California to Honor Fallen California Soldiers in Paris Shrine
The state plans a $1 600 000 California Palace of the Legion of Honor at Lincoln Park San Francisco to honor 3 369 Californians who died in France. Donor Adolph Spreckels funds the memorial which will showcase art from several nations and include Joffre’s sword and uniform from the first Battle of the Marne.
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Monument honors Maj Wesley Powell on canyon and campus
An Arizona gathering at Maricopa Point dedicated a native rock monument to Maj Wesley Powell, explorer of the Grand Canyon, with a bronze tablet and bas relief. Illinois Wesleyan University later installed a class memorial for Powell, highlighting his Colorado River explorations, scientific work, and federal roles until his death in 1902.
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George W.P. Hunt
Arizona
Julius W. Atwood
Episcopal Church of Arizona
Maricopa Point
Grand Canyon
Harry R. ‘Tritte
F. A. Trittle
Congress of the United States
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Wesley Powell
Colorado River
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Torreat
Middle West
Illinois Wesleyan University
Bloomington
Powell
Southwest
Alma Mater
United States
Wesleyan
Purchase
Repubic
James O. Pattie
Sylvester Pattie
California
Fremont
Colorado
Pattie
War Department
Joseph C. Ives
Golorado River
Tllinois Westgan
Chicago Academy of Sciences
West
Frederick 5S. Dellenbaugh
Wyoming
Green River
Grand River
Canyon
Benjamin Harrison
Indiana
Grand Canyon National Park
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Arkansas
Yosemite Valley
Yellowstone
Roosevelt
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Dlinois Volunteer Infantry
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Minois Artillery
Scvlorical Survey
Bureau of American Ethnology
Smithsonian Institution
America
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John Wesley Trewell
Merry Persian Monarch and Indignant Animal Tale
A humorous note recalls an ancient Persian shah who had a marble water slide for wives, a spectacle that amused him. A local woman complains to a professional man after asking him to stuff her dog, leaving muttered complaints about chiropodists and others.
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Persia
Checks in Lieu of Votes and Money Across Continents
The piece contrasts U S and Great Britain use of checks with continental practices. It cites Italian Prince Bandini losing 20,000 and notes Latin mistrust of checks, preferring tangible money. Walter Bagehot’s Lombard Street is referenced to explain Britain’s credit currency, outlining historical traditions shaping payment habits without judging superiority.
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United States
Great Britain
Europe
Principe Bandini
Herse
America
England
Boston Transcript
Germany
Walter Bagehot
Lombard Street
The Plebeians of Rome and Their Rights
The Plebeians were Rome's commoners who endured poverty and legal restrictions. In 494 B C they withdrew to Mons Sacer demanding reform, leading to the establishment of tribunes elected from among Plebeians to guard against patrician abuses. Over about two centuries their disabilities were largely removed.
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Rome
B. C
Mons Sacer
Charitable American Sailors Aid Smyrna Orphans
American sailors aboard the destroyer Edsall under Vice Admiral Long rescued children from Smyrna during the disaster and established them in an institution in Constantinople. They traveled to Atthylene and were cared for aboard the Edsall with crew donations from pay, ensuring support for the orphanage.
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Long
Smyrna
Constantinople
Attylene
Commuters Portray a Daily Railcar Drama in Aisle Seats
A Long Island critic in the New York Sun and Globe notes daily crowds on the 545 train. Passengers jockey for seats as a pantomime of fatigue unfolds, with women seeking relief from standing while men rarely offer their seats. The critic recalls riding an aisle seat and imagines thoughts of seatholders.
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Long Island
New York Sun and Globe
Tallest British Peer Visited America
Lord Clifton, the tallest British peer, recently visited America. He stands seven feet two inches in his stockings, surpassing his father the Earl of Darnley in height.
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Lord Clifton
America
Sistoat i
Earl of Darnley
Gold Production From Transvaal Reef Mines
Bulawayo Chronicle notes that within fifty years gold worth about 695 million pounds has come from Transvaal, with only 30 million pounds credited to Hand. In the last year Transvaal produced roughly 31,871,587 pounds of gold, mainly from a reef line 69 miles long from Geduld and Springs in the east to Randfontein in the west, averaging over half a million pounds per year per mile.
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Transvaal
Geduld and Springs
Randfontein
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Gas toril substitute marketed as trusted Castoria origin
A vintage advertisement touts Fletcher's Castoria as a safe forerunner to gas toril teething drops and soothing syrups. It claims over 30 years use, no narcotics, and directions on each package with physician endorsement and the genuine signature seal.
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