Lieutenant Harden the Soldier of Fortune in San Francisco
A San Francisco police blotter tale centers on Francis Leo G Harden a self styled soldier of fortune and former British naval reserve lieutenant He dazzled locals with sword and tales of daring in Argentina Chile and Honolulu He romanced Indian girl Miss Carlotta Rosa Cahoosa but rival Kalmi clashed with him The pair later faced arrest amid a burglary case involving a boarder Paterson Sullivan with Harden and Cahoosa denying knowledge as detectives probe connections.
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Lieutenant Harden
San Francisco
New York Sun
Francis Leo G. Harden
Soldier of Fortune
Queen Victoria
Colonial Naval Reserve
F. L
Jack
Harden
England
San Francis
Harden Tenant
Chile
Iquique
Pisagua
Huara
Antofagasta
Taital
Copiapo
Warren
Corsole
Honolulu
Fiji
Samoa
Carlotta Rosa Cahoosa
Mexico
Cahoosa
John Kalmi
Kalmi
Howard Street
Miss Cahoosa
Paterson
Sullivan
The Cane Knife: Cuba's Machete War Tool
A World report extols the Cuban cane knife or machete as the decisive weapon in Cuba's fight for liberty. It describes three knife classes, their uses from farming to battlefield slicing, and notes that most Cubans rely on machetes over guns.
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Cuba
Spain
New York
Baira
South Street
National Museum
Madrid
Spanish America
Paris
Dreyfus on Ile du Diable Island Prison Limits
Paris reports the former French army captain Dreyfus has arrived at Ile du Diable off French Guiana. He receives rations without wine and may roam from 6 am to 6 pm within 150 meters under guard. A 300 meter clear zone around his cabin and a surf beach block escape attempts. Panther Wouldn't Sit For His Picture. A Chicago museum professor narrowly escaped harm in Florida when a panther attacked during a photo attempt, smashing the camera and clawing him after killing two dogs.
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Dreyfus
Paris
Ile du Dunable
French Guiana
C. B. Cory
Field Columbian Museum of Chicago
Florida
Lancaster Man Traps Eagle In Rattrap
Nathan Mohler of Lancaster County Pennsylvania trapped an eagle using a rattrap. The unharmed bird measured 6 feet 8 inches wingspan and has become tame since capture.
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Nathan Mohler
Lancaster County
Globe girdler couple pedal world on bicycles
Chicago couple Mr and Mrs H Darwin McIlrath embark on a globe girdling bicycle tour. Mrs McIlrath accompanies her husband for sections of the ride and claims she will complete the 25 000 mile journey. The piece notes their athletic lineage and mentions rival riders and related events.
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B.D. Milrath
Thomas Stevens
Thomas Ge Allen
William L. Sachtieben
Suiltath
Globe Girdier
Annie Londonderry
Europe
Asia
Mcllrath
Cleveland
The
Chicago Inter Ocean
Defender Yacht To Defend The Cup Against Lord Dunraven
The New York Advertiser shows the Defender under construction to challenge Lord Dunraven. Designed as an advanced keel type, it abandons the centerboard and features a 162 foot mast, a 102 foot boom, and a 19 101 square foot sail plan. Capt Hank Haff will skipper a 25 man American crew trained on the Colonia, a prior cup competitor.
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Defender
Lord Dunraven
Morgan
Iselin
Vanderbilt
United States
New York
Hank Haff
Colonia
Sarony
Living Pictures
Bouguereau
Cupid
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Harvard
Eddie Bald
New York Recorder
Chicago
John 8. Johnson
Houben
Wheeler
Banker
Charley Murphy
Thunderbolt
Ame.c
N. K. Wendelboe
Warren, Fuller & Co
East 42d St
New York City
N. K. Wendelhoe’s
Liberty Street
N. K. Wendlebee
Warren, Pa
Masonic Temple
Siegfried & Co
Geo
Davia
Webster
Grand Dur
U. S. Gov't Printing Office
U.S. Supreme Court
J. Brewer
U. S. Supreme Court
G. & C. Merriam CO
Springfield
Mass
U.S.A
Case
Penn’a
Bates Reasonabl
Weena
Agency of American and
Anchor Lines of Ocean Steamships
A. J. Hazeltine
O. W. Beaty
G. B. Ensworth
H. Jackson
Ass't Cashier
W W. Beaty
M.B. Dunham
TL. R. Freeman
L. B. Wood
Charles W. Stone
James Clark
A.J. Hazeltine
W.M. Lindsey
C. Sigel
August Morck
A. Weiss
Ron
Ae Price Sy Db
Villas Hing
OUT Borns Star Con
R.G Chase Company
Geneva
N.Y
Hazeltine Woolen Mills
Chichester
Er Chemical Co
Madtaon Squarl Philada
Hemlogk Timber Lands
Hamlin Tp
McKean Co
Lafayette Township
McKean County
Titusvale
J.C. McKinney
South Penn Oil Co
Miptaxp
Warren Mills
Bsac
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