Graves of Kearsarge Victims Located in France
Graves of American sailors buried at Cherbourg after the June 19 1864 engagement when the Alabama was sunk by the Kearsarge were found by Hanson Cleveland Coxe American deputy consul general at Paris. The tombs at Versailles and Saint Germain also received flowers and flags from a Committee of Americans.
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Kearsarge
Parte
Cherbourg
Alabama
Hanson Cleveland Coxe
Paris
Versailles
Saint Germain
Census reveals foreign white stock by mother tongue in 1910
The 32 243 382 foreign white stock in the United States in 1910 shows English and Celtic as the largest group with 10 037 420 speakers or 12.2 percent. German 8 817 271. Italian 2 161 422. Polish 1 707 640. Yiddish Hebrew 1 ? 76 762. Swedish 1 445 869. French 1 357 169. Norwegian 1 009 854.
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Washington
United States
Census Bureau
Man asks about seat quality as ticket seller explains location
A brief exchange shows a man seeking a good seat and a ticket seller clarifying that the chosen seat is behind Post, prompting the man to question whether the show is worth attending.
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Post
Unions Gain 69 756 Members in April 1914
Washington reports show a 69 756 member increase in affiliated unions for April 1914 versus April 1913. The American Federation of Labor executive council noted total paid up membership for 1914 at 2 069 177, with April 1913 at 1 999 401 and a treasury balance of 105 098 01.
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Washington
Morrison
American Federation of Labor
Treasury
Prize Jobholder John Smith Sheds Century as Chief
Minneapolis reports John Smith a Chippewa chief for over a century, claiming age 128 with sight and gait unimpaired as he visits the city he once hunted from. Government records place him as a boy in 1798, asserting his claimed century-long life. Cattle Queen Bonnemont Dies in Salt Lake City at age about 90. famed cattle and sheep operator from Scotland in 1865, later real estate, net worth estimated at two million dollars.
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Minneapolis
Minn
John Smith
Smith
Salt Lake City
Utah
Elizabeth Bonemont
Bonnemort
Scotland
Salt Lake
Would you have loved me the same if we had not met
In a tender exchange Lacile asks Karl if loving her would have remained same had they never met. Keri listens, as the scene centers on a deeper question of love and identity within their intimate moment.
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Lacile
Karl
Keri
Booth-Overton
Booth-Overton Co
Broadway
New York
Educated Men NEEDED Says State Must Seek Solutions
Herbert W. Clark of Las Vegas told UNM graduates that educated citizens are the state's hope and that trained men should address vexing economic and social questions. The address at Rodey Hall drew a large crowd as the university and state were called the body's strongest partnership. Felix Martine of El Paso spoke en route to Las Vegas for a separate commencement at the Normal University. The ceremonies closed with the alumni banquet.
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Union News Service
Albuquerque
N. M
Herbert W. Clark
Las Vegas
University of New Mexico
Rodey Hall
Clark
Felix Martine
el Paso
Normal University
Proverbs of Evening Chats on Work and Wealth
An evening call yields pleasure whether the visit ends or begins. Red Cram Blue brightens the laundress and leaves clothes whiter. The text notes that borrowing trouble comes from lending money, a cautionary saying in daily life.
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound praised by Terre Hill woman
Mrs Avagustus Lyon of Terre Hill Pa testifies to relief from female troubles and aches after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The ad extols the remedy as a national standard for women's ills with a history of patient letters and claims of avoiding surgery.
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Terre Hill
Lydia E. Pinkham
Avagustus Lyon
Pinkham
Lynn
Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co
Paxton Toilet Co
Boston
Mass
Long Nominated for Minister to Latin America
Boaz W. Long, president of the division of Honduras affairs, has nominated Boaz in Mexico, now chief of Latin American affairs, to be minister to the region.
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Long
Honduras
Boaz En
Mexico
New Convicts at Santa Fé Penitentiary
Sheriff Young of County delivered four inmates to the state penitentiary at Santa Fé. L. J. Johnson received three years for larceny, J. Hudson four to five years for larceny, Sterling Oswalt three to four years for larceny, and Summer Marshall twenty to thirty years for second degree murder.
