Sawtelle Named New Army Quartermaster General
Charles G. Sawtelle, born 1834 in Maine, becomes chief quartermaster general. A West Point graduate of 1850, he served on the western frontier, earned major after the Civil War, rose to lieutenant colonel in 1881 and colonel in 1894, most recently at Governors Island, NY as assistant quartermaster general.
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Charles G. Sawtelle
Quartermaster General
Army
Maine
Sawtelle
West Point
Sey
Quartermaster’s Department
Governors Island
New York
Yaquis War Angel Disturbs Arizona and Texas
Santa Teresa an 18 year old Mexican girl posing as a saint travels with Yaquis Indians causing revolutions and riots across Mexico Texas and now Arizona while her father a dissipation fueled organizer profits from offerings and flamboyant dress. William Bourke Cockran lauded as a premier Irish American orator and a Washington letter on Miss Boydie Faulkner Carter Wyoming Fort Bridger Virginia Faulkner Joe Wheeler and X ray surgery round out a wide array of society politics and medical advances described in the dispatch.
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Santa Teresa
Arizona
Texas
Veresa
Eral
Mexico
Teresa
Boydie Faulkner
Carter
Virginia
Senator Faulkner
Diana
Faulkner
Old Dominion
Shirley
Mr. Carter
Wyoming
Fort Bridger
California
Virginia Military Institute
Corps of Cadets
New Market
Wise
Appomattox
Ead
West Virginia
Joe Wheeler
Alabama
Congress
Wheeler
Capitol
Committee On
Maud
Trotter
Congressional
Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
General Wheeler
Novel serving pieces shown by silversmiths today
Silversmiths unveil a range of novelty servers for tomatoes and cucumbers. A Saratoga potato chip server debuts, blending features of a spoon and a ladle, deeper than a spoon but shallower than a ladle.
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Saratoga
Frost Appears In Jefferson Town But Little Damage Noted
Slight frost touched Jefferson Iowa on August 29 but no damage reported beyond garden crops. Weather observers recorded visible frost while plants appeared largely unharmed. Authorities warned gardeners to monitor overnight conditions.
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Jefferson, Ia
Iowa Good Templars Grand Lodge Elects Leader in Ames
The I O G T grand lodge closed its annual session in Ames. W Welch of Hawarden was chosen grand chief templar marking the leadership change for the temperance group.
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Iowa
Good Templars
Grand Lodge
Ames
W. Welch
Hawarden
Saloonkeeper Henry Hansen Missing After Heavy Debts
Sioux City Aug 24 Henry D Hansen saloonkeeper of Doon is badly wanted by creditors in Sioux City and elsewhere. He left after racking up nearly $3000 in bills with local and distant firms. Creditors found a cave four miles from Doon with 24 barrels and seven half barrels of whisky. Unknown assailants fired at guards as they tried to seize the liquor and Hansen remains missing.
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Henry Hansen
Sioux City
Henry D. Hansen
Doon
John Arenzdorf
John Manderscheid
John Linder
Council Bluffs
Kansas City
Hansen
Europe Faces Deposition of Sultan and Partition of Turkey
The Daily News editorial asserts Europe stands face to face with the sultan’s deposition and the partition of Turkey, highlighting a tense regional political realignment and its implications.
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London
The
Daily News
Europe
Turkey
Teller Addresses Pioneers in Colorado Reunion
United States Senator Teller delivered an address at the annual reunion of Colorado pioneers in Denver on August 1, addressing regional history, progress, and civic pride.
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Teller
Denver
United States
Colorado Pioneers
DeWitts Remedies Featured In Early Advertisements
An array of patent medicines and cures are advertised including DeWitts Colic Cholera Cure One Minute Cough Cure and Witch Hazel Salve. Claims emphasize rapid relief for diarrhea coughs and skin ailments with sales via D D Bales and D Bales. A note mentions the first US watch made by machinery in Roxbury Massachusetts in 1850.
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DeWitt
D. Bales
United States
Roxberry
Mass
D. D. Bales
DeWitts
Great Pile
Disappointed In the Gift
A Midwest farm memory from Ohio reveals Ben Adhem recounting a simple gift scene with Zeke, a poor worker, who would gladly go barefoot rather than accept the shoes, desiring only a scarf pin. The anecdote, tied to a Chicago interior tone, highlights quiet poverty and unexpected gratitude.
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Ben Adhem
Good Old
Ohio
Zeke
Chicago
Incredible Shore Bird Journeys From Hawaii to Alaska
Naturalists note the annual spring migration of golden and ringed plovers to the Hawaiian Islands, returning in early May. Distances reach about 2,000 miles from southern California and the Alaska peninsula with no land in between. Some sea birds fly much farther during migrations, including brant geese nesting in Siberia and migrating over the Arctic Ocean to Cape Hatteras and beyond.
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W. Herbert Purvis
London
Hawaiian Islands
American
California
Alaska Peninsula
Siberia
Arctic Ocean
Cape Hatteras
Election of Olympic Judges in the Golden Age
Heralds declare universal peace during the games in Hellas and punish sacrilege for any truce break. Eleans elected nine to twelve judges known as H indicate who must prove spotless crime and moral records to qualify. Distinction did not exempt men from the strict moral test in this period.
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Hellas
G. T. Ferris
St. Nicholas
World’s Costliest Carpet Sits at Gobelins Factory
A carpet valued at $50,000 is now on display at the Gobelins factory. Made between 1869 and 1870, it was commissioned for Napoleon III but remained unfinished when the Franco Prussian War began. after its end the emperor had no use for it.
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Gobelins
Napoleon III
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