Guarded Washington Tomb Remembered Watchman Parker Dies
The story recalls Teeward Parker, the loyal old colored watchman who kept vigil at George Washington's tomb at Mount Vernon for nearly fifty years. Born in Charlestown, Virginia, he lived through slavery, Civil War service, and Mount Vernon’s transfer to the association, remaining constant at his post until illness led to his death at his daughter's home.
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Teeward Parker
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Northwest
Washington’ Post
Parker
Mount“Vernon
Washingtorn
Mount Vernon
Charlestown
John E. Washington
Alexandria
Hbox
Atong
Mount ‘Vernon
Derbyshire
Gentleman's Magazine
Saldman
Peakland
Ford
Army and Navy Report on Global Military Strength and Bands
Sergeant Wilkes reports Manila showers aid soldiers and malaria prevention. British strength listed at 219283, with officers to rank and file ratios. reserves, yeomanry, volunteers totals. Notes U S music law limits bands to one at military academy. compares bands across nations. World meat production cited at 15,900,000 tons yearly.
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Navy
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Manila
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Army Pay Corps
Army Reserve
Volunteers
United States
Austria
Beisiam
England
India
France
Dutch East Indies
Germany
Maly
Russia
Spain
Sweden
Repul
Persias
Curious World Items from a Bygone Page
A fragmentary recitation notes a mix of curiosities and misprints. It mentions mass word counts in English and German, walls of China and Pekin, a New York painter Owen Murphy receiving $2000 from an uncle, a political figure John J. Toelmreh, a wind-driven steeple misalignment in Oneida County New York, and a dramatic anecdote of a nurse or performer in New York with a strained neck and a muscular fist.
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Oneida County
N.Y
Paris
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