The Man on the Box and a Bold Gift of Fortune
Warburton reveals a plan to save Col. Annesley and his daughter by secretly funding the colonel with twenty thousand dollars. He asks Chuck to handle the transfer via Union bank and to procure and dispose of horses, concealing the acts from Nancy and the world as he prepares to disappear. Chuck learns Nan already knows, and senses a double wedding may follow.
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Warburton
Chuck
Jack
Nancy
New York
Col
Annesley
Union Bank
Col. Annesley
Virginia
Bob
Count Karloff
Karloff
Robert Warburton
A Fine Heroine Faces Fate On the Last Ride
Miss Annesley prepares for a final ride with Pierre the horse as family crisis unfolds over a canceled bank note. She consoles her father, contemplates future fame as a violinist, and confronts Harbored love with Warburton, ending with a plea to drop the masquerade.
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Annesley
Karloff
Jane
James
Pierre
North Country
Glover
Betty
Violiin
Washington
Warburton
Six Maxims of Success from Jefferson Enduring Inheritance
The New York American praises six lifelong maxims attributed to Jefferson as safeguards against artistic decline. They advise not imitating others, acting for the audience, avoiding assumptions about audience means, keeping public promises, doing the best one can, and resisting vulgarity or impurity in performances.
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Jefferson
New York American
Tillman and Yankee debate Asheville healthfulness tale
Senator Tillman and a colleague discuss the salubriousness of regions citing Asheville North Carolina as notably long lived. A tale from Success Magazine recalls an elderly Asheville resident claiming 70 years old while noting his father and grandfather in a humorous upstairs misinterpretation.
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Tillman
Asheville
North Carolina
Forth
Success Magazine
I Demand All That Is Coming At The Cafe
A Portland Oregonian writer recalls a humorous dining mishap at a cafe in San Francisco. The narrator orders string beans and asks for the strings, provoking a witty exchange with the waiter who eventually serves the strings on the side. The piece ends with a cheeky note about San Francisco residents and a defiant resolve.
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San Francisco
Portland Oregonian
A Soldier Returns to Long-Lost Family in Georgia
In Cartersville Georgia a veteran named Anderson Pittman aged 83 reappears at his wife Rusha’s home after being captured in the Twenty-fourth Georgia infantry and held in a New York prison. Rusha had remarried and raised several children. Pittman plans legal action to reclaim 120 acres and seeks his daughter Adeline in Alabama.
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Cartersville
James Smith
Howdy
Rusha
Anderson P. Pittman
Anderson Pittman
Jerusha Ballew
Pittman
John Porter
Twenty-fourth Georgia Infantry
Longstreet
Virginia
Twenty-fifth New York Cavalry
Wood County
New York
Benton Whitecotton
Georgia
Whitecotton
Gen. Grant
Alabama
The Navy’s Marksmanship Advances in Target Practice
Secretary Bonaparte notes improved hit rates across ships with main battery guns, averaging 75 to 90 percent. He contrasts modern smaller targets with older larger ones and credits intensified target practice and better ordnance for the gains. He recalls naval training from 1898.
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Bonaparte
Harper’s Weekly
Navy
Yale's Call to Arms Statuary Honors New Haven Defense
A sculpture in James Edward Kelly's studio memorializes Yale students who defended New Haven on July 5, 1779 during a British assault led by Gen. Garth. The piece, depicting three colonial-era college boys operating field artillery, is set to be unveiled July 5, 1907, marking a forgotten chapter in American history.
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New Haven
Yale College
James Edward Kelly
Manhattan
West Haven
Garth
Yale
Washington
West Point
Connecticut
Stiles
Pittsburg Man's Vengeful Gunfight in Prison Return Tale
Sanford local tale recounts Pittman shot a police officer after resisting flogging. Military court sentenced him to death, later commuted to life. he served 39 years six months before release. He sought his wife and kin in Georgia then tracked their reported move to Bartow county. The piece also notes historic firearm improvements and rapid-fire gains in heavy turret guns.
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Sanford
Pittman
Texas
Habesham County
Bartow Coun
Mothers Have Living Mothers Of Veterans Questioned
William R Miller of Co K 15th Ohio in Dayton asks how many veterans have living mothers. He reports over 6,000 veterans but only three with living mothers in Dayton. One county cites five such mothers among about 8,000 veterans. ages span 82 to 93.
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Wm. R. Miller, Co. K
15Th Ohio
Dayton
Hale
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