Brice Proposes to Miss Wentworth Amid Romantic Turmoil
Brice claims he will marry Miss Wentworth after confessing love sparked in the cars and dismisses his prior engagement to Miss Bradleigh. Barbara Bradleigh departs after sending a note that Brice repudiated her, while Mrs Rutherford confronts Brice about the scandal and a hidden child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Croylands
Miss Wentworth
Brice
Ile
Barbara
Mies Bradisigh
Bradleigh
Europe
Caroline
Mrs. Rutherford
Spring House
Richard
Benson
Jie
North’s
Margery Benson
White House Remodel Expands East and West Terraces
Visitors note the White House now sits on a stylobate 400 feet long with new terrace promenades lit by lamps and lined with orange and bay trees. A new porte cochere leads to a wrap of boxes for wraps and a garden level corridor to main stairs, making the hall and state rooms more dignified and spacious.
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White House
Washington
Treasury
Circus life and daring escapes of adventurous boys
A narrative recalls boys pressed into circus labor by forces of travel and danger. One boy toiled setting and taking down tents, jailed nightly in a leopard cage, then hid for a day to surrender to authorities and return home. Another stowed away on train, forced to earn six dollars filing tubing, then freed by ransom dust. A third tried joining a submarine crew, finally rescued by his father after hours in a dark cistern, ending a seafaring dream.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amer
Liberty
Europe
Oddest County Jail in Arizona Bordered by Quartz Rock
Graham County Jail in Clifton Arizona is built into a quartz rock hillside. The four large caverns are accessed through a heavy masonry vestibule with three steel-barred gates. Windows are blasted into the rock and security bars anchor the walls. The prison is famed for its solidity and escaped attempts have never succeeded. Clifton is a copper mining camp noted for crime and extreme temperatures.
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Graham County
Clifton
Ariz
America
Black Jack
Arizona
Secretary Hitchcock Rides Ostrich At Hot Springs Farm
Ethan Allen Hitchcock Secretary of the Interior visited a Hot Springs ostrich farm and rode behind a large ostrich named Black Diamond hitched to a runabout. The bird is described as fast fleet and well trained, offering the sensation of riding behind a horse.
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Ethan Allen Hitchcock
Secretary of the Interior
Hot Springs
Black Diamond
Hitchcock
Modesty of the truly great in Bryce study
In Studies in Contemporary Biography James Bryce presents two stories provoking critics with the modesty of great minds. Gladstone reacts with a smile when told Dante was saved by lectures, a remark on human genius and fame.
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James Bryce
Gladstone
Ireland
Bryce
Dante
Cwant
Ravenna
Mr. Gladstone
Darwin on Gladstone and the illusion of greatness
The passage notes Darwin’s remark that Gladstone spoke like an ordinary man, highlighting that the truly great are modest while the insignificant feel themselves important. It argues the great and the learned often remain aware of their limits, whereas the socially prominent may become impertinent.
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Mr. Darwin
Mr. Gladstone
Providence Helps Railroader With Prosthetic Leg
Fragmentary text suggests a story about a railroad worker who lost a leg and received a providential aid or event. The piece mentions rheumatism and Atlanta, implying a regional angle or institution involved in recovery or support.
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Providential
At. T
Atlanta
Death Toll in Hanna Mine Blast Tops 230
A Hanna Wyoming mine explosion at Union Pacific Coal Co. No 2 shaft traps 282 miners underground. About 48 accounted for by afternoon with 2 dead. Rescue efforts hampered by cave-ins and deadly gas as the mine vents gas through extensive workings.
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Hanna
Wyo
Union Pacific Coal Company
BH. S. Brooks
William Pascoe
Ther
Union Pacific
Mark Hanna
Hobson on Santiago battle says Spanish fleet superior in efficiency
Captain Richmond Pearson Hobson, hero of the Merrimac, argues in a New York article that Spanish ships were heavily armed and faster at Santiago. He contends American ships were outmatched in training and organization, explaining the Spanish victory despite brave crews and fierce fire.
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Merrimac
Cervera
Richmond Pearson Hobson
New York
Santiago
Brooklyn
Amiral Cervera
Annapolis
Sparks from the Wires Gov Cites Frazier Amid Turmoil
A garbled government brief mentions Frazier amid a wire-related disturbance. Officials discuss causes and possible consequences while records remain incomplete and unclear.
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Margery
Oddest County
United States
Darwin
California
Anderson
Redding
Dons
Frazier
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