Cupid Pranks Captives in Wild Wedding Spoof
A 21 year old man from Cincinnati plans to marry a 65 year old widow, but vanishes before the ceremony at St Pauls church leaving guests puzzled. The bride, undaunted, recalls his “soul of honor” claim and endures a delayed wedding as the groom is believed kidnapped. A hotel reception later crowns the prank with playful chaos.
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Cupid
Frank Beckman
Cincinnati, C
St. Paul's Cathlic Church
Frank
Mrs. Hagenback
Peculiar Wedding Trip Around Boston Cab Ride
A theatrical couple Miss Pearl Caryace Cook and Edward Beck married at four pm and began a brief wedding trip by cab three times around Boston. Stage life delays shortened their honeymoon and the company awaited the cab before departure.
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Boston
Heiress Montana Largey Marries Ray MacDonald Amid Fortune
Butte heiress Miss Montana Largey, daughter of a former bank associate of Senator Clark, marries Ray MacDonald, a Canadian Scotsman earning $60 monthly. After inheriting nearly a million, she confesses love over money and vows to share it. The couple plans an California honeymoon and cross continental trip to visit MacDonald’s family in Canada.
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Butte
Mont
Montana Largey
Senator Clark
Big Copper
Northwest
Montana
Ray MacDonald
Canada
Ray
Miss Largey
Big Eastern College
West
Ay MacDonald
MacDonald
California
Los Angeles
Mr. MacDonald
Affinity Found Through Pie Maker in Boston Romance
A Boston pie social leads Col. John H. Bartlett to Mrs. Susie J. Reese, the baker of a mince pie that wins his heart. The couple marry, the bride recalls fate guiding her, and a double life ends with a warm family reunion as affection blooms over pies.
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Cupid
Boston
Col
John H. Bartlett
Tanner
New England
No Spanking in This Case
A 19 year old Philadelphia woman Miss Louise Weaver and William Singley wed after a six month secret betrothal. The couple met at a Trinity Lutheran basket social and received a marriage license then exchanged vows during a buggy ride.
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William Singley
George W. Weaver
Porter Street
Philadelphia
Singley
Miss Weaver
Trinity Lutheran Church
Young Bride Made Welcome by Pilsons
An 18 year old Marjory J. Savin of Washington secretly marries Edwin Pilson 19, son of a millionaire railroad man. The wedding is revealed when she presents a marriage certificate to her father-in-law, who welcomes them and offers support as they plan a future together.
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Marjory J. Savin
Washington
Edwin Pilson
Benjamin F. Pilson
Pilson
Miss Savin
J. B. Alexander
Europe
America
Pilsons
New Lincoln Bust by Gutzon Borglum Reveals Hidden Sides
The Lincoln portrait by Danish sculptor Gutzon Borglum in New York presents the president’s forceful right side and gentler inner life. Observers note a grand, powerful expression capturing Lincoln’s character beyond prior sculptures.
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Lincoln
Gutzon Borglum
New York
Mr. Lincoln
Indian Burial Practices Described in Army and Navy Life
The author recalls Indian burial methods tying corpses to cross sticks in trees, letting air and elements erode the remains over a year. The scene is lamented as pitifully gruesome, with autumn winds revealing broken sticks, beads, and scattered bones beneath the burial site.
New Law Prompts Large Foreign Investment in England
The new patent laws of Great Britain have spurred foreign capital investment totaling 225 million pounds with Germany the largest contributor for chemical industries. The measure is praised as one of the most popular enacted by the British government.
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Great Britain
England
Germany
Last Battle Tale From Padre Island Flag Episode
Col. Headington of Portland, Indiana claims his unit and Mexican scouts pursued cattle on Padre Island during the war’s final battle known as Palmetto Ranch. They clashed with Gen. Slaughter’s forces, the Thirty-fourth Indiana flag bearer swam the Rio Grande with the flag, Mexicans recovered it, and after negotiations the flag returned to Bagdad with orders from Gen Mejia.
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Slaughter
Headington
Thirty-fourth Indiana
Rio Grande
Bagdad
Col
Readington
Mejia
Matamoros
Monitor Hero Dead in Greenwich Village
David W. Orr, once a messenger boy aboard the Monitor during its clash with the Merrimac, died by his own hand in Greenwich Village, N Y. He later worked as a machinist and steamfitter, prospered briefly, then fell on hard times as eyesight failed and rheumatism struck. He remained fond of recounting the famous fight, keeping two vivid lithographs of the Merrimack and Monitor in his shop.
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David W. Orr
Monitor
Merrimac
Hampton Roads
Greenwich Village
N. Y
Navy
Confederate Ironsides
Mentor
Nature and a Woman's Work
An old fashioned remedy claim cites Lydia E. Pinkham's Veget able Compound as superior for women's illnesses. Mrs. Bertha Muff describes long suffering and recovery after following Pinkham's guidance, asserting the cure restored health and strength and urging other women to seek the remedy.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Bertha Muff
N.C. St
Uisiana
Mrs. Pinkham
Muff
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