A Marvelous Benefit Order Gains Rapid Fraternal Growth
The Home Forum Benefit Order, based at 56 Fifth Avenue Chicago, shows rapid membership growth since its 1892 founding. It reports 20,000 members in 30 months, monthly gains of 1,600, and low assessment rates with full loss payments. It admits men and women on equal terms, operates in eleven states, and earned praise from Wisconsin inspectors for competent management. Dr P L McKinnie presides as president with L E Fish as secretary.
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Home Forum Benefit Order
Fifth Avenue
Chicago
Ill
Detroit
Milch
Wisconsin
Illinois
P. L. McKinnie
L. EL Fish
Noted Men and Elites Featured in Dishonest Halting Gossip
The piece catalogs famed figures such as Mark Twain Edison and Sir Henry James, savoring anecdotes about their beliefs, dress, travels, and literary prestige. It mentions Max Muller, Saint-Hilaire, Stevenson, and Cardinal Gibbons among others, noting receptions and travels through Paris Dijon Florence and Tem.
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Mark Twain
Ke Edison
Henry James
Adyvictte
Prince of Wales
Max Muller
Ruaela
Ike
Tzurthelemy Saint-Hilaire
Victor Cousin
Louis Stevenson
Wallinsson
Capitalization of the Soil and Yields Thereof Review
Up-to-date notes on cultivation and yields reveal declines in capitation of soil use and horticulture, likely from reduced acreage and livestock feed. Prices have risen from 1894 lows, with wheat acreage shrinking in the U S and Europe. A Glasgow correspondent notes scarce fruit, high American imports, and strict penalties for picking apples, while demand remains for hardy trees and plants.
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Australia
India
Europe
Argentine
England
Germany
Belgium
Holland
Austria
Hungary
Roumania
Italy
United Kingdom
Russia
Scotland
Glasgow
America
United States
New York
Philadelphia
Chicago
National Nurseryman
Two Heroes Poem and the Augusta Forge Chain Tale
Veterans' Corner presents a verse on a hero and recounts a wartime tale of the Augusta forge near Tuxedo Park. It details iron chain production for harbor defense, the Sterling Iron mine, and a chain laid in the river in 1775 with links weighing about 150 pounds, parts recovered in 1355, and the remainder sold as old iron long before.
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Tuxedo Park
Sterling Iron Mine Company
Naks
Continental War Department
Pickering
Townsend
Das
West Point
Tender and True Soldier in Silent Walla Walla Farewell
An aged tailor on Third Street in Walla Walla dies after a quiet life of hardship. He is found in peaceful slumber with a hand on his heart. An inquest reveals a soldier’s past in India, Malta, Gibraltar, and the Union Army. Grand Army comrades cover him with respect, two flags—England and the United States—across his breast as he is laid to rest near the mountains.
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Columbus
Indies
America
Meridian
Rte
Third Street
Walla Walla
India
Malta
Gibraltar
Doys
Grand Army of the Republic
John Creiziton
England
Promotion of Captain John Clem to Major in U S Army
Captain John Clem known as the drummer boy of Chickamauga is promoted to major. Born August 13 1832 in Newark Ohio he left home young after family strife joined a Michigan regiment and became a skilled drummer. He later served with distinction and is now stationed in Atlanta as captain and assistant quartermaster, married May 3 1873 at Fort McHenry to Anna French daughter of the late General French.
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Clem
John Clem
Chickamauga
United States Army
Newark
Roman
Eligabeth Clem
Apt
Michigan
Johnny
Eiecer
Snng
Georgze AH. Thomas
West Point
Atlanta
Fort McHenry
Anna French
General French
West Point chain remnants linked to Revolution era defense
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a venerable chain once stretched across the Hudson near a West Point area hotel. The remains are said to be part of the iron chain used to block vessels during the Revolutionary War to prevent ships from approaching forts and the landing sites.
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Kibiy
West Point Falls
Tee Heo
Hudson River
New Army Blouse and Forage Cap Unveiled for Soldiers
The army adopts a simple blouse with front and hip openings, gold S insignia on the collar, and a belt arrangement including a right holster. The forage cap moves toward practicality with a dark blue cap, black visor, and a decorative band, replacing the prior ornate headwear. Comfort and appearance both factor into the new uniform plan set for June 1.
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Crole Sams
Grant's early clerical service begins in a cramped room
The future general Ulysses S. Grant is assigned to rule blanks for war reports in a stark, carpetless room outside the adjutant-general’s gilded office. He works with Met Nin, starting a formal staff career that precedes his rise to command and national leadership.
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Grant
Washington
Nin
Hus
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Home Forum
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Oliver
Heys
Ford
Tras
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Boston Post
Samuel H. Church
Olver Cromwell
Irving
Prescott
8. C. Mason
P. T. Barnum
F. L. Budd
Ifarm and Garden
Minneapolis
Veterans’ Corner
Clein
Tablente
Gol
Treaven
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