Gatling Gun Bill Earns Shoulder Straps In San Juan Hill
The tale follows Gatling gunner Bill through training and the Santiago campaign. He earns a sergeant’s badge after a breakout night at San Juan Hill, where his gatling gun halts a Spanish assault and saves the American line before the weapon is later retired as a museum piece.
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Atrapsa
Philippines
United States Army
Hoe
Bill
Tampa
War Department
Engineer Corps
Santiago
San Juan Hill
Ferth
Mango Pete
Pete
Billy
Pata
Outpost
Jimmy
Jingo
Jian
Washington
Romantic war tale of Capt Eulate and American consul
A Venezuelan revolt leads Gen Escheverra to arrest foreign merchants and 17 consuls in La Guayra in 1892. Consul Philip Hanna threatens a landing and Captain Eulate moves to aid, inviting Hanna to dine aboard Vizcaya. The dramatic encounter blossoms into a friendship amid looming war, with Eulate later reported a prisoner of war.
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Vizcaya
Philip C. Hanna
Eilaté
San Juan
St. Thomas
Eulate
the Vizcaya
Wise Words From Great Thinkers and Poets
A collage of maxims and aphorisms from Goethe Martineau Richter Kempis Johnson Roche foucauld Mathews Wordsworth Burke Commons Kaut Swift on independence virtue and personal improvement. It compiles reflections on wisdom kindness and self mastery from diverse authors.
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W. Mathews
Wordsworth
Burke
Commons
Private royal apartments at Windsor Castle revealed
The Chicago Record describes Windsor Castle’s ultra private suites on the third floor in Victoria tower. A separate entrance, electric lighting, and a dedicated lift serve intimate rooms for the queen and close staff for private interviews away from public halls.
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Windsor Castle
Victoria Tower
Chicago
The Italian Admiral's Reply
Admiral de Amezaga of the Italian navy, praised as a heroic sailor, rescued Italians from imprisonment in Montevideo and refused to surrender wards at Carthagena, warning that the Italian fleet would avenge him if his ship were sunk.
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de Amezaga
Caracciolo
Montevideo
Torres
Amezaga
Anthion
Carthagena
Warda
Galliffet Story Over Umbrella Guard Stiff Punishment Tale
A tale from the New York Times recalls General de Goulliffet on a rain soaked night. General Vincendon offered an umbrella and escorted him home. De Galliffet allegedly ordered Vincendon under arrest for eight days for carrying an umbrella in uniform.
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de Galliffet
Vincendon
New York Times
American consul Hanna Helps Free Prisoners in Venezuela
A tall American, Philip Hanna, Iowa-born US consul at La Guayra, aided by Spanish lieutenant Eulate, defied a Caracas crackdown by releasing eighty five prisoners including an American naturalized citizen. Madrid punished Eulate but later promoted him as tensions rose toward war. Mrs Eulate praised American protection in San Juan Porto Rico.
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Washington
Phil
Hanna
Escheverra
Fortreea
H Escheverra
Eulate
la Guayra
Wicheverra
Philip Hanna
Iowa
Jorge Juan
Concord
Lieut
Consul Hanna
Venezuela
Spain
United States
Creapo
Mendoza
Congal Hanna
Feonsul
Scruggs
Caracas
Mr. Hanna
Madrid
Havana
San Juan de Porto Rico
State Department
San Juan
Meteor Falls off Jamaican Route Ship Survives Meteor Explosion
The Norwegian steamship George Dumois bound from Philadelphia to Jamaica escaped destruction when a meteor exploded near the vessel on October 10 at about 23 N 74.22 W. Captain Jentoft reports fragments scattered nearby and luminous meteor trails observed all night as the crew recovered from the blinding light.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
George Dumois
Philadelphia
Jamaica
West India Fruit Company
Jentoft
Father Time’s Scythe Signals Eternal Mower's Reach
A compact proverb-like item notes Father Time as a perpetual mower, suggesting the inexorable passage of years and the endless cycle of time. The piece frames time as an ongoing, unending labor, with a grim but neutral tone.
Hall McAllister and the foghorn remark
The late Hall McAllister entertained a visiting scientist at the Union club years ago. He quipped that fog is a good conductor of sound, noting that on foggy evenings the foghorn is heard clearly, but not when there is no fog. The scientist questioned the theory, and McAllister cited a common observation in reply.
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Hall McAllister
Union Club
The
Pacific
Mr. McAllister
Wisconsin
Luxury Pullman Tour to Mexico From Chicago
A special first class Pullman train tour departs Chicago on January 23 for Mexico City and other major Mexican cities, returning to Chicago. Limited parties travel under Beau Campbell of The American Tourist Association with all expenses covered. Inquiries via Chicago Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway agents.
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Chicago
Mexico
Republic
Beau Campbell
American Tourist Association
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Post Office Officials Rowland Hill and Trollope Clash Over Language
A brief anecdote recalls Sir Rowland Hill and Anthony Trollope arguing about official versus private language. Trollope contends that in real life Hill is not the obedient servant he claims to be, highlighting tensions during their post office era.
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Rowland Hill
Anthony Trollope
Sir Rowland
Trollope
Hall's Catarrh Cure Advertising Notice
An old advertisement offers one hundred dollars reward for any catarrh cure failure and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure and Hall's Family Pills. endorsements from West Truax Walding Kinnan Marvin endorse F J Cheney & Co Toledo.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
West & Truax
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin
Ohio
All
Druggisca
Washerwoman’s “wrenching” joke costs shirt buttons
Mrs Wickwire claims she always talks about wrenching the clothes while washing. Mr Wickwire counters that she says what she means as she has wrenched all the buttonholes out of half his shirts. Indianapolis Journal.
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Mrs. Wickwire
Mr. Wickwire
Indianapolis Journal
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