Memorial iMemoRial. The Tents and Brokenstraw Cemeteries
The village of Brokenstraw cherishes its East Cemetery on the Birchville road as a sign of pride while the hill burial ground remains neglected. In May the town debates Decoration Day plans and whether both cemeteries will be decorated, contrasting views from Deacon Paget and locals like Widow Jane Bump and Miss Hetty Pringle.
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Brokenatraw
Birchville
Eversloth
Brokenstraw
Deacon Paget
Brokenarraw
Jane Bump
Miss Hetty Pringle
Bump
William Bond
Miss ‘Betty
Miss Hetty
Plos
Brokenstraw widow honors soldier buried unseen
In a rural graveyard tale, Miss Hetty Pringle resists selling a private estate hill grave for William Bond, a private of the 112th New York Volunteers killed at Spotsylvania. She decorates the unmarked mound with myrtle and flowers, joins a local parade, and envisions Bond’s memory returning as she kneels at the grave.
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Srokepsitsin
East Centefery
Bil
William Bonds
112Th Regiment
New York Volunteers
Spottsylvania
William Bond
Mills- Hetty
Walt
Hetty
Galabin
Williaty
Glyvirzher
Milus
William Band
Pynute
Honor
Amie Re
Alsley
New York Herald
West Point Cadets Dismissed and Suspended for Hazing Mutiny
The War Department announces severe punishment at West Point for hazing and insubordination. Eleven cadets are punished with five dismissal and six suspensions as Colonel Mills and Secretary Root move to end hazing. Douglas MacArthur is named among minor offenders to be punished. Multiple court martial cases continue as officials emphasize government training and discipline.
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Washington, D. C
War Department
West Point
Bly Vrouk
Mts
Academy
Cies
Mills
Douglas MacArthur
Mis Lad
Root
Endeta
Othel Legea
Ralston
Mils
Tan Se
Seeh
Night Soldier’s Remembrance Under Stars and Taps
A poem of comradeship and memory, recalling departed soldiers. The speaker recalls roaming freedom, returning to a father’s home, and a vigil as Taps echoes. The scene shifts to graveside reverence with white flowers, skeletal hands, and a peaceful, final day over the fields.
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Ebeert
Moralog
Fouth
Memorial Hymn For Those Who Loved Them
A somber verse honoring the fallen and those left behind as widowed partners and grieving families remember the sacrifice. The lines reflect on loss, courage, and the enduring pain of those who supported the fallen and faced life after tragedy.
Charles A Boutelle Dead Former Congressman Dies in Massachusetts Asylum
Charles A Boutelle once served Bangor Maine and Massachusetts resident died at McFean Asylum in Waverley after a year illness. He was sixty two, suffered mental breakdown after reelection and resigned his seat. three daughters survive.
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Boston
Charles A. Bontaje
Bangor
Mcfean Axslum
Waverley
Mass
Congress
Hus
Photographs stirred as bank clerks face gallery doubt
Chicago clerks at the First National Bank were photographed for an album praised as honor but later seen as a possible theft gallery to be used if a clerk and funds vanished. Strong feelings arose among employees over the plan.
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Chicago
Jusdiiation
Arapahoe Braves Under Government Strain and Eclipse News
Several hundred Arapaho braves denied Agent Nickerson of the Wind River Reservation permission to use troops amid scarce seed and grazing restrictions. Shoshones peaceful, and a murder case involving a census clerk nears grand jury action. Sun eclipse observations hindered by clouds in Sumatra and Mauritius.
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Dofy
Lander
Wyo
Fort Washtnkle
Nickerson
Whinl River Reservation
Mauritay
Sumatra
Mixed 19th Century Dispatches From Congress and Wars
A sprawling column reports various items including Townley facing court martial over alleged commissary frauds in Mantia, Alaska relief appeals, naval mishaps on torpedo boat destroyers, Pan American tensions, and political moves in the US and abroad. It notes fires, drownings, and legal shifts, with international diplomacy and domestic incidents interwoven.
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Tieutenant
Richard J. Townley
oMcer
Navy
Mantia
Treasury
Clarké
Alaska
Goldaborough
Cullom
Tinois
Chile
Jamean TR. Garfeld
United States
Great American Exposition Dedication Ceremony Report
A vast crowd witnessed the dedication of a Pan American exposition with a 101,087 total admissions. The day featured a parade with participants from many nations, formal ceremonies, prayers, music, and an aerial bombardment plus brilliant electrical illumination.
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Pan-Amerk Sxidhitien
Murder Mystery Solved Mrs Bonnie Confesses Role
Mrs Bonnie, a guest at the Kenmore Hotel, confessed to Major Sylvester and Detective Horne that she and James Seymour Ayres, a Washington office clerk, argued leading to a single shot that killed him. She said the shooting stemmed from his misconduct and that she was alone with Ayres in his room at the time.
