Pension rolls show long list of aging war veterans
The piece surveys U S pensions by war and class from 1866 to 1921, noting 566 053 total recipients with 343 000 soldiers or widows. It highlights 1812 widows including Elizabeth Riggins Tyler and lists ages many nearing a century, with Mexican War veterans also aged over ninety. It emphasizes the enduring cost and memory of veterans across states.
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Sam
Lincoln
Republics
United States
Mexico
Spain
Uncle Sam
Elizabeth Riggies Tyler
South Cary Street
Baltimore
George W. Tyler
Maryland
Fort McHenry
Francis Scott Key
Tyler
Connecticut
Georgia
Kentucky
Massachusetts
Mississippi
New Jersey
New York
North Carolina
Ohio
South Carolina
Tennessee
Virginia
U. S. S. Constitution
U. S. Artillery
Showacre
Vera Cruz
Matamoros
Monterey
Palo Alto
Chapultepec
Buena Vista
Cerro Gordo
Contreras
Churubusco
William Roddeto
Cross Fiains
Tenn
Tennessee Volunteers
Abney
George H
Clay
Miss
Green Mountain Boys and Early Vermont Defense
The Green Mountain Boys formed in 1773 under Ethan Allen and Seth Baker to resist New York claims on Vermont lands. During the Revolutionary War about 300 members aided passes into Canada, hindering British advances. A separate note discusses why water rises in trees, referencing experiments with plaster of Paris and unknown film properties.
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Green-Mountain Boys
Vermont
Ethan Allen
Seth Baker
New York
Charles I
Canada
Plaster of Paris
Woman Gangster Mattie Howard Sentenced as She Laughs
Kansas City reports Mattie Howard the famed underworld figure is jailed for killing a diamond broker years earlier. She previously fostered alliances with gangsters, supported by a lavish funeral for her former lover Albert Pagle who was killed shortly after his release. She left the scene singing as she was led to the penitentiary.
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Mattie Howard
Leer
Kansas City
Kansan City
Albert Pagle
Pagle
Mattie
al- Mances
Dog Bite Kills FiveYearOld Boy in St Louis
Le Roy Earl Kohihauff five years old died after a neighbor’s hydrophobic dog bit him on the face. The dog, said to have bitten several other children, died a week earlier. Pasteur treatment given. Raincoat saves Rochester woman. she nearly drowns by leaping into Leake Ontario but floats with help from cats? balloons.
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St. Louis
le Roy
Earl Kohilhauff
Harry R. Kohihauff
Pasteur
Rochester
N. Y
Ary Alexander
Leake Ontario
Naked South American pygmy tribe found on Colombia Venezuela border
A World’s Work feature by George P. Bush describes a newly discovered pygmy tribe on the Colombia Venezuela frontier. Four feet tall, naked, red skinned, they live a carefree life with no worry, no ceremony, no apparent government, and arrows as their only weapon.
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Colombia
Venezuela
George P. Bush
Refuge and Riches in a Comical Vienna Taxi Fare
An Austrian released from an asylum in 1913 visits the Prater and faces a stupendous fare of 18 000 kronen for a ride. The driver insists the amount is correct and offers change in 18 000 kronen units, prompting the man to request a return to the asylum. A separate scene follows a Coolbeigh summer resident delivering flowers and facing city behavior, ending with a garden bouquet mistaken for marguerites in the city office exchange.
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Vienna
Prater
Quote on defeated officeholder prompts call for retirement
In dialogue between two figures the speaker notes the defeated man speaks loudly on many topics and faces no official limits. Senator Sorghum agrees retirement from public life would be a relief.
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Sorghum
Washington Star
Ups and Downs
A judge cites a quip about money loss in a brief drama note illustrating dialogue over misfortune. The piece frames a clash between a friend and a stranger in a concise, witty exchange.
Longevity of Giants and Dwarfs Measured
The author notes dwarfs appear to outlive giants. He cites Major Louis Davis at 37 inches tall who died at 81, arguing no seven foot prodigy is known to have reached such an age. He invites biographers of any taller individuals to provide data.
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Louis Davis
Action is eloquence and the eyes of the ignorant are more learned than their ears
A compact quotation attributed to Shakespeare asserts that deeds carry more weight than words and that sighted ignorance may outlearn naïve listening. The maxim contrasts perception and rhetoric in moral judgment.
Twins in the Tribune: a reflection on individuality
A man and wife guests share they are twins themselves in a light exchange. The narrator muses that twins seem lacking individuality but concedes twins may not be so bad, revealing his limited familiarity with twin life.
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Mary
Chicago Tribune
Bee sting wisdom leads to curious classroom moment
In a classroom exchange, a teacher notes that a bee stings only once. A student retorts that one sting should suffice, prompting a brief, humorous back and forth.
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Field Creek
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Bandera
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William K
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Flowers
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Louisville
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James
Princeton
Read
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Cross Plains
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James W
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Tenessee
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Oliver J
San Diego
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Smithshire
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