Marker planned for Fort Aubrey site in Kansas memory
Elmo Scott Watson notes plans to erect a marker at the Fort Aubrey site near Syracuse to honor Col. F. X. Aubrey and recounts his 1846 Santa Fe Trail ride. The piece also covers the fort’s history, the 1863 blizzard deaths of 22 Missouri militiamen at Fort Aubrey, and a separate North Dakota mystery of a vanished cavalry troop with bones found in a buffalo wallow.
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Kansas
Fort Aubrey
Sunflower State
F. X. Aubrey
Felix Xavier Aubrey
Santa Fe
N. M
Independence
Aubrey
St. Louis
Plains
Syracuse
Kan
Fort Dodge
Fort Lyon
Colo
Lake Aubrey
Santa Fe Trail
Missouri
H. Helfrich
R. T. Goans
Goans
Helfrich
Goodwin
Arizona
Fort Leavenworth
Fort Union
Fort
Fort Lyons
Fort Riley
United States
North Dakota
Geauga Republican Record
Chardon
Ohio
Arthur E. Towne
Towne
Dakotas
West
Republican Record
United States Cavalry
Dickey County
James River Valley
Aberdeen
United States Army
Drifting Goose
Spink County
Armdale Island
James River
South
Confederate States
The
James
Sully
Minnesota
Buffalo Wallow
Custer
Prairies
King Winter
Poem Excerpt Reflects on War’s Aftermath and Lost Comrades
A war memory poem recalls a shell scarred landscape and khaki-clad figures, with rain, guns, and wind evoking loss. The speaker mourns fallen comrades as time collapses twelve years into yesterday, in a somber reflection from Wilson Clough in the Laramie Republican Boomer.
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Wilson Clough
Laramie
Republican-Boomer
Vision of the Last Comrade tribute to aging Civil War soldier
Henry W. Colby’s poem revised by Sydney Ford laments the fading strength and looming last survivor of a vast veteran host. It envisions a youthful 1861 volunteer growing old, the burden of memory, and a May Memorial morning when the last comrade lowers his banner, with reverent hope for divine comfort. Boston Herald
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Henry W. Colby
Sydney E. Ford
Ford Gardens
Bridgewater
Mass
American Dead in Mexico National Cemetery Location
The text notes one national cemetery in Mexico City where American dead from the Mexican War are buried. It identifies the cemetery as the resting place for U S service members who died in that conflict.
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Mexico
Mexico City
How One Woman Lost 20 Pounds of Fat
A vintage health claim promotes Kruschen Salts as a fat loss method. It urges daily use of half a teaspoon in hot water for three weeks, promising weight loss and increased energy. The ad guarantees an 85 cent bottle lasting four weeks and a money back offer if results fail to satisfy.
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America
Emancipation Proclamation Housed in Albany State Library
The historic emancipation proclamation is preserved in the state library in Albany New York.
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State
Albany, N. Y
Kipling Early Fame and Prolific Career Highlight
Rudyard Kipling wrote his first juvenile work at age thirteen and by twenty six was hailed as a genius by the public. He became the writer of more best sellers than any other author of his era.
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Kipling
Eary
Rudyard Kipling
Ancient Iron Piece Found Near Gizeh Pyramid
A report notes the oldest iron artifact yet found beneath the Gizeh pyramid complex, with an estimated age of about six thousand years. The item underscores early metalworking in ancient Egypt.
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Gizeh
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