Grant Tomb project advances with subscription drive
The Grant Monument association raises nearly half a million dollars to finish Ulysses S. Grant tomb on Riverside Drive New York. Plans include a shaded terrace walks low walls and a portico with a motto Let Us Have Peace. An equestrian statue will crown a plaza but no life mounted photo of Grant is found despite extensive searches.
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Ulysses S.S. Grant
United States
Riverside Drive
New York City
Grant Monument Association
Ulysses S. Grant
Gurney C. Gue
New York Herald Tribune
General A. Grant
Grant
New York Historical Society
Daniel Chester French
Fairmont Park
Philadelphia
Robert Underwood Johnson
Old Century
C. C. Buel
Union League Club
Warren M. Healy
Healy
Horace Porter
Thirehusetts
War College
Wash- Panera
Washington
Roosevelt
United States Military Academy
West Point
Cavalry
Fourth Infantry
Taylor
Mexico
McCall
Scenic Firefall of Yosemite and Glacier Point Drama
Scenic Playgrounds of America describes Yosemite firefall traditions at Glacier Point, with a 1400 foot drop and a blazing tribute during New Year and Independence Day. It recalls John Muir era awe, rival claims on who started the fire, and notes Mother Curry and the Curry family’s camp legacy through 1920.
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Yosemite
West
Old Faithful
Yellowstone
Camp Curry
Glacier Point
Glacier
John Muir
J. K. Barnard
Sentinel
John McCauley
America
David A. Curry
Curry
California
Mother Curry
Western Newspaper Union
Slayings in Ecuador Forests Tie to Cacao Plantations
In Guayaquil region between the Vinces and Pueblo Viejo rivers, vast cacao farms crowd dark forests seen as a haven for planned murders by hired killers. The Mendoza murder links multiple landholders and a theater attack, with roots in disputed land grants and self defense bands. Carmel Pincay, jailed, describes a string of killings and a brutal alligator pool tale, revealing motives and local justice practices.
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Guayaquil
Vinces
Puebloviejo
Guayas
Meandor
Mendoza
Crown
Enrique Mendoza
Europe
Mendozas
Alberto
Enrique
Felipe
Lautaro Aspiazu
Aspiazu
Carmel Pincay
Felipe Mendoza
Carrie Pincay
Asplaza
Maxim Silencers Banned In United States
Maxim silencers are prohibited in most states and no longer manufactured in the country. The firm cited policy against making them for pistols or revolvers, noting limited effect on rifles and single shot pistols and the muffled sound still escapes at the revolver’s cylinder gap.
End of the World Warning Echoed by Emerson and Parker
A desert scene recounted by Phillips Russell in Life of Emerson features an Adventist who warned Theodore Walker of an imminent apocalypse. Parker, living in Boston, dismisses the warning, while Emerson responds with calm that life will go on.
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Theodore Walker
Aaroh Waldormerson
Phillips Russell
Emerson
Parker
Boston
Herald
Japanese Girls Known Makeup Art Centuries Ago
Mrs. Katsuji Debuchi wife of the Japanese ambassador to the United States visiting New Orleans says Japanese girls long ago mastered facial makeup. She notes the powder was a paste and liquid rouge is still used.
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New Orleans
Katsuji Debuchi
United States
Whippings Serve as Severe Colonial Punishment
Whipping was a common harsh punishment in Colonial times. In 1643 a man was severely whipped in Salem for sleeping during the minister's sermon and for making a pass at the woke man. Another man was whipped for traveling unnecessarily on the Sabbath.
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Salem
Hard Luck Algernon Marries for Real Home
Clarence notes Algernon married a clubwoman after years of hoping to settle. The pair’s union marks a shift from his long craving for a true home to a formal domestic arrangement.
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Algernon
Clarence
New Bedford Standard
Florida Citrus Crop Value and Yield for 1929 1980
Preliminary estimates show Florida citrus crop worth 18 million dollars for the period 1929 to 1980 with a yield of 15 million boxes. The figures reflect early official estimates from state agricultural authorities.
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Florida
Vitamins in Yeast Source of B and A Vitamins
Yeast provides a rich source of vitamin B and also contains vitamin A.
Dallas Lady Believes Nature's Remedy Eases Indigestion
A Dallas woman credits Nature's Remedy tablets with daily relief from indigestion and related pains for ten years. The ad claims NR tablets soothe the stomach and bowels, prevent acid buildup, and improve blood health, noting over three million tablets are used daily.
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Mother Nature
Arthur Brown
Reiger St
Dallas
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