Valley Forge remembered as public park after 129 years
The article traces Valley Forge from a forgotten battlefield to a public park. It notes the harsh winter of 1777 78 tested Washington's army, the 6 months encampment, desertions, and later revivals including a 1876 Centennial celebration. It highlights a memorial church at the site and plans for the Cloister of the Colonies with state memorials.
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Beene
Washington
Alley Forge
Valley Forge
Congress
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Yorown
Henry Armitt Brown
Wayne
Anthony
Freehold
N. J
Monmouth
Lord Cornwallis
Yorktown
Promise Won’t Fight Neighbor’s Boy Again
A mother questions Reginald about an earlier fight with the new neighbor’s son. He admits the bout and promises never to quarrel with him again, saying the boy can already beat him. The exchange captures a child’s blunt honesty and a parent’s cautious guidance.
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Reginald
Houstos
London woman to marry in Candle City Alaska after 12000 mile journey
Miss Clara G Askwith sets July 1 wedding in Candle City to W J Wells a gold miner after a seven year bet to prove she would endure a 12000 mile trek from London via Seattle Nome and a arctic sledge ride. Wells stayed in Alaska pursuing mines and engineered plans for their marriage.
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London
Arctic Circle
Clara G. Askwith
New York
Candle City
Alaska
W. J. Wells
New York Mail
Miss Askwith
Minnehaha
W. Scott Patmore
Cafe Martin
Seattle
Nome
Justice J. C. Kepner
Askwith
Wells
England
Mr. Patmore
Mr. Wells
Milwaukee Mayor Demonstrates Automobile Musical Horn
Milwaukee Mayor Sherburn Becker showcased a unique horn that plays ragtime to grand opera via exhaust steam. The first of its kind uses 28 brass tubes like a church organ and a brass keyboard to reproduce organ tones. Becker drew crowds in Milwaukee parks as he drove and entertained with car music.
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Sherburn Becker
Milwaukee
Chicago Record-Herald
Becker
Nine Italians Leave Pittsburg With Large Sums For Italy
Nine Italian migrants totaling $52 000 depart Pittsburg for home in Italy after five years of hard labor. The Philadelphia Record notes seven of them have large families awaiting in the old country. The largest individual sum on arrival was $17.
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Pittsburg
Italy
Old Country
Philadelphia
Church Yell Replaces Amen In Iowa Revival
Religious enthusiasts in Waukel Iowa have substituted a church yell for amens during a revival. The chant proclaims Faith hope and charity and quotes We will ever practice thee glory hallelujah in place of traditional pious exclamations.
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Waukel
The Survival of the Fittest
poem excerpt argues that the so called fittest must survive and condemns killing weak children. It recalls Osler era ideas and imagines future scientists selecting who may live. Historian James J. Montague cites grim eugenic notions from Boston and New York Amer.
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Boston
Osler
Daily Press
James J. Montague
New York
Amer
James R Keene the Man of Invincible Energy
Robertus Love profiles James R Keene famed for betting little yet making vast fortunes. Born in London sixty eight years ago he built wealth through stock speculation and horse racing. Keene earned vast sums in mining stocks during the Bonanza era before health issues spurred a European voyage.
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Robertus Love
James R. Keene
Mr. Keene
Keene
London
England
Virginia
James R Keene California Trader Turned Wall Street Legend
The article recounts James R Keene's rise from a California ranch boy to a self made financier. He edited a Horsetown newspaper, built a fortune in mining and speculation, then faced ruin in the 1880s wheat corner scheme led by Jay Gould. Keene recovered, pursued large gains, and endured near bankruptcy after a forged telegram.
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California
James
Horsetown
Keene
Jay Gould
Rosa Bonheur
New York
Fifth Avenue
Gould
James R. Keene
Ap Ladlan
Wall Street Victim Vows Caution After Plot
Keene recalls the manipulation that wiped him out and vows to keep walking Wall Street, declaring he will return only when those who ruined him are dead or bankrupt.
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Wall Street
Keene
Keene's Wall Street Rise From Down and Out to Power
The profile sketches James R. Keene as a relentless financier who rebounded from losses in San Francisco and wheat trading. He boomed sugar for the Havemeyers and for himself, profiting after 75,000 tobacco shares surged prices, then built wealth with American Cordage and a string of notable horses, including Foxhall and Peter Pan. His wife Mrs Keene is described as a silent partner who enriched the family.
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Jim
Keene
Senator Felton
California
San Francisco Stock Exchange
Felton
United States
Exchange
James R. Keene
Europe
New York
Wall Street
Joaquin Miller
Shasta County
America
Charles Lamb
Virginia City
Nev
Sarah Daingerfield
Jay Gould
Havemeyers
Talbot J. Taylor & Co
Desert
Foxhall
Paris
Horsetown
Dan Gartland
Dan
Tom
Jim Keene
Bill
Scully
Mr. Keene
Rockefeller
John D
Indiana
Beard Saves Farmer in Suicide Attempt Near Enfield N Y
Thomas Becker tied a rope to a crossbeam and planned suicide using a noose but his long beard cushioned the rope, preventing fatal strangulation. After survival he joked he would need to cut his whiskers to finish the job, saying he had too much beard to waste now.
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Thomas Becker
Enfield
N. Y
Tompkins County
Ithaca
New York Times
Becker
Thomas
Mr. Becker
Mrs. Becker
Band as a Church Lure Sparks Bold Plan in Chicago
Reverend E Johnston Myers of Immanuel Baptist Chicago proposes using a Sunday evening band concert to draw outsiders. He argues churches must seek sensational methods, even if risky, to reach people and keep brave ministers from fear of defeat.
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E. Johnston Myers
Immanuel Baptist
Michigan Avenue
Chicago
New York
To End Black Hand Deportation Plan in Louisiana
The Italian vigilance committee in New Orleans led by Judge Philip Paterno aims to rid the South of Black Hand and secret Italian brigandage. Fifty suspected Italians in New Orleans are sealed in a black box for records to be checked in Italy, with deportation if they have prior prison terms.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
South
Philip Paterno
New York Tribune
Italy
United States
U.s.ed States
Elephant bug infests Kansas corn fields in Walnut valley
Reports from Wichita say a new insect called the elephant bug is infesting corn in Walnut valley. Farmer H B Lamb replanted after loss but the eightyt-acre field was plowed up and Kaffir corn planted. The bug two times the size of a potato bug and has a trunklike proboscis that sucks juice from the central corn stalk once the stalk reaches a foot in height.
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Wichita
Kan
Walnut Valley
Kansas City Star
H. B. Lamb
New Lamp For Miners In Shenandoah Area
The Shenandoah miners welcome a new lamp praised by the Philadelphia Public Ledger for replacing oil and wick smoke with a smokeless gas flame. The device lights by acetylene gas produced from calcium carbide and water, a modern twist on an old method.
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Shenandoah
Philadelphia Public Ledger
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