Tragedies Of Officers Killed By Their Own Men Across Wars
A grim survey recalls cases where officers were killed by soldiers under them. From Woerth during the Franco Prussian War to Adowa and Zaragoza era incidents, insiders or disciplinarian abuses sparked fatal outcomes. The piece notes high rates of fratricide in French and Spanish forces and cites Mar as Bazaine and a Madrid execution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maj. Logan
Philippines
Woerth
Berlin
Marshal Bazaine
Metz
Adowa
Naples
Madrid
Cuba
Cocoa Palm Uses in the Philippines Highlighted
The cocoanut tree yields food drink rope and soap for Filipinos. Kernels feed people while the juice makes a milky drink and sugar treats. Tuba wine vinegar and brandy are derived from the central bud. Leaves thatch roofs though prone to fire and palm oil is produced for lamps and hair care. Manila exports about 150000 pesos of coconuts to China and British India and 25000 pesos of oil to China.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philippine
Journal of the Society of Arts
United States Department of Agriculture
Philippines
Manila
China
British
India
Mona Island Open for Homestead Claim on Caribbean Seas
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch notes Mona island a US possession east of Puerto Rico offers 160 acre homestead entries under the act. Officials expect US land laws to extend to West Indies and invite would be claimants despite no residents apart from a lighthouse keeper. Crab island nearby is larger but poorer for cultivation.
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Porto Rico
United States
Mona Island
Mona Passage
Puerto Rico
West Indies
General Land Office
Washington
West Indian Islands
Mona
Spain
Viceques
Crab Island
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Motto on Our Coins And The Rise Of In God We Trust
The article notes that government coins did not bear God until 1864 when the two cent piece gained In God We Trust under Mint Director ex Governor Pollock of Pennsylvania. Previously E Pluribus Unum was used though never lawfully authorized, with E Pluribus Unum and the changes described as striking coincidences in coinage history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pollock
Pennsylvania
A Woman as Laboring Saving Device to Pile Wood
A woman is described as a labor saving device to pile wood for a man to saw while a fool speaks without reflecting and a mirror reflects without speaking.
Noted Judge Saves By Peruna
A promotional piece touts Peruna as the sole safeguard against catarrh and colds. It claims a cold begins catarrh and that Peruna both cures and prevents it, urging families to obtain Dr. Hartman’s free book Winter Catarrh from Columbus Ohio.
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Hartman
Hartman Sanitarium
Columbus
Ohio
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America
Peruna
George Kersten
Chicago
Geo. Kersten
Sayat
Winchester
L. Douglas
Haves Douglas
Dante
Brockton
Mass
Keormons Storks of Grace
SOUN & BALZPR _C co
Wesparees
Benry W. Copp
Washington, D. 6
Capt. O'Farrell
New York Avenue
Washington, D.G
Pirtaim
Srameg
C.B. Anderson & Co
Kim S
Dalia
Ra i
Senne
Portes D. & C. Conr
Boston
U. S
Canada
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