Epic tale of Emden crew by Captain Muecke told to Berliner Tageblatt
Captain Muecke recounts the Emden saga after sinking ships near Penang and its destruction by the Sydney off Cocos Island. He and about fifty crew escaped in the schooner Ayesha, then reached Damascus, Syria, and later Holland. The interview depicts their adventures, hardship, and pursuit as told to Emil Ludwig.
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New York Times
Emden
Emdchug
Penang
Sydney
Cocos Island
Indian Ocean
Muecke
Ayesha
Damascus
Syria
Emil Ludwig
Berliner Tageblatt
Keeling
Tsingtao
Odysseys of Muecke and the Otto Emden Crew in Desert Parade
Front line tale recounts Muecke and the Emden crew’s journey by sea and land from Keeling to Padang and Hodeida. They celebrate Iron Crosses and Bavarian orders, greet Bedouins and Arabs, and describe a perilous voyage aboard the Ayesha then Chotsing. They report looting near Perim and a Kaiser's birthday parade with Turkish troops en route to Damascus.
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Choising
Crolsing
Keeling
Aden
Strait of
Perim
Hodelda
Hodeida
Damascus
Five Men Indicted Over Rubber Smuggling Plot in New York
Five men including Harry and Albert Salomon of Salomon Bros. & Co. and rubber experts from Budapest and Austria faced indictments for a bold scheme to ship rubber to Germany by hiding it in rosin barrels and later in cotton waste. The plot shifted from resin to cotton waste after contraband lists, with manifests falsified and shipments seized in Naples and at a Brooklyn dock. Three defendants pled guilty and were fined. the Salomon brothers pleaded not guilty and remained jailed on bail.
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French Foreign Legion
Keeling
Padang
New York
Germany
New York City
Harry and
Albert Salomon
Salomon Bros. & Co
Broadway
Sigmund Kar Wan
Budapest
Hungary
Franz Rosenberg
Austro-American Rubber Company
Excelsior Wuerke
A. B. Newman
Brooklyn
Harry
Europe
Salomon
United States
Hanover
Rosenberg and Karman
Rosenberg
National City Bank
Italy
Karman
Genoa
Fratelli Cabella
Harry Salomon
Munich
Newman
Nassau Street
Greenport
N. Y
Teir
Cunard
Carpathia
Naples
Pulaski Street
White Star
Cretic
Sir Courtenay Bennett
Richard Muller
Columbia University
George Lamb
Thomas 8. McNally
Muller
Salomons
Porter Church Community News and Crop Report
The Porter Church notes good community health with no known sickness. W R Chatwell travels to Vernon to visit his sister Mrs J M Lyons. Tom Williams and son Eugene visit Armstrong county to help with threshing. Wheat crop praised. corn hurt by bugs but rain boosts expectations. Threshing finished. yields light. Louis Holland dies after 45 years known. Local visits include O L Jacobs family G D Bennett family Aunt Hal Sweeney and Prof S M Owens with Lee Williams. Jim Burton and wife visit relatives near Ely. S B W.
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W. R. Chatwell
Lee Williams
Vernon
J. M. Lyons
Tom Williams
Eugene
Armstrong County
Will
W. E. Williams
Louis Holland
O. L. Jacobs
G. D. Bennett
Hal Sweeney
S. M. Owens
Society Printing and local notices in Whitewright
Society Printing promotes printed and engraved cards and invitations with quick service. Local notes mention visits by Misses Maude and Ruth Biggerstaff, Herbert Wilson and Paul Freeman, an upcoming Church of Christ sermon, charity society meeting, and a plan to form a cotton warehouse owned largely by farmers with strong town investment. Also ads for Jersey cow, Colonial Fruit Punch, and various social items.
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The
Sun
L. P. Sears
Woman’s Missionary Society of the Methodist Church
Whitewright
B Y P U Program Falls On Home Mission Schools
Leader Miss Pearl McClain opens with a scripture lesson Acts 12 verses 1 to 12. Miss Eunice Cook presents The Characteristics of the Mountain People. Miss Cecile Doss explains Why the School is the best Missionary work. Miss Audrie Glidewell discusses How the work is carried on.
Carlisle Declines State Board Examiners Appointment
Dr J M Carlisle superintendent of Carlisle Military Institute declined a seat on the state board of examiners due to his school duties. The board met in Austin to grade summer normal examination papers. Carlisle notified the State Superintendent Monday night of his decision.
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J.M. Carlisle
Carlisle Military Institute
State Board of Examiners
Austin
Col. Carlisle
Resignation of Rev G O Key at Farmersville church
Rev G O Key, former pastor of the Baptist church in this city, has tendered his resignation at Farmersville and accepted a call to the First Baptist church in Pecos. Mr and Mrs Walter Holland departed Monday for their home in San Antonio.
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G. O. Key
The
Baptist Church
Farmersville
First Baptist Church
Pecos
Walter Holland
San Antonio
Cotton Belt East and West Bound Railroad Timetables
Time table snippet shows motor car service with eastbound No. 30 at 11:00 a.m. and westbound No. 29 at 4:50 p.m. plus 9:50 a.m. entry and a 5:30 p.m. line unreadable. References presstecure fees noted in header.
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Cotton Belt
East
Train schedule fragment for M K and T lines
Readable bits show northbound and southbound trains with numbered services and times. No. 6 and No. 9 limited and flyer services appear with morning and afternoon departures including 10:40 A M and 11:07 A M and 4:15 P M and 6:53 A M and 2:58 P M, reflecting a midwestern railroad timetable fragment.
Bucklen's Arnica Salve Promoted for Household Ailments
An informative ad notes ordinary injuries can become dangerous if infection arises. It praises Bucklen's Arnica Salve as antiseptic and protective, claiming it heals hurts and prevents complications. Promotes an original 2 ounce box for 25 cents from the druggist.
Home Bakery promises quick help for tired cooks
A brief home baking ad proclaims relief for those tired and rushed, offering ready-made or fast options from The Home Bakery run by L. C. Long, the proprietor.
Dr King's New Life Pills Advertises Easy Laxative
An Easy Pleasant Laxative promises a quick, gentle bowel movement with one or two pills and a glass of water at night. No bad taste or belching, and you wake up feeling well. sold by druggists in original packs for 25c. Get a bottle today.
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Dr. King
England's Private Prisons and Royal Detention
England hosts private prisons tied to royal sites with a board of green cloth acting as magistrates. The Windsor Castle and Buckingham Palace holdings reportedly house offenders before transfer to a royal prison for detention and reflection on offenses.
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England
Windsor Castle
Buckingham Palace
Also Mentioned on This Page
Capt. Muecke
Raider
Arabia
el Ma
Dardanelles
Carpathians
Fez
d@urban
Gyssing
Rais
Paradise
Gere
North Sea
von Gyswing
Lang
Gerdts
Persia
India
BomBay
Porter Church
Jim Burton
Maude
Ruth Biggerstaff
Dallas
Herbert Wilson
Paul Freeman
Leonard
T. B. Clark
Church of Christ
W. N. Stone
Dalhart
Mrs. Church
Ft. Worth
T. B. Moore
Tom Gillett
T. J. Smith
B. Y. P. U. Program
J. M. Carlisle
Home Bakery
L. C. Long
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