Major A. S. Rowan resigns from the army after a storied career
From the Fifteenth Infantry at Fort Douglas Utah Major A S Rowan retires after a career shaped by daring missions from Cuba to the Philippines. He carried the message to Garcia during the Spanish American War and earned fame for unwavering duty and leadership. He later faced battles in the Philippines and a cloud over a village burning, all cleared by investigations. His resignation, effective December 1, ends a long record of service and honor.
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Philadelphia
Fleet
Ife
Bibert Bbard
East Fara
Pease
Prines
Fort Utah
Garcia
Rowan
Military Academy
West Point
War Department
Jtearn
United States
Miles
Calixto Garcia
Kingston
Jamaica
Cuba
Ides
Wan
Key West
Meutenant
el Hubbard
Garela
Hubbard
Sixth
United States Volunteer Infantry
Spain
Philippines
Sete
Fifteenth Infantry
Fort Douglas
Utah
Wesley's Love Affair with Sophy Hopkey Revealed
The diary found by Curnock details John Wesley and Sophy Hopkey's six day voyage from Frederica to Savannah in 1736. Wesley, then a missionary in Savannah, declares affection but faces a clash with Sophy who fears her guardian and Mellichamp. A lot decides her fate and she later marries William Egon.
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Pitteburg Gasette Times
Curnock
John Oe
Sophy
Hopkey
Jover
Causton
Savannah
Wesley
Geo
Anderica
Sophia Christiana Hopkey
Tommy
Jemmy
Mr. Curnock
Mleury
Miss Sophy
Srie
Lot
Mary
William Egon
American Boy and the American Spirit Told by Buffalo Bill
Colonel William Cody reflects on the modern American boy and his grandson, praising grit, honesty, and independence. He contrasts self-reliance with pampered youth, urges real work, reading Injun tales, and learning to shoot straight while embracing democratic equality and patriotism.
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Nick Carter
Alao
William Z- Cody
William F. Codeine
Lerit
Han House
William Cody
Rae
Buffalo Bill
Rascal
Jaws
Rockies
George
America
Prayer Requests For Lucy Gray Mentioned In Rushed Report
Fragmentary OCR describes prayers offered on successive Sundays for Lucy Gray. A guard or bystander questions whether she is not a Wald, and the reply is uncertain within the garbled text.
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Lucy Gray
Mail and Female in Monthly Bell Tolls
A humorous Harvard Lampoon piece notes the first days of each month bring mail and business notices, with delight at new “billets doux.” The speaker laments scarce hours yet finds joy in candy, flowers, and dances while mentioning Page Shaw and Galvin in a playful peek-a-boo.
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Aileen
Page & Shaw
Galvin
Judgment Day Prayer in the Thunder Camp
The speaker describes a thunderstorm confrontation where a mysterious figure asks for a response, the speaker pleads for safety, and a divine command emerges. The event ends with the land causing the thunder to proceed its path as judgment approaches.
Carolyn Wells Explains Nonsense Verse and Daily Muse
Carolyn Wells shares how she writes and markets verse using three books five pounds candy and a bottle of ink as tools. She demonstrates how inspiration flows from physical guidance of her pen and a beloved old desk, while noting her work spans jingles sketches and Patsy books.
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Dueto Rhymer
Boston Herald
Carolyn Wells
Jingler Maxima
Ryhmester
Misa Wella
Gelett Burgess
Oliver Herford
Miss Wells
Patsy
Miss Wella
Rahway
Boston
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A. S. Rowan
Georgia
Gophy” Hopkey
Alster
Geri No of
Erite
Boarder
Atlanta Constitution
Dax
Bunken Bell
Gerhard Hauptman
Elga
Baroneas Martt Zobelitz
Utval
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