San Jacinto Day and the Alamo Defenders
Texas marks its seventieth San Jacinto anniversary with stories of Santa Ana’s truce offer and Houston’s defiant reply. The San Antonio celebration centers on the Alamo and the heroism of defenders who refused surrender, echoing local memory of Nolan’s earlier hunters.
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Texas
San Jacinto
Evers Schoolboy
Santa Rus
Sam Houston
Houston
General Santa Ana
Alamo
The
Thermopylae
Nolan
Mystery Romance of Angelino Pascalini in Genoa and America
The piece follows Angelino Pascalini from Genoa to America, where poverty, work on railways, and strict saving shape his life as he pursues Nina, a woman from Spain who becomes his wife. A newspaper marriage license list sparks doubt about his future, while the Alamo and Texas figures loom as historical counterpoint to personal upheaval.
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Angelino
Genoa
Italy
America
Nina
Spain
Columbus
Angelins
Filadelphia
Binnick
Old Binnick
Aangelio
de ` Angelino
Blind Chaplain’s Wife Noted For Quiet Dignity
Mrs. Henry N. Couden, wife of the House of Representatives’ blind chaplain, accompanies him to the door, waits in the lobby, and escorts him home after prayers. She is described as gentle and unfailingly loyal, ever in a simple silk gown and black bonnet, faithful from speaker to recruit.
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House of Representatives
Henry N. Couden
The Wise Radyard Reflects on a Past Self
A speaker laments that talking to his past self could have saved him many lessons. He reflects on changes since a year ago and the knowledge he would share with his younger self.
Courage and a Legal Wedding Across alien borders
Nina, from Genoa, seeks a marriage license in Philadelphia after learning American rules. Angelino, silent and worried, discovers a government order to wed. Though poor, they marry in a church with the heavenly will cited, and begin a fragile happiness despite scant funds, per the Philadelphia Record.
Heir to Russian Throne Portrait Defies Deaf Mute Claims
A public portrait of Czarevitch Alexis, heir to the Russian throne, counters abroad reports that he is a deaf mute. Born August 12, 1904, the 22 month old prince is described as bright and without serious illness. The Empress ordered the palace portrait amid Russia’s war year hardships.
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Czar
Russia
Czarevitch
Cay
Czarevitch Alexis
Japan
Pittsburgh Manufacturer Impresses Daughters at Wagner Concert
A hardy-headed old Pittsburgh maker who built a fortune with his coat off attended a Wagner concert with his daughters, the first he ever saw. The next day he met an acquaintance who asked if he enjoyed the previous night, Mr. B.
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Pittsburgh
Mr. B
Retrolods Coase 6 i faeia lingerie fashions rise
Martha Dean notes lingerie fashion growth driven by hand embroidery and lace. Handwork dominates gown making with high cost pieces, jackets and house wraps feature Venetian and Irish laces, Valenciennes, Swiss embroideries, and various trims. Prices range from two dollars to a hundred, with delicate upkeep needed for finer pieces.
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Martha Dean
Lawn
Valenciennes
Saylil and Saycherseff at the Counter Dispute
A comic dialogue on a shop floor shows two girls at a handkerchief and ribbon counter exchanging jumbled phrases and questions about a partner’s back hair and a planned meeting. The floorwalker interrupts, ordering them back to customers.
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Carnegie
Saylil
Saylil” “Saycherseff
Erdkitsmith Sayinse
Coomtroo
Notchett
Juno Kittenbills
Sima Stannineer
Sallright
Sassen
Boston Library Publishes Free Gardening Guide for Youths
Trustees of the Boston Public Library issue a free little book titled A Brief List of Books About Gardening. It covers garden making and care, garden-related magazines, and writings by Homer, Pliny, Bacon, Hawthorne, and Thoreau. It also lists school gardens, nature study, outdoor art, and U.S. Department of Agriculture publications available free from Secretary Wilson in Washington.
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Boston Public Library
Pliny
Francis Bacon
Hawthorne
Thoreau
United States Department of Agriculture
Department
Wilson
Washington
Washington No Place To Die Says Bernhardt
Sarah Bernhardt comments during a Washington visit on Puritan blue laws and the capital’s lack of amusements. She says Washington is more beautiful than Paris but laments no gardens or Sunday venues and that Paris would be livelier at midnight. She adds she would rather not die in Washington.
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Washington
Sarah Bernhardt
Paris
Sarah
Ships in Greely relief serve U S as revenge cutters
In archival lines the Bear and Thesis, ships used in the Greely polar relief mission, remain in U S service as revenge cutters. A humorous aside notes Mrs. Krankley makes regular dolls of her daughters and staffs them with breakfast foods.
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Bear
Thesis
Greely Polar
United States
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Angelino Pascalini
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Travis
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Bowie
Wall
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Spey
Ango
Angelina
Heavenly Father
Philadelphia Record
Alison Co
Dept
Buffalo
Wang
CIA
E. D. Lorimer & GO
Broadway
New York
Becuse
Palisade Pattern CO
Battery Place
New York City
City and
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