Pension Papers of Burr 10 Displayed at National Museum
Washington Franklin K Lane secretary of the interior offers Aaron Burrs pension application for public view at the National Museum. The four page document notes Burr enlisted in 1775 at eighteen, rose to colonel under Washington, health issues and a delayed resignation tied to actions on the Bronx river and a 1781 timeline. The signature is A Burr.
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Washington
Franklin K. Lane
Burr
Bronx River
A. Burr
Cat Slides Down Fire Pole to Aid Firefighters
New Orleans reports a cat at Engine Company No. 25 quarters leaps from its box when the alarm sounds and slides down the brass pole with its fore and hind feet, assisting as firefighters respond to the blaze.
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Des
New Orleans
Engine Company No. 25
Gatun Locks and Other Panama Canal Notes
The Panama Canal features three twin Gatun locks raising vessels from Atlantic level to eighty five feet. Two and a half million cubic yards of concrete built the locks and dam to resist Gatun Lake’s water pressure. A varied collection of local items also appears, including a firehouse mascot cat named Willie and a crime report from Eddyville Kentucky detailing General May’s electric chair execution for the murder of Mrs. Meredith.
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Panama Canal
Culebra
Gatun
Gatun Lake
T. Gatun Locks
Eddyville
May
Belle Meredith
Clay County
Meredith
General
Flying Boat Promises Practical Urban Air Transport
A Curtiss flying boat is being prepared for daily Chicago to Lake Forest travel. The craft combines boat and airplane features with a V bottom hull for smooth seas and a bow propeller to cool the engine. Seating for four passengers plus a driver, and safety ensured by front-seat control, with trials showing one mile per minute flight and fifty mph as a hydroaeroplane.
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Chicago
America
Lake Forest
Harold F. McCormick
Chokes On His Own Tongue Ends Youth’s Life
In Philadelphia Charles Arioro twenty is reported to have choked to death in bed during an epilepsy fit his tongue blocking his throat his sister Mrs Anna Mario called a doctor but he died before arrival.
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Philadelphia
Charles Arioro
Arioro
Anna Mario
Aroro
Also Mentioned on This Page
Falstafe
Paul
Narved
Bureau
Cat
Gatun Lock
Willie
Mamie
Detroit Free Press
American Press Association
Portland
the White CO
E. W. Hill
Mgr
Portland, Oregon
Newport Beach
Cal
R. J. Shafer
Noah
the Bruce
Red Kings
Lord Tredegar
Coxe
Monmouthshire
London Standard
Bounder
Boston Transcript
Stull & Williams Tailors
The
Kennewick Club
Twin City Ice & Cold Storage Co
Gluck’s Shoe Store
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