Veterans form Minnesota rights union at Mankato meeting
More than 50 veterans from 40 posts gathered in Mankato to discuss creating a Minnesota Veterans Rights Union modeled after New York and Pennsylvania. E. M. Pope was elected president with T. Montgomery and W. E. Waffle as vice presidents, Lorin Cray secretary, and a nine-member committee to draft plans. The group aims to enforce current laws and secure office appointments for honorably discharged soldiers, keeping membership open to all veterans regardless of union membership.
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Mankato
Veterans’ Rights Union
Minnesota
New York
Pennsylvania
W. FE. Waffe
St. Paul
Thomas Montgomery
St. Peter
Loren Cray
Lake Crystal
Thomas
Graham
Clark
Davy
Cray
E. M. Pope
T. O'Leary
Avoca
St Peter
W.E. Waffle
Lorin Cray
J. W. George
Minneapolis
Veterans Rights Union
J. 1. Case
Racine
Wis
Phallas
C.C. Lyford
Jay-Eye-Lee
Dictator
Betsy Trotwood
Gark Chief
Mary Olson
Leverne
Gladstone
Hubbard
Davis
Marshall
Ireland
Louis Kelly
C. D. O'Brien
Grand Lodge of the
Minnesota Knights of Honor
St. Piul
E.J. Davenport
Maj
John Espy
George H. Bumlage
Alexandria
Seymour, Sabin & Co
Northwestern Car Company
Minnesota Thresher Company
Stillwater
Erik Peterson Wykleby
Chicago, St. Paul
Minneapolis & Omaha
Humbird
Laverne
R. H. Casgriff
C. A. Williams
G. A. Williams
M. Blaisdell
Will Mitchell
W. H. Glass
Vienna Township
Henry J. Malone
Ice Palace
Hugh Casey
Castle Station
Wabash Co
de Lezore
General Land Office
R. S. Ressler
Winona
Edgar Hull
St. Cloud
Sauk Rapids
Charles F. Andrews
Owatonna
Thomas Andrews
Minnesota River Improvement Convention at Mankato Adopts Resolutions
A large gathering in Mankato presided by Capt. Russell Blakely endorses U.S. surveys of the Minnesota River and connected lakes. Delegates urge Congress to fund comprehensive improvements and require pledged support from Minnesota lawmakers for river development.
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Mankato
Russell Blakely
St. Paul
Gov. Hubbard
L. F. Barney
M. J. Ls. Collister
Congress of the United States
Minnesota River
Red River
Minnesota
Congress
Red Letter Days in a Quiet Home Anniversary
Carrie Dean laments a joyless sixth wedding anniversary while Frank plans a night out. Friends share how gifts and small outings keep marriages lively, with Al Worthington revealing a calendar gift habit that surprises his wife Della. Carrie secretly hopes for a shared celebration and a warmer connection at home.
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Frank
Carrie Dean
Dean
Carrie
Frank Dean
Gray & Green's
Della
Gimcracks
Esquimaux
Gray & Green
Utopia
Marion
Red Letter Day Promise Echoes Through Time
The quote recalls a vow of lasting affection as a couple marks birthdays together. A fairy godmother figure appears in their home, adding birthdays to an illuminated list, symbolizing ongoing celebrations and enduring love across years.
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Georgia A. Peck
The Newspaper Man as Beacon of Thought
A poem praising the newspaper man as a gleaming mind and social guide who fills readers with delight and insight. The speaker contrasts the journalist's mental riches with others’ vanity, celebrating the press as a beacon amid gloom and a window to distant lands and events.
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Eugene Lite
Goodalls Daily Qun
Leaving De Lanes Shows Florida Travel Oddities
In Florida travel, two strangers faced delays as a fireman and engineer slept delaying an early train. A boat waiting on the river left, while locals offered uncertain times for connections, prompting the author to question the need to understand every detail.
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New York Evening Post
Origin of the King s English Traced to Shakespeare
The term King s English did not originate with King James revision myths. The phrase appears in Shakespeare s Merry Wives of Windsor written in the Elizabethan era, showing the expression predates James I s reign. The writer argues the origin lies with Shakespeare and era language rather than a royal Bible revision.
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England
James I
Elizabeth
Shakspeare
James
Philadelphia News
A Christian's School and Campaign to Crown Victory
A devout student pursues the throne of the conqueror, facing endless duties with no break in study or service. He trains through hardships and marches toward a final, hard won ascendancy in his field.
The Newsboys Poem from Paterson New Jersey
A poem by Warren Sumner Barlow praising newsboys in Paterson New Jersey. It reflects their hardships of dawn and night work and their hopeful climb from the bottom of the ladder toward better fortunes despite cold, hunger, and weariness. It honors their service and resilience.
A Story of Brigands and a Spanish Souvenir
A narrator in Malaga recalls a Madrid bestseller on brigandage, meeting a mine owner who links with Samarilla the bandit, and a later tale of a Spaniard traveler who encounters brigands while crossing the Sierra Nevadas before a Granada visit. The piece ends noting belief in brigands is prudent in Spain.
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Malaga
Madrid
Spain
Julian de Zugasti
Cortes
Cordova
Don Julian
Andalusia
Capt
Samarilla
Jose Maria
Isromide
M. C
Sierra Nevadas
Samerilla
Seville
Custom House
Alfonso
Granada
Alhambra
Velez-Malaga
Velez- Malaga
Sierra Nevada
Cocia
Paris
Figaro
Advice for Young Dancers and Wary Writers in 19th Century Notes
A satirical guide targets a bloated moral at balls urging heavy shoes to disrupt dances and avoid etiquette, followed by a critique of amateur writers sending manuscripts to The Sun. It mocks pretentious hopefuls, offers spelling advice, and muses on the uneven path to literary success, citing Hugh Conway and Peck’s Sun.
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Young Blood
Indy
Susan
Jane
Mary
Tony
National Weekly
the Sun
Ceartanly
Hugh Conway
Vpeck
Sun
Editor Denounces He Faked Subscriptions Then Prospers
A canvasser bursts into an editor’s office to reveal a scheme in which a prior fraudulent agent was credentialed and praised. The editor’s attempt to ruin the canvasser backfires as the fraudster prospers, prompting the remark that arrest would be the next claim.
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Arkansaw Traveler
Pursuit or possession of a maiden in college debate
Bill Arp recalls a youth debate on whether pleasure lies in pursuing or possessing objects. He recounts arguing for pursuit while wooing a maiden, quoting Shakespeare and Wolsey, then losing the case when a rival framed the question as keeping a beloved girl. He cherishes his courting days as among his happiest.
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Cardinal Wolsey
Bill Arp
The
Atlanta Constitution
Mercantile Hypocrisy in a Arkansas Store
In a store a merchant and clerk discuss Hammerton's overdue bill as he arrives to settle. The merchant pretends surprise and insists on charging more, while Hammerton counters he is pressed for money. The clerk receipts the payment as Hammerton departs.
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Hammerton
Arkansas Traveler
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Minnesota State News
Veterans’ Rights Union For
Minnesota River Improvement
St Mond
Rochester
Dodge County
Alli
Hrim
Travel
Florida
the Newsboys
Warren Sumner Barlow
Paterson
N. J
Marabello
Mercantile Hypocracy
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