GUEST OF KING EDWARD ISLE OF WIGHT HOUSE LEASED
Mrs. Potter Palmer, Chicago social censor, joins English society in Cowes during the regatta season. She leased Egypt House on the Isle of Wight and helped arrange the marriage of her niece Julia Dent Grant to Russian Prince Cantacuzene. The King once slipped on polished floors at Egypt House, prompting a change to Persian carpeted rooms and floors being taboo among the royal circle.
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Egypt
Fitzhugh Lees Views on Civil War and Industrial Revival
In 1896 an Indian Department official recounts traveling with the Indian party to Carlisle and conversing with Fitzhugh Lee and General QO Howard. They reminisce about Civil War battles, West Point days, and discuss postwar industrial growth and Northern capital. Lee predicts an industrial renaissance and references Gettysburg and chapel memories.
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Carlisle
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Indian Service
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Pitz
Lee
Gettysburg
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New Sheridan Statue Unveiled in Somerset Ohio
A new equestrian statue of General Philip Sheridan is dedicated in Somerset Ohio on November 2, aiming to revive his life story. The piece, funded by Ohio, depicts Sheridan in his later years, not his wartime look, and honors the famed Union cavalry leader born in Ireland and raised in Somerset. The ceremony included remarks by G A R commander Corporal Tanner and Adjutant Tweedale recited Sheridan’s Ride.
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Ireland
Albany
N. Y
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Winchester
West Point
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Iarrison
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Tom Corwin
Garfied
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Ellen
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Adjutant Tweedale
The Youngest Senator Elmer J Burkett of Nebraska
The article chronicles Elmer J Burkett securing the United States Senate seat as a youngest member, detailing Nebraska political maneuvers including a popular nomination plan, the Bryan opposition, and Burkett's strong organization that led to a swift Senate election after a five month campaign.
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Elmer J Burkett
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William Jennings Bryan
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Elmer J. Burkett
Ancient Arizona valley's irrigation heritage revived by Roosevelt dam
In Salt River Valley, readers glimpse ancient ruins and a revived irrigation drive. Engineers build Roosevelt dam to store 1.4 million acre feet, generate 10,000 horsepower, and transform Pima and Papago lands into productive farms as Phoenix and Mesa welcome growth and prosperity.
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Mesa
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Texas
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Salt River
Geronimo
San Francisco Mountains
Tonto Creek
Tonto Basin
Roosevelt Dam
Washington Monument
Salt River Canyon
Sunless Dungeons Describe Peter and Paul Fortress
The report describes a Russian prison in St Petersburg known as the grim fortress of Peter and Paul. It is likened to a house of the dead with sunless dungeons and utter silence. Prisoners communicate only by wall knocks, tightly controlled by authorities with severe punishment for infractions.
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Russia
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Noah the Wise One for Sunday School
A little girl answers that Noah was the wisest man, explaining he alone knew enough to go on out of the rain. The teacher posed the question and the child’s reply highlights a simple biblical wisdom.
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