Garza Land and the Desolate Texas Frontier
The piece portrays the Garza Mexican revolution pursuit across a 500 square mile desert in Texas. It describes a waterless, cactus-strewn landscape where trails vanish and troops face constant heat, thirst, and hidden observers. It highlights logistical failures and the difficulty of tracking Garza through this barren expanse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ichard Harding Davis
Harper's Weekly
Texas
Garza
Davis
High Bridge
New York
Mexico
Sherman
America
United States Cavalry
Falal
Rio Grande
Hardie
Chase
Hunter
Jack the Ripper
Texas Rangers
Dining in Japan at a Formal Maple Club Banquet
A Providence Journal correspondent recalls a 34-person banquet at Tokio's Maple Club. Admiral Enomotto and guests sat on cushions, sampled diverse sashimi and shellfish, and drank hot sake. Five dances by geishas accompanied the meal, ending with mutual toasts between Japan and the United States amid cordial departure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence Journal
Admiral Enomotto
Admiral Kaba
Gama
Maple Club
Tokio
United States
Diplomatic Corps
Japan
Igo
Litarias
America
Ising
Drum Fish Drums Described by Berlin Physiological Society
At a Berlin Physiological Society meeting Professor Moebius described a drum fish from the Harbor of Mauritius. When held, it emits a striking drumlike sound from a vibrating skin behind the gill-slit, with a cracking noise over the clavicle and air bladder acting as a resonator. Naturalists call it a curious natural marvel in contrast to the old belief that all fishes are mute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin Physiological Society
Moebius
Mauritius
Louis Republic
Remarkable 1758 Powder-Horn Tied to Washington and War Heroes
Lincoln Heights resident O TD Rose owns a 134 year old powder horn with an inscription dated October 6 1758 from Lake George. The relic traces through Daniel Brooks General Wolfe General Washington and General Jackson with a long history cited by the Nebraska State Journal from 1818 to 1831. The horn was repaired after a Battle of Bunker Hill shot and later passed to various owners ending with present possessor . D. Rose.
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O. TD. Rose
Lincoln Heights
Daniel Brooks
Lake George
George Washington
Wolfe
Quebec
Hickory Jackson
Richmond Somers
Tripoli
General Jackson
W. M. HI. Rose
H. V. Rose
D. Rose
Battle of
Bunker Hill
Nebraska State Journal
Cromwell the ideal hero of England and other oddities
A collage of curiosities and historical notes: Cromwell praised as England’s true lion hearted hero, strange facts on marches and evergreen tropical trees, a Ky pupil who is a 44 year old justice, Irish sheep rescued after sixteen days under snow, an Illinois man recovering a stolen horse in Georgia, St Paul’s Cathedral clock with a thirty foot face and 680 pound hammer, long serving Georgia teacher Professor A G Reese, a Lisbon turtle farm with intelligent Dick, Swedish gymnasia for the sick, Chicago gold rink plans, Australian water via mallee roots, and the Netherlands shift after 1838 separating Belgium from Holland, plus swan legends on the Thames and Avon in early England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Georgia
St.Paul's Cathedral
London
England
A. G. Reese
Carrollton
Chicago
Lo Davidinsey
Netherlands
Europe
Belgium
Kingdom of
Holland
Paulus Jovius
Thames
John Taylor
Christchurch
Avon
Salisbury
Development of American brass instrument industry
The rise of American brass instruments began around 1835 with few makers, aided by widespread band activity and private ownership. Henry Distin’s 1860s arrival anchored U S production, while Elkhart Indiana grew as C G Conn built a military band instrument factory in 1883 after rebuilding post fire. Distin and Conn helped shape a expanding domestic market with several smaller makers nationwide.
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America
Henry Distin
John Distin
England
Conn
Williamsport
Penn
Popular Science Monthly
Cherokee Indians Described as Authentic American Citizens
A Washington Star piece portrays the Cherokee as healthy in body and character, estimating them among the most presentable examples of genuine American citizens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Star
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Cleveland Real Estate Agency
Piedmont
F.B. Sutton
A. H. Henderson
General Merchandise
Cleveland
Cleveland Hotel
Blue Ridge Mountains
Cleveland, GA
White
Paris
Henderson & Underwood
J. W. H. Underwood
Att’y & Abstractor
Uncle Sam
Eere
Count Knomotto
Cromwell
Cook Penin
Australia
Tropics
Grayson
Donegal
Ireland
Lisbon
Til
Sweden
American Band Instruments
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