Soldier Letter From Pensacola Reveals Navy Life and Ancestry
A letter from P. J. Hand, U S Indiana sailor, to Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Baughman, details Navy life, travel hopes, and a career spanning Sioux Wars, Wounded Knee, and Spanish American service. He notes training, prizes, and shipboard duties, plus stories of West Indies cruises and reflections on colonial towns, ancestors, and family ties.
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J. A. Baughman
P. J. Hand
U. S
Indiana
Pensacola
Florida
Fla
U. S. Indiana
Navy
Army
Warman
Colly
Seventh Cavalry
Sitting Bull
Nebraska
William J. Bryan
Virginia
Kenuucky
Bonny Old Scotland
Riley
St Louis World Fair Site Size and Funds Details
A 1851 London event covered 21 acres, while St Louis 1904 plans span 1180 acres within the fair fence, with 600 acres in Forest Park. The financial base opens with 17 million dollars, including Missouri state bonds of 5 million and over 6 million from the U.S. government, plus 32 states pledging funds.
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London
Paris
Chicago
St. Louis
Forest Park
St. Louis Fair
Aer
Missouri
United States
Death of Mrs Isaac Hanna in Tiffin at about 75
Mrs Isaac Hanna died at her home in Tiffin Thursday evening aged about 75. She was the mother of Mrs John Hubaker of North Defiance and was widely known and highly respected in the country.
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Hanna
Isaac Hanna
Tiffin
John Hubaker
North Defiance
A Homesick Fellow Seeks Return to Billings Creek
A narrator in New York Times prose laments life in a distant town. He longs for Billings Creek, bemoaning barbed wire speech, absent blooms, and the simple lingo of home, hoping to earn funds to buy a ticket back soon.
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Billings Creek
Sie
Will T. Hale
New York Times
Woods
Quite a Colony. Parmer & Son Real Estate Deal in 160 Acres
Parmer and Son sold 160 acres in Tiffin township to Sidney Decker of Findlay, a cattle stockman with ties to buyers of nearby farms. The deal links families active in regional livestock breeding and property trading. Meanwhile town news reports a near fatal tile mill accident when a shed collapsed during a storm, and a missing cash heist where a single five dollar bill vanished from Truant Officer Frank Hatfield’s pocket, later found by a bystander.
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Parmer & Son
Hustlers
McCauley
Tiffin Township
Sidney 0. Decker
Findlay
Nan
Alex Bruner
Wisda
Frank Hatfield
Lace Exchange Bank
Singer's Grocery
Dickerson
Richard
How to Break Glass Evenly
The method describes soaking a string in turpentine and tying it around a jar at the desired break line. Fill the jar with cold water to that level, set the string ablaze, and the glass supposedly snaps evenly along the heated line.
Special General Assembly Train to Los Angeles
Chicago and North Western announces a special train for the General Presbyterian Assembly in Los Angeles leaving Chicago May 7 at 10 30 p.m. with through Pullman sleepers to Los Angeles from Pittsburg Columbus Dayton Cincinnati Louisville and Indianapolis. Route via Northern Illinois Iowa Denver Colorado Springs Pueblo Leadville Glenwood Springs Salt Lake City and Sacramento. Stops for sight seeing at Denver Colorado Springs Salt Lake City and Sacramento with Sabbath in Salt Lake. Fare 50 dollars round trip from Chicago and lower from other points. Details from A F Cleveland 234 Superior Street Cleveland Ohio.
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General Assembly
Los Angeles
Chicago & North-Western Railway
General Presbyterian Assembly
Chicago
Pittsburg
Columbus
Dayton
Cincinnati
Louieville
Indianapolis
Pullman
Standard and Pullman
Missouri River
Illinois
Iowa
Denver
Colorado Springs
Pueblo
Leadville
Glenwood Springs
Salt Lake City
Sacramento
Salt Lake
A. F
Cleveland
Superior Street
Rise of the Mad Mollah in Somaliland Timeline
The New York Times describes Mohammed Abdullah the Mad Mollah as a rising religious leader in Somaliland since 1806. He built a following among the Ali Gheri and Ogaden clans, launched a religious movement in 1809, and led 5,000 men to near Berbera in August 1899, using British warships as leverage while claiming divine favor.
