Army Efficiency Bill and Grimes Bullet Tale
A House bill proposed by Congressman Hull aims to reorganize the army to boost efficiency, creating a strategic board with high ranking officers to plan defense and mobilization. The article also details Dr. R. B. Grimes's cremation and the discovery of a long carried bullet among his ashes, with stories linking him to the Meeker Massacre era and frontier service.
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Washington
Hull
House
Naval Department
War Department
Tt Ia
United States
Iowa
Tt. B. Grimes
Ashington
Grimes
Bob
Dr. Grimes
Thornburg
Meeker
Meekers
Terelbie
Craci
Kt Acema
Wigans
Henderson's Defense on Cuba Policy Stance
Speaker Henderson writes to J H Funk defending his opposition to a 60 percent duty cut for Cuban products. He cites American sugar trusts, railroad and plantation investments, and both American and Cuban capitalists pressuring for free trade. He says he aims to aid Cuba without harming U S farmers and urges avoiding sensational dispatches from organized interests.
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Cuba
Washington
Henderson
J. H. Funk
Town Falls
American Sugar Trust
United States
Ways and Means
Primrose to Retire After Season Ends
New York Feb 20 George Primrose the minstrel plans retirement from the stage after next season marking a long career with Lew Dockstader and reflecting on the death of former partner William H West Primrose says he has saved enough to live on and will quit when his summons comes after decades of touring and fortune built.
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Billy” West
New York
George Primrose
Primrose
Lew Dockstader
William H. West
Billy West
Ife
Primroze
West
Booker T. Washington Urges Negro Farmers Buy Farms
Booker T. Washington, presiding at the Tuskegee Negro Conference in Alabama, urged southern Black men to buy farms. He said northern and southern cooperation could uplift the race and believed securing farms would provide a foundation for future progress.
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Booker Washington
Tuskegee
Ala
Tuskegee Negro Conference
Booker T. Washington
Treasure Island Crew Plans Near Bristol
Hawkins recalls his perilous night at the inn as Jim and Dance seek Dr. Livesey’s aid. The squire and Livesey discuss Flint’s treasure and the map, noting a dangerous crew and a wary future voyage to Bristol to assemble the best ship and crew, with Long John Silver hired as cook for the expedition.
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Dr. Livesey
Mr. Dance
Dagger
I X
Dogger
Squire
Dance
Jim
Hawkins
Jim Hawkins
Tavesey
Flint
Trinidad
Spain
Iengland
Point la
Bristol
Caraccas
N. N. BE
Skeleton Island B.S. E
N. Patut
North Inlet Cape
N. i
Livesey
England
Hawking
Admiral
Red Truth
Joyce
Hunter
Duck
Drake
Trelawney
Blader
Foyce
London
Old Redruth
Liverey
Lynden
Wieher
Slug Trump
Nedruth
John Silver
Hawke
Riley Poem Forgery Scandal Tied to Poe Claim
Wreshington Post reports W. J. Ether, in charge of senators' private elevator, possessed a copy of a Riley poem falsely credited to Edgar Allan Poe as "Leonainie." Ether and Riley devised a scheme using Poe handwriting to publish the verse, prompting Boston publishers to seek the original. Riley struggled to prove authorship, while the forged lines closed with "E. A. P." signature.
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James Whitcomb Rilley
Wreshington
W. J. Ethel
James Whitcomb Riley
Edgar Allan Poe
Nee 'T
Riley
Ether
Poe
Virginia
Boston
Therm
Pove
Leonainie
Mrs Faltte’s Turkeys Save Dressing From Waste
A humorous note from Harper's Bazaar features Mrs Faltte blamed for poor management yet contends she bought four extra turkeys to avoid wasting dressing. Mrs Finde agrees, noting the concern over leftovers and economy in holiday meals.
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Harper's Bazar
Miss Stone Freed by Bandits in Salonica Release
Miss Ellen M. Stone, held since September 8, is released in good health to the American legation dragoman. Rev. Mr. Tsilka and Mme. K. S. Tsilka are noted captives. Tsilka faces complicity charges as does Tallka, husband of Miss Stone’s companion. The ransom of 72,000 dollars was paid February 6.
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Paris
The
Temps
Corstantinople
Misa Ellen M. Stone
Legation
Tsilka
Miss Stone
London
Tallka
Constantinople
Paris Temps
Mime
Mme. K. S. Tsilka
M. Gargiulo
W. W Peet
Poedrome
Northfield Seminary
Stephanorga
America
Dwight S. Moody
Adirondacks
Tslka
United States
Bulgaria
Wise Stone
American Board of Foreign Missions
Salonica
Roxbury
Mass
Chelsea
Boston
Taft Defends Philippine Treason and Sedition Laws Before Senate
Governor Taft continued his senate testimony on Philippine tranquility, arguing treason and sedition laws were needed amid insurgent activity. He claimed Samar’s massacre stirred fear but did not justify alarm, noted Mantle as a quiet center for insurrection propaganda, and described secret societies as key war tools banned from agitation. He likened one society’s aims to assassination and supported a wartime restriction on open political agitation.
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Taft
Washington
Philippines
Senate
Samar
Manila
Philippine Junta
Wright
United States
Beveridge
William P Tweed Dies Suddenly in Stamford Home
Stamford Conn Feb 20 William P Tweed aged 55 son of the late Tam many chieftain of that name collapsed and died at his residence here from heart disease also notices of Rev Newman Fail and other British figures. Charles L Tiffany of New York is reported ill with pneumonia at 28.
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Bon
Boss” Tweed
Stamford
Conn
William P. Tweed
Newman Hall
London
Newman Fail
P. D
The
Congregational Union
Charles L Tiffany
New York
Biteany
Igany & & Co
Posumonia
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Chicago
Lfe
Renatnr Dolliver
Corlins
Hepburn
House Committee On Literstate
Corliss
Michigan
Frank J. Stillman
Dolliver
Kitt's Hole
Dingle
Lugeer
Ike
Master Pew
Benbow
Hen
Mother
Bea Gook
Mr. Tafike
Neville Bowles Chamberlain
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