Telegrapher’s perilous ascent in El Caney war balloon
A World War I reenactment style piece recalls a telegraph operator’s three ascents in a war balloon over El Caney and Santiago. The craft was perforated by Mauser fire as Lieut. McNorn and crew battled bullets, injuries, and a perilous descent while sending messages under fire.
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el Caney
Santiago
Signal Corps
Lieut. McNorn
Bud” McIvall
T. Speih
Bud
Balloon basket accident ends with sudden collapse
A narrator describes a near fatal balloon incident where a sharpshooter fires as the basket nears the ground. The bullet hits the speaker in the face but is described as not serious, while companions rush to assist the injured and ground crew watches the balloon descend.
Old Glory in the Trenches During a War Truce
The article recalls July 3 and the days after, when soldiers in trenches guard flags of truce from Mexico and the Spaniards under fire. Veterans compare the flags to windward targets yet feel a morale boost as they flutter above pits along a five mile horseshoe trench line.
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Scribner’s Magazine
Ndt
The Fisher and Mongoose: Courage of Weasel Kin Across Species
A North American fisher, a large polecat, hunts by waterside and weighs about sixteen pounds. Its fur exports to Europe. it defends itself against dogs larger than it. The fishing cent shows boldness by killing a leopard in a menagerie. The Indian mongoose combines courage with amiability and ends by confronting a cobra and even a large greyhound.
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North America
Europe
Ron
Diminutive Scottish minister wed to Grace Wilson
In Scotland the old United Presbyterian kirk at a remote parish married Pevid Caw a tiny minister about five feet two. He wed a tall bride named Grace Wilson and had a neighboring minister preach so he could sit with his wife on their first Sunday. The preacher promised not to mention the marriage but preached Ephesians 3 8 as the text.
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Old United Presbyterian Kirk
Scotland
Pevid Caw
Grace Wison
Mr. Caw
An Old Oil Clock Shown At Berlin Clock Exhibit
A seventeenth century oil clock with a glass tube marks hours from eight A M to six P M. Oil and a consuming wick indicate time, and its inaccuracy reflects a pre train era when time was not money a prevailing idea. Comminiter returns home late. Subbubs heads to a store for chewing gum per the cook.
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Berlin
Subbubs
Kidnapped Chicago Boy Gerald Lapiner Found in Ohio
Gerald Lapiner, three, abducted May 6 in Chicago, was located in a shabby hut outside Painesville, Ohio, in the care of an apparently insane couple Anna M. Ingersoll and Jo Collins. Mrs. Lapiner reclaimed her son amid a publicized, months‑long search that involved police crews and ransom-letter swindles.
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Gerald Lapiner
Chicago
Painesville
Paola
Lapiner
Prairie Avenue
Welin
Forty-seventh Street
Grand Boulevard
Adams Street
Wabash Avenue
Ao Lake Street
Fifty-second Avenue
Austin
Papa
Higc
Ribits
CCI Benicio Veu
Gerald
Ferris
Mal
Mrs. Lapiner
Mrs. Ingersoll
Ingersoll
Flaws and virtue in life’s pursuit through a river of fate
The poem counsels acceptance of hardship and refraining from vain confrontations with the universe. It urges bending like water to fit God’s plan, warning that life’s smoothness cannot be forced and that wiser souls align with a larger design. Ella Wheeler Wilcox reflects on resilience and faith.
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Besia
Solly
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Convalescent Patient Draws Concern At Home
A visitor checks on a husband’s health, reporting him convalescent yet described as not fully safe. A chandelier shakes from a crash, doors slam, and a nurse’s quarrel with the cook precedes a damaged chair and a canary thrown from a window as signs of his fragile recovery.
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Lia
Fertilizer pamphlets offered free to readers
Our pamphlets explain how to buy and apply fertilizers and are available at no cost to all. The notice references the Atlantic Coast line Wilmington and Weldon Railroad branches and the Florence Railroad in its distribution.
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Wilmington
Weldon
Tie Awakening in a Small Town Marriage
A wife probes her husband about the S20 wedding gift to the minister. He answers with unusual feeling, claiming the money is a treasure, and she reflects that she has not fished for compliments since.
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George
Chicago Post
He Squared It Tit Bits Parody Exchange
A humorous dialogue from Tit Bits features Mrs Hansom and a sharp suitor debating an affair and formality. The suitor quips that meeting the mother first would have altered his affections. The scene ends with an invitation to meet her husband.
Distressing Stomach Disease Cured by South American Tonic
An advertisement claims a masterly tonic called South American Nervine is a universal cure for stomach weakness and indigestion. It promises relief from the first dose and guarantees a safe, permanent cure. Sold by E. F. Nadal, Druggist, Wilson.
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E. F. Nadal
Wilson
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