Army As It Stands Today Preface to Spanish War Era
Before Spain war, the U S permanent force totaled 2 164 officers and 25 000 enlisted across ten cavalry regiments five artillery regiments and twenty five infantry regiments With expansions during war Congress in 1898 boosted strength but Hull reorganization kept the structure for two years to July 1 1901 The regular army would then face further changes unless Congress acts to overhaul the system
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United States
Congress
Spain
Cuba
Porto Rico
Philippines
House
Hull
Adjutant General
Inspector General
Judge Advocate General
Quartermaster General
Surgeon General
Corps of Engineers
Signal Corps
Army
Subsistence Department
Engineer Bureau
Ordnance Bureau
War Time Army Reorganization and 1898 Acts
Analysis describes 1898 legislation authorizing a wartime army increase to about 62 000 officers and men, with later reforms and a Cockrell Gorman substitute allowing a 65 000 regular force plus 25 000 volunteers. It lists the Army Register 1893 table of organization and the arms breakdown, noting the push for reorganization and the persistence of a large standing army debate.
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United States
Spain
Senate
House
Dunkhorst a Mammoth Boxer Ahead of Athens Fight
A profile of Ed Dunkhorst the giant heavyweight nicknamed the Mastodon. At six feet and 225 pounds he combines massive power with speed, having never been knocked out. The piece recalls his battles with Maher Rubblin Strong Childs and notes his promise for the Athens bout against Joe Butler.
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Athens
Joe McAuliffe
West
Ed Dunkhorst
Joe Butler
Dunkhorst
Maher
Gus Rubblin
Syracuse
Greater New York Athletic Club
Toronto
Charley Strong
Frank Childs
Detroit
Cadillac Athletic Club
Death Gulch Bears Prompt Notes on News Word Origin
A Yellowstone ravine called Death Gulch shows carcasses of eight bears and links to volcanic mephitic gases. The piece then debates the origin of the word news, arguing against the compass cross theory and citing Shakespeare and early English usage to support modern sense dating from 1616.
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Death Gulch
Yellowstone National Park
Dog Grotto
Naples
Yellowstone Park
Death Guich
Shakespeare
Macbeth
John
A Stickler for Bank at a Fashionable Wedding
The San Francisco News Letter records a wedding where a volunteer colonel served as self-appointed master of ceremonies with notable efficiency. A doctor quipped about his rank as major domo, and the officer’s wife corrected him saying colonel domo, if you please.
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San Francisco
Seven at a Birth in Hamelin in 1600
A historic note records the largest known birth of seven children at once in Hamelin Germany in 1600. The Roemer family home bears an inscription describing two boys five girls born January 9 at dawn and baptized before dying on January 20, 1600, with a blessing requested for believers.
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Hamelin
Germany
Roemer
Anna Bregres
Woman's Last Word Quote Sparks Witty Exchange
A brief quotation exchange appears in the Philadelphia North American, with a quip about the phrase women always having the last word, followed by a correction that there should be many words. The snippet reflects a light, humorous moment in print.
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Philadelphia
North American
Health and Beauty for Every Woman in Peruna Advertising
A sales blurb extols Health and Beauty and Peruna with testimonials from Mrs. McKee Rankin and Mrs. Eliza Wike. It urges every woman to obtain Dr. Hartman’s book Health and Beauty, claims he treats many female ailments, and offers free books on catarrh with address to Dr. Hartman in Columbus, Ohio.
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Hartman
Columbas
Wireless Telegraphy Advances Use of Air Waves and Induced Circuits
The article describes two methods of wireless telegraphy without a continuous wire. One uses an interrupted current creating a secondary circuit driven by induction, demonstrated by the British post office between Laverneck and Flat Holm for multi-wire links. The other method relies on Hertz waves developed by Marconi, with upright transmitting rods, spark discharge, and a Branny tube detector to print Morse signals at the receiver.
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Postal Telegraph Department
British Post Office
Laverneck
Flat Holm
Bristol Channel
Marcon
Allen's Foot-Ease advertised cure for sore feet
An 1890s style ad touts Allen's Foot-Ease as the sole remedy for swolles smarting burning sweating feet corns and bunions. It urges shaking the powder into shoes with a 25 cent price and offers a free sample, directing readers to Allen S. Olmsted in LeRoy, New York.
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Allen
Allen S. Olmsted
LeRoy
Bern
Allen's
K. Sample
S. Olmsted
Art and Social Progress and Laundry Work Ad Mockup
The passage discusses how forms of beauty and social life drive production and economic systems from elite to mass demand, per EB. E. Spencer. It then promotes Faultless Starch as a labor saving laundry aid, claiming better results with minimal effort and 10 cent size at grocers.
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EB. E. Spencer
Gunton's
Advertising and Proverbial Snippets in Local Echoes
A collection of clipped phrases and quips from a local issue. Items include a widow selling a horse, praise for Piso's Cure for Consumption, and light exchanges about mandolin clubs, gum chewing, a typewriter girl delaying vacation, and shop window mirrors.
New Kind of Glass Named Kerama Bricks From Penzig Silesia
A novel building material called Kerama bricks appears from Penzig in Silesia. Made from processed waste via a devitrifying process, the material forms stonelike bricks with transparency and brittleness reduced, offering heat resistance and weather durability. Priced about $1.70 per square yard. General A Kimball, U S Army depot master, reports issues with short notice work and data accuracy on railroad shipments, commending the line for efforts to meet expectations.
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Kerama
Penzig
Silesia
A. Kimball
U. S. Army
York City
Lymar Carty
Ohio
We and Our Tour Econom¢ Published for Shore and Michigan Leathers
A charming entertainingly written story issued in book form for the department of the Shore and Michigan Leathers. The summer tourist prospectus promises free instruction upon application to F. M. Byron or A. J. Smith, with Chicago and Cleveland offices listed for reach.
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Department of the Shore
Michigan Leathers
Intendi
F. M. Byron
Chicago
A. J. Smith
Cleveland
Italian Author Travels With Her Trunks
Fragments show an Italian author traveling with many trunks and manuscripts. A local note mentions a woman remarking on rejected manuscripts and embarrassment about public display. The text includes ads for shoe powder and a birthday gift context.
Faultless Starch Ad Promises Fresh Collars and Shirts
Vintage ad copy promises faultless starch to refresh collars and shirt fronts. A playful barter suggests envy among office colleagues and includes garbled references to a salary offer, a poultry product, and unclear names, reflecting a faded, noisy OCR fragment from a bygone issue.
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Ceed Nowwekeepers
The Ateolate Truth Review Rediscovered by West
A fragment from a vintage newspaper page highlights a weekly review long praised as the best edited in the West. It notes publication details, pricing, and a nod to editors and contributors, while interspersed with unrelated ad chatter and street scenes.
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Ateolate Truth
Meen Weekly
Ver, Cole
The
Read
Herbert George O
Ted-Bot
Bend
Halls Catarch Cure Ad and Curious Odds and Ends
A jumble of patent medicine claims and quirky quotations appears, including Halls Catarch Cure advertised as taken internally with a price of 75e, plus other 19th century esoteric remedies and snatches of dialogue about love, theater seating, and familiar household items. The text mixes product pitches with stray conversations and mock dialogues, reflecting a period newspaper page fragment.
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Art and Social Progress
Dabney
Percy
Winserial
Perieche E
Parsons, Kanes
Nancy
Union Pacific
Denver
St. Louis
St. Paul
Pacific Coast
Anthony Perkins
Jevelle
Halls
Rodney Jones
Alice Wiggins
Reginald Pucrella
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