Art of Vengeance in the Philippine Hangings
In a Philippine pueblo Matias Bunagan, who killed Pascual de la Cruz, faces a U S hanging ordered after a long feud. A rebel escape leads to a cave refuge where his supposed savior turns out to be Juan de la Cruz who helps plan his capture for blood money, and Matias is returned to await execution as the crowd gathers.
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Atlas
Matias Bunagan
el Poro
Philippines
United States
Matias
Pascual de la Cruz
Bunagan
de la Cruz
Cavite
Pascual
Nipa
Manila
Manila Bay
Juan de la Cruz
Juan
Dead Palm
Mattias
A de la Cruz
London Morning Post Celebrates 158th Birthday History
The London Morning Post marks its 158th birthday with historic contributors including Samuel Taylor Coleridge Wordsworth Southey Lamb Praed Disraeli Lang Kipling and others. The paper is noted for its conservative stance and status as the organ of British aristocracy through the years.
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London Morning Post
Samuel Taylor Woleridge
Wordsworth and Southey
Charles Lamb
New York Times
Morning Post
Mackworth Praed
Praed
Benjamin Disraeli
Andrew Lang
Rudyard Kipling
The
Diehard
Our Own Embassy Opens in Paris
The United States opens its first owned embassy in Paris drawing Ambassador Herrick and a large guest list. The ceremony presented a formal view of the new U S property as visitors entered the site.
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Paris
United States
Herrick
Miss Wildeana Withers Crowned Miss Wichita at Atlantic City
Eighteen year old Miss Wildeana Withers has been named Miss Wichita for the annual Atlantic City beauty pageant. She excels in sports and is noted as an excellent swimmer and diver, ranking high in collegiate activities.
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Wildeana Withers
Wichita
Atlantic City
Underground cave wonders near Carlsbad New Mexico revealed
Dr Willis T Lee and associates under the National Geographic Society mapped a vast Guadalupe mountains cavern near Carlsbad New Mexico. They describe a half mile wide underground avenue two miles long with many branches, 56 degree constant temperature, and a prehistoric human link. Skeletons sent to the Smithsonian.
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Willis T. Lee
Washington
Guadalupe Mountains
Carlsbad
N. M
Doctor Lee
National Geographic Society
Guadalupe Mountain
New Mexico
Texas
Smithsonian Institution
Lee
Brief Cases Carry More Than Legal Papers In City Life
Crowds around transit hubs reveal the brief case as a versatile urban carryall. In New York, men and women use the bag for many items beyond legal briefs, with shopping crowds showing bulges at day’s end that hint at surprises like sausages or onions.
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New York
Locust Plague Ravages Mosul Grain Outlook Worsens
Locusts devastated Mosul district grain crops and a severe winter killed about half the livestock. With locusts now more numerous than last year another harvest failure is feared. Grain shortage and high prices halted Mesopotamian artillery moves due to feeding costs. Locusts have moved farther south than ever before.
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Persia
Mosul
Underground Queer Algae Thrive Nine Feet Deep
Dr. George T. Moore of the Missouri Botanical Garden investigates an underground algae species living in complete darkness. Despite millions in soil, their true function remains unknown. One species is ubiquitous, found from three to four feet deep anywhere in the world.
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George T. Moore
Missouri Botanical Garden
St. Louis
Shield to Return to Hastings by City Vote
Quebec learns the shield taken from the gates after General Wolfe’s capture will be sent back by Hastings England following a town council vote. The shield had been in Wolfe Murray’s possession and shown to his hometown before Hastings reversed its initial decision to keep it.
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Quebec
Old City
Wolfe
Hastings
England
Wolfe Murray
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