Rear Admiral Bunce Dies. Civil War Valor Praised
The Weekly Panorama notes the death of Rear Admiral Francia M. Bunce at his Washington home after months of illness. Born in 1836 in Connecticut, he entered the Naval Academy in 1852 and earned honors at Yorktown and Fort Fisher. He rose through ranks to rear admiral by 1898 and last served as Brooklyn Navy Yard commander.
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Washington
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Fort Fisher
Fort Caswell
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Morris Island
Fort Sumter
Charleston
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Rail rivals trim transcontinental run by over three hours
The Northwestern and Union Pacific cut the Chicago to San Francisco limited schedule by three hours and ten minutes, plus improvements to two other trains. The column reflects on pioneer travel and Edwin Bryant’s What I Saw in California, noting how the frontier era transformed into a vast rail network.
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Union Pacific
Chicago
San Francisco
Edwin Bryant
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United States
Missouri
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Peary
North Pole
Bank embezzlements surge as October totals rise
The Chicago Tribune notes a wave of bank embezzlements in the last week with three cases: George Armitage in New York, M A Emory in Boyertown, and A G Smith and Louis Swift in Lowell. October losses reach 308000, the largest monthly sum this year, with yearly total near 2.97 million dollars and banks accounting for about half of all embezzlements.
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George Armitage
New York
M.A. Emory
Boyertown
A. G. Smith
Louis Swift
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Lowell
Mass
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