Clara Barton Builds New Railcar Hospital Service
Clara Barton, famed Red Cross leader now over eighty, plans a hospital corps on all railroads to provide rapid aid to wreck victims. The article notes her Civil War and Franco Prussian War relief work, her friendship with Mrs. John A. Logan, and a portrait she reluctantly allowed, with Mary Logan by her side. It also details her foreign honors, public service in floods and famines, and her Washington home housing tokens of esteem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara Barton
Red Cross
Massachusetts
John A. Logan
New England
Patent Office
Washington
Army of the Potomac
Cedar Mountain
Second Bull Run
Antietam
Fredericksburg
Wilderness
Barton
Strasburg
Paris
United States
Mississippi
Ohio River
Louisiana
Texas
Mary Simmerson Cunningham Logan
Missouri
Kentucky
Sionary
Oxford
Mass
Congress
Johnstown
Cuba
Red Crosse
Galveston
America
Miss Barton
Baden
Queen Natalie
Italy
Queen Victoria
Germany
Krakatoa Eruption Described By Sir Robert Ball
Sir Robert Ball details Krakatoa eruption as the most terrific in history with ash clouds reaching twenty miles high and shock waves heard thousands of miles away. He notes Batavia tremors, atmospheric dust halos, and global ripples circling the Earth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Ball
Krakatoa
D. Appleton & Co
Sumatra
Java
Batavia
Great Britain
Straits of
Sunda
Indian Ocean
Straits of Sunda
Rodriguez
San Rodriguez
Nile
Equator
Mecca
Siberia
Persia
Atlantic
United States
Pike’s Peak
Colorado
Pacific
Florida
Alaska
North America
Kralatoa
Central America
Aweful Balloon Voyage Shows German Airship Peril
German Aero static Corps volunteers Wolff and Brand fled from Berlin to the Baltic by five hundred miles of gale driven flight. They landed in a Swedish snow bank near a village after hours clinging to cordage. They endured three days aloft with a failed descent before a miraculous pull upward and safe ground.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltic Sea
Aerostatic Corps
Wolff
Brand
Berlin
Sweden
Europe
Colon
State to be named Sequoia honors Cherokee alphabet originator
Muskogee convention in Indian Territory recommends naming the new state Sequoia to honor George Gist known as Sequoia, creator of the Cherokee alphabet. The move notes Sequoia’s life, his 86 carved characters, Bible translation, and the Cherokee school system. It contrasts with other states named for non Indigenous figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muskogee
Indian Territory
America
George Gist
Tribunal Council
Sequoia
California
Fneland
Union
Delaware
Lord de le Warr
Pennsylvania
William Penn
George Washington
Yes or No Poem by Col Henderson Read in Des Moines
The late Colonel D B Henderson wrote a poem Yes or No that was read in Des Moines at a memorial meeting. It questions guidance toward virtue and salvation, noting the world’s disputes and the heart’s doubt as it seeks the right road and voice in life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col
D. B. Henderson
Des Moines
Lowan
Travel Dreams Fade for Russell Sage in Expensive Plans
The note suggests difficulty for Russell Sage in operating or performing tasks and expresses a desire to travel cheaply by aff-ships when feasible, pointing to financial savings as a key factor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Sage
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Nation
Capitol
East Indies
Sir Robert Ball
Julie Guenther
Pope Pius X
Chicago
Otto Guenther
Co of Guenther, Bradford & Co
Leo XII
Guenther
University of Berlin
Northwestern University Law School
Kraketoa
South America
Mirandy
Sequota
Colonel Henderson
Zion City
Elijah Beth
Kansas
Rookkee
Senenreees
Ae Zereee Festile
Baplan Lee
Oreman Lumber
Breftaman Telephone
Ipee
Semeee Mecian Surveyoreen
Pers
Ce ‘ “Amtractor
Architee
Sernotarsl
Dge
Mint
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