Vanishing Civil War Survivors Revered by Nation
A long piece recalls dwindling Grand Army of the Republic ranks as Civil War veterans age, joined by descendants and veterans of later wars, honoring those who fought from Gettysburg to Manila. It compares casualty figures, pension rolls, and lasting memory across generations.
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Union
Cuba
Philippines
Grand Army
Hood
Wilson
Ozarks
Gettysburg
Pennsylvania
American Republic
Joye
Abraham
Th. Pension Bureau
TS. Slaw
Ion
Mansion of Aching Hearts at Miller Theater
Local calendar features Miller Theater showing Mansion of Aching Hearts and Ethel Taylor, plus Gilloping Hoofs at Galloping Hoofs. Jefferson Theater presents His Majesty the Outlaw and Wildness of Youth, Dangerous Curves in vaudeville. Aesop's Fables and Topics of the Day fill the program, with Saturday events in homestown and barbecues and dances at Country Club.
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Miller Theater
Ethel Taylor
Jefferson Theater
Eee Y Wyatt
Homeston
Alenrietta Rose
Miller
Cales Dar
Miller Theatre
Jefferson Theatre
Vaudevile
Oh Doctor Reginald Denny at Miller Theatre
Calendar notes list Miller Theatre program with Oh Doctor Reginald Denny and newsreels, Jefferson Theatre showing Pal O Mine with Irene Rich, plus Pathe News and vaudeville. Mrs Joseph Kolkmeyer and Ann Adams Hays also mentioned. Weekend visitors from St Louis and Georgetown alumna Catherine Crowder expected home for summer. Mr and Mrs May Cummings and L O Caswell depart for Kansas City then Topeka on a motor trip. Mrs W E Hill in St Louis. Dorothy Wratt to host four tables at bridge on ten mile drive with Vivien Moore Clara Lansdown Mabel Thompson Catherine Decker and others.
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Miller Theatre
Reginald Denny
Jefferson Theatre
Irene Rich
Pathe News
Joseph Kolkmeyer
Ann Adams Hays
Catherine Crowder
Georgetown University
Washington, D. C
Gen
Geo. Crowder
Gordon Hendy
May Cummings
L. O. Caswell
Kansas City
Dorothy Wratt
Bridge
Ten Mile Drive
Vivien Moore
Clara Lansdown
Mabel Thompson
Catherine Decker
Cath
Local social notes highlight bridge parties in Los Angeles
Hostesses Terine Armstrong Selina Yellason Henrietta Ganz and others entertained twenty four guests at 215 Adame Street with delphinism poppies and roses as favors were awarded to Mrs Kemp Grirshaw and Mrs W Hainchester. Gipson Smith family to visit St Louis Granite City then home. Mrs J B Morgan and Mrs H A Miller ran ten tables at W A C rooms with J G Osgood and Walter Bohlins as guests. James Mellwain Jr three celebrated birthday at Central Hotel with children honored by mothers Harold Vossen James Carl Ralls Arthur Raith ee James Witcher Mary Ann Kenner Ada Jean Patrick. Miss Henrietta Rose to host neon bridge at Ilks Club Hall for Miss Helen Gean assisted by grandmother Mrs
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Ashley Ewing
C. B. Crafton
Bridge
Adame Street
Hush Stephens
Hunter Broughton
Kemp Grirshaw
W. Hainchester
J.B. Morgan
H. A. Miller
J. G. Osgood
Walter Bohlins
Sedalia
Robert Hodson
J. H. Whitley
Joseph Kolkmeyer
Joseph Raithel
James Mellwain, Jr
James Mellwain
Central Hotel Office Force
Central Hotel
Harold Vossen
James Carl Ralls
Arthur Raithee
James Witcher
Mary -Ann Kenner
Ada Jean Patrick
Henrietta Rose
Helen Gean
Ilks Club
Pension policy shift and peak rolls in U S history
The government restricted pensions to veterans only in advanced age or disability from service until 1890. The 1890 act created the first exception for incapacity to earn a livelihood by manual labor. At its peak, 758,000 soldiers were on pension rolls in 1898.
Local Social Hosts List St. Louis Guests and Misses
A social note lists Mrs Henry Asel and others hosting guests in St. Louis. The long roster names numerous Misses and Mrses including Rose Helen Bean Lacalis Creelman Sallie Castlman Mary E Nolen Helen L Schultz Evelyn Creelman Lucille Raithel and many more. Subscribe for the Capital News.
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Louise Dallmeyer
Junietta Schott
Dorothy Raithel
Lucille Raithel
Mary N. Baker
Maxine
Harrawool
Mary McDonald
Eunice Carson
May Wrymore
Marvy E. McClung
Dorothy Hee McKenna
Esther. Nations
Margaret Asel
Mary Dot Gwinner
Kathryn Schwartz
Myrtle Smart
Lara Bess Burnett
Helen Clarenbich
Mary E. Hess
Amy Neukoma
Ruth Carson
Daisy Seather
Pattie Hendy
Piano tuning and lessons by O H Perry contact
Piano tuning and piano playing lessons offered by O H Perry. Contact 1041 or call at 625 School St for appointment. Includes instruction in reverent effects and technique. experiences vary.
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O. H. Perry
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Daily Capital News
Erin
Capital News. Printing Company
East Capitol Avenue
Jefferson City
Missouri
W. EB. Hollister
Bob W. R. Hollister
Buchanan & Feranklin
Jeferson City
Associated Press
Foreign Representaty East
S2nd Street
New York
George B. David € O
Samuel Hartford
Carcade
Appomattox
Washington
Woodrow Wilson
Navy
France
Mim RA
Saal News
Wiliam Rommel
William Kronke
Erma Fleck
Dr. Osborne and
Louis Straub
St. Louis
W. E. Hill
Terine Armstrong
Selina Yellason
Henrietta Ganz
Los Angeles
Lavenia Dulle
Catherine Hope
Janet Ruthven
Rosalea Doehla
Elizabeth Wiley
aBrney Heady
Georgia May Sehsieber
Eva Copas
Mrs. Warren Jowler
Gipson Smith
Frances Elizabeth
St. Lyouis
Granite City
Joseph Collard Shea
Bostonian
Ck Xultae
Es Sho Store
Lincoln
The
Capital News
H. A. Schuetz
Merchants Bank
Capital Motor Co
Piang TU
A. Sterling
Ali
Schell
Mubec
Mypsic
PGPE
Ethel M. Deli
Anna Q. Nilsson
James Kirkwood
Raymond Hatton
Sheldon Lewis
Raymond Griffith
Vera Reynolds
Wallace Beery
Paramont
Matieree Daily
Effersor
Jere Oin
Fables
Regal and
Lewis
Ben Wilson
His Majesty
Outlaw
Violet Laplante
Yakima Cannty
Arrow’s
Priges Sc
Ne & Tse
Jae
Ive
Youncers
DR. PL Schulhere
James PL Hawan
Eihel Taxton
Cwlen Lis
Hedford
Sam de
Matinee
Tourorron
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