Oldest U S Army Officer Dies at OT Home
Brigadier General David Stuart Gordon retired, the oldest U S Army officer, died at his Washington home at age OT. He served in the Civil War and Indian wars, seeing action from Bull Run to the Sioux campaigns, was captured in the Confederacy, exchanged in 1862, and later fought with Crook and Custer on frontier campaigns.
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Reign at Banff private schools in 1911 marriages noted
The account references a first wife Ann E. Hughes of Leavenworth Kansas who died in Washington in 1911. It notes a later marriage to Mrs Belle Vedder Fleming, descendant of Nancy Hanks Lincoln's mother and widow of Colonel Robert I Fleming.
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Ann E. Hughes
Leavenworth
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Washington
Belle Vedder Fleming
Nancy Hanks
Lincoln
Robert ‘I. Fleming
Soldier’s a lieutenant colonel for gallant service at Miners Delight
He earned brevet rank for gallant actions in the 1870 battle against Indians at Miners Delight Wyoming. The officer, born May 23, 1832 in Franklin County Pennsylvania, retired May 23, 1896 after a career marked by sacrifice and leadership.
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Franklin County
Brazilian State to Build 40 Air Fields
Natal in Rio Grande do Norte is described as a strategic Atlantic air hub. Presidente Juvenal Lamartine has established eighteen landing fields and plans twenty-two more, aiming to position Natal as the eastern anchor for intercontinental flights between the United States, Europe, and Africa. Aviators praise Natal for ideal landing conditions and a protected bay suitable for seaplanes. Three companies, including Aeropostal, already operate hydroplane bases along Brazil’s Atlantic coast.
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Brazil
Larre Borges
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Seville
Maracaju
Presidente Juvenal Lamartine
Azores
Africa
United States
Europe
Atlantic
French
Aeropostal
Lamartine's Brazil: aviation, schooling and women’s vote
Presidente Lamartine pursues beyond aviation with public instruction and women’s suffrage. He has set up schools across the state where none existed, and Brazil granted women the vote for the first time.
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Presidente Lamartine
Brazil
France extends $6 million loan to Beirut Harbor upgrade
France grants $6,000,000 loan to the Beirut Harbor company to extend harbor facilities as tensions with England Persia and Iraq rise. The present harbor is too small for large ships, prompting improvements to enhance eastern Mediterranean access to Europe.
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France
England
Persia
Iraq
Mediterranean
Europe
Beirut Harbor Company
Fort Worth Adds Three Women to Police Force
Six college graduates filed applications as Fort Worth Texas announced the city would add three women to its police force.
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England
Haifa
Haifa-Bagdad
Central Asia
France
Heirut
Tripoli
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Constantinople
Castro
Continents
Fort Worth
Texas
Real Medicine Now For Stubborn Hang-On Coughs
Advertisement for Bronchuline Emulsion sold by Round Corner Drug Co. promises quick, thorough relief from lingering coughs with no narcotics or chloroform. Advises two to three doses for ordinary coughs and notes no sugar or harmful additives.
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