Kept on Retired List General Adolphus Greely
Major General Adolphus W. Greely, famed polar explorer, placed on the retired list for age. Born March 27, 1844 in Newburyport Massachusetts, Greely rose from private to brigadier, led the ill fated 1881 Arctic expedition, and built thousands of miles of military telegraph lines in the southwest.
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Adolphus W. Greely
Congress of the Uniteetates
Greely
Orient
Ifield B. Kdeerly
United Es Army
General Greely
Winteshley
Sth Cavalry
Arctic
Texas
Eeveral
Newburyport
Mass
Osfield Rifles
Eighty-First
United States Colored Infantry
Regular Army
Meech
Young Greely
Montana
Dakota
General Greely’s Career Marked by Telegraphic Pioneering
The obituary recalls General Greely as a transformative figure in American telegraph and weather services. It notes his leadership of the 1881 polar expedition, extensive wartime cable work in Puerto Rico Cuba and the Philippines, and the Alaska telegraph network plus the first wireless commercial system. It credits him with reorganizing the National Weather Bureau and directing relief after the San Francisco earthquake.
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United States
Greely
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Porto Rico
Cuba
China
Philippines
Alaska
Genert Greely
National Weather Bureau
Weber
Prito
Department of Dakota
Military Division of the
Pacific
San Francisco
Execution at Tazewell: Rippey hanged after brutal Pocahontas crimes
Walter Rippey, condemned for attacking women in Pocahontas, was executed in a specially enclosed scaffold at Tazewell. A crowd of about 800 watched as he confessed, received religious rites, and faced the drop at 10 53 AM. Witnesses cut rope pieces for souvenirs while the body was prepared for shipment.
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Pocahontas
Tazewell
W. J. Hatfield
Tug River
Robert Mustard
Tuppey
S. S. F. Harman
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Rippey
Sealfeld
Rippes
Stump
G. T. Wright
Colored Methodist Episcopal Church of
Wright
Eliza Reed
Pocaiontas
Fr. Harman
Tere
Roppey
Tazewell County
Reppey
Bluefield
Jones Cooles
Boissevain
Dancy
West Mine
Cealdale
President Subject of Discussion in House
In Washington the House debated whether President Roosevelt is intolerant after a report of a supposed interview with Representative Deikema of Michigan. The session shifted to the servicetional appropriation bill while the Senate spent the day on the Aldrich currency bill, approving it 42 to 16 before adjourning until Monday.
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Roosevelt
George III
House of Representatives
Deikema
Michigan
Judiciary Committee
Wilfley
United States Court of China
Williams
Mississippi
Committee of Congress
House
Senate
Penrose in Semi Conscious State Reported Improved
In Philadelphia on March 27 reports say Senator Penrose's condition improved somewhat but remains alarming after previous deterioration. At 11 PM a physician stated he is semi conscious with condition tighter than earlier in the evening.
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Philadelphia
Penrose
Senator Penrose
Broward appoints Hall Milton to U.S. Senate in Florida
Gov Broward announces Hall Milton of Marianna named to succeed the late William James Bryan as United States senator in Tallahassee on March 27. The Daily Telegraph subscription note appears in the report.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Broward
Hall Milton
Marianna
William James Bryan
United States
Congressman Heflin shoots on street car during dispute
On a Pennsylvania Avenue street car in Wash neton Alabama congressman Thomas Heflin fired at a man in a dispute over drinking. The wounded were Thomas Lumby critically and Thomas McCreary of New York lightly shot. Heflin was arrested.
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Wash Neton
Thomas J. Heflin
Alabama
Thomas Lumby
Thos. McCreary
New York
McCreary
Heflin
Congressman Heflin
Edwin
Jin
Lumby
District of Columbia
Tuskegee Institute
Booker T. Washington
The Lucky Quarter Health Drops Offer
An old ad promotes Dr King s New Life Mrs medicines as health boosters. It claims relief for headache biliousness constipation and malaria with a cheerful refund if not satisfied. The copy markets a low price and availability at drug stores.
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Dr. King
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