Clara Barton to Establish Railroad Hospital Car Service
Clara Barton plans a new relief movement to organize hospital corps on all railroads to speed aid in wrecks. The 80 plus founder of the Red Cross returns to Massachusetts to set headquarters and promote this permanent relief effort with Mrs John A Logan beside her.
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Clara Barton
Red Cross
Massachusetts
John A. Logan
New England
Patent Office
Washington
Army of the Potomac
Cedar Mountain
Second Bull Run
Antietam
Fredericksburg
Wilderness
Barton
Strasburg
Paris
United States
Mississippi
Ohio River
Texas
Mary Simmerson Cunningham Logan
Missouri
Kentucky
Sienary
Qoxford
Mass
Congress
Johnstown
Cuba
Red Crosse
Galveston
America
Miss Barton
Baden
Natalie
Italy
Queen Victoria
Germany
Krakatoa Eruption Described by Sir Robert Ball
Readers learn of Krakatoa 1883 eruption from Sir Robert Ball. The article recounts ash clouds, thunder, and atmospheric ripples encircling the globe, with echoes heard up to 3,600 miles away and witnesses from Batavia to Rodriguez noting the sounds.
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Robert Ball
Krakatoa
D. Appleton & Co
Sumatra
Java
Batavia
Great Britain
Straits of
Sunda
Indian Ocean
Straits of Sunda
Straits of Sunda Hes
Rodriguez
Awful Balloon Voyage Across Baltic Ends in Swedish Snow Bank
German airship men Wolff and Brand survived a five hundred mile Baltic crossing after gale forces drove their balloon from Berlin to Sweden. They hung in the rigging for hours before the bag rose and allowed a slow descent into a snow bank near a Swedish village, then walked two miles to safety.
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Baltic Sea
Aerostatic Corps
Wolff
Brand
Berlin
Sweden
Europe
Sequoia Chosen for New State Name by Muskogee Convention
The Muskogee convention in Indian Territory selected Sequoia as the name for the forthcoming state, honoring Cherokee leader Sequoia. It notes Sequoia’s role in Cherokee alphabet creation, Bible translation, and schooling, contrasting Indian-named states with those named for nonIndian figures.
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Muskogee
Indian Territory
Sequoia
America
George Gist
Tribunal Council
California
England
Union
Delaware
Lord Dee le Warr
Pennsylvania
William Fenn
George Washington
Col Henderson's Poem Read At Des Moines Meeting
The late Col D B Henderson wrote two poems titled Yes or No that were read in Des Moines at Lewan’s memory event. The poem questions choosing the true path to salvation and contrasts doubt with faith, ending that there is a light that dissolves woes in the No.
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Col
D. B. Henderson
Des Moines
Lewan
Unclear Riddled Local Snippets On Odd Events
Disjointed excerpts describe Elijah the third’s ambiguous fate, a Kansas woman bitten tongue by a mule and regrets returning to such beasts, and Russell Sage baffled by advice about travel by ship versus walking.
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Kansas
Russell Sage
Mirandy Notes A Fallen Tree Remains A Jay Bird Image
A rustic exchange recalls a fallen tree across a road sparking comparison to a jay-bird. The speakers, Mirandy and S, discuss the horizon and motion as Nance is urged forward.
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Mirandy
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Pope Pius X
Chicago
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Guenther, Bradford & Co
Leo XIII
Miss Guenther
University of Berlin
Aoe
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State OF
Colonel Henderson
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Eltijah
International Correspondence Schools
Scranton
Mechee
Elec
Snopt Mechan
Draftamas
Sercuseess
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