Miles Prophesied as Army Chief and Naval Wedding Note
Gen Nelson A Miles, veteran of the Army of the Potomac since 1863, is portrayed as a potential commander in chief as his career progresses. The piece also describes a naval wedding with a two-bronze-brigade train of young bridesmaids and a wedding cake modeled after the Alert.
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Army of the Potomac
Nel- Appleton Miles
Nis
Nelson A. Miles
Westminister
Mass
Sista
New York
Manehood
Schofield
Gen. Miles
Army of the United States
Admiral Markham
Lowell M'Cook
General Miles lauded for Indian warfare feats and reforms
The narrative chronicles General Miles ascending from captain to major general and earning four brevets for gallantry. It highlights his indian campaigns across the plains, pursuit of Kiowas and Comanches, subjugation of hostile tribes in Montana, and notable captures including Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse’s followers, and Geronimo.
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Hiense
House
Bathsville
Prnvisio
Fortieth United States Infantry
Fifth Infantry
Kiowes
Plains
Montana
Sitting Bull
Joseph
Elle Horne
Yelowstone Park
Geronimo
Natchez
Southwest
Kansas
New Mexico
Arizona
Tucson
Miles
Douschka Pickens and the Imperial Court Romance
The article recounts how Louise Holcomb, later Mrs. Francis W. Pickens, dazzled the Russian imperial court as an American-born daughter of minister Pickens, becoming godmother to the czar’s child and forging close ties that influenced US Russia relations, with Douschka Pickens famed for her role and the symbolic christening. The narrative links her birth at the palace to diplomatic currents spanning to the Civil War era.
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Russia
Miss Stratton
Winter Palace
St. Petersburg
Alexander Romanoff
Emperor
Pickens
Imperial Palace
The
Romanoffs
Francis W. Pickens
South Carolina
Louise Holcomb
Washington
Europe
Young Pickens
Picksens
Alexander I
Spk
Mons
Imperial Chapel
Anar
Darling
Nater
United States
Douschka
Czarina
Imperial
Cousebla
Dugas
Augusta
Lincoln
Pickens Wa
Ter
Gen. T
Fort Sumter
Centenary of Odessa marks city of trade and growth
The article notes Odessa, called the Liverpool of Russia, celebrated its centennial since 1704 foundation. From 400 houses and 6,000 people, the port city now surpasses 500,000 residents, including a sizable Hebrew community, with vast commercial wealth and grand architecture. It mentions notable figures and philanthropic efforts tied to high society. A separate note describes a turkey's escape from a downtown Anderson Indiana grocery, crashing through a hotel glass without injury, leaving scientists puzzled by the mystery.
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Dem
Odessa
Liverpool
Russia
Turke
Duc de Richlien
Alexander
Anderson
Ind
A Ballet In His Head Traces Sackett Ball Removal
George Sackett of Ad: county Iowa, a Civil War veteran, carried a minie ball in his head for thirty years. Dr Sampson removed the ball, weighing nearly an ounce, after an abscess formed in the nasal passage revealed its location behind the eye. The operation relieved irritation from ongoing discharge.
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George Sackett
Iowa
Sampson
Sackett
Stuttering Rates Among Schoolchildren Described
A report from Loston schools finds seven in every thousand children stutter. Among boys, 1.12 percent stutter, while 42 percent of girls do. European experts note three to four times as many boys stutter as girls, confirming gender disparity.
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Loston
Commodore Gerry Pushes Whipping Post in New York
Commodore Elbridge T. Gerry urged the final session of the humane societies convention to endorse a whipping post for New York aimed at punishing those who abuse children. The proposal seeks a strong deterrent and reflects era reform ideas.
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Elbridge T. Gerry
The
Humane Societies
New York
Memoir of a 19th century circus pioneer and aquarium founder
A veteran recalls starting a grand circus train, courting P T Barnum, and launching the largest show of its era. He details building a rail loaded circus, the New Brunswick event, and the aquarium venture with the first white whale, plus the penny wager with Reiche that decided the fate of the enterprise. He recounts upheavals, lawsuits, a Cairo wreck, and eventual retirement with horses and a vow never to return to the business.
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P.T. Barnum
Thad
Mr. Barnum
New York
Tim Mr. Barnum
John J. Gill
Ohio
New Brunswick
N. J
Henry Reichs
Coney Island Place
Agassiz
Huxley
Othe
United States Fish Commission
Reiche
New Yor’s
Washngton
Barnum
Texas
Cairo
Ill
Wabash
Armed Eastern Bazaar Reveals City Armory in Hyderabad
In Eastern Hyderabad, streets teem with weapons from spears and sabers to daggers and pistols. A bazaar of deadly blades gleams in ash and turban light as police and shoppers pass armored displays, with scrolls and talwars, scourges and goads, all described in lurid detail amid a crowded, wary market scene.
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Hyderabad
Bazairs
Ant
Skaroli
Tree of Brazil Used for Superior Ceramic Ware
The Tree of Brazil yields wood and bark rich in silica used with clay to make superior ware. It grows about 100 feet tall but only around a foot in diameter. Fresh bark cuts stone, and once dried becomes hard.
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He Trees
Brazil
Revenge Echoes in Quiet House
In a clipped exchange Mrs Beboin notes a rasping sound and wary calm. She suggests leaving the matter to unfold, fearing the subject may be undermining himself as if cutting a slice from a shared pie.
Hottest and Coldest Cities Painted in Global Climate Card
The article lists Calcutta as the hottest city with a yearly mean of 82.4 degrees, Tobolsk as the coldest, and Cherra Poongee in Southwestern Assam noted as the wettest city in the world.
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Calcutta
India
Tobolsk
Siberia
Cherrapongee
Assam
Odd and Ordinary Items Across the World
The report lists peculiar facts from Canton to Egypt, including houseboats used to transport wine by a Paris Lyons Mediterranean rail line, export figures in Francs Pakhoi, and a cure called lizard wine for eye trouble. It also recounts a New York man’s fight with a German dwarf, currants fed to sultan’s horses in place of oats, a Colusa teacher’s switch punishment, a poison oak cause of illness, and moving glass houses on rails for horticulture.
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Canton
Caima
Balle
Paris Lyons Mediterranean
Pakhoi
China
New York
Egypt
Colusa
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Eral
Alexander McDowell
Cleveland
Nevill
Department of the Colorado
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McDowell
Army Department of Colorado
Denver
Gov. Waite
11 Run
Masor
Alexander M'Coom
Gall
Douschkr
Miss Pickens
Vanderbilt
Madison Square Garden
Indianapolis
Detroit
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