Four Rifles Linked to Brownsville Shootout in Army Tests
Army tests tie four rifles of Company B to all 33 shells found after the Brownsville shooting. A Galveston confession of D W Gray is denied as fake with no such man in the Twenty-fifth Infantry. two Grays exist in Company C, both denying confessions.
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Twenty-fifth Infantry
Brownsville
Ordnance Department of the Army
Senate Committee On
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Springfield
Galveston
D. W. Gray
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Maj. Blocksom
San Antonio
War Department
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Henry Watson
Penrose
Gray
Department
Fred van 8S
Chamberlain
Houston
Thomas Bailey Aldrich Dies in Boston
The author Thomas Bailey Aldrich died at his Boston home after failing to recover from a surgical operation performed about a month earlier at the Massachusetts Homeopathic Hospital. Born November 11, 1836 in Portsmouth New Hampshire, he edited venues including the New York Evening Mirror Home Journal and Atlantic Monthly and authored numerous fiction and poetry books. He is survived by his widow and one son.
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Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Aldrich
Massachusetts Homeopathic Hospital
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Portsmouth
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Harvard College
New York Evening Mirror
the Home Journal
Atlantic Monthly
Aldermen Arrested Over Contempt Charges in Nashville
Nashville city council members charged with contempt for adopting caustic resolutions about Speaker Cunningham were arrested at city hall. Warrants served, ordered to appear before the house bar Thursday to answer, each armed with petitions for writs of habeas corpus.
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Tennessee House of Representatives
Cunningham
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Cause of Lena Disaster Revealed by Court of Inquiry
Toulon March 20 The court of inquiry on the Lena explosion on March 12 ruled the disaster caused by a spontaneous B powder explosion from decomposition and high magazine temperature. The powder was noted as very unstable and responsible for prior incidents.
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Toulon
France
Lena
Bank Robbery in Webb City District Steals $600
Three men blew the safe at a local Diamond bank in Webb City Missouri early Tuesday and fled with $600 after Cashier Brookshire fired five shots at them. The robbers also stole three horses.
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Missouri Bank
Webb City
Diamond
Brookshire
Joliet's Boom Pushes Real Estate Ahead
Joliet foresees a housing boom as 400 coke ovens are planned by United States Steel to feed a new steel plant employing over 3,000 workers. Track elevation drainage work and new factories boost demand, with 4,000+ excess adult males projected to seek homes plus ongoing subdivision opportunities across the city. Citizens' Alliance, Joliet, Illinois.
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United States Steel Corporation
Chicago
United States
Citizens’ Alliance
Bismarck Rebuffs Russell Over Crown Prince Comments
In a 1870 interview with the crown prince Frederick Russell reports angering Bismarck by detailing confidential expressions. Bismarck orders respect for confidences but taunts Russell with a chance to record his opinion of the crown prince. Russell claims he will use the permission to document Bismarck's views.
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Bismarck
Russell
Frederick
Dunderhead
St. Paul's
Mont Blanc Climb By Artist-Photographer Willmann In Midwinter
The Chamounix artist-photographer M. Max Willmann and two guides completed a Mont Blanc ascent in two days and nights. The expedition endured Arctic cold but enjoyed otherwise splendid conditions. Garfield Tea promotes health by purifying the blood and cleansing the system, with a Pure Food Law guarantee.
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Mont Blanc
Chamounix
M. Max Willmann
M. Willmann
Quotes and ads from a historic cigarette and patent medicine page
A collage of aphorisms and ads notes dignity and honor with Massinger. Lewis' Single Binder cigars promote Peoria Illinois advertising. Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething claims relief at 25 cents. A moral about sudden wealth hints at trouble for the prudent owner.
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Lewis’ Factory
Peoria
Ill
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