Kansas City Veteran Remembers Gettysburg Battle's Cost
Kansas City veteran EB Heite recalls Gettysburg days in 1863. Heite, a Pennsylvanian in Hancock's center, describes Pickett's Charge, the two earlier days and the high price paid by both sides. He notes Lee's strategy, Meade's losses, and the war's brutal pace contrasting with modern warfare.
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Lincoln remembered through a Kansas City florist's life
The reminiscence centers on a tall homely man beloved by others who met Abraham Lincoln, then follows Mr Helte's postwar moves to Philadelphia and later Kansas City in 1881 where he opened a Linwood Linwood Linwood florist business. He retired but kept busy gardening daily in Merriam and joked about staying young.
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Chile Faces Trade Slump Amid Nitrate Shift
Chile endures a broad economic downturn led by nitrate and copper woes. American capital dominates key industries, Cosach reorganizes nitrate production, and government steps cut taxes and exports. About 35,000 workers displaced as nitrate becomes centralized and new agricultural colonies are planned.
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South America
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Cosach
Mississippi Candidates Face Big Deficit and Reform Push
Mississippi politics heat up as five governor hopefuls and 5,000 contenders race to shape a 7 million dollar January deficit, road program upgrades totaling 4,000 miles of primary and 2,000 miles of secondary routes, and college accreditation shifts. Bilbo’s aides clash with the big four in the legislature amid impeachment and graft cases, while candidates test factional lines and public support in a tense preprimary landscape.
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Miss
Mississippi
Tester C. Franklin
State Tax Commission
Theodore G. Bilbo
Bilbo
Paul B. Johnson
Hattiesburg
Hugh L. White
Columbia
George T. Mitchell
Sennett Conner
House of Representatives
Yellow Rabbit
Vinegar Bend
Senate
Big Four
Lester C. Franklin
Hinds County
Burn Hilbur
International Business Committee
Europe
Radio Aids Locating Troops In Southern New Mexico Maneuvers
Brig. Gen. Walter C. Short used a radio system by the First signal troop to coordinate the First Cavalry division during maneuvers in the mountains and deserts of southern New Mexico. The transmitter on a light truck sent orders to horsemen and armored units while replies came back to the general's sedan, enabling direct, real time communication.
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First Cavalry Division
New Mexico
Walter C. Short
Flowers And Edibles Pay On Midget Farm
EASTON Cal i Harver Dewees finds that his one acre farm is more satisfactory than a larger one. He grows many flower varieties including sweet peas carnations cosmos stocks marigolds snapdragons gladiolas sinnies larkspur ragely robin and chrysanthemums. He also grows beans corn berries and tomatoes. He irrigates with a small engine driven system. Three shoe plants at Hannibal Missouri have been put on capacity schedules.
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Harver
Dewees
Kentucky
English Group To Save Natural Life Derby
English group forms the Wild Plant Conservation Board of Great Britain with C Stevens Garnett as secretary to coordinate floral life protection. The board, to be formalized at the British Association centenary in September, aims to regulate restoration of locally extinct species and enact protective by laws.
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Eng
Great Britain
Wild Plant Conservation Board of
Great Brain
C. Stevenson, Garnett
British Association
Garnett
Cheltenham
Wild Life Board
College Men Seek Army Air Corps Wings
Washington report notes 245 students in a primary flying school class for the Army Air Corps. Of these, 103 were accepted because they were college men, indicating a push to recruit educated recruits for aviation duty. The piece also cites Dr. Sidney M. Bohts of Texas urging a yearlong muzzle policy to stamp out rabies.
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Army Air Corps Wings
Washington
Joe College
Arms Air Corps
Sidney M. Bohts
Texas
Car Demonstration Promises Oil Free Run At Court House
Public invited to a test showing protection material by using Pyroll Liquified Graphite. At 73 p.m. on Saturday July 11, the car will drain all oil from the crank case, run to Cavour and return dry to prove the product’s effectiveness. Contact T. M. Costello Beadle County Distributor, phone P.5, Cavour, S. D.
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