The Romance of Alice Roosevelt and Longworth
Washington, February 17 marks the White House wedding of Alice Roosevelt to Nicholas Longworth, ending her four year social leadership and beginning a new era for the president’s daughter as Mrs. Longworth. The romance, worldwide attention, and Longworth family pedigree frame a union seen as a modern equal love match.
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New York
Timber crisis looms as preservative ties extend forest life
Wood supply faces strain as railroads shift to lower grade ties and poles treated with creosote. Red oak, beech and other soft woods gain value, with plantations urged to meet demand. Maude Adams reportedly planted 100,000 Locust trees for poles and ties on Long Island. Catalpa plantations show profits. U.S. consumption drives vast timber use. Gen Daniel W. Benham, retired U.S. Army, dies in Tiffin and is buried under a self designed epitaph at Arlington.
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Benham Tombs Create Unveiled Grave Markers
Army and Navy officers have chosen burial sites and erected tombstones with inscriptions omitting dates of death. Gen. Benham, two or three years ago, caused a monument to be placed over a grave he selected, bearing an inscription describing the site.
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Benham
Major Drury Bravery in Civil War Attack
Narrative recounts Captain Lucius H. Drury of the Third Wisconsin battery who, during a reconnaissance near Chickamauga on September 13, 1863, was mortally wounded but survived after heroic aid from Capt. John J. McCook. The story highlights McCook shielding Drury from bullets and guiding horses to safety before Drury recovered and continued service.
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Lucius H. Drury
Wisconsin
Chickamauga
van Cleve
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Twenty-first Corps
Gordon’s Mills
Lafayette
Drury
John J. McCook
New York
McCook
Corps
The Straight Spine Path To Worldly Success
An Outing Magazine writer argues physical development hinges on a straight body. He claims methods exist to straighten and expand the frame, linking erect posture to greatness and wide influence, contrasting epoch makers with the defeated.
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Outing Magazine
Firemen Brought To Wrong Address By Misdialed Call
In Richmond Indiana a man mistook the physician line for the fire department and summoned firemen to 535 North Fourteenth Street at midnight. After realizing the error George Oblinger thanked the crew with cigars and asked them to keep silent about their visit.
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Stork
Richmond
Ind
George Oblinger
Happy Father
Reno Colonel Faces Insurance Risk After Series of Accidents
Within three years Col. H. B. Maxon of Reno Nevada has fallen down a mining shaft breaking both legs been knocked by a car in Los Angeles been in three railroad wrecks involved in a car crash in Salt Lake City and seven weeks ago was trampled nearly to death by horses He fears his accident policy will be canceled.
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Nev
Los Angeles
Salt Lake City
It Is Again Fifty Ninth Congress Actin Like Sixty
A brief exchange in Gotham and Yonkers notes the fifty ninth congress and its intent to act as if it were sixty, signaling cautious congressional anticipation and political bluster. The snippet captures urban conversational mood rather than a full event.
Currants for Fuel Company Formed in Greece
A new Greek company has been established to purchase unsold currants and convert them into alcohol or fuel. The venture aims to create a use for surplus fruit, supporting industrial diversification and potential energy applications within Greece.
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Greece
British Would Have Aided Japs If Sea Battle Turned
St Peters burg reports Admiral Rosestvensky claims Britain kept its fleet in readiness to destroy Russia if the Sea of Japan engagement had fallen to Japan. He says the British fleet at Weihaiwei awaited orders to annihilate Russia, a stake that could provoke diplomatic protests. The letter, published with the minister of marine’s permission, also notes possible court martial inquiry for Admiral Togo’s losses.
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Sea of Japan
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Novoe Vremya
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Weihaiwei
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Togo
Fathers and Advice That Fathers Fail to Follow
A humorous reflection notes that many fathers give their sons advice they themselves seldom heed, highlighting the gap between guidance and personal action.
Touching hospital scene in crowded Jefferson City wards
Loyal Woman's Scrap Book recalls a dying soldier saved by Hannah, a Black washer who moved the man from a hard floor to her bed, washed him, fed him, and kept him alive until a furlough sent him home to Indiana. He wept at departure, while the city endures crowded wards and suffering.
