners, and the program’s social and religious purposes. The piece notes its growth, royal recognition, and the trombone-wielding founder.
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Maglio
Salvation Army
Church Army
Church of England
Ita Fquader
Wilson Carlile
London
Canterbury
Carlile
England
Army
Edgware Road
Hyde Park
Great Britain
He That Breaks Pays In Paris Studio
A Paris painter punishes repeated pane breakers by beating a sheet of paper with his cane until the pane behind it is damaged. The tale ends with the artist declaring that those who break pay.
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Paris
Rich gold fields found in Benguet province Philippines
American prospectors report rich Igorrettes and high elevation interiors with small quartz veins yielding gold. Much of the headhunter territory remains unexplored by the Spanish. Copper iron and lignite potential expected to be developed by experts. Igorrettes count wealth in hundreds of ounces of gold.
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Philippines
Benguet
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Katherine Graves
Mrs. Leonard
Miss Leviston
Miss Loyiston
APPLE
Church Army OF England
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