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Santa Fé
Young
Haves
L. J. Johnson
J. Y Hudson
Sterling Oswalt
Marshall
Wool Selig Wool Clips Sold at 17 Cents in Roswell
Two hundred thousand pounds of the 1914 wool clip, including four different clips, sold to an eastern buyer for 17 cents. The mountain wool is cleaner with less shrinkage. The valley ships about 4,000,000 pounds annually.
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Roswell
Santa Fé Rail Commission Reviews Tucumcari Roy Line Connections
The state commission has taken up with the Santa Fé the matter of improving connections at French with the train from Tucumcari and Roy on the Dawson branch of the El Paso and Southern Western Railway.
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Santa Fé
French
Tucumcart
Roy
Dawson
el Paso & South. Western, Corporation
Lightning Fatal to Army Officer Near Central New Mexico
Capt. Walkup of the medical corps was killed instantly when lightning struck his automobile near Central New Mexico. Occupants Brig. Gen. Francis Moore, Mrs. Tillman and her daughter Agnes were shocked but safe. Capt. Walkup’s wife and son Kenneth are visiting relatives in Pennsylvania.
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Walkup
Mreg
E. I. Tillman
Agnes
Tillman
Francis Moore
U. A
Central
N. M
Kenneth
Pennsylvania
Joseph 0
Trapper Rains Nets 400 Coyotes and Wolves for $1660
In northern Chaves and eastern Lincoln counties New Mexico trapper Wiley P. Rains has trapped over 400 coyotes and eight wolves in recent months. His pelts earned him about $1,660, with pelts making roughly half his income.
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Santa Fé
New Mexico
Wiley P. Rains
Chaves
Lincoln Counties
Ruins of Ancient Mine Found Near Steing
John Hayden discovered ruins near Steing that appear to be an old mine. He began on-site excavation and uncovered wheelbarrows, picks, drills and shovels. Neighbors speculate the work was done by historic Mexican prospectors. ore in sight is believed to be dry platinum.
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Silver City
Steing
John Hayden
Government approves plats for 80 townships in southern New Mexico
News reaches homesteaders in Grant, Luna, Dona Ana counties that government surveyed townships have been approved by the Interior Secretary and plats are being prepared for filing in Las Cruces land office after signature of former Survey General John W. March. General Lucius W. Dills is noted in the process.
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Santa Fé
New Mexico
Grant, Lung
Dona Ana
Secretary of the Interior
Las Cruces
John W. March
Lucius W. Dills
Mistral Compared to Burns in Provencal Revival
The Provencal poet Mistral is likened to Robert Burns for reviving a nearly dead language. Burns created a living form from a mature tongue, while Mistral had to forge new means of expression. He molded Provencal from ruins of vineyard and farm into a resilient literary voice.
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Mistral
Robert Burns
Burns
France
Embarrassing moment as rector’s terrier begs at altar
A portly English rector, holding the alms basin, witnesses his small terrier Rags dash into the church last summer. The dog sits up and begs before his master and the congregation, eliciting mixed amusement and pious horror.
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Rags
Mother-in-law Becomes Wise Coffee Troubleshooter
A woman credits her mother-in-law with solving stomach and complexion problems by switching from coffee to Postum. She notes relief from indigestion after daily Postum use and cites a grandmother who improved health after abandoning coffee for Postum. The ad promotes Regular and Instant Postum from Postum Co. Battle Creek Michigan. Read The Road to Wellville in the package.
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Iowa
Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Fragmentary exchange notes a weatherwise brag and a clash
A fragment shows a stranger mockingly listing weather facts and the year 1914, while Ker walks away with vindictive triumph. The exchange hints at a tense confrontation amid spilled details and a cloudy mood.
Painful blisters on infant linked to skin irritation
A Port Orchard mother describes her five day old baby's abdomen covered in painful blisters lasting six weeks until using Cuticura Soap and Ointment. She notes rapid relief and a complete cure after treatment, and references the Cuticura line available worldwide with a free sample offer.
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Port Orchard
Dept. L. Boston
Alabama Washerwomen Register Names with City Health
The article notes that washerwomen in Alabama must register their names with city health departments. This mandatory registration aims to track and regulate laundry work within municipalities.
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Alabama
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