Palmer Reads Report at Twenty-Fifth G A R Encampment
In Washington the Grand Army of the Republic holds its twenty-fifth encampment with General Palmer delivering a comprehensive report. He praises veterans, recalls battles, urges Memorial Day observance, and outlines department disputes and reforms, including pension equity and Grant Monument funding. He notes strong finances and thanks staff and comrades.
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Army of the Republic
Grand Army of the Republic
Palmer
Department of
Mississippi
Louisiana
Bridger
Women’s ‘Auxiliary Association
Pension Committee
Grant Monument Association
Quartermaster General
Grant Memorial Association
Detroit
G A R Commander Election Settled As Wiessert Nominated
The Grand Army of the Republic commander in chief race ends with General A G Wiessert of Wisconsin favored by multiple states. New York backs Rev DeLamar Lovell for national chaplain while Col Lincoln seeks broad support. Veterans groups report over 100 lost veterans cases and rapid encampment business in Washington.
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Wasnstrox
Grand Army of the Republic
Wiessert
Wisconsin
Pennsylvania
New York
Lincoln
DeLamar R. Lovell
Gentleman
National Association of
Ex- Army and Navy Chaplains
T. H. Daggerly
Geo. W. Hovery
J. H. Bradford
S. W. Carver
David C. Eberhard
Robert McPherson
Mason Gallagher
H. L. Upson
Army of the
Eighth Army Corps
West Virginia
Garnett
Phillips
Lowell Hill
Carricks Ford
Floyd
Wise
Carnifer Ferry
Waireraw Rez
Glassie
Mr. Reid
Army
Schenck
Reid
Ohio
Seers
A. G. Wiessert
S. A. Hearst
C. P. Lincoln
Department of the Potomac
R. H. Warfield
San Francisco
Mr. Ayres
Delaware
W. CG. Weyl
Danbury
Third Army Corps
Meadement
Grand Army Place
Majion
Sickles
U.S. A
Benjamin Harrison
United States
Grand Army
Washington
Rutherford B. Hayes
White House
Harrison
Peary Mission Linked to Gold Deposits Found
Reports surface that Peary and the Kite expedition to Greenland aimed partly at gold discoveries, driven by Moravian missionaries tips. The Kite’s arrival in Pa has crowds cheering, with the party welcomed by the Academy of Natural Sciences as Peary’s relief mission ends. In Exoxvineg Tennessee two convicts, Leger and Leach, suffered fatal injuries after a prison cell fight linked to prior riots.
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New York
Esquimaux
Paanerrasa
Peary
Philadelphia
Academy of Natural Sciences
Greenland
Panic in Tenement Synagogue Sparks Deadly Stampede
A fire panic at 27 Ludlow Street during morning services caused a stampede in four synagogues. Four women were killed and many injured as worshippers crowded stairwells and hallways. Fire was started by candles igniting woodwork. chaos spread to other buildings as ambulances and police restored order. Recovery and investigation followed amid a crowded scene at nearby hospitals.
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New York
Ludlow Street
Sons of Aaron
Hermowitz
Anna Smelowitz
Smelowitz
Gorster
Gouverneur Hospital
Riot follows Chinese execution amid Tekhua riot tale
A Shanghai dispatch reports an innocent man executed by Chinese authorities for Tekhua riot leadership, provoking new riots. The Yellow River overflows again, inundating twelve towns and causing wide devastation.
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Loxnos
Times
Shanghai
Yellow River
Milford Artist and Philanthropist Mr Childs at Milford Estate
An observer describes Milford as a fashionable summer retreat with views over the Delaware River. The feature focuses on Charles Wirtz and George W. Childs, detailing Childs hospitality, his vast relics collection, and the private office adorned with Louvre reproductions. The piece highlights Childs generous, unobtrusive service to visitors and friends.
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Burror Sentinel
Milford
Pike County
Delaware River
Delaware
Sawkill Falls
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Catskills
Blue Ridge
Kittatinny Mountains
James Pinchot
Charles Wirtz
Geo. W. Childs
Childs
Thomas Moore
George Washington
Frick Visits Homestead Mills Amid Typhoid Epidemic
Henry C Frick visits the Homestead mills with a colored aide to inspect the 119 inch mill after a breakdown. Typhoid fever deaths and about thirty cases sweep the mill borough as non union workers arrive and indictments shock the strikers. Desertions reduce the workforce to about 100.
