Filipino visitors and Kaiser in Boston society scene
Senor Sixto Lopez former Aguinaldo confidant visits Fiske Warren in Boston to write a book on the country. Mrs Warren, Gretchen Osgood, a noted society leader, travels with her husband. Kaiser Wilhelm speaks for about five seconds a year, with a 700 speech record, while Postmaster Barnes recalls a Batangas journey with Lopez. Lopez, of Spanish descent, accompanies a survivor on a family visit from Batangas.
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Senor Gixto Lopez
Gen. Aguinaldo
Washington
Manila
Fiske Warren
Boston
Samuel D. Warren
Warren
Aguinaldo
Gretchen Osgood
Hamilton Osgood
Senor Agoncillo
Canada
Batangas
Senor Lopez
Lopez Is
Birthplace dispute splits Niles over McKinley landmark
In Niles Ohio a town quarrel over which side of the original McKinley birthplace house is correct fuels town division. One half was bought by an amusement operator who moved it near a park to lure visitors, while the other half was kept as a home office site, sparking protests from residents who see the landmark altered.
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McKinley
Niles, O
Flattery
William McKinley
William McKinley Barat
Niles
A Vanderbilt
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt
Mr. Vanderbilt
William K. Vanderbilt
Alfred
Walter Houston
Utica
Wis
Veterans’ Home
Waupaca
China
Oldest Indian Woman of Cedar County Choctaw Nation
Nancy Jacobs, a centenarian Choctaw medicine woman living near Antlers in Cedar County, is described as tall and erect at 100 years old. One of the original six town Indians, she treats youth with traditional remedies once used by her husband and asserts she is as strong as at age twenty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy Jacobs
Cedar County
Antlers
Nancy
The Retired List of Army Officers and Notable Veterans
A survey of the regular army retired list notes 764 officers, with 327 aged 65 or older and Brig Gen Daniel H. Rucker as the oldest at 88. It highlights West Point graduates among the retired, Mexican War veterans, and other senior officers, alongside related comments on education in the Philippines and national health advertisements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Regular Army
Rucker
Daniel H. Rucker
Buena Vista
West Point
William Austine
Contreras
Cherubusco
Wilcox
T. J. Wood
Cols. Getty
L. P. Graham
John P. Hatch
Fitz John Porter
I. N. Palmer
M. D. Simpson
James Oakes
N. J.T. Dana
William B. Franklin
James Longstreet
Schofield
D. E. Sickles
Howard
McCook
Ruger
Wheaton
Forsyth
Merritt
Baird
Swanson's 5 Drops claims cure for rheumatism and nerves
An advertisement touts Swanson's 5 Drops as a universal remedy for rheumatism neuralgia backache and a host of ailments. It promises instant relief and lifelong cure, cites testimonials from users including L R Smith and Thomas Kendrick, and invites readers to order large bottles for 300 doses with prepaid shipping from Chicago.
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Swanson
Alice
Thomas T. Kenddick
Kingsland
Swanson’ Kops
L. R. Smith
el Dorado Springs
Vanson
Express
Mall
Renton
Bwanson Rheumatic Cure CO
Lake
Chicago
Prince Alfred's Revenge in a Vancouver Ball
The San Francisco Argonaut recounts Prince Alfred's ambivalent visit to Vancouver when a governor’s daughter, daughter of an Indian, refused his advance after recognizing social ranks. The prince later declined a dance with her, noting his mother would be mortified to hear he danced with a squaw.
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Prince Alfred
Duke of
Saxe- Coburg-Gotha
America
Vancouver's Island
Portland
Ore
San Francisco
Primitive Sprinkling In Switzerland
Leo J. Frankenthal in Chicago Record describes Bern s old fashioned watering method using a back strapped metal can with a bottom stopcock and rubber hose. Workers march the street sprinkling pedestrians and pavement until a fountain is reached for refilling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bern
Leo J. Frankenthal
Chicago
Lightning ruins store in Louisiana hamlet incident
Severe storm lightning struck a telephone pole at Bateeyville Louisiana damaging a telephone box inside A Gautreaux store. The blast exploded shotgun barrels nearby, tearing a hole in the wall and narrowly missing men sheltering inside. Prudent Ayer, a shingle mill worker, was startled and lost two fingers when he grabbed a revolving saw.
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Bateeyville
Louisiana
A. Gautreaux
Prudent Ayer
Gautreaux
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Kaiser Wilhelm
Albert Barnes
Kearsarge, N. H
Bunker Hill
Ufe
Ohio
Silas M. Douglass
Circuit Courts of
John Sherman
Mansfield
Flattery’s Hall
Gen. Rucker
Philippines
Atkinson
Philippine Islands
Sheppard
National Educational Association
Allen
Allen S. Olmsted
LeRoy, N. Y
Primley
California
Switzerland
Ower
Tower
Mass
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