Premier of Corea Married to Fortune and Power
An obituary and feature profile recount Clarence R. Greathouse of Kentucky who rose from Versailles, Kentucky to become consul in Japan and then prime minister of Korea. The article traces his career from a rural lawyer to a powerful figure in Seoul, credited with fostering open ports, mining development, and English education, amid a life of luxury and intellectual pursuits. It also notes a new English seed pitcher invention and a brief aside on wood products and industrial experiments.
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Clarence R. Greathouse
Seoul
Corea
Dumas
Edaiond Dantes
Monte Cristo
Fareoit Corea
Mrs Greathouse
the Cincinnati Enquirer
Clarence Greathouse
Versailles
Tle
Hfe
Ife
University of Virginia
Yokohama
Japan
Consu
Greathouse
San Francisco
Uhey
Harrison
Sal
Tie
Mr. Greathouse
Ike
Defenses Of Washington Report On Harbor, Guns And Plants
Gen Wilson reports Washington defenses located at three sites on the Potomac with left bank commands. Permanent emplacements for ten inch and eight inch guns were completed, tests of experimental parapet conducted, and additional batteries and mortars under national defense appropriation advanced toward completion. An electric light plant and torpedo storehouse were finished or started, submarine mines were removed, and minor repairs to batteries and parapets were carried out through the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Washington
Charles J. Allen
Jay J. Morrow
Gen. Wilson
Potomac River
Spain
Iite
Washington Star
Armored Trains and Longevity of Watches in 1900s Dispatches
Many Transvaal dispatches discuss armored trains as improvised transport fortifications using freight cars reinforced with steel sheets sandbags and weapon ports. The note compares these to earlier armored trains in Porto Rico and the Philippines and highlights officer improvisation and tactical flexibility. Also recounted is a Bucks watch found after 16 years owned by Arthur Cripps with its works undamaged. A brief on the phonograph polyphone doubles volume with dual horns and diaphragms to improve sound quality.
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Transvaal
Porto Riig
Philippines
Tribune
Woodburn
Bucks
Arthur Cripps
Great
Marlow
Cripps
Watch
London
Telegraph
Luzon Campaign map tracks allied pursuit of Aguinaldo
The article details multiple US columns moving north in central Luzon pursuing Aguinaldo. Gen MacArthur's line advances toward Tarlac with Victoria seized. Gen Young reaches San Nicolas near Cabanatuan Carranglan. Gen Lasworth advances between them. Gen Wheaton lands at San Fabian as Aguinaldo retreats toward Bayombong. Cavalry near Banbang and Arito. San Jacinto site of Maj Morgan’s death. coral reef east of Camiguin where Charleston passengers sought refuge.
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Luzon
Aguinaldo
Cayryan River
Apurri
Manila
Gen. MacArthur
Tarlac
Bayombong
Cagayan
Banbang
Arito
San Jacinto
Rogan
San Fabian
Camiguin
Noted Judge Baldwin to Chair International Law Association
Judge Simeon EF Baldwin of New Haven born 1849 rises to preside over the International Law Association next year following Sir Richard Webster. A Yale and Harvard lawyer, he has urged Connecticut to adopt whipping and opposed prolonging life by medical means, drawing wide attention at Saratoga.
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Simeon EF. Baldwin
New Haven
Conn
Richard Webster
England
International Law Association
Connecticut
Supreme Court
Baldwin
Saratoga
American Association of Social Sersice
Association
Judge Baldwin
Weis
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