Late Major John A Logan Jr A celebrated World War hero
Biography of Major John A Logan Jr born 1865 in Murphysboro Illinois. Son of General Logan. Attended West Point two years then pursued real estate and mining in Youngstown Ohio. Noted for gallantry in Luzon Philippines and Cuba campaigns. Related stories include his political ties and a dramatic clash over a Russian coronation uniform.
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John A. Logan, Jr
Murphysborough
Ill
West Point Academy
Edith Andrews
C. H. Andrews
Youngstown
Oriole
Black Jack” Logan
Chester Military Academy
United States Military Academy
West Point
Lowever
Washington, D. C
United States Senate
Cr. H. Andrews
Maj. Logan
Jack” Logan
Cuba
Logan
Philippines
Luzon
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Russia
Gov. Bushnell
Ohio
Gen. McCook
Capt. Logan
Logan Family Horseman and War Hero Featured in 19th Century Narrative
The narrative highlights Jack Logan marrying Edith Andrews in 1887 and shaping society through horse breeding, especially English hackneys. It covers his role in organizing a cavalry regiment, his commission as a major, and his service at Santiago with Gen Bates’s brigade in 1898. It ends with a snapshot of Nome Alaska’s mining boom and harsh working conditions for laborers.
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Jack” Logan
Chicago
State Board of Agriculture
Logan
Tanner
War Department
Washington
Batea
Mobile
Gen. Bates
Santiago
Be ye there for breakfast misprint in sermon
A village minister laments a misprint in his published sermon after quoting Be ye there fore steadfast while the paper prints Be ye there for breakfast. The Chicago News notes a misprint moment. Fifty girls in a China mission school are abandoned by their parents to die in infancy.
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Nome
Snake River
States
el Dorado
Ehanty
Chicago News
China
Opium Use Alarming Among Doctors Reported
Dr. T. LD Crothers reveals a statistical study covering over 3,000 physicians in the middle and eastern states. He finds 21 percent used spirits or opium to excess and estimates that 6 to 10 percent of all medical men are opium inebriates.
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T. LD. Crothers
Middle and Eastern States
Crothers
Hinent
Chicago
CRSON
Physica Treon
Pomertel
New Pass Found in Rocky Mountains by Explorers
A party of explorers in the Rocky Mountains unexpectedly discovers a new mountain pass after escaping several narrow half breadth scrapes. In other notes, readers are urged to try Hostetter's Stomach Bitters to improve digestion and regularity, while a local clergyman rumor hints at engagement despite bachelor status.
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Rocky Mountains
Remarkable Texan Credits Peruna for Long Life
Isaac Brock of Melennan county Texas claims age 123 born 1788 and credits Peruna for his health. He praises Dr Hartman’s remedy for coughs colds catarrh and diarrhea and says Peruna keeps him well. A free book on catarrh is offered by The Peruna Medicine Co Columbus Ohio.
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Isaac Brock
Melennan County
Tex
Perania
Hartman
Peruana
Peruana Medicine Co
Columbus
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