Yale Alumni Week Plugs War Secretary Taft as Alumni Champion
A Cincinnati meeting of Yale Western Alumni praised Secretary Taft for devoting time to Yale and alumni efforts. The story highlights Taft's trips to New Haven and New York for Yale gatherings and cites Yale’s global alumni work, including class secretaries and fund drives that produced over $100,000 from about 2,500 graduates last year. The piece notes Yale Mission College in China and a council of forty prominent alumni aiding a major project.
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Yale
Western Alumni Association
Cincinnati
William H. Taft
New York Tribune
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Taft
Aid
Philippines
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Anson Phelps Stokes, Jr
University
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Alumni Fund
Yale Mission College
China
Heart of
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Second Paul Revere Hero Of Civil War Engine Ride
York Pa specialists report Paul Revere the grandson of the famed patriot rode a troop train from Harrisburg through York Allentown and Harrisburg to Baltimore and on to Washington in April 1861 He commanded the throttle on the 12th Massachusetts under Colonel Fletcher Webster while the regiment traveled to reinforce Lincoln’s call for troops.
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New York Tribune
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Boston
Worcester
Webster
Lincoln
Jersey City
Easton
Allentown
Harrisburg
Susquehanna
Baltimore
Colonel Webster
Glenrock
Cold Springs
Colo
Twelfth Massachusetts
Sergeant Revere
Young Revere
New Freedom
Revere
Heart Staked on Race Brings Belleville Suitor to Stakes
Frank Grimes of Belleville Illinois seeks Miss Helen Burs of St Louis in a deathly serious side bet tied to a horse race on the Fourth of July. He will race Robbie G against three fast horses for a $1000 purse and a bride if he wins. If he loses, he hopes for a different fate.
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Frank Grimes
Belleville
Helen Burs
St. Louis
Miss Burs
Bobby G
Grimes
To Paint the Town Green in Brokaw Wisconsin
A Duluth Herald report states the paper company that dominates Brokaw awarded William Laatsch a contract to paint every house barn and building in the town green. The new church will be cream colored brick. Work should finish before July 1. Brokaw has fifty two dwellings.
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Brokaw
Duluth Herald
William Laatsch
Laatsch
Frosty Summer Predicted in Columbus Based on Cocklebur Clues
Old Columbus residents compare this year's weather signs to 1816 the year without a summer noting mature cockleburs appear just before frost. They claim the period ahead may bring a frosty late summer.
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Columbus
New York World
Bill Nye of the Boomerant and His Humorous Rise
A profile of Bill Nye detailing his charm as a popular lecturer and humor writer. The piece notes Nye’s wealth was built on laughter, his disdain for public adulation, and his status as a baldheaded public figure who connected with audiences through simple, infectious humor.
Bill Nye monument planned by American Press Humorists
The American Press Humorists aim to raise funds for a monument to Bill Nye of the Boomerang in Laramie Wy, recognizing his early humorist career in that town. The project, discussed since 1904, notes Nye’s conflict over his visual portrayal with rival illustrators and his preference to illustrate his own work.
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Robertus Love
Bill Nye
American Press
Nye Monument
St. Louis
Cleveland
Walt McDougall
Mr. Nye
Laramie
McDougall
Nye
American Press Association
C. G. Bush
Bush
Justice of the Peace
United States
Judge Nye
St. Croix County
Wis
Indiana Authors Honored in a West Coast Gala
A report on the Indiana authors like Tarkington Ade Nesbit McCutcheon and Riley shaping national fiction, with plans for a Bill Nye monument fund event in Los Angeles. It traces Nye’s life from Wisconsin farms to Laramie and Asheville, noting his humor impact and memorial calls.
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Indiana
Commonwealths
Floosier
Lew Wallace
James Whitcomb Riley
George Ade
Joaquin Miller
Booth Tarkington
Charles Major
George Barr McCutcheon
Meredith Nicholson
Wilbur D. Nesbit
Canaan
Hoosier
Monsieur Beauclaire
van Revels
Cherry
Mr. Tarkington
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Illinois
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Grant County
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Miami
Jim Sasequas
Lafontaine
Oregon
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Shakespeare
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William Leachman
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Haddon Hall
Shelbyville
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