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Nomestran
Henry C. Frick
Homestead Mills
Munhall Station
Potter
Mr. Frick
Frick
Taylor
Philadelphia
New York Health Board Officers Lead Quarantine Effort
The article highlights New York health leadership with Charles G. Wilson and Dr. Cyrus Edson directing city work and a 500 strong team of health officers, inspectors, and aides. It notes Dr. Edson’s lineage and the board’s origins during a cholera visitation in 1866, plus quarantine oversight by Dr. William E. Jenkins. It also recounts Peary expedition details from 1891 to 1892, including injury, Arctic travel, and Mrs Peary’s resilience.
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Charles G. Wilson
Cyrus Edson
New York
New York Board of Health
Edson
Board of Health
William E. Jenkins
Wilson
Fort Brush
Ornge City
Reunion of Sons of Veterans in Grant Tent
Despite rain the Sons of Veterans reunion in Grant tent opened with Surgeon General Wilson presiding. He was followed by Secretary Noble and several comrades from New York and Baltimore. Daisy Little of Cincinnati sang recitations that boosted the event, while rain postponed on board the Kearsarge speechmaking and activities.
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Kearsarge
Corbett Calls Mitchell a Bluster and Bully Over Forfeit Offer
James Corbett described Charlie Mitchell as a bluster and bully and proposed a $5,000 forfeit for a fight at the end of his two year engagement. George Strasser resigns from the Bass machine shop and departs for the west.
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New York
James Corbett
Charlie Mitchell
George Strasser
Bass Machine Shop
West
Frightful Santa Fe wreck west of Osage City
A night express train on the Santa Fe derailed near Osage City Kansas due to obstructed rails. Four crew were killed and about twenty five passengers seriously injured. The accident occurred around 3 am as the Missouri River express, eastbound, folded down an embankment after robbers sabotaged a switch.
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Toreka
Kas
Santa Fe
Osage City
Edward Meyer
Thomas Chaddicks
Topeka
Blumenthal
Frank Baxter
Kansas City
C. T. Wordlaw
Elliott
Iils
W. A. Carr
Burlingame
A. ©. Beard
Newton
Ollie Young
Poplar Bluff
J. F. Johnson
Indianapolis
H. C. McClure
Richards
P. H. Foster
Lawrence
Mary Lyman
Bloomington
Means
Wichita
William Down
Chillicothe
L. A. Roberts
Emporia
Thomas Nelson
C. 3B. Kinne
Express Messenger
J. B. Oberlin
J. F. Waddle
W. H. Nelson
Mexico
Mexican Central Railroad Company
Boston
Barclay
Ed Mayer
M@yer
Las Vegas
Thiat City
Vancouver Belle seized by Russians at sea and towed home
News describes the sealing ship Vancouver Belle captured by Russians near Vancouver Island with about 700 seal skins aboard. Copp and crew faced poor provisions and weather while the Russians allegedly claimed 100 miles of territory. Customs officers gathered depositions for government action as other ship crews suffered losses in fog and storms.
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Vancouver
B. C
Copp
Sea Ward
E. B
Victoria
Bt Copp
Bowel
Ats
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Citizens’ Ecutive’ Committee
J. W. Douglass
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Women’s Relief Corps
John A. Logan
Clara Barton
Sanders
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New York Avenue
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Washieton
Battle Fields
Pototanec River
Glen Echo
Riverside
Mount Vernon
Sons of Veterans
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Union Veterans Union Today
River View
Potomac River
Mahoning Company
Findlay, Fort Wayne and Western Railway
Calhoun Street
M. J. Blitz
Chena
Peter Rupolpa Pickess
the Sen
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Mironn
Peter Revotta Picker
Homestead Affairs
Mr. and
Mrs.Peary Eary
Robert E. Peary
Heilprin
St. John
Corbett Will Fizler
Ment
Lancaster
Pacific Express
Rheem
Wacoosta
Tororo
Bama York
van Horne
J. Mourse Gibson
London
England
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