Memorial Day Statue Unveiling for Gen Henry Ware Lawton
Major General Henry Ware Lawton is honored with a bronze statue in Indianapolis on Memorial Day with President Roosevelt attending the ceremony. Lawton, a veteran of Civil War Spanish American War and Philippine campaigns, died in action at San Mateo near Manila on Dec 19 1899.
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T. E. McGrath
Indianapolis
Henry Ware Lawton
Roosevelt
General Lawton
Philippines
San Mateo
Manila
Daniel Chester Trench
New York
Andrew O'Conner
Paris
Indiana
United States
Fort Sumter
Henry W. Lawton
Congress
Atlanta
Lawton
Regular Army
War Department
Washington
Fourth Cavalry
Geronimo
Miles
Mexico
Santiago
Fifth Army Corps
el Caney
Manin
Aruinalds
San Isidro
Custer
Little Big Horn
Plains
General Weston Leads Raid on Confederate Transport
General John F. Weston, later commissary general of subsistence, as a cavalry major in 1804 captured a Confederate transport on the Tallapoosa River Alabama. With six followers he swam the stream and seized the transport captain through a clever ruse earning him a Medal of Honor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John F. Weston
Tallapoosa River
Alabama
Civil War At a Glance Highlights Vast Conflicts and Losses
The Civil War is described as the largest and bloodiest conflict, with millions engaged and hundreds of thousands dead. It cites battle counts, casualty figures for Union and Confederate forces, and notes rare executions. It recounts Lincoln and a whetstone anecdote linked to a soldier in Illinois.
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Bureau of Pensions
War Department
Unite States
Abraham Lincoln
New Orleans
Mumford
United States
Benjamin F. Butler
Lincoln
Illinois
Washington
Cambridge Ward Nine Preliminary to Primary Registration
City of Cambridge calls a preliminary to the Ward Nine primary on June 4 to nominate candidates for a vacancy in the common council. Registrars of voters will convene May 31 at City Building Central Square to revise the voter list and add eligible applicants. Naturalized citizens should bring papers. six months city residency required. one year state residency. registration also on the fourth day before the special election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holden
Ward Nine
Common Council
Seasion
City Building
Central Square
Cambridge
Frederick W. MacDonald
Mortgagee's Sale Notice for Cambridge Property Auction
Mortgagee announces sale under a 1905 mortgage from Lillie M. McArthur to George Henry Mann pending breach. Property in Cambridge Middlesex described by Hovey Avenue and adjacent parcels, 120 square feet, auction set for June 10, 1907 at four o'clock with $100 cash due at sale and balance within ten days. Anna Chamberlain and Rufus Sprague, guardians and attorneys, listed.
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Lillie M. McArthur
George Henry Mann
Middlesex
Cambridge
Hovey Avenue
West End Street Railway Company
Abraham Trusty
Anna R. Chamberlain
Rufus B. Sprague
Exchange
Boston
Mass
Cambridge Ward 9 meeting for Common Council seat in 1907
Notice announces a June 4 1907 vote of Ward 9 voters for one Common Council member to fill a vacancy. Nominations open May 20 1907 for Non-partisan and Independence League, with filing deadlines May 23 and May 22 respectively. Offices at 631 Massachusetts Avenue and 22 Bigelow Street. Filing requires sealed nomination papers. By order of the Board of Aldermen Edward J Brandon City Clerk. Probate notice follows for Patrick Leary estate with James F Aylward named administrator.
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City of
Cambridge
Municipal Party
Independence League
Board of
Aliermen
Common Council
Tlo
Massachusetts Avenue
Sail
Bigelow Street
Board of Aldermen
Edward J. Brandon
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Herbert L. Rose
Western Avenue
River Street
Martin A. Feeley
Massachusetts Ave
Cambridgeport
Western Ave
Howard F. Peak
Harvard Square
Electric and Gas
T. J. Daly
Brattle Street
J. Leo McDonald
Church ST
J. B. Byrne
General
Sidney Street
Cambridgeport, Mass
John J. Blevins
Mass. Ave
Putnam Ave
Chas. Atkins & CO
Prospect St
G. MN. Dewolf
Soden St
Cambridge, Mass
Cambridge Laundry
W. J. Edwards
Boylston ST
Harvard St
EB Janes Lumber CO
Central Street
Bostor
Tel. Main
Austin A. O'Toole
Pleasant &J
Edward T. P. Graham
School St
Boston, Mass
Joseph Rosenberger
Webster Ave
Ean Cambridge Sr
JA. Cummings Printing Co
Oliver Street
Bicas, Sre
P. H. Comcaxsox
Leas
J. F. Rooney
Brattle Square Bicycle
Tel
Walter
Wardwell
Oxford
Oxford and Eustis Sts
North
T. W. Hillier & CO
Props
Danil B. Skitt
Ban Mateo
General Weston
Cears
Registration of Voters
Middle
Cambridge Sentinel
Charles J. McIntire
Esquire
W. E. Rogers
Register
Brattle Square
Commonwealth OF Massachusetts
Patrick Leary
Commonwealth
James F. Aylward
Cambridge Street
John Hugelman
W. L. Potter Cycle Agency
Putnam Square
J. Cushing & CO. Millers and Shippers
James F. Mullen
Undertaker
Hampshire ST
Glice
W. Spencer Co
Park Square
I. J. Goodhue
Prospect Stables
Green St
Manhattan Market
A. J. Sylvester
Union Shop
New Bank Bnilding
Beacon St
Somerville
Chas. E. McPhee
Brookline
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