Bronze Slippers Lead to Romance at Party
In a 1926 tale Mary Ellen O Hagan wears bronze slippers to a party and meets a soldier home from France. An improvised curtain selects partners. a guest of honor claims her, ending her wait for romance as she realizes the soldier is kinder than legends.
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Mary Ellen
Hagen
Mrs O'Hagen
Prince of Wales
Mary Flen
Oroline Murphy
Carrie
Tom Eldridge
Tom
Mary Eilen
Marys Bilen
Sue Parker
Legion
France
Sue
Mary Ellen O'Hagen
O'Hagens
Mummie
Stickney McVey Wins Gauntlet Race After Ritual Provocation
In Enfield college meet, Stickney McVey defies a midnight Mu Nu gauntlet and a rigged start by trainer Jake Jones. McVey breaks from a late departure to win the 100 yard dash in about ten seconds, defeating Clay college rivals.
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Rainer Jake Jones
Stickney McVey
Stick
Jake
Judas Priest
Clay
Dake
Enfield College
Stickney
Stick McVey
Enfield
Mu Nus
Jake Jones
Clay College
Lawyers Face Trial in Connection With Mail Train Robbery
Two Little Rock lawyers Wallace Davis and Tom Poe face federal trial on charges of concealing about 101000 of Herbert Holliday s share of the 1924 Rondout mail train robbery loot. Co-defendant J C McKinney is held on related counts while Holliday testified before a grand jury and pleaded guilty in Chicago. Davis and Poe, released on bond, deny the charges as federal officials prepare the case for trial.
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Little Rock
Ark
United States
Herbert Holliday
Wallace Davis
Jeff Davis
Tom Poe
J. C. McKinney
Holliday
Chicago
Davis
Poe
Leavenworth
Holiday
McKinney
Ellen Holliday
Helen Me Nel
Halliday
Miss McNeil
McKinstry
New Reserve Regiment Formed at War Department
The 453rd infantry reserve regiment is organized under Col. Carl L. Ristine of Lexington Missouri with 104 reserve officers. Training will occur at Fort Leavenworth July 6 to 19, and mobilization headquarters will be in Marianna Arkansas. Second in command is Lieut. Col. Oliver J. Quane with battalion commanders named from Missouri Iowa Arkansas and Minnesota.
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Treasy
ST. Louis
453Rd
Cartl L. Ristine
Lexington
War Department
George Boluneau
Omaha
Beneral
Seventh Corps
J. W. Rollenback
Marianna
Ark
Fort Leavenworth
Kan
Oliver J. Quane
St. Peter
Minn
Jesse E. Marshall
Sioux City
Curtis G. Rorebeck
Warroad
Edward F. Otto
Kansas City
Missouri
Iowa
Arkansas
Minnesota
Des Moines
Henry R. St Cyr
Ross L. Stekman
William S. Strusman
Norman Z. Smith
Davenport
Myron F. Bundy
Anthony L. Wilson
Rio E. Nix
Council
Vern A. Morgan
Paul J. Gruber
Stockport
William FB. Silver
Everett G. Tripp
Chas. A. Young
Webster City
Herbert G. Higbee
Mason City
George Dpd
Chivek
Ames
Howard T. Miller
Forrest City
Milon Enderson
Renwick
Lester N. Granner
Waterloo
Roland A. Roepe
Nevada
Raymond B. Nicholson
Primehar
Arthur C Henson
Cherokee
Frank F. Moraine
Scranton
Thomas G. Burns
Akron
Raymond E. Adams
Preparatory talk before the match game in Boston Transcript
A football player tells his fiancée he has heard she was engaged before. She questions propriety and suggests practicing with scrub teams before a real game, in light of their intense passion.
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Boston Transcript
East and West Pennant Race Summary Across Leagues
Eastern cities hold pennant dominance in both major leagues with Boston Philadelphia and New York leading NL and AL totals. Detailed year by year lists show repeated titles for New York Chicago Brooklyn Pittsburgh Philadelphia Cincinnati Baltimore Detroit and others across 19th and early 20th century seasons.
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East
West
New York
Poston
Chicago
Brooklyn
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Baltimore
Providence
Detroit
Boston
Washington
Cleveland
Drum Beats Extend Laborers’ Endurance in Korea
In Korea native laborers are fueled to greater effort by drum music played by a hired drummer who stands by them as they work, helping soldiers on the move march farther with less fatigue.
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Korea
Tornadoes Seldom Stray Beyond Central West Area
Washington reports on tornado behavior with Prof. William J. Humphreys explaining it as a violent rotating storm of small dimensions. The article notes the rarity of a tornado striking the same spot twice in a thousand years and discusses the Mississippi valley origin of the term.
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Central West
Washington
Middle West
William J. Humphreys
The
Weather Bureau
Africa
Mississippi Valley
United States
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Western Newspaper Union
Western Newpaper Union
Paris
Chic Parisienne
Marthe Regnier
Milan
National League
Phladelphia
Humphrey
Denver
Canada
Allegheny Mountains
Alabama
Georgia
Rocky Mountains
Canadian Rocky Region
Gulf of Mexico
States
Humphreys
Gul
Irea
George Mock
Virginia Hingery
Virginia
Mock
Harry McGrew
Main Street
Qil
Wall Street
Standard Oil Company
Indiana
Standard Oil Building
Michigan Avenue
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