Clash of Veterans Ends in Quiet Friendship in Richmond
In Richmond, Virginia, a Western miner from Colorado and a Southern officer's son exchange blows over a painting of Lee’s army. A quick apology leads to a handshake, introductions, and mutual respect as they recall shared Civil War history. The scene ends with cordial plans and a theater outing.
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Richmond
Parker Foster
Boston
Lee
Colorado
Trother
Felley
Gray
Thas
Appomattox
Washington Star
Ungallant Skeleton Haunts Angora Car Scene
Two medical students aboard an Angora car late Sunday night with a fully articulated skeleton. They linked arms with the bones and teased the skeleton as it rattled while they joked about manners and cold weather. A passenger screamed when the skeleton was moved onto a seat. The scene drew astonished glances from male riders and a frightened girl who demanded the car stop.
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Philadelphia
Bill
Theoung
Sixteenth Street
Mount Shasta Crowned As Royal Lone Peak Of The West
Mount Shasta rises over 14 000 feet as an isolated cone in a plain between the Nevada and coast ranges. Its symmetrical form and self sufficiency give it sovereign presence over the landscape with lava plains and juniper growth around its base and the Shasta river valley nearby.
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Mount Shasta
Tra Nevada
Coast Ranges
Shasta
Shasta River
Broken Coast Range
Sierra Nevada
Zebras as Draft Animals in History and Folklore
The piece notes zebras used to pull carriages in diverse regions from Cecil Rhodes’s stories of a four-in-hand to Russian steppes along the Dneiper. It cites Baron Walter Rothschild as an expert and claims wild zebras can be broken to harness as effectively as captive-bred individuals with grown captures tending to be tamer.
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Cecil Rhodes
Berlin
Transvaal
South Africa
Russia
Dneiper
Baron Walter Rothschild
London
The
N. Y
Italy Pushes Italian as Equal to Major Languages
Italy proposes recognition of Italian as an international language on par with English French and German. Minister of education Dr Bacchelli directs delegates to international congresses to demand Italian be used for papers and by Italian delegates in discussions.
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Italy
Baccelli
Pleasure for the Bridegroom in Richmond Wedding Parade
A Chicago groom travels to Richmond Indiana for a quiet wedding but is followed by a marching party led by his friend Jones. Placed wedding placards invite the public, crowds fill streets, and a banner reading What Happened to Jones hangs above the gate as locals speculate on the outcome.
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Chicago
Richmond
Ind
Jones
Mr. Jones
Indiana
Anniston Lime and Stove stockholders meet to discuss capital increase
Notice of a special meeting of stockholders of the Anniston Lime and Stove Company to be held at the company's Anniston Alabama office at 3 p m on Monday April 23 1900. The agenda includes increasing capital stock from 25000 to 100000 and any other business. President RH Cobb.
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Anniston Lime and Stove Company
Anniston
Alabama
RH. Cobb
Mar
Southern Railway Low Round Trip Fare To Atlanta 1900
Southern railway offers one fare round trip from all points to Atlanta for the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church May 17 to 26 1900. Tickets on sale May 15 16 and 17 with return limit May 29. Inquire via any Southern railway agent or C E Jackson T P A Birmingham Ala.
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General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of the U
Southern Railway
Atlanta
Birmingham
Ata
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