Last Thoughts of Roosevelt and a Party United
Colonel Harvey in North American Review presents a facsimile memo of Theodore Roosevelt's last thoughts. The note urges unity in the Republican Party to push through domestic policy and reconstruction, signaling a call for vigilance and action before broader issues. The piece frames Roosevelt as shaping a united party poised for decisive leadership.
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North American Review
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Theodore Roosevelt
United Republican Party
George Harvey
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National Organization
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Washington
Senate
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Nong
Roosevelt's Departing Words To His Countrymen
Died around 4 a.m. January 6 after a patriotic rally at the New York Hippodrome where a message he wrote was read. He urged room for only one flag the American flag and warned against red flags or loyalty to hostile nations.
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Roosevelt
New York Hippodrome
Invention Leads to Legendary Aircraft Encounter
A highly promoted French officer tests an advanced optical sight in a single seater and, while chasing Albatros fighters, is attacked but survives without firing a shot. He is described as a testy yet amiable martinet who detests women and loves his wife and dog.
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Martinet
Charles Bernard Nordhoff
The
Atlantic Monthly
Naming children after war heroes fades in America
The New York Sun notes Americans abandon the hero naming trend once common during and after the Civil War. Few births honor presidents today, with small counts for Woodrow Wilson and John Pershing among Philadelphia’s 1918 48 000 births.
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New York Sun
Abraham Lincoln
Grover Cleveland
Grover
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Duty to Declare Vive In France Note From Metz
A Paris correspondent recalls arriving in Metz as German troops still held the city. A customs officer asked for a declaration and the writer replied that his declaration was Vive In France, a moment noted as the final wartime salute before the armistice.
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Boche
Metz
Paris
France
Young Clerk's Daughter Resolves to Lighten Workload
In Indianapolis News style a young daughter of Martin circuit court clerk Charles W. Runyon named Alice, just starting school, tells Santa Claus of a new resolution. She declares she will not work so hard next year as she did this year, offering a humorous peek at family life.
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Martin Circuit
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Birds Steal Rides On Westbound Trains
John E. Sexton of the Eureka-Nevada Railroad company Palisade Nev says birds especially sparrows and linnets are unusually lazy this year and ride brakebeams from east to west on trains. He cites about 300 birds on a Southern Pacific train through Nevada flying from perches as the locomotive crossed a rough crossing.
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Eureka-Nevada Railroad Company
Palisade
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Sexton
Southern Pacific
Nevada
Causes of Commercial Growth Through the Ages
The article traces rise of international commerce from 1818 to 1918, noting expansion from under two billion to about fifty billion dollars. It cites population growth, transportation advances, and division of labor among global groups as key drivers.
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Thse
Colonel Sanborn Led Food Run Under Fire at Chipilly Ridge
Sergeant G William Keane recounts Colonel Joseph B Sanborn of Chicago's First Illinois National Guard personally delivering rations to starving troops at Chipilly Ridge in August. Keane, awarded by King George and the Distinguished Service Cross, recalls rescue missions, heavy fighting, and Sanborn's fearless leadership sustaining his men.
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No Man’s
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No Man's Land
Relatives to be Informed of Soldiers Wounded
Washington reports relatives of sick and wounded soldiers in U S hospitals will be advised of patients location and condition at admission under a War Department plan. The measure, paired with Pershing’s order for soldiers overseas to write home, aims to give prompt updates on all wounded or ill servicemen and transfers between hospitals.
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United States
War Department
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Bald Eagle Killed by Farm Anticipated Carer in Independence
A bald eagle about three feet tall, weighing nine pounds, was killed near Independence Missouri by a local farmer. The bird was preserved by a taxidermist after measurement of its wingspan.
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Cod Fearing Sharks Swallows His Money
A garbled fragment recounts a trader or seafarer avoiding sharks and sinking ships, mentioning a gold English sovereign found on a relic and a preference for red wine, with muddy notes of a submarine wreck and waterfront scenes.
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Tony Grandetto
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