Commemoration movement for public memorials to the dead
The piece outlines a broad push in Congress and patriotic societies to fund and erect monuments and tablets honoring notable figures and battles. It highlights plans for a Lincoln Highway memorial to Gettysburg, Valley Forge arches, and statues to Barry Columbus Kosciusko and Pulaski, with emphasis on public memory and historic sites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
House
Meme Watters
Daughters of the American Revolution
City of
Washington
Abraham Lin
Senate Committee On Library
Valley Forge
Pennsylvania
Library Committee
John Barry
Commodore
United States Navy
Christopher Columbus
United States
Kosciusko
Pulaski
George Washington
Brary Committee
Gorge Railway Collision Near Niagara Falls Injures 11
A Gorge railroad wreck near Niagara Falls injures at least 11 tourists with several serious cases. A north bound car failed brakes and collided with a south bound train at the trestle by the Cantilever bridge. Victims include Samuel Sobedies of Bowling Green Ky with internal injuries and a broken left wrist and Mrs Nellie Melvin of Newark Ohio with nervous shock and bruises.
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Niagara Falls
N. Y
Samuel Sobedies
Bowling Green
Nellie Melvin
Newark
Whites Fire On Accused Corn Thieves In Woodbury
In Woodbury Georgia two Black farmers John Lovelace and his son Edward were killed by a mob after they accused a white man of stealing corn. The attackers surrounded the negroes house, demanded retracting the claims, and opened fire when they refused, killing both men.
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Woodbury
John Lovelace
Edward
Wind lifts man high on hayload near Andrews
Stacy Haines of Fort Wayne, 159 pounds, was lifted about 25 feet by a barnyard cyclone while loading hay on his father’s farm in Huntington county Indiana. He fell, survived with bruises and shock, as wind tossed a pitchfork and hay 100 feet into the air.
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Wayne, Ind
Stacy Haines
Andrews Huntington County
Coroner pins fault on fireman in Canton boiler blast
Canton Ohio coroner in the May 11 7 verdict on the American Sheet and Tin Plate Co explosion that killed 13 and injured 40 to 50 blames fireman William Austin who was killed. Testimony suggests Austin stood atop boiler No 2 and may have been cutting in or a water hammer caused the blast. In a separate matter Mary B Barber sister of Mrs McKinley was awarded half the McKinley Block worth about 30000 in a civil proceeding over the late president's property with Judge R S Ambler delivering the ruling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate Committee On Library
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Maryland
Valley Forge
Washington
Titus
Septimius
Severus
Constantine
Gaw
Britain
Temple of Jerusalem
Fabius Maximus
Syracuse
Verrea
Rome
Cicero
Drusus
Germany
Augustus
Napoleon
Alps
Simplon
Milan
Canton
American Sheet and Tin Plate Co
William Austin
Austin
March
William McKinley
R. S. Ambler
Common Pleas Court
Alleged cattle thief arrested in Sterling Kentucky
James Cartmell of Bath county was arrested here on charges that he stole six cattle from Edward Powers of Reynoldsville Bath county and disposed of them in this area.
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Sterling
James Cartmell
Bath County
Edward Powers
Reynoldsville
Brother and Sister Die Same Day
Kenton district reports a man died of lockjaw and, twenty minutes later, his sister died suddenly at their mother’s Mercer county home. The two deaths occurred on the same day, with telegrams delivering the losses sequentially to John Dick.
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Kenton
John Dick
Mercer County
Fourteen Soft-Drink Proprieties Fined in Local Option Case
In Ashland Kentucky local option enforcement led to trials of fourteen soft drink proprietors. Twelve defendants were found guilty and fined seventy five dollars each with ten days in jail. All cases will be appealed.
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Ashland
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Ad
A Chicago reader reports relief from uterine inflammation after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The letter claims the product cured numerous female ailments and invites readers to write for confidential advice from Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Chicago
Falling
William
21St St
Lydia E. Pinkham
L ‘Mass
Lydia HB. Pinkham
The Doctor's Idea Confession of a Heavy Bill
A dialogue highlights a patient seeking the worst prognosis while doctor notes the forthcoming bill, estimated around 85 dollars, reflecting medical costs and humor.
Beveridge Quotation Attacks Corrupt Politician
In an after dinner address in Cleveland Senator Beveridge mocked a corrupt politician by quoting a minister who admitted borrowing sermon material. The minister claimed he acknowledges it in the pulpit by raising two fingers at the start and end to show it is quoted.
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Beveridge
Cleveland
Doctor's bill and advice provoke a Thanksgiving reminder
A comic exchange shows a doctor advising a patient whose wife lost her voice. He jokes to remember the fact on Thanksgiving and act accordingly, then chuckles while charging $2. The cartoon closes with a quip that a man who saves money is labeled a tightwad by his friends.
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Little Bingle
Harper's Weekly
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Boone
Edward B. Clair
Coln
Worthily Thefe
Gettysburg
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
Centennial Memorial Association
General Washington
General Assembly of Pennsylvania
Huntington
Centennial and Memorial Association of
State of Pennsylvania
State of
Washington Headquarters
Daughters of the Revolution
Waterman
John Waterman
Ite
Varnum
Colonial Chapter of
Philadelphia, Daughters of the Revolution
Washington Monument
Indiana
Doctor
Post
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