Bride elopes two days before wedding shocks Merton
Mark Dorrance learns from Mabel Ellin that she has married another man in a swift elopement two days before their planned wedding. He comforts Mabel’s mother, praises her choice, and resolves to move forward, planning to marry Mildred Blaine instead while the town watches.
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Mark Dorrance
Merton
Mark
Mabel Elling
Mabel
Ellen
Jim Mallon
Jim
Ellins Place
Mrs. Ellins
Mother Hillins
Mildred Blaine
Island Legends Of Lost Isles And Magic
A tale says Easter Island vanished after Chilean earthquakes while a folklore piece describes a submerged Manx islet near Point Loderick that surfaces every seven years for 80 minutes. A vengeful magician transforms locals into stone and offers a brief chance to reclaim the island by placing a Bible on its shore.
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Easter Island
Chile
Point Loderick
Isle of Man
Fih Mac Cooll
Snowfall Extremes Across Western Mountains
The Sierra Nevada and Cascade ranges see the heaviest snow in the United States with 80 to 40 feet per winter in places. Summit California at 7000 feet reports nearly 60 feet in one season and about 25 feet in one month. Rocky Mountains have heavy snows at high elevations reaching 200 to 800 inches annually.
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United States
Sierra Nevada
Cascade Mountain Ranges
Pacific Coast States
Summit
California
Rocky
Cascades
Beggar-Will and Citizen Exchange Over Small Donation
A brief exchange unfolds with a beggar appealing for a dime for his sick wife and a citizen replying that he cannot help due to already having one wife.
Rail executives top salaries in Cummins probe findings
Senate inquiry into railroad finances shows Julius Kruttschnitt of Southern Pacific at the top with 100000, followed by A H Smith of New York Central at 92580. Several others earned 75000 or more including Lovett Gray Markham Pennington Holden Sproule Willard Loree Byram Noonan Maher.
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Julius Kruttschnitt
Southern Pacific Railway
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Cummins
A. H. Smith
New York Central
Robert 8. Lovett
Union Pacific Board
Carl R. Gray
Union Pacific
C. H Markham
Illinois Central
E. Pennington
Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie
Hale Holden
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Affiliated Lines
William Sproule
Southern Pacific Company
Daniel Willard
Baltimore & Ohio
L. F. Loree
Delaware & Hudson
Kansas City
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
H. E. Byram
W. T. Noonan
Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh
N. D. Maher
Norfolk & Western
Middle Name Is Sharp So's His Tongue John Williams Leaves Congress
John Sharp Williams born in 1854 Memphis Tennessee served eight terms in the House and since 1908 in the Senate resigns March 4. His Senate remarks challenge modern progressives and call for a brother's keeper Christianity while condemning selfish politics.
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John Sharp Williams
House
Senate
Congress
Jesus
Cain
Europe
Senator Williams
Memphis, Tenn
Prince Caetani Returns to Washington as Italian Ambassador
Prince Celasio Caetani, new Italian ambassador to the United States, is not unknown here. A civil engineer by training, he studied at Columbia and built a career in mining from Alaska to California before serving Italy in World War I and later contributing as an aviator and engineer. His dowager mother, the duchess of Sermoneta, is English.
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Prince Celasio Caetani
Washington
United States
Duchess of Sermoneta
Rome
America
Columbia University
Celasio Caetani
Alaska
Mexico
Arctic
Gulf of
Taku
Prince
California
Caetani
Italy
Herbert Hoover
American Committee of Distribution
Belgium
Chamber of Deputies
Brookhart the Farm Boy Senator Wins Iowa Seat
Col Smith W Brookhart of Washington Iowa is the newly elected United States senator. A farmer, soldier and lawyer aged fifty three, he weighs over 200 pounds and stands five foot ten. He never drank alcohol or used tobacco or swore. He credits his win to direct voter contact and support from individuals, farm and labor groups at their own expense. His platform includes ending watered stock in railroads and he is a past president of the National Rifle Association. He served in the Spanish American War and trained thousands of officers in World War I.
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Col
Smith W. Brookhart
Washington
Towa
Brookhart
National Rifle Association of America
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Sharp
Prince Caetani
He Save
Sun-Maid Raisin Growers
Fresno
Dept
Steet
Crry
Henderson
Henpeck
Oye
Chicago
Tve
Canada
Nethery
Desk
East Rich St
Columbus
Ohio
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