GUEST OF KING EDWARD AT EGYPT HOUSE ON ISLE OF WIGHT
Mrs. Potter Palmer of Chicago, society censor and hostess, leased the Isle of Wight Egypt House for Cowes regatta season. She arranged the marriage of her niece Julia Dent Grant to Russian Prince Cantacuzene. The King once slipped on polished floors here, prompting a ban on such floors thereafter.
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Manchester
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Egypt House
London
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Fitzhugh Lees Views On War And Industry
An 1896 anecdote recalls Fitzhugh Lee and O. O. Howard discussing Civil War memories on a Washington to Carlisle trip. They debate Gettysburg and postwar industrial growth, with Lee criticizing racial progress and Howard crediting divine aid for victory.
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Washington City
Carlisle
Indian School
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Indian Service
Fitzhugh Lee
O. O. Howard
West Point
Howard
Fitz
Lee
Gettysburg
New Sheridan statue in Somerset honors famed cavalry leader
A new equestrian statue of General Philip Sheridan is unveiled in Somerset Ohio on November 2. The sculpture by Carl Heber portrays the later life image rather than his Winchester battle appearance. The ten thousand dollar tribute recalls Sheridan’s boyhood in Somerset and his Irish roots with family ties including relatives who served in the army.
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Somerset
Ohio
State of
Sheridan
Ireland
Albany
WN. Y
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Winchester
West Point
Phillie
Harrison
Sherman
Tom Corwin
Guarfied
Ayes
McKinley
Mike
John
Ellen
Battle of
Corporal Tanner
Adjutant Tweedale
Youngest Senator Elmer Burkett Wins Nebraska Seat
A Nebraska tale of political drama ends with Elmer J Burkett claimed as the youngest U S Senator. Facing William J Bryan in a fierce six minute legislature vote, Burkett’s party led a Republican sweep and secured the seat to succeed Dietrich.
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Elmer J Burkett
Nebraska
Burkett
William J. Bryan
Edgar C. Snyder
Omaha Bee
United States
Lim
Sena
Tor Dietrich
Bryan
William Jennings Bryan
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Roosevelt
Commonwealth
House
Elmer J. Burkett
Phoenix Redivivus A Glimpse Of Arizona’s Irrigation Rise
Descriptive piece recounts ancient Salt River Valley civilizations and later irrigation works. Roosevelt Dam looms 275 feet high, stored water to flood 200000 acres, power plant potential aids San Carlos and Pima Papago regions. Infrastructure grows with cement mills, canals, roads, and a budding Phoenix renewing a desert town.
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Mesa
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el Paso
Texas
Arizona
Geronimo
San Francisco
Salt River
Tonto Creek
Tonto Basin
Re=clamation Service
Roosevelt Dam
Washington Monument
Beery Gieseded
Sebees
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Anix
San Car
Salt River Canyon
LFA
Song Valley
Pelos Phoenix Redivivus
Sunless Dungeons at Peter and Paul Fortress
A former inmate recalls the Peter and Paul Fortress in St. Petersburg as a sunless house of the dead. Dungeons are silent and communications occur only by wall tapping, which authorities harshly punish. The fortress evokes the horrors of romance dungeons, with mildewed walls and despair.
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Peter and Paul
St. Petersburg
Russia
Noah Wise One and the Rain Lesson
A Sunday school teacher asks a girl who the wisest man was. She answers Noah, explaining he alone knew enough to go in on the rain. The tale uses a playful twist to stress prudent faith.
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Eliza
Noah
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