Welcome to New York Harbor Dewey Naval Pageant
Dawn procession in New York marks Admiral Dewey's reception as ships from the Olympia and merchant fleet gather off Grant's tomb and the Battery. 600 Ohio troops arrive. Victory statue damage noted. Sandy Hook carries city officials to begin formal welcome with 1900s dignitaries aboard.
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New York
Admiral Dewey
Staten Island
Scorpion
Fifth Ohio
Jersey Central Railroad
D. F. Zimmerman
B. H. Pond
Grant
Victory
Mangrove
Sandy Hook
Adsia Dewey
the Battery
Olympia
Supreme Court
Archbishop Corrigan
Senator Depew
Richard Croker
Seth Lowpin
Death of James Dayton In Death Valley
Relatives report the death of James Dayton in Death Valley California during the summer. Dayton, a Pacific Coast Borax Company employee, began a wagon journey with six horses on July 24 toward Daggett. A search party found him four days after the missed arrival, August 14, his wagon in the desert with heat and thirst cited as the cause. Both Dayton and his team perished amid the harsh conditions.
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James Dayton
Death Valley
California
Dayton
Pacific Coast Borax Company
Daggett
Evi
Preacher Helps The Elopers In Bureau County Ride
James Newton of Spring Valley and Mary Roberts fled to La Salle seeking marriage. A clerk license from Bureau county proved useless outside the county. The minister married them beneath a tree three miles west of La Salle before returning to their home town.
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Elopers
la Salle
Ill
James Newton
Spring Valley
Mary Roberts
A. L. Schute
Bureau County
Here
Bowman couple marks sixtieth wedding anniversary
Charles Bowman returns from Waterloo where he attended the sixtieth wedding anniversary of James and Mrs Bowman of DeKalb county Indiana. The couple, natives of New York, married September 26, 1839 and lived in Indiana since, with eight children, twenty five grandchildren and six great grandchildren. He has been paralyzed but sharp minded.
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Charles Bowman
Maiden Lane
Waterloo
James Bowman
Bowman
New York State
Indiana
DeKalb County
Democratic Carnival Opens as Bryan Arrives in Dallas
In Dallas on October 22 the two day Democratic carnival begins with the arrival of William J. Bryan. Delegates and leaders from forty states plus Oklahoma and Indian Territory fill the city, with C H P Belmont Judge Tarvin Col Wetmore and several senators and congressmen among the anticipated attendees. The event features multiple meetings and strong enthusiasm for the Democratic cause. The Lutheran English mission feast and German services follow in St Louis.
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Dallas
Tex
Wm. J. Bryan
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Bryan
C. H. P. Belmont
New York
Tarvin
Kentucky
Col. Wetmore
Missouri
United States
Berry
Arkansas
Chilton
Texas
Sulzer
Maddox
Georgia
Richardson
Tennessee
Davis
Florida
Gordon
Ohio
Benton and Clark
Dinsmore
Jones
Adams
Colorado
Critterden and Stone
A. W. Terrill
Turkey
J. G. Johnson
Kansas
Mayor Rose
Milwaukee
Harvey Solomon
St. Louis
Kansas City
Mr. Bryan
Stone
Champ Clark
Wm. Sulzer
Judge Tarvin
Marriage Licenses Listed for Multiple Couples
William Messerschmidt and Rosa Krokenberger. Charles R. Mills and Celia E. Farrell. John P. Lennart and Angela M. Miller. Harry B. Jackson and Helen A. McMahon. William Ziemendorf and Mary Kais er. George E. Kayser and Christina Heck. William D. Brown and Grace B. Overly. Emery Woods and Phoebe Dailey. Charles W. Nelson and Minnie E. Hubler. Judson K. Ross and Bertha E. Seaney.
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William Messerschmidt
Rosa Krokenberger
Charles R. Mills
Celia E. Farrell
John P. Lennart
Angela M. Miller
Harry B. Jackson
Helen A. McMahen
William Ziemendorf
Mary Kai
George E. Kayser
Christina Heck
William D. Brown
Grace B. Overly
Emery Woods
Phoebe Dailey
Charles W. Nelson
Minnie E. Hubler
Judson K. Ross
Bertha E. Seaney
Strike at Cramps Yard Ties Up Plant in Philadelphia
Seven hundred boilermakers and iron ship builders with about 200 helpers walk out for a nine hour day. Riveters caulkers and strikers say the action will practically tie up the entire plant as machinists and blacksmiths have been on strike for weeks.
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Philadelphia
Cramps
Crawford Family Reunion at Springfield Township
Monday the Crawford family gathered at Mr. and Mrs. James Chaney home in Springfield township for a reunion with fifty three guests in attendance.
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Crawford
James Chaney
Springfield Township
Bequest of a Dinner and Family Reminiscences
The Crawford family heads Samuel and Grace Crawford are noted as deceased, with Mrs. Cheney as a daughter. The day featured a grand dinner, speeches, music, and social visits. Guests included many from Columbia County Ohio, such as Mr. and Mrs. William McCammon and others. Benjamin V. Becker, once of this city, now with Newman Northroy Levison Becker in Chicago, helped found Woods Motor Vehicle Co with ten million dollar capital. He left Fort Wayne about ten years ago.
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Samuel
Grace Crawford
Cheney
Columbiana County
Ohio
William McCammon
Harry McCammon
Morris
William Crawford
Hewitt
George Crawford
Northroy, Levison & Becker
Chicago
the Woods Motor Vehicle Company
Becker
Fort Wayne
For Sale or Trade 50 Acres Near City
For sale or trade 50 acres of good land six miles from city on a gravel road includes a seven room house stone cellar good well wind mill barn 40 by 60 wagon shed an orchard of 95 trees inquire 320 Hanna Street
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Hanna St
Also Mentioned on This Page
Dewey
Grant’s
Greater New York
Detroit
Marshall Votra
Jennie Conahan
Spaulding
Jerome Allen
Dallas, Tex
William J. Bryan
Missouri Synod
Ser
Benjamine V. Becker
Newman
Patterson's
Jardiniere
Jardinieres
Majolica Jardinieres
W. J. Kettler & Son
Court Street
Clinton Street
Lobe Bankrupt
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