A Change of Luck in the Marinero’s Firelit Triumph
Sergeant Raymond Britt of the United States Marine Corps recalls a bizarre San Francisco earthquake tale. On Mare Island duty during the 1906 fire, he helps Rudolph Spreckels save a $6,000 touring car stuck in a garage doorway. The car is wrecked moments later, burned to ashes, after Britt’s dramatic rescue attempt and a frantic chase through Lafayette Square.
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Mr. Spreckels
Lafayette Square
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van Ness
van Ness Avenue
Spreckels
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Raymond Britt
United States Marine Corps
When war is raging the laws are dumb Cicero quote
A Cicero quotation notes that during war, laws seem inadequate or foolish. The line reflects the tension between military conflict and legal restraint.
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Cicero
Plan to Boost Fire Rates by 1909 Republican Bid
The piece recounts W. L. Harding's 1909 attempt as a Republican gubernatorial candidate to legalize combinations to fix fire insurance rates in Iowa. He introduced House File No. 122 to repeal the Blanchard law, a move opposed by insurers and not adopted by the House committee, which would have ended competition that kept rates lower.
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W. L. Harding
Iowa
Harding
House of the Thirtythird General Assembly
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Republican Leaders Lured by Meredith Bolting Harding
Republican leaders faced renewed turmoil as supporters urged withdrawing Harding's candidacy after a belt incident by Paul Stillman of the Jefferson Bee, followed by further disturbances at Fort.
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Harding
Paul Stillman
Jefferson Bee
Republican dynamics shift as Leavitt backs Meredith
Dodge Messenger, longtime Harding supporter, defects to Meredith. Robert Leavitt of Waterloo, a prominent Republican leader and son of banker John H. Leavitt, also endorses Meredith. Webster County Republicans mobilize, organizing Meredith clubs and aiming to influence county elections statewide.
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Dodge Messenger
Harding
Meredith
Mystery Trunk and Distant Departure Chronicle
A widow named Mme Herman travels from New York to London aboard a ship, insisting her enormous trunk be carried with care and paid handsomely. She keeps to her cabin, receives meals through a door opening, and is seen by neighbors as refined yet inconsistent. After a fog collision she continues to Dover and Calais, then reaches a Holland hostelry. Captain Carl Becker parts with his wife by a window, vows to rejoin troops in Belgium, and reappears with German forces.
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Carl Becker
How Catarrh Is Contracted by Neglectful Mothers
Mothers sometimes neglect the colds their children contract leading to chronic catarrh. The inflammation starts acute and becomes long lasting, a condition rarely cured and a lifelong burden. A bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, used early, might have prevented the trouble. For sale by F D Stubenrauch.
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