Dexter Mason Ferry A Powerful Michigan Republican Figure
Dexter Mason Ferry a prominent Michigan Republican figure with Detroit business ties. He has led the state party, helped carry the presidency, and influenced major firms like the National Pin Company and Detroit Copper Rolling Mill. Born August 8 1833 in Loweville New York he moved to Detroit in 1852 and built a diverse business career with DM Ferry Co. and Seed House ventures.
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Dexter Mason Ferry
Pingree
Michigan
Detroit
First National “Bank
Wayne County Savings Bank
the Union Trust, Company
Seed House
DM. Ferry
Ferry
State Republican Committee
Meikin- Jey
Mr. Ferry
Loweville
Massachusetts Colony
Rochester
S. D. Elwood
M. T. Gardner
Mr. Gardner
D. M. Terry & Co
Detroit Copper Rolling Mill Company
Gale Sulky Flow Company
Myr. Ferry
Addie E. Miller
Unadilla
Wills of Soldiers show claims of battle field bequests
English soldiers carry blank will forms and many die with last wishes written on helmets or rocks. Records from Sudan and Afghan campaigns show the War Department honoring these testimonies, directing property to spouses or mothers.
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South Africa
Philippines
FE Teb
Afghanistan
War Department
Uncle Eli
O. P. McCarty
Cincinnati
Ohio
George Esco Sellers A Civil Engineer With A Curious Den
A Philadelphia born engineer born November 1803 lived near Bragg’s headquarters after Missionary Ridge. After decades in Tennessee land survey and archaeology, he kept a remarkable home full of curiosities. A Philadelphia Press correspondent recalls touring his combined study studio and museum.
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Bragg
Missionary Ridge
George Esco] Sellers
Philadelphia
Tennes
Sellers
Seiléré as Original of Twain’s Col Mullberry Sellers
The text notes that Mr Seiléré was the original for Mark Twain’s Col Mullberry Sellers, though the association caused him distress and he seldom spoke of it. When with friends he would occasionally reference the matter in plain terms.
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Mark Twain
George Escol Sellers
Col. Mulberry
Mr. Seiléré
Carrie Chapman Catt Poised To Lead National Suffrage Fight
Susan B Anthony plans retirement from the presidency of the National American Woman Suffrage Association next February. Carrie Chapman Catt, now chairman of the organization committee, is expected to succeed and push an aggressive constitutional amendment strategy to enfranchise all women within ten years.
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National Suffrage Association
Susan A. Anthony
Carrie Chapman Catt
Woman’s Suffrage Movement
National Organization Committee
National Organization
Indianapolis
Iowa
Catt
Spiders Have Big Appetites
Bir J. Lubbock comments on a spider's 24 hour consumption noting that at a similar rate a 160 pound man would need a fat deer for breakfast a steer and five sheep for dinner and more. The remark illustrates relative appetites with a provocative comparison.
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Bir
J. Lubbock
Study of Indian Beauty Across Regions and Livestock Note
The passage discusses Women of India especially Cashmere and Hindoo beauty with descriptions of skin, eyes, lashes, hands and feet. It also briefly mentions livestock figures such as two bullocks eight sheep four hogs and barrels of fresh fish noted just before retirement.
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India
Allegan meteorite on display at national museum awe
The Allegan meteorite fell near Allegan Michigan last July weighing about 76 pounds, now labeled 6214 pounds at the National Museum Washington. It is a stone and iron fragment with a bluish atmospheric tinge, a shattered end, and a black crust, described as a Kugelchen Chondrite by experts.
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Allegan
National Museum
Thomas Hill
Saugatuck Road
Mich
Washington, D.C
Museum
Wirt Tassin
George P. Merrill
Washington
New York Herald
Tassin
Tucson
Santa Catalina Mountains
Ariz
Hessle
Warrenton
Canon Diablo
Arizona
Card of Thanks for Chamberlains Cough Remedy
Mrs S Dory of Des Moines Iowa expresses deep gratitude for Chamberlains Cough Remedy. She credits it with helping family coughs lung troubles and whooping cough and asks manufacturers to accept their thanks. Sold by Hauser Parker druggists.
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Mra S. Dory
Des Moines
Iowa
Southern Railway Presents Superior Winter Excursion Schedules
The Southern Railway announces double daily through trains from Cincinnati and Louisville to resorts via the Queen & Crescent Route and Plant System. Through sleeping cars Cincinnati Jacksonville and St Louis Jacksonville with connections via Knoxville Asheville Savannah. Kansas City Jacksonville Limited runs 38 hours. Through tickets sold by connecting lines agents.
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Southern Railway
Southern Resorts
Cincinnati
Louisville
Queen & Crescent
Chattanooga
Jesup
Plant
Jacksonville
Knoxville
Asheville
Savannah
North Carolin
Land of the Sky
St. Louis
LE & St. L. Railroad
Air Line
Kansas City
Birmingham
Alanta
Jeanp
The
Florida
South
Ticket Sale Dates Set June Fourteenth to Eighteenth
The notice states tickets will be sold June 14 through June 18 and directs readers to contact Pennsylvania Lines Ticket Agents for details.
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Philadelphia
Buffalo
Niagara Falls
Washington
Baltimore
Pennsylvania Lines
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Dexter
Mason Ferry
Amdetroit Capitalist
Mothe
Mary
Heiskell's
Johnston
Holloway
Willams
Aed
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Cleve
Q. J. Noblitt
Shirkle’s
T. E. O.io
Miller& McClurdy
Chamberlain
G. H. Winsor
Liveryman
Burgettatown
Washington Co
Hauser & Parker, Druggista
Citizens Building & Loan Association
Third Street
Hauser & Parker
Theg
Bigfoure
Wroarren_ J. Lynch
Gen. Pase
Tkt
W.P. Deppe
G. P
T. A
C. A. Baird
Trav. Pass
WM. H. Taylor
Pasa
Official Directory
Financia
Berd
John L. Davis
W. H. Aikin
Wm.f. Barrett
Samuel Fitch
Henory Rethwisch
Henry Howe
E. M. Hinar
W. H. Rights
Cvuroner
W. I. Fugate County Asseasgor
Irwin Reynolds
Jesse K. Day
Henry O. Harris
Thomas May
Circuit Court
Hawecreek
Geo C. Moore
Flatrock
Thos. O. Dodd
N. Bradley
Newbern
Clay
Gustavus Miller
Nortonburg
Columbus
M. V. Jewell
Harrison
James Sparks
Oreek
Jas
V.wright
Grammar Bandcreek
W. BE. Springer
E.town
Wayne
Wm. Wisamann
Jonesville
Wm. H. Smith
Oxtiville
Jackson
Fred L. Meyer
Waumanaville
Éth
W. H. Dowsin Agt
Baker
Stansifer &.Baker
I Law Practice
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Toronto
Thousand Islands
C. F. ‘Daly
Ind
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Ashevill
Hot Springs
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Charleston
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Nassau
Key West
Havana
West Indies
Wm. H. Tarzar
Wes't Gen
Southern
R’y Lovisysuk
W. CO
Ryxgargon
Gen. Pass
Apt
Queen
Pennsylvania
Capital
Jis
Atlantic City
Cape May
Anglesea
Avalon
Holly Beach
Ocean City
Bea Isle City
Wildwood
New Jersey
Rehoboth
Del
Atlantic Coast
W.S. Dowel
Brown
Mooney's Tannery
Franklin
Highth
Bixth
Mechanic
Pearl
Byoam
Sycamore
Oni
Wilson
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