FUNSTON THE FEARLESS Soldier Fred Funston's long record of fighting exploits
General Fred Funston is depicted as a fearless, prolific combat veteran who has seen more action relative to his age than most. The narrative traces his life from Ohio origins in 1866 through Kansas roots, early public speaking, railroad work, Alaska botanical foray, Cuban campaign, and decisive river crossing at Malolos where he led volunteers in swim and rope-assisted assaults, earning a reputation for bold leadership and enduring injuries.
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Fred Funston
Rio Grande de la Pampanga
Ohio
E. H. Funston
Kansas
Foghorn Funston
Fort Scott
Kaw
Fred
Funston
Kansas State University
William Henry White
White
Fort Smith Tribune
Santa Fe
Dakota
Death Valley
Agricultural Department
Alaska
Chilkoot Pass
Dawson City
Yukon
Cuba
Gomez
Osgood
Cornell
Guimaro
Bayamo
Las Tunas
Garcia
Spain
Gen. Miles
Twentieth Kansas
Philippines
San Francisco
Manila
Malolos
Marilao
Col. Funston
When 975 Poems Lag in a Magazine
A novelist describes a poet whose sonnet is accepted with a check then delayed for publication. After three years he learns the editor cannot say when it will appear due to 975 ahead and three poems a month. He calculates his age and starts writing again in frustration.
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Atlanta Constitution
Leap year to become relic as calendar alignment ends
The passage argues that within eight more centuries leap year will be abolished as the extra eleven days needed to adjust from the Julian to the modern calendar are fully accounted for. The world will then operate on a 865 day cycle and no more.
Witherby Fetes a Sneezing Stand Off With Flaxseed Plaster
In a comical kitchen incident, Witherby hides a cache of cough remedies at two am. He banishes the remedies by tossing them into a ash can, but Mrs. Witherby vows to try flaxseed plaster as a remedy, promising a red hot chest treatment within ten minutes.
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Witherby
Mother Winklewod
Mrs. Witherby
Klad
Schoolteacher’s grim advice fuels Cuban bandits tale
Inspector General Breckenridge returns from Cuba and Porto Rico where he recalls a bandit roundup near Santiago. One accused thief claims to be a school teacher who advised the gang to maim, but he says the act saved a proprietor's life and that he meant no harm.
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Breckenridge
Cuba
Porto Rico
Santiago
Wreck of Stella recalls Casket Rocks disaster history
A historic note recalls the Stella wreck on the Casket Rocks and earlier shipwrecks that delayed English royal fortunes. Prince William, son of Henry the First, escaped the sinking vessel but perished with his sister when a lifeboat returned to save them, leaving a Rouen butcher as the sole survivor.
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Stella
Casket Rocks
Prince William
Henry the First
England
Barfleur
Channel
Cherbourg
Wareham
Rouen
Shipyards Produce Record 802 Vessels in 1896 Era
The English shipyards completed 802 vessels in 1896 including warships, totaling 1 559 125 tons, a record surpassing all prior outputs.
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Funston the Fearless
The
King of Reference
Werner Edition
Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Knauss & Dewey
Fremont
Indiana
Fremont Eagle
Warren D. Wells
Phen
Beeves
Powers & Wood
Angola
Ind
Bank of Fremont
Fremont, Indiana
Sveax Baru
Beaker
Newt
G. Bat
Emory G. Melendy
Notary Public
Baxoffremant
John G. Yeagley
D. N. Young
D. H. Patchen
American Honest Door
Hacue
tesuvEo ST
Aan
Jena
Toe Leweiner Cai
Adams Street
Chicago
Til
AIR Line
Waterloo
Esians
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