Potter Palmer Hosts Royal Social Set at Cowes Isle of Wight
Mrs Potter Palmer, Chicago social leader, joins English society at Cowes during the regatta season. She leased Egypt House on the Isle of Wight and arranged the marriage of her niece Julia Dent Grant to a Hussian prince. The King’s social circle includes this American figure, noted for fashion and influence in London society.
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Potter Palmer
Chicago
England
This
Taal
London
América
Gatta Aetson
Cowes
Consuelo
Duchess of
Manchester
Edward
Egypt House
Egypt
Sunless Dungeons Of Petersburgh Imprisonment Horrors
A description of the Peter and Paul fortress in St. Petersburg as a sunless, grim prison where prisoners utter no words, communicate by wall knocks, face severe punishment for signaling, and endure mildew, cold walls, and despair as if buried alive.
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Peter and Paul
St. Pestersburg
Noah the Wisest Man Who Knew How to Weather Rain
A Sun-Way school teacher asks a girl who the wisest man was. She answers Noah, saying he alone knew enough to go in and out of the rain.
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Noah
Mary
Ebé
Bet
Ebe
Eliza
Fitzhugh Lees V Jews and Civil War Banter on a Carlisle Trip
In March 1896 an official recalls Fitzhugh Lee and C O Howard traveling with the Indian party to Carlisle PA for its school commencement. They discuss Civil War battles at West Point and Gettysburg, the Souths industrial future, and the line between fate and human agency in war.
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Howard
Inian Department
Washington City
Carlisle
Indian School
Con‘press
Indian Service
Fitzhugh Lee
C. 0. Howard
West Foint
Fitz
Lee
Gettysburg
Pita
Lea
NEW SHERIDAN STATUE HONORS GENERAL SHERIDAN AT SOMERSET
A monument to General Philip Sheridan is to be dedicated in Somerset Ohio on November 2. The statue recalls his early life in the village and his rise from clerk to famed cavalry leader. Sheridan was born on a ship near Ireland and grew up in Somerset before serving in West Point and the Union cavalry.
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Pt Sheridan
Somerset
Ohio
State of
Sheridan
Temyinay
Shernan
Las Pure Cols
Ireland
Tooy
Albany
Phil
Winchester
West Point
Wisbeulen
Phillis
Ruth
Jarrison
Iy) Sharman
Yom Corwin
Gurtlud
Ayes and
MaKinley
Che
Sheridan Uved
Sheridan Ride remembers a Civil War hero and heirs
A reminiscence of General Sheridan recounts his wartime ride and final acts, noting his loyalty to the South, the cost of a statue, and dedications attended by veterans. It also describes his family, wealth plans for his daughters, and relatives who served or held posts.
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Sheridan
Howard
Mike
John
Flen
Youngest Senator Elmer J Burkett of Nebraska
The article recounts Elmer J Burkett becoming the youngest U S Senator from Nebraska after a tough race against William J Bryan. It highlights the people driven move for a direct nomination by the people, the party dynamics, Bryan’s campaign reach, and Burkett’s strong statewide organization. The 1904 campaign results left Burkett as a Republican Senator with a newly elected legislature aligned to his side.
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Senate
Elmer J Burkett
Nebraska
Legislative Padres
Snyder
Cana
Fae Millar
United States
Burkett
Burkett Wis
Republians
Sena
Edgar G
Digtrieha
Repubiwity Anginaees
Bryan
William Jenquings
Tiarkett
Alr
Roosevelt
Mr. Bryan
Bers
Lurkett
Commonwealth
Lege Vlature
Elatten
Ancient Puebloan Ruins Signal Desert Valley Prosperity
An illustrated survey of the Salt River Valley notes ancient Puebloan ruins and irrigation channels showing a past thriving population. It describes ruins, canals cut from rock, and the rise of modern Roosevelt Dam works planned to store and deliver water, expand irrigation to hundreds of thousands of acres, and power a growing Arizona valley.
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Phoenix
Mesa
Salt River Valley
el Paso
Texas
Arizona
Ong
Salt Tiver Valley
Salt River
Geronimo
San Francisco Mountains
Murderers
Tonte Basin
Th Reeclamation Service
Ilowa
Maes
Tix
Roosevelt
Sam Catlon
Qeaven
Uhirty
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King Edward
BRS
Isle of Wight
Potter Palmel
Fitzhugh Lee’s
New Sheridan
Lator Elmer J. Burkett
JPA
Phocoix Redivivas
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