Social and diplomatic golf near Chevy Chase Club gains famed visitors
Washington note details that statesmen judges diplomats soldiers and sailors frequent the Chevy Chase Club links. Adjutant General Corbin Justice Harlan and Admiral Dewey are seen playing while ministers and diplomatic wives join daily. Pettus uses a traveling desk hat to shuttle papers. A naval project to chart Pacific compass variation is discussed.
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Chevy Chase Club
Senator West
Senator Pettas
Chevy Base Club
Washington
New York World
Corbin
Edith Patten
McMillan
Michigan
Texas Bates
Army
Admiral Dewey
Manila
Denmark
Netherlands
Sweden
Nicaragua
Senator Pettus
White House
Senate
Washington Post
Rhodes Statue Planned by Kimberley to Honor Cecil Rhodes
Kimberley will erect a statue commemorating Cecil Rhodes for his services during the siege. The proposal marks a public recognition of Rhodes as a key historical figure in the town's history.
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Rhodes
Kimberley
Cecil Rhodes
Rain of frogs baffling Arizona residents
The Arizona Graphic notes legends of frogs raining in southwestern Arizona after a summer storm along the Southern Pacific. It claims pools fill with countless small green frogs croaking day and night, with locals saying they did not come from rivers or ground and must have fallen from the sky.
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Atlantic
Arizona
Southern Pacific
Colorado
No Chance For Him
Three youths meet on a street corner and pool 45 cents to gamble on a guess of what to eat. The first bets possum sweet potatoes on watermelon, the others react and the plan ends with one boy declaring to let the money alone. The dialogue reflects dated slang and racial language.
The Shortest Route to a Man’s Heart
A playful exchange in the Baltimore American recounts Miss Gabby preparing a chafing dish for Dr. Powers. He quips that true heart access lies not through appetite but via a medical incision in the left subclavian thoracic veins, mocking romance with cold science.
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Miss Gabby
Dr. Powers
Baltimore American
African war incidents and a Boer lad recounts
The London Daily News correspondent recounts Boer and British casualties, cries for peace, and a wounded lad who questions war. Conan Doyle praises Tommy and describes hospital scenes, while Buller’s push on the Tugela and Macdonald’s actions at Paardeberg are framed in wartime dispatches.
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Tommy Atkinse
Buller
General Macdonald
London Daily News
Christ
Mother
Yacoba
Kruger
Steyn
Chamberlain
Rhodes
van Layden
Australia
Major Eddy
Victoria Rifles
Tommy
Wynberg
Mr. Burleigh
London Telegraph
Vaardeberg
Macdonald
Wighatm
Wigham
Birds Homeward Bound Migration Of A Winged Army
The May St Nicholas describes a spring bird migration traveling north hundreds of miles. Birds return from Central America and as far as southern Brazil guided by leaders and coastal and mountainous routes. Old birds lead young, keeping within hearing for reunions, with most arrivals from May 1 to 20 in the middle eastern states.
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Central America
Brazil
South America
Middle Eastern
Vermont's Missing Electoral Vote Tale Revealed
The Pathfinder reveals how Vermont's electoral vote vanished after the 1876 election. Senate page McNeil carried the packet to Hewitt, was held in the lobby as a state prisoner, and kept the vote at his New York home, completing a curious chapter of history.
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Richard P. Bland
Senate Chamber
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Senate
D.S. Barry
David &. Barry
Washington
New York Sun
Vermont
Electrical Commission
Barry
McNeil
Abramss
Hewitt
New York
House
Congress
Vermort
Columbus Giant Policeman Joins Olentangy Park Crew
Columbus' giant policeman John Wood arrives from mining districts to work at Olentangy park. At 7 feet 6 inches and 310 pounds he sought a street railway job but was deemed unsuited for operating a motor car. He is about 23 years old.
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John Wood
Olentangy Park
Wood
City
Street Railway Company
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Aeus
Dalciana
Cremona
Tacme Queen
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Wasneton
Birds Homeward Bound
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Russell St
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Riebuck & CO. (Inc
Mh Gears
Ruebuck & Co
Fig
John A. Bechel
Frank Ferguson
Henry
Robert Wewbegin
Law Defiance
American Tea CO
G. W. Huffman
Citizens Opera House
Clinton
4Th and
6Th Street
Defiance County
Defiane
Boxwell Examinations
Boxwell
Sherwood
OTRC
Putnam Manual of
Davis
W Heater
Clerk Board of Examiner
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Jess
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