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Hannah
Indiana
Prohibited Prayers Allegedly Endorsed by Ming Emperor
Rev E J Hardy notes a Chinese ruler in 1368 banning prayers to any god but his own, claiming punishment by law with 80 blows or strangulation for common worshippers, highlighting a historical claim of religious suppression in Ming China.
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China
Boone County girls form Englewood military company
A company formed by daughters of Boone County farmers is organized with headquarters at Englewood Missouri. The first public drill occurred at a local log-rolling in Englewood with a large crowd from across the country watching as the girl soldiers performed the manual of arms with veteran precision.
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Boone County Farmers
Englewood
Columbia, Mo
Baboon Mascot The Regiments Joy Before South Africa
A battalion leaving England for South Africa was met with surprising cheer from the regimental mascot, a baboon, whose celebration contrasted with the soldiers. A sergeant quipped the animal knows he’s going back home.
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England
South Africa
Expensive Shots Show High Cost of Big-Caliber Fire
The cost of firing a single shot from a 16 inch naval gun equals five years pay for a private soldier, illustrating the immense expense of heavy artillery.
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Uncle Sam
Typewriters Tabooed In Russia
Russia has banned buying or selling typewriters without police permit to curb use of typewritten revolutionary circulars. Authorities enforce strict controls on equipment linked to political agitation.
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Russia
Gold in Siberia yields two million yearly
The Wittim gold region in Siberia produces about $2,000,000 in annual output. Rich deposits drive steady mining activity as investors eye expansion and regional development.
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Siberia
Historic Flower Chrysanthemums in Early Chinese Cultivation
Chrysanthemums were cultivated in China before the eleventh century, indicating long historical ties to horticulture. The note emphasizes early horticultural practices and regional origins without detailing specific cultivars or dates.
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Ching
Never discharged. Civil War veteran kept in service
Thomas Vernon of Honey Creek township near Kokomo Indiana was among the first to enlist and served as a private. After his name vanished from muster rolls a record of his enlistment was never found yet he remained ready for call and is believed to be the only Civil War soldier never officially discharged after eighty years of service.
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Nicholas
Harvard
Cincinnati
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Kokomo
Ind
Vernon
Camp Morton
Indianapolis
American Tribune
Uncle Sam
She Will Keep The Flag From The Civil War
Mrs J H Faris of Smith Center Kansas holds a Confederate flag captured by her brother Ira B Whitney of Company B One Hundred twenty seventh Illinois at Arkansaw Post in January 1863 The silk banner measures about five by ten feet with blue field a single white star and the motto Semper Fidelis It bears bullet holes bloodstains and heralds AR Austin Rifles The flag’s owners two Whitney brothers were later killed or mortally wounded in battle
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Smith Center
Kan
Ira B. Whitney
Illinois
Arkansaw Post
A. R
Austin Rifles
Faris
Ira B
John Whitney
Grandson of Shrapnel Seeks British Payment for War Benefit
A grandson of General Shrapnel, who invented the shell used in the Russo Japanese war, seeks a portion of 20,000 dollars the government hopes to grant for his country. The request targets compensation from Britain for the invention's impact and value.
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Britain
Shrapnel
Soldier's Eight Month Sentence For Apple Pick Up
A soldier from the Sixty-ninth German infantry was sentenced to eight months in Treves prison after he picked up an apple during a march and failed to drop it immediately when ordered by a sergeant.
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Treves
Regiment Lost 24 Hours After Nish Preparations
During Servian maneuvers at Nish a regiment went missing for a day. It was later found at the bottom of a ravine, dancing to music supplied by a gypsy camp.
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Nish
Russian Dinner Custom at Big Parties
A Russian dining practice at large gatherings involves each lady smoking a tiny cigarette after every course. The habit is said to aid digestion and cleanse the palate by removing flavors from the previous course.
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Russia
Handsome mind reader at concert noted by two women
Sybyl and Ethyl discuss a man who stared at them all evening. Ethyl identifies the observer as Prof. Pierce, the celebrated mind reader, who is spending his vacation in the area. The line captures local curiosity about a noted figure in town.
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Ethyl
Prof
Pierce
Chicago Daily News
Slushy street cries for snow in Chicago
A Chicago Sun item notes relief if slush would turn to snow, reflecting urban winter longing and public mood as streets struggle with thawing roadway mess. The brief captures civic everyday weather chatter and resident frustration at mixed precipitation.
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