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Plunkett
Somaliland
Great Britain
Abyssinia
Hadji Mohammed Abdullah
Mollah
New York Times
Mohammed Abdullah
Mecca
Mohammed Sala
Berbera
Ali Gheri
Italian Somaliland
Ogadens
Ber Ibrahim
Ho Hawadle
Burao
Wabash Rates Round Trip Homeseekers Tickets
Notice details very low one way colonist tickets for several routes with sale on first and third Tuesdays of April May 1903. Includes routes to California New Orleans and St Louis with return limits and special extension options. Commission of Herlange County Ohio advertises sale dates and conditions for round trip tickets and low excursion fares to western and southern points.
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New Orleans
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company
Ohio River
American Medical Association
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
B. & O. Railroad
Northwest
Chillicothe
Ohio
State of Ohio
B & O Railroad Company
Bellefontaine
Mari ‘.D
Farmer Conte Ohio
Baltimore & Se Ohio Railroad Company
Marietta
Cincinnati
Eas
Asoners
Herlange
Wilson
A. D
California
Farmer Center
Leos Cage
Mer Township
Tsuereby
Louisana May
St. Louis
Union
G. A.T
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Ponce P. Rt
Port of Spain
Trinidad
Mount Pelee
St Piere Martinque
Pena P. R
Mobile
Galveston
Ponce
Slagle
Naval Cadets
Annapolis
Defiance
John
Pirera
N. Y
Sam McCoy
Navy Department
D. C
Mr. Decker
Decker
Wapakoneta
van Wert
Berry
Allen
Auglaize
Mercer
Paulding
Williams
Denman
Williams Counties
Superior St
Toledo
Carl Schwable
Harmon Klenk
Joe Streit
John Sheriman
Lancaster
Logan
Athens
Wellston Jackson
Gallipolis
Middleport
Pomeroy
Central
Fostoria
Hocking Valley
Pullman Co Construction
Wabash
Nicke Plate
TPA
Ft. Wayne
Ind
B. & O. Rates
San Francisco
Cal
Baltimore , Ohio Railroad Company
Account General Assembly
The
Presbyterian Church In the USA
National Junior Order of
United American Mechanics
Cotton Belt Moute
Chila
Geo. Fletcher
Ictoria Avenue
Galt
Ontario
Enn
Ealing
Dr. Fs
Dr. Pierce
R. V. Pierce
Buffalo
Michigan
M. C. Ry
Detroit
St. Augustine
Queen & Crescent
Nassau
Cuba
D. G. Edwards
Carter
Deflange County
Jewell
Com Toners
Defiance County
Ohl
Inuton
Mason Pityshy
Toners
Castor
Masute
Board of Commissioners
Nickel Flate Road
Asterlin
Wayne
Skunk
Ito
Northwestern
Bell
Perry Street
J. Freecorn
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Frisco
Reilly
Hilton
What Is
Castoria
CH & D Ry
D G Edwards
Pfaffie
Hall
Hal
J. Cheney, &O
Drugeiste
Delta Macndar Taz
Mackinac
Marquette
Duluth
St. Palace
A.A Schantz G.P.T.M
Detroit Mich
Illinois Centrally
Peoria
Evansville
Excars
Abo
Wineinnail
En Oriente
Lak
Memphis
Tenn
Hot
Springs
Ark
Ilinois
A. H. Hanson
VIA
Louisville
Nashville
R. R
Alabama
Georgia
Kentucky
Mississippi
North and
South Carolina
Tennessee
Sale Maron
Fred Antener
Court of Common Pleas
Cora Plumner
JW Kraft
Hannah Krafter
Eli McNeely
Claude McNeely
Ventnor Ocley
John McNeeles
Dentza” McNee
Mary E. Gell
Nancy ‘Kain
Apelt
Eck
Rt of Common Pleas
Delianes County
Ind Kiter
Fange Five East
John Mc Banford
Peeludion
Claude, McNeely
Cora Plummer
Deniza Hoskinson
Ntnor Sanford
Mury
Dostaner
Hleksville
R.C
de Hoard
DY Parevington
S. J. Gruner
Boned
Defiance City
Central School
So'elock A. m
Board of Examiners
Por Comfort
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