Great Parade Climax in Grand Army Encampment
Salt Lake City August 11 presided over the forty third national encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic The parade included 44 departments of the GAR the Naval Veterans Ex Union Prisoners of War Army Nurses and 3600 children in a living flag. The crowd cheered wept and saluted as veterans recalled their Civil War service before a grand reviewing stand on Main Street. Fireworks and a massive Greetings gathering followed at the Mormon Tabernacle with Gov William Spry and Mayor John Bradford among speakers.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Grand Army of the Republic
Grand Army
Eagle Gate
South Temple Street
Mne
Fifteenth United States Infantry
National Guard of
Army
Main Street
Seventh South Street
Temple
Mormon Tabernacle
Col
Frank M. Starrett
William H. King
William Spry
John 8. Bradford
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Head On Only Resented Remarks by Pomp Portraits
A young northern granddaughter comments on family portraits as Pomp, a long-time southern servant, stands nearby. The scene captures subtle tension and the granddaughter's candid critique of the horse and other belongings, highlighting cultural and racial dynamics in the household setting.
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Pomp
Norf
Frontier Days Beef Prices and Local Notices
Markets list beef steers by feeding method with price ranges, cows and heifers values, veal, hogs and grain prices. Agricultural data covers wheat rye oats corn bran hay and eggs, plus a note that no lynching exhibit will occur at Cheyenne Frontier Days, and a Sheridan dispatch about a mistimed broncho incident leading to a bride.
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W.se
Weveeveense
Colorado
Idaho
Nebraska
Cheyenne
Land laws denounced in Spokane irrigation congress
Spokane delegates at the National Irrigation Congress heard E J Watson attack private interests in land use while urging government control of navigable rivers and broad irrigation projects. F H Newell noted private capital exceeds government spending and Taft sent a telegram of sympathy for the congress.
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Spokane
Wash
United States
Canada
House
Senate
Joe
South Carolina
E. J. Watson
Roosevelt
N. 8, Pratt
Gifford Pinchot
Pinchot
Pratt
Congress
Ballinger
F. H. Newell
United States Reclamation Service
Newell
Tafft
Guock
Irrigation Congress
William H. Taft
Roosevelts expedition seeks new hunting ground in Africa
Col Roosevelt and aide Edmund Haller travel in British East Africa with the Roosevelt expedition seeking new hunting grounds. The party moves through Naivasha as they advance their exploratory goals amid colonial authorities and local guides. The dispatch notes the presence of the expedition fellows and their cautious approach to reconnaissance.
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Naivasha
British East Africa
Roosevelt
Edmund Haller
Monster six pound bull frog shakes bungalow
The wrecked Highland Lake bungalow of former High Sheriff Chesterfield C Middlebrooks was rocked by a four o clock tremor. He says a six pound bull frog under the house croaked and cracked the structure. He plans to trap the frog with rope anchors and red flannel to save his property.
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Chesterfield C
Middlebrooks
Highland Lake
Public humor and sayings from a Scottish town page
A fragment from a Scottish western town shows public humor about a sculptor and a bust of The Bruce with a bailie joking about a beard, plus odd quotes about bore, paint, and reform. The text includes scattered maxims and an oblique reference to local chatter and characters.
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Scotland
the Bruce
Ballie
Baille
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