Sarros Executed After Conflicted Duel With Ricardo Ruey
In a cemetery scene on the city outskirts of Sobrante, Sarros faces a firing squad but Ricardo Ruey intervenes. A plan turns into a duel of pistols as Ruey lets God decide who lives, ending with Sarros killed and Ruey acknowledging a “square deal.” Mother Jenks dies after comforting Ruey, leaving a final image of her in the cathedral.
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Sarros
Buenaventura
Ricardo Ruey
Ricardo
Sohbrante
Mother Jenks
Jenks
Senor Sarros
Chokin
Enery
Inery
Darlin
Catedral de la Vera Cruz
Dolores and Caliph Webster end in love on Sobrante
John Stuart Webster recovers, Dolores reveals her fiancé is a mining man and the pair pledge love. Caliph admits his feelings, and Ricardo forces out the U S consul. Dolores explains her plan with Neddy Jerome. Webster and Dolores prepare for marriage as life in Sobrante stabilizes.
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Don Juan Cafetero
Jenks
el Buen Amigo
Ricardo
Sobrante
John Stuart Webster
Dolores
Cailph
Webster
Miss Ruey
Moses
Bill
Billy Geary
Billy
Bill Geary
John
Caliph
Death Valley
California
Johnny Webster
Killjoy
Killjoy the Thirteenth
Jack
Ruey
Rick
Jim-crow
Washington
Tolliver
Sarros
Antonio Ruey
Sarros Intelligence Bureau
Neddy Jerome
Neddy
Celiph John
Sanctified Husband Loses Wife Over Coffee and Pictures
Aunt Lizzie, a widowed Black woman, marries a wealthy plantation owner who is sanctified. He condemns coffee, clothes, and going to pictures. She leaves him after securing half the plantation with a lawyer, saying she was never truly loyal to the marriage.
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Lizzie
Chile
Aim
den Ho
The Same Old Hun Never Changes in War Reflection
The American Legion Weekly notes that Germany clings to war memory after defeat. Germans of all ages read Von Hindenburg, Von Kluck, and Von Sanders on strategy while clubs study military questions and newspapers analyze Germany’s failures. Prudence, not pessimism, fuels belief that future conflict with the Teuton menace is possible.
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Hun
Germany
America
Britain
France
Italy
Hunland
American Légion Weekly
von Hindenburg
von Kluck
von Sanders
Heinle
Oldest Living Artist of New England Found in Abington
In Abington Massachusetts Mary Delilah Porter is described as the oldest living artist in New England at age 92. She started painting after 50 during a Maine visit, quickly progressing to teach others, and since then has created five notable works amid material shortages. Porter, born in Cornwallis Nova Scotia, moved to Abington at 26 and is mother to six, living with her son Lysander and two grandchildren.
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Abington
Mass
New England
Mary Delilah Porter
Maine
Ione Porter
Cornwallis
Lysander
Boston Post
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