Train Held Up by Masked Bandits Near St Joseph
Four masked men stopped westbound Burlington and Missouri River train No 41 near St Joseph on Tuesday night. They dynamited the safe, looted the express car, and escaped into the fields as a posse pursued them. reports vary on the cash stolen, from little to $10,000. Officers mobilized, a relief train assembled, and a farmer alerted Amazonia as the search expanded across nearby hills.
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St. Joseph
Burlington
Harvey
S. E. Harvey
Amazonia
Boys Branch
Clothing of McCann Found Near Bonfils Station
Pieces of the late James P. McCann's clothing, including a coat, white shirt, undershirt, and engraved collar button, were found about three-quarters of a mile from the quarry where his body was discovered. The items were located by R Moseley of Bridgeton, an employee of the St Louis, St Charles and Western railway, who found the objects amid tall weeds and near a stream bank.
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St. Louis
James P. McCann
Bonfils Station
McC
R. Moseley
Bridgeton
Duke of Braganza to Visit the United States Next Year
Lisbon reports the crown prince of Portugal may visit the United States next year after American warships commanded by Admiral Cotton impressed the Portuguese court. The prince, officially Duke of Braganza, is the elder son of King Carlos and Queen Marie Amelie, born in 1887 and turning sixteen last March.
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Portugal
United States
Lisbon
Kingdom of
Admiral Cotton
Wiliam
England
France
Crown Prince of
Duke of
Amusing jack in the box toy described in sketch
The Cincinnati Commercial Tribune outlines a simple jack in the box design with semicircular cardboard box ends a wooden spindle pivot points a wire linkage and a weighted half hoop. Figures fixed to the hoop bob up through holes in a cardboard lid as the box rocks.
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Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Miss Edith Rogers Misses Bessy Brown Party Note
In a playful verse May E. Nichols recalls a note from Bessy Brown inviting “Miss Edith Rogers” to be at home from four to six. Edith plans a party herself but learns her hostess will be away that day, prompting a humorous mix up.
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Bessy Brown
Bessie Brown
Edith Rogers
Mamma
Bessie
Bookless Age Predicted By Professors
Prof H Marion foresees a bookless era with libraries of talking disks and disk readouts replacing printed text books. He and colleagues from Yale Annapolis Harvard discuss the talking machine teaching method tested at naval academy, predicting disks will replace text books and readers will hear novels read aloud by creators.
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H. Marion
Chicago Post
Marlon
Scripture
Yale
Cusadia
Annapolis
de Sumichrast
Harvard
Cobbhall
Naval Academy
How It Grew Strong A Lesson From a Windward Tree
A young tree endures repeated fierce winds that bend and bruise it. After each struggle its roots deepen, its girth increases, and it becomes stronger, until it defies hurricanes. The tale, from Well Spring, honors resilience through rough experience.
Ark of God Returned to Jerusalem in David’s Revival
A study of 2 Samuel 6 outlines David gathering thirty thousand men to move the ark from Abinadab’s house to Jerusalem. Uzzah’s death at the threshing floor halts the procession, then the ark rests three months in Obed-edom’s house before a joyous return to David’s city. The event sparks renewed religious fervor and a psalm.
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David
Israel
Haale
Judah
Abinadab
Gibeah
Uzzah
Ahio
House of Israel
Weachon
Ark of God
Perez
Obed-edom
Obededom
B.C
Nirjath-jearim
Jerusalem
Palestine
Saul
Valley of
Rephaim
Peloubet
Motion Tamed By Ocean Tempest
A Rochester district judge, fond of boating, invited a lawyer friend for a sail. A brisk start grew into a gale, tossing the craft and contorting the lawyer’s features. The judge soothed him and offered a quip about delaying the motion to avoid offense.
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Rochester
N. Y
Peruna Endorsed by Navy Commodore and Officials
Commodore Somerville Nicholson of the United States Navy cites wide use of Peruna for catarrh and endorses it. U S Minister to Guatemala S Nicholson and Dr W Godfrey Hunter, ex-member of Congress, also praise Peruna. Hon G R Brown and other officials endorse its curative claims, urging readers to seek Dr Hartman’s free advice if results are not prompt.
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Somerville Nicholson
United States Navy
R Street
N. W
Washington, D.C
S. Nicholson
United States
Guatemala
Peruna
W. Godfrey Hunter
U.S
Congress
Kentucky
Washington, D. C
W. G. Nunter
M. D
Virginia
G. R. Brown
Martinville
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Braganza
Jack-In-The-Box
Chicago University
Xaseen
Ark
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We. Wicholson
Dr. Caldwell
Pepsin Syrup Company
Monticello
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Caer Ta Tea
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