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...bull was in a bad temper before he was let into the arena. The moment he was released he became maddened and jumped into the enclosure where the amateur fighters were waiting. Quick as a flash they jumped into the grandstand. The crowd took fright and fled panic-stricken to the top tier of seats. The grandstand gave way. Four people were killed. Twenty-five were injured...
...month ago a conscience-stricken profiteer sent the Treasury 2,000,000 francs ($93,000.00). Since then all Paris hopes that, the lead having been established, many more profiteers will feel their consciences itching...
Shortly after the murder of Pancho Villa by his enemies, the New York American published a picture of him lying dead, stretched out on a bed in a Parral hospital. There was no trace of malignancy on his features as he lay there, stricken and inanimate. Not many newspapers equal the American in the spirit of enterprise...
...receipt by the New York Stock Exchange of an application from the Stutz Motor Car Co. of America to have its 263,000 shares restored to trading on its floor brings vivid memories of the circumstances in 1920 under which Stutz was " stricken from the list" of the Exchange. After a decline in motor shares in February, 1920, Allan A. Ryan cornered the Stutz stock. Its price rose swiftly to 391 on March 31, 1921, when the Exchange authorities, having ascertained the existence of the " corner," suspended dealings in it there. After various conferences between Mr. Ryan and the Exchange...
Further chapter headings and illustration captions tell the story. Her Hero of the Train, This Young Lady Is Innocent, Was She Safe?, Floyd's Stricken Eyes Stopped Her Mad Fury, The Stockholders' Meeting, My Father's Daughter, Hurrah for Myra!, Spies, Fair Means or Foul, and then, at the last, "in that brilliantly gold, blue and white symphony of decoration which was the music room of the Hamilton home. "'Will you marry me?' asked Floyd, eagerly...