Pack Train 13 and the Night at Alphonso in Luzon
A narrator recounts the Alphonso night during General Schwan’s Luzon campaign, detailing exhausted infantry, hardened packers, and a vivid pack train camp. The story captures gritty resilience, mule bells, and loyalty as a bond between soldiers and packers amid hunger, heat, and moonlit peril.
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Alphonso
Ieee
Luzon
Alphoneo
Oma
Uncle Sam
Fough
Geronimo
Grands
Tie
Reno
Squadrona
Bull
Custer
Montana
Bill
Cape Horn
Port Said
Suez Ab
Twan
Fellera
Old Dad
Scar Face
Broken Foot
Old Moon Eye
Hisself
St. Louis
Bill Burdsell
Hyke
General Schwan
Ornamental skyscraper adds Parisian flair to New York tower
New York correspondence notes a nearly completed uptown skyscraper that departs from plain brick by adopting an ornamented shell modeled on Parisian design. The simple, tasteful embellishment covers the sides, aligning with the building’s principal facades and reducing objections to tall steel and brick structures.
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New York
Pittwhore Post
Paria
Chinese Minister in London seen as clearinghouse figure
The Chinese minister to London Lo Feng appears a key clearinghouse for Beijing’s diplomacy abroad. Meanwhile Burke Roche, MP for Kerry, vanishes after registering at Holland House in April and leaving May 15 with no word, perplexing Friends in New York and Washington. Gen Miles designs a new, modern lieutenant general uniform blending old empire form with contemporary military style.
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Bir Chi Chen
Lo Feng Luh
London
Pekin
Lo Feng
James Boothby Burke-Roche
Kerry
China
Klondike
Mr. Roche
New York
Washington
Holland House
Roche
Miles
Miles Hhimed
Continent
Great Britain
Russia
Austin
Europe
Duchess of Buccleuch Ends Astor Ties With Royal Set
The Duchess of Buccleuch, early London fashion arbiter and friend of the Prince and Princess of Wales, reportedly cut William Waldorf Astor from the royal circle after a strained patronage arrangement. A later fallout with Sir Berkeley Milne followed, and royalty ultimately rejected the New York snob. Before her 1884 marriage, she was Lady Jane Hamilton, sister to Tobor’s heir, and aligned with Queen Victoria.
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Astor
Buccleuch
Berkeley Milne
New York
Jane Hamilton
Duke
Amercorn
Tulstrens
Tobor
Queen Victoria
New German Cruiser Wittebach to Be Built for Squadron
The German cruiser Wittebach will be constructed on squadron ship with staterooms for sixty five squadron task officers and will be numbered 850. Estimated cost is 23,360,000 marks with 16,550,000 marks allocated for construction and related expenses.
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Wittebach
Major Von Madat in German battalions command tale
Fragmentary historical note describes Major Von Madat as commanding first German marine battalions with Emperor William addressing harsh terms. The text hints at a quotation about no quarter but remains incomplete and unclear.
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William
A New Duke Charles Edward of Albany Becomes Regent Ruler
The article outlines Charles Edward, heir of Duke of Albany, now Duke of Saxe Coburg and Gotha, son of the late Prince Leopold. Leopold led in 1834, mother Helen of Waldeck Pyrmont. The new ruler is 16. regent will be Prince Ernest of Hohenlohe Langenberg during minority.
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Charles Edward of Albany
Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Leopold
Victori
Helen of
Improvement In Needed for Agricultural Trade
The piece notes the United States leads in global wheat production but lags in yield per acre, trailing European nations and the underperforming Indian root crop and late-emancipated Russia. It calls for boosting dairy quality to rival butter and cheese standards and rebuilding export reputation in Rialy markets amid market shifts.
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Europe
India
Rusia
Rialy
International
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Chi Chen LO Feng LU
Major von Madat
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