Danes to cede West Indies. U S gains strategic bases
The article argues Denmark could sell the Danish West Indies to the United States for 25 million, giving the United States a deep harbored base at Charlotte Amalie in St Thomas and potential coaling facilities. It cites historical aims, naval needs, and the islands' declining local fortunes as context for a strategic sale.
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Denmark
United States
West Indies
Washington
New York Times
St. Thomas
St. John
St. Croix
Seward
Roosevelt
Rigsdag
United States Senate
Danish West Indies
Caribbean
United Stated
Cuba
Porto Rico
Alleude
Panaroa Canal
San Juan
Charlotta Amalie
Coral Bay
Ruival
Helgoland
Charlotte Amalie
Panama Canal
Germany
Louis XIV
T. Grokx
Knights of Malta
Ttn
French West India Company
Santo Domingo
St. Thomnas
St. Thoms
Bieques
Frederick ‘Treves
Charlotte Aminie
Windward Islands
Teach
Blackbeard
Sir Frederick
Mester Tench
Maynard
H. M. &. Pearl
Bath Town
North Carolina
Vast Canadian and American power figures collide with war units
Bits of information show electrical railways in the United States valued around 750 million dollars while notes question trenchfoot as a crime among Canadian troops in France. Turkey’s victory celebrations allegedly follow police orders with penalties for not raising flags. Government inspection costs are cited at four cents per capita annually. The Transvaal Power Company of Johannesburg is described as Africa’s largest power and fighting concern, supplying gold mines and reef towns from four stations with three phase transmission at 40,000 volts overhead and 20,000 volts underground, and boasting 30,000 syerheau.
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United States
France
Turkey
Victoria, Falla and
Unclear historic items span sewing, reform, religion
Readable fragments note an 18th century English sewing machine patent in 1755, the US reclamation service starting year investment near 100 million dollars, and W C Condit marking 50 years as pastor at Ashland Presbyterian Church Kentucky, with family ties and limited prior roles.
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England
United States Reclamation Service
W. C. Condit Tts
Ashland
Deathbed Valetine End of Peggy Gillespie the Fashion Star
Peggy Gillespie born in Punxsutawney Pennsylvania rose to Paris society and racing circles as a leading fashion figure. On her deathbed she wed Henry Letellier, one of France's wealthiest men, after a long battle with tuberculosis. Her life spanned Pittsburgh to Paris with famed apartments on Avenue Henri Martin and a reputation for extravagant style and charitable wartime relief work.
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Paris
France
Peggie Gillespie
Hfe
Pennsylvania
Punxsutawhey
Henry Letellier
Pepey Gillespie
Pittsburgh
George McClelland
Vietin
Hyeres
Peggy Gillespie
Sumptuoua
Henrt Martin
Tragic Family Row Ends in Death in Curtisville
Curtisville, Pa. Joseph Kunkle, 33, a miner, after a violent quarrel, seized a revolver, told his wife to shoot him, and fired five shots. Their six year old daughter Leila hid under a table as the husband struck her mother and mortally wounded the child before collapsing at a physician’s door.
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Curtisville
Joseph Kunkle
Miner
Leila
Hadly
Skirt Saves Woman From Suicide Jump Into Hast River
Mrs. Alice Walker leapt into the Hast river but her wide skirt acted like a balloon, keeping her afloat until boatmen arrived to rescue her. The incident highlights the skirt’s life saving effect in a recent perilous moment.
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New York
Alice Walker
Senator Kern Recalls a Capitol Confusion in Washington
In Washington a visitor asks what building is nearby pointing to the Capitol and receives a lesson from Senator John W. Kern of Indiana. Kern notes the dome is iconic though some travelers fail to recognize it, joking that signs come off in hot weather. He tells the anecdote to illustrate widespread ignorance.
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Ashington
John W. Kart
Indiana
Capitol
Washington
Capitol Building
United States
Kern
Enpiro
United States Capitol
Ker i
Washington Monument
United States Capitel
Senator Kern
Washingtons Potomac pool scene fascinates political set
In a mid twentieth century portrait of Washington figures flock to the Potomac waters and nearby pools. Presidents Adams Taylor and today’s leaders join officials like Secretary of State Lansing and Mrs. Lansing and lawmakers Longworth and Borland along with the Baker family in a growing summer pastime. The piece notes municipal bathing pools and private drives along the river as a social lure for the capital.
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Washington
Potomac
John Quincy Adams
Taylor
Lansing
Capitol
Morris Sheppard
Nicholas Longworth
Rufus Day
Justice Day
William P. Borland
Baker
Uncle Sam’s Charred Money Expert in Treasury
Mrs Amanda E Brown head of burned money redemption at the treasury describes saving thousands annually for Americans. She and her team piece together charred or cut bills, refunding when enough of a note is recovered. Farmers’ ashes and stove fires generate hundreds of cases yearly across regions.
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United States
Amanda E. Brown
Treasury Department
Brown
Department
Frost
Treasury
Ray
Rifle Practice Becomes a Fad in the Capital
A Washington gallery offers free rifle use as crowds learn gun handling at the National Rifle Association. Instructors guide newcomers from fat and thin shooters to athletic types while timid women learn, though many rely on ear protection as rifles crack and screams erupt.
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Fourteenth
National Rifle Association of America
Alec
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