The Strange Case of Winifred Collins
Aboard the Albert Corwith bound for Boston the castaway Winifred Collins is found in a wreckage boat. The crew rescue her after a brief memory lapse and she begins a new life as Alberta Corwith with funds raised by the crew. Oil fields are reported in the Vacnifa mountains of Bolivia.
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Albert Corwith
Strait of Gibraltar
Madeira
Ott
Reeves
Renshaw
Bo ‘Abe
Earth
Boston
Cart
Alberta Corwith
Udu
Tom
Winifred Collins
Atlantic
Havre
France
Italy
Genoa
Gilbreth
Winifred
Hne
Winifred Collings
Jeffport
de Apr
Leghorn
New York
United States
New York City
Miss
White
Paris
Memory Lost Bride Reunited After Amnesia Surgery
A Norfolk woman who died aged 100 spent her life in the same village. The tale centers on Winifred Collins who disappeared after a Genoa Genoa voyage and marriage plans with Tom Gilbreth. After years, she regained memory following medical treatment and a New York search led to a reunion.
Lost Her Dinner A Burpries For a Hunter and Panther
An old hunter recounts a close encounter with a panther and cub found while resting in a grove. He describes positioning a log as a decoy, the female panther stalking the area, and his shot delivering the kill after she investigated the leaf pile. He notes being booted but unharmed.
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Abe
Camels in War: Tamerlane's Bold Use Against India
The article recounts Tamerlane's 14th century march into India and his strategic use of camels to rout an Indian army and elephants. It highlights his adaptability, leadership, and the pivotal role camels played in his victory near Delhi and Samarkand.
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Tamerlane
Delhi
Veftior
Moscow
India
Asia
Samarkand
Indus
Strand Margazine
A Singular Marriage Feast in Polynesia
The passage notes Polynesia may be unique in holding marriage feasts without the groom present until after guests depart and the bride is with her parents. It also includes a beeswax soap-making description and ends with a quip about a yawning chasm and a sleepy hollow.
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Polynesia
War's Three Armies and Bavaria Beer Exports
A Germin Proverb notes three postwar armies: cripples mourners and thieves. A Kempsis urging progress marks a year on sufferings and improvement. Bavaria exported beer worth over $266 000 to the United States in 191% as trade data shows.
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Bavaria
United States
Chicago grand jury members threaten after indictments
Chicago officials report letters and phone threats targeting jurors who indicted Capt Halpin, Lieut Tobin, and Walter O Brien. State's Attorney Hoyne says evidence exists against 25 more detectives, with many seeking immunity to confess.
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Chicago
Grand Jury
Halpin
Detective Bureau
John H. Tobin
Walter O’brien
Hoyne
Miss Jessie E Cope Denies Bribery Ties in Mann Act Case
Chicago dispatch reports Jessie E Cope of Los Angeles faces bribery charges tied to the Mann act and Col. Charles Alexander case. A Delaware Water Gap inquiry sought if she ever used the alias Ula Stroud Cape. Cope denies alias use and any bribery intent, claiming she never signed to divide $66,000 with federal officials.
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Chicago
Jessie 3
Cope
Los Angeles
Cal
Col
Chas
Alexander
Providence
R. I
Delaware Water Gap
Pennsylvania
Jessie Cope
Ula Stroud Cape
Fileiter
Miss Cape
Col. Alexander
Young People Club to Meet Tuesday Evening
The Young People’s Lab opens to city youths at Grace Methodist church Tuesday evening. Supper at 7, study and recreation from 7:30, with a 20-minute current events discussion led by Mrs. H. T. Fisher, followed by Bible study, musical numbers, and an hour of frolic under the entertainment committee.
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Grace Methodist Church
H. T. Fisher
Administration estimates U S military and naval costs rise
Washington reports defense outlays for the next fiscal year total 256 million dollars, up from 251 million this year, covering the regular army military academy militia fortifications arsenals posts and naval establishments including a new build program. The naval plan calls for two battleships six torpedo boat destroyers eight or more submarines one oiler and one gunboat with a 9.4 million arms cost. debate anticipates emphasis on submarines. Oxford University will send scientists with a Polish guide to study Siberia natives.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
Ilscos
Tentative Administration
Tinderwood
Naval Committees
Daniels
House
Waterloo team earns second in Cedar Halls youths basketball
The Waterloo YMCA team from Waterloo placed second at the boys conference in Cedar Halls last week. Twenty six teams competed in two divisions with Waterloo advancing through wins over Davenport and Grinnell before losing to Marshalltown for conference honors. Players Witt Lauser Stubbs Jimes Royce Cotter and Bragdon represented the local Y as Mrs J J Jones reported a live tarantula found in a banana bunch.
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Waterloo
Cedar Halls
Davenport
Northwood
Grinnell
Cedar Falls
Marshalltown
Witt
Lauser
Stubbs
Jimes
Royce
Cotter
Bragdon
J. J. Jones
Irving Street
Ruit
Evangelist Addresses West High Students
Rev Oliver Williams speaking at United Brethren church revival addressed West High students on General Preparedness for Life. The talk was entertaining and instructive and Mrs Williams contributed by singing for the students.
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Oliver Williams
United Brethren Church
West High
Lecture on the Philippines at Westminster Presbyterian
Roy H. Brown delivered an illustrated lecture on the Philippine Islands before a large audience at Westminster Presbyterian Church. About 110 views depicted government work and the scope of the task. An Englishwoman has a son in the Royal Flying Corps, while a German band member has returned to fight for Germany.
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Roy H. Brown
Philippine Islands
Westminster Presbyterian Shurch
Royal Flying Corps
Germany
Settlement in fatal Great Western train crash case
The Chicago Great Western Railway pays 5300 to the administrator James Register in a settlement for the Bert Eastman death. Negotiations led by J D Liffring and Gates Liffring were approved by the court. Eastman, son of Mae and Dave Eastman of this city, died when coaches fell through a bridge near Waverly on September 28. Funds will cover the family debts, with remaining court actions to transfer under parents credit. Also Crescent Council No 16 R and S M elects officers and holds a dinner and degree ceremonies, while Hartford church choirs feature twins William and Robert Bartom and Everett and Dudley Newman. Sarah Reotor, age 10, of Cushing Okla., reportedly earns 100000 a year from oil wells.
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Chicago Great’ Western Railway
Bert Hast
James Register
J. D. Hiffring
Gates & Liffring
Bert Eastman
Mae
Dave Hastman
Waverly
Hastman
Liffring
Delanc
Dave Eastman
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Father
Sleepy Hollow
London Telegraph
Thomas A Kempis
the Woman’s Magazine
Gheese Shopphte
Arora
Womans Magazine
Aitica
Ae Club
Kimmed
Siz
Tattenberg Center
Vieces
Jessie E. Cope
Young People's Club
Waperloo
International Sunday School Association
Decatur
Peoria
Springfield
Sieuxi City
Misa Winnifred Shepley
Charlotte Shepler
Ralph Nanman
Morrill King
Margaret McAllister
Oxford University
Siberia
Evangelist
Philippines
Tate OF
Eastman
G. W. Traim
Crescent Council No. 16
Hartford
Vo Seta
William and
Robert Bartom
Everett
Dudley Newman
Sarah Reotor
Imedian
Cushing, Okla
Wells
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