Escape Artist of Devil's Island Unmasked in San Francisco
Pierre Dupres known as Phantom Bandit recounts seven years on Devil's Island chains, fever death and brutal conditions, escape attempts via leper colony and Dutch Guiana coast, eventual arrival in Philadelphia, and a plan to return home. Doctor Glenn Hoover verifies the tale for Mills College.
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San Francisco
Devil’s Island
Banait
France
Glenn Hoover
Mills Collge
Pierre Dupres
Hoover
Devil
le de St. Louis
Ile Des Royale
St. Joseph
Dupres
Paris
Issant
English Guiana
French Guiana
Philadelphia
Guianas
Devil's Island
Romance Shattered Over Dog License in Flemingsburg
Miss Nenova Damron of Weemington prepares to sue Wayne Hall of McDowell for 25000 in damages over a romance ending tied to a dog license. Hall claimed a wedding license was secured by a friend Frazure, provoking the breakup.
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Flemingsburg
Nenova Damron
Weemingsburg
Wayne Hall
McDowell
Hall
Frazure
Population of U S Set at 119 306 000
New York. The population of the United States increased more than 14 000 000 in the ten year period ended July 1 1928 according to the National Bureau of Economic Research. The population in 1928 was estimated at 119 806 000. Of that total 46 580 000 persons support both themselves and the rest of the population.
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U. S
New York
United States
National Bureau of Economic Research
Bible Quoted by High Court in Divorce Case
The Georgia Supreme Court upheld a divorce for Ridgar F. Ross after he claimed his wife’s nagging forced him to live in a rear room of his house for two years while cooking and bedding himself. The court quoted Proverbs about dwelling in the corner of the housetop.
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High Court
Atlanta
Ridgar F. Ross
State Supreme Court
Resentful Gobbler Attacks Executioner in Los Angeles
In a holiday mishap, W. E. Praudweine was badly injured by a large turkey moments before an attempted beheading. The gobbler kicked the knife into his arm, severing an artery, then mauled Praudweine’s shirt as he collapsed.
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Gobbler
Los Angeles
W. E. Praudweine
The Adorable Liar in Rita Langdon’s Love Story
Rita Langdon weighs suitors at Carpo bookbindery while a birthday apple man educates John Benson on aging. Rita exposes John’s lie and the pair fall in love, marry, and start the Benson bookbindery with Rita later stepping back as their son grows up. An aging apple vendor remains a cheerful reminder of a small moral: kindness matters.
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Rita Langdon
Rita
Ritta
Carpo
John Benson
Benson
Dow
John
Benson Bookbindery
John Benson, Jr
Falls of Niagara as Seen by Louis Hennepin in 1679
The excerpt recalls Louis Hennepin’s 1679 Niagara views from his West voyage with La Salle. He overestimated height at 500 to 600 feet, yet his prose vividly compared the falls to Italy and Switzerland and described the river’s rapid surge that even animals could not withstand.
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Falls
Niagara
Hennepin
Louis Hennepin
Upper Mississippi
la Salle
Lake Ontario
Hiie
Italy
Switzerland
New York Times
Norwegian King Olav I Tryggvesson Leads Raid and Converts
Olav I Tryggvesson ruled Norway from 969 to 1000 after exile and battles with Otholil's forces. He raided France and the British Isles before embracing Christianity and becoming king in 995. He fought Swedish and Danish fleets, perished aboard the Long Snake, and became a folk hero sought by his people for return.
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Olav I Tryggvesson
Norway
Otholil
France
British Isles
Olav
Wasted Regrets and Past Unhappiness
London Tit-Bits reflects on how regrets waste time and renew past sorrows when recalled. It urges letting go of bad events as they belong to the past and should die, freeing the present from lingering unhappiness.
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London
Dahlia History From Mexico to Madrid Gardens
The dahlia was first found in Mexico in 1615 amid Sierra wilderness. Spanish botanists Cervantes and Cav a n illes recognized its value. Seeds reached Madrid royal gardens in 1789 via Abbe Gavanilles, blooming in 1790 and named for Swedish botanist Dr. Andrew Dahl.
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Mexico
Sierras
Cervantes
Cavanilles
Royal Gardens
Madrid
Abbe Gavanilles
Andrew Dahl
Grammatical guide on Ingush pronoun order
An authority explains pronoun placement in Ingush. In singular and plural lists joined by and the second person precedes the first and third, while the third precedes the first. The rule applies to mixed person order across pronouns in each form.
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Ancient
Egypt
Deir E Bahri
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Herbert B. Winlock
Ught
Meryet
Eddie
Mr. Stimson
Stimson
Eddie Savoy
BOP
Dr. Walsh
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