John Haven and the San Lucar fake romance trap
John Haven, a New York sailor, recalls a 1894 San Lucar misadventure where a dancing señorita led him to a second floor room with a dead man and a staged scene. He escaped through a window, fled to his ship, and learned the danger of a frame up by police and a fake killer. a fellow sailor later reveals the ruse as a dummy room and ketchup blood.
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John Haven
New York City
John
San Lucar
Spain
Adventure
American Sailor Invented the Riksha Claim
The official bulletin credits Private Jonathan Goble of the U.S. Marine detachment aboard the Susquehanna with conceiving the jinrikisha as a means of conveyance. Goble, a former New York farmer who joined in 1851, proposed to Japan after leaving the Marines, leading to the first riksha in 1867 and its spread across the Far East.
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China
Japan
Singapore
Corp
Jonathan Goble
Marine
U.S. S. Susquehanna
Commodore Perry
York
Marine Corps
Goble
Far East
Modern Christmas Gifts From Synthetic Materials
Modern chemistry yields a bag of synthetic gifts for the fashionable woman with novelties in hats made from plastics and wood, water proofing by koroseal, and a vanity light. The piecePlayfully notes bristles from toothbrushes and materials from African mahogany to New England silver birch, all showcasing 1910 novelty fashion items.
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New England
British judge to head enemy exports committee in wartime policy
Sir Hubert du Parey, former Dartmouth prison inquiry judge and High Court of Justice member, is chosen to oversee Britain's plan to bar German exports from the seas. His strict penologist stance and royal honors mark him as a firm symbol of authority amid neutralist protests and precedent questions. Stephen T. Early rises as a key White House voice, while Anna Dorfmann, famed pianist, reflects amid global upheaval.
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Hubert du Parey
High Court of Justice
Wubert
Dartmouth
England
Hubert
Sir Hubert
Stephen T. Early
White House
Mr. Early
Louis Howe
Washington
Practical Pinafore That Will Stay Put
The Pinafore apron No. 1876 offers full coverage of top and skirt with two large pockets, easy on and off without a sash, and a flared lower silhouette. Easy to sew in hours with gingham, percale, chintz, or linen. Available sizes 32 to 44. 34 needs 2 3/4 yards 35-inch material. Pattern from The Sewing Circle Pattern Dept. 149 New Montgomery Ave. San Francisco Cal. 15 cents.
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Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
New Montgomery Ave
San Francisco
Calif
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New York
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harding
Madame Anna Dorfmann
Arturo Toscanini
Costantinople
Dorothy Thompson
Madison Avenue
Consolidated Features
WNU
Eted
Bayer Aspinia
Bayer Ixin
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