Historic American Landmarks and Battles Across the Nation
A tour through Pilgrims Rock in Plymouth to Fort Harrison in Indiana recalls key Revolutionary and early American events. The piece notes landmarks in Boston Lexington Cambridge Philadelphia and Gettysburg with details on monuments battles and notable figures like Washington Jefferson and Molly Pitcher.
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Independence Hall
Philadelphia
Stythe
Continental Congress
Washington
Montiéelo
Thomas Jefferson
Virginia
University of Virginia
Battle Grounds
Monmouth
Molly Ludwig Hays
Molly Pitcher
Battle Ground
Gettysburg
Gettysburg Battlefield
San Antonio
Burleson
Alamo
Col. Travis
Santa Anna
Emil Ehrmann
Ay ‘Ous
Obituary of Susan Evans Snowden of Auburn
Susan Evans Snowden born November 9 1832 in Washington County Pennsylvania died October 27 1915 at home south of Auburn aged 82 years 11 months 18 days married to William M Snowden December 31 1852. They moved to Illinois in 1883 where he died August 3 1907. Eight children remain twenty four grandchildren five great grandchildren and many relatives. A Presbyterian since childhood she was praised as a true Christian and loving mother. Laid to rest in Auburn Cemetery October 30 with services by Rev Jesse Stout.
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Susan Evans
Washington County
Auburn
Wm. M.snowden
Card of Thanks for Mrs Snowden's Loss
We desire to thank the friends for their kindness during the illness and after the death of our mother Mrs Snowden. The family received many beautiful floral tributes and sympathies from friends and neighbors.
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Joved
Snowden
Jalso
Love and murder in Cuba under Weyler era
In Cuba under Captain General Weyler two men Jose Herrara and Manuel Furtado clash over Senorita Inez Madera. Furtado betrays Herrara to gain favor with the regime and the lovers suffer imprisonment, a secret arrest, and later a fatal duel on a moonlit road. Herrara emerges to confront his betrayer after war.
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Cuba
Weyler
Jose Herrara
Manuel Furtado
Senorita Inez Madera
Spain
Herrara
Senor Madera
Senorita Inez
Furtado
Senorita Ines
United States
Herrera
Senorita Madera
Jose
Manuel
American Provisional Management
Senor Madero
Senorita
Inez
Burtado
Madera
Remaking Soldiers Through Training For New Trades
The article surveys wartime crippled veterans and argues governments must pension or retrain them. It highlights international efforts in Europe to teach trades to the disabled, including one armed pupils in tailoring, blacksmithing, shoemaking, and machinery work. It cites Grosselinger and Heidelberg schools, plus a Brussels museum of materials and the inspiring example of Unthan, a one armed man who mastered music and dexterity using feet.
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Government
Grosselfinger
Heidelberg
Germany
Vulpius
Bruckmann
Russia
Italy
India
Pacific Islands
China
Brussels
Ottad
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Silas Walker
Pilgrims Rock
Ply- Mouth
Mass
Pilgrims’ Hall
Boston
Peter Faneuil
Page
Col
Wm. Prescott
Bunker Hill
Marquis de Lafayette
Massachusetts Grand ‘Lodge ‘of Masons
Daniel Webster
Quincy
Horatio Greenough
Massachusetts
Lexington
Captain Parker
Concord
Hart Percy
Cambridge
New England
Gage
Great’ “Assembly of
Cambridge Corner
George III
Salem
North Bridge
Leslie
Gigo
Richmond
Patrick Henry
Cvorge
Great Britain
Virginie
Svudheon
Berlin
Man Unthan
Gerhard Hauptmann
Atlantis
Unthan
Kruckman
Deutsche Medzinische’ Wochenschrift
Appraileas
C. E. Blanchard
Blanchard
Calif
Sicra
Alted
Souraleta
Shcan
Sloan's
Aix
Mra
Columbus
Ohio
ST. Louis
The
Marshall Herald
Herald
Marshall, Ills
Terre Haute Daily Star
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