Kansas Loses Poet Laureate Eugene Ware Ironquill Dies in Colorado
Fort Scott and Kansas lose Eugene F. Ware known as Ironquill a harness maker turned lawyer poet and politician. Born 1841 in Hartford Conn he served as captain in the Seventh Iowa Cavalry and was pension commissioner Roosevelt admired his poems. He died in Colorado after summers on a Cascade place leaving a widow one son and three daughters.
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Fort Scott
Kan
Kansas
Eugene F. Ware
Colorado
Ware
Ironquill
Topeka
Washington
Kansas City
Sungold
Cascade
Seventh Iowa Cavalry
Captain Ware
Burlington
Hawkeye
Bob” Burdette
Hartford
Conn
Jeanette B. Huntington
Roosevelt
Rough Riders
Eugene F. Ware, Jr
Abbie Neiss
New York
S. R Nelson
Amelia Ware
Temple Bar to be Restored for London
Londoners debate moving Temple Bar the city old gate after Lady Meux death. Built crowd marks Stones labeled after 1878 escort, proposed reerection in Epping Forest or nearer central London for historic value. Gate once watched over by watchmen, linked to highwaymen stories and 1666 fire recovery by Sir Christopher Wren.
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London
Temple Bar
Lady Meux
Fleet Street
Sir Henry Meux
Theobald
Epping Forest
Teeth and Baldness Link Warned By Paris Doctor
Paris physician Dr. Lucien Jacquet says poor dental health can trigger hair loss with about a quarter of premature baldness cases stemming from dental origins. The claim ties dental issues to systemic effects.
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Paris
France
Lucien Jacquet
Vestry Removes Rector After Midnight Signboard Act
In Pittsburg a vestry at Christ Church Union Avenue chiseled out Rev. John Milton Oakesford’s name from the church sign and enamelled over it after declaring his services would not be required. They also rekeyed church doors and the vestry safe, citing formal notice to the rector.
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Pittsburg
John Milton Oakesford
Christ Protestant Episcopal Congregation
Union Avenue
North Side
Sherman Avenue
Vestry
Oakesford
Apples Baked by the Heat
The piece lists multiple heat related incidents across the United States. Examples include Frank Sparlin in Brockport New York showing apples roasted on trees and Henry Renier in Missouri Point Missouri serving baked apples at home. It notes other extreme effects such as an undertaker in Hudson Massachusetts collapsing while embalming and a Pinecroft farmer being trapped in a meat refrigerator leading to frost bite.
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New York
Brockport
N. Y
Frank Sparlin
Henry Renier
Missouri Point
Gilbert Wright
Chlemsford
Conn
Henry Herrick
Hudson
Mass
Walcott Gregory
Pinecroft
Isaac P. Reed
Manchester
Not the Hide of the Chamois
Chamois leather is not the hide of the chamois but the flesh side of sheepskins.
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Lronquill
Avie Warr
Cuba
Old Temple Bar
Missouri
Lubin J. Henderson
Barstow
California
Mohave Desert
Calvert Wilson
Attorney-At-Law
Wilcox
Los Angeles
Cal
T. G. Nicklin
Mojave River
Valley Lands
Barstow, Cal
Victorville
Oro Grande
Helen
Nicklin
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