Walker's Nicaragua Filibuster Saga Retold by Baker in Chicago
The article recounts the Baker tale of the Walker filibustering expeditions to Nicaragua in the 1850s. It covers the journey from Dayton and Independence to California, the ill fated Nicaragua mission, notable acts by Captain Anderson, the siege of the adobe hut, Granada and Rivas battles, Costa Rican involvement, and Walker's repeated captures and trials in the United States.
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Nicaragua
Grace
Cannon
Zelaya
Central American Republic
State Department
Washington
I. M. Baker
Walker
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Chicago
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Baker
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Independence
Rockies
California
Tor
Dad’ Baker
San Francisco
William Walker
Sonora
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United States Court
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Capt. Anderson
Kentucky
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Realejo
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Kipling
Lungtenpen
Central America
Rivas
Virgin Bay
Granada
Corral
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Costa Rica
Latin America
Raveneau de Lussan
Lussan
Capt. Davis
St. Mary's
New Orleans
Paulding
New York
Buchanan
Mobile
Gulf of Mexico
Honduras
German airship company forms in 1909 with Frankfort base
Consul Talbot J. Albert reports on the Deutscher Luftschiffahrts-Aktiongesellschaft formed in Frankfurt on November 16, 1909. 3,000,000 marks were raised with investments from Hamburg Frankfurt and Munich, plus Baden Baden city and private subscriptions. The plan: operate passenger airships Zeppelin IV and V from Frankfurt with later stations at Baden Baden and a North Sea coast site, possibly Hamburg, under a 26-director board.
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Deutscher Luftschiffahrts - Aktiongesellschaft
Frankfort
Hamburg
Munich
Baden-Baden
Duesseldorf
Cologne
Stuttgart
Essen
Elberfeld
Mannheim
Leipsic
Friedrichshaven
North Sea
Realism Praised As Stage Stuns With Natural Flair
The Louisville Courier Journal notes the show delivers “awful natural” realism in performance. A quip follows about six months passing since the play began and the housemaid has not done any housework, highlighting the satire of onstage life.
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Louieville
Hog escape cracks open as hogs allegedly creep through a crack
Uncle Ephraim claims his two razorback hogs escaped by themselves through a crack in the pen after being fed kitchen scraps. Neighbors doubt theft and eye a mysterious exit as the old man offers a peculiar theory about their ascent and passage. The remark echoes a quirk of rural rumor from Youth's Companion.
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Ephraim
Uncle Eph
Uncle Ephraim
Poet Richard Le Gallienne Learns Autograph Worth
During a New York luncheon with magazine editors Richard Le Gallienne joked that poetical fame is mere prose. A schoolboy asked for his autograph, then returned with a dollar and a new request for Jim Jeffries’s autograph, illustrating fleeting fame.
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Richard le Gallienne
New York
Jim Jeffries
Coffee Roaster with Perforated Outer Cylinder Design
A historic coffee roaster features a stationary inner cylinder and a perforated outer drum with space between for beans and rotating blades to mix and roast evenly. Heat is supplied to the inner cylinder by electricity, and a knob-activated sampling cup ejects three or four beans during rotation.
His Broad Charity Noted in Family Dialogue
Imogene defends her father as unjust at times but urges Philip to judge him by his best. Philip affirms Imogene as his best and continues to praise the father.
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Imogene
Papa
Philip
Doctor’s Diagnosis Sparks Fashion Advice
A Yonkers Statesman humorous exchange presents a couple where the wife is deemed very ill but the doctor prescribes a new hat and dress, highlighting a playful take on health and fashion. The dialogue suggests light social satire rather than medical concern.
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Yonkers Statesman
Impolite Papa Snoring Becomes Family Joke
A child asks why Papa makes a funny noise at night. Mama explains he is snoring, and the exchange notes a polite reminder about loud noises. The scene captures a domestic moment with gentle humor.
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Papa
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