Potter Palmer's Cowes Visit and Egypt House Luxe
Mrs. Potter Palmer, Chicago social leader, leased Egypt House at Cowes Isle of Wight for the regatta season and helped stage a royal circle with her niece Julia Dent Grant's marriage to Prince Cangugene. The King disliked polished floors after a slip but later approved Persian rugs, making Egypt House a symbol of elite hospitality amid London merchants sending floor measurements.
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Egypt House
Isle of Wight
Gatta
Cowes
Duchess
Manchester
Edward
London
Egypt
Fitzhugh Lees Views On Civil War And Industrial Rise
An 1896 eyewitness account recalls Fitzhugh Lee and General Oliver Howard traveling with an Indian delegation to Carlisle. They reminisce about West Point days and Gettysburg, discuss Reconstruction era shifts, and Lee predicts an industrial renaissance with Northern capital, while Howard credits God for Gettysburg.
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Howard
Indian Department
Washington City
Carlisle
Indian School
Congress
Indian Service
Fitzhugh Lee
O. O. Howard
West Point
Fitz
Lee
Gettysburg
General Lee
New Sheridan Statue at Somerset Honors Cavalry Leader
A statue of General Phil Sheridan was unveiled in Somerset Ohio on November 2 honoring the Union cavalry commander. The equestrian monument recalls his boyhood in the village where his birth is recorded though he was born at sea. Sheridan’s life in Somerset and his family ties are noted along with past visits by presidents and officials.
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Phil Sheridan
Somerset
Ohio
State of
Sheridan
Ireland
Albany
N. Y
Phil
Winchester
West Point
Phillie
Harrison
Will Sherman
Tom Corwin
Garfied
Hayes
McKinley
Mike
John
Eren
Youngest Senator Elmer Burkett Triumphs In Nebraska
Elmer J Burkett of Nebraska becomes the youngest U S Senator in a tight 1904 race against William Jennings Bryan. The campaign featured a state convention nomination and a battle over which party would control the legislature with Bryan’s Democrats and populists opposing Burkett’s Republicans.
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Senate
Elmer J Burkett
Nebraska
Omaha Bee
Burkett
Sena
Tor Dietrich
Bryan
William Jennings Bryan
Mr. Bryan
Roosevelt
Creantaktis
Secrethiee Ieee
Legis
Ancient Salt River Valley Reborn Through Roosevelt Dam
In the Salt River Valley of Arizona ruins indicate a once thriving ancient civilization. The Roosevelt dam rises 275 feet high, will store 1.4 million acre feet of water, and, with $3.6 million funding over ten years, irrigation will expand to about 200,000 acres, powering uplift for the San Carlos, Pima, and Papago communities and linking irrigation progress to a developing Phoenix Mesa region.
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Mesa
Salt River Valley
el Paso
Texas
Arizona
Salt River
Geronimo
San Francisco Mountains
Tonto Creek
Tonto Basin
Reclamation Service
Roosevelt Dam
Washington Monument
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Nix
Roosevelt
San Carlos
Salt River Canyon
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Potter Palmer
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