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Washington
D.D.C
James Seymour Ayres
Tensur
Kenmore
Tadu Bonne
Anarmed Seowan
Ino House
Ayres
Boniie
Boning
Sylvester
Poliee
Horne
Tenmore
Roosevelts Welcome at Colorful Pan American Show
Vice President Roosevelt attends a grand dedication in a hall crowded with officials and guests. A ceremonial parade features 2000 troops 100 carriages and diverse international participants celebrating unity with music fireworks and a famed Bridge of Triumph.
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Roosevelt
Tropics
Orient
Mediterranean
Fromr
Milburn
Conrad Diehl
Aude
Robert Cameron Rogers
Hoosevelt
Senator Lodge
Woodruff
Mir Woodruff
William J Walker
Seventy-fhat Regiment
Temple of Music
L Esplanada
Caloo
Former Ambassador to Germany Dies in Grand Rapids
Obituary notes former Assistant Secretary of State and Ambassador to Germany Edwin F. Calhoun, aged nearly a year ill, dying in Grand Rapids Michigan after a prolonged illness. The report cites his service under the Cleveland administration and references his career.
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Germany
Grand Rapids
Mich
Grand Rapids, Mich
Edwin F. UN
Edwin F. Cal
Cleveland Administration
Counterfeiting in Prison Ties Camden Lawyer to Scheme
Secret Service chief Wilkie arrested John L. Semple of Camden for allegedly conspiring with Arthur Taylor Baldwin Bredell and others in Moyamensing Prison to produce twenty dollar Hamilton head counterfeit notes. Testimony described plates hidden in the jail and a plan to ship notes via Semple’s guidance. Semple denied the charges.
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Philadelphia
Secret Service
Wilkie
John L. Semple
Camden
N.J
Hamilton
Edmunds
Arthur Taylor
Baldwin
Bredell
Ore
Kendig- Jacobs Ingham-Newiltt
Semple
Moyamensing
Daniel J. Hayes
Taylor
Sempte
Pine Worm Attacks in Virginia Spark Fearful Comparisons
Virginia reports pine trees damaged by numerous worm species with unknown identity. A boy bitten suffered convulsions but survived after medical aid. Specimens sent to Washington for identification. Trees may die if pests persist.
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Ifhite Plains
Virginia
Washington
Swans Removed From Pompton Lake After Legal Dispute
Old locomotive builder Rogers shipped his swans from Pompton Lake to his nephew Theodore W. Rogers's farm in Delaware after years of conflict with lake cottagers led by H. Frothingham. Frothingham bought disputed lake parts. Ludlum owns land beneath the lake and plans to eject Rogers. The coroner dispelled murder theories in Ellison Riley’s death. the boy drowned, with no serious injuries.
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Rogers
Tnacoh
Pompton Lake
Theodore W. Rogers
Delaware
H. 2
Frothingham
State Board of Fish and Game Commissioners
Rogera
Rome
England
Board of Health
Wiliam
Ludlum
Pompton Steel Works
Yrothingham
Bridgeton
Little Ellison Riley
Joseph Peterson
James White
Diomenot
J. R. C. Thompson
Wild horses roam plains near Talbet and Cariboo in BC
A report notes hundreds of untamed horses roaming the plains between Talbet, Cariboo, and Okanogan in British Columbia. Imperial cavalry plans to capture and sell them to the British Government. many are mustangs bred with feral domestic stock. An officer is stationed at Kar loopa to oversee the operation as the herd grows.
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Porte
Constantinople
Chamber of Deputies
M. Plehon
China
Ai—Hinn
United States
Catherine Lucy Wilhelmina
Ina
House of Common
Brodrick
Francix Paget
Christ Church
Oxford
England
Heather
Galapagos Islands
Shuda
India
Pekin
Giseleo
Chia
Augtela
Alps
Nova Scotland
Sule Tsland
South Africa
Talbet
Cariboo
Okanogan
British Columbia
Imperial
Karloopa
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Henry C. Minton
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Brooklyn Navy Yard
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John Alexander Dowle
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Kenmore Hotel
James Ayres
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Beert Conn
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Lyman J. Gage
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House of Commons
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Nave
Steiker
Iake
United States Steel Corporation
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Harvard Johnston
Hagaman
Juliustowih
William Carhart
Mount Holly
Mary Deaning
Burlington
Otto Beyer
Brookdale
I.T. Riggs
Milto
Salem
Shad Oshermen
Pannie Chadwick
Chadwick
Westville
John Garrison
Millville
Gloucester County
G. W. Eldridge
Comany 1
Woodbury
South Jersey
Weatbury Glass Works
Sewell
Goucester County
RE. B. Hart
ES. Taylor
Squire Miles
New York Harbor
Pyke
Mont Blanc
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