Gathering News in the Field by Signal Corps
The article explains army information service in warfare, detailing maps, reconnaissance, and methods of transmission. It covers field telegraph, buzzer, telephone, wig wag, heliograph, night lamp, and wireless systems, plus the role of intelligence, couriers, and observers in coordinating operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Signal Corps
Geo. A. Schreiner
War Department
Intelligence Department
Bureau of Espionage
United States Army
United States
niGur
Ladysmith
Buller
White
Messrs. Buller
Isimbulwano Mountain
Tugela River
Isimbulwano
US States Army
Pioneering Piano Dealers Opened Texas Market in 1866
The article recalls that around 1866 the Goggan brothers introduced pianos and musical merchandise to Texas, one of the first such offerings in the region, during early pioneer days when instruments were scarce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Goggan
John Goggan
Buster Brown and Tige Visit City
Mayor W H Ray known as Buster Brown visited Dr and Mrs A B Marshall at 914 San Pedro Ave. The 61 year old, 41 inch tall, 65 pound traveling shoe rep rekindled old ties from Hornersville Missouri. His wife is 47 pounds and half inch shorter. They once toured with the Barnum circus and visited many cyni es globally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Ray
Buster Brown
A. B. Marshall
San Pedro Avenue
Mrs. Marshall
Hornersville
Major Ray
Barnum Circus
Ray
Marshall
Major
San Antonio
Tige
Carnegie library adds art and architecture books
The Carnegie library receives via the Alice Moore fund several valuable volumes for artists and architects including Italian Gardens after Georges and Edgér and decorative vorbilder. Works cover German decorative design, Schaubrunn animal plates, historical costumes, Jules Guerin illustrations, and colonial American architecture sets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carnegie Library
Alice Moore Fund
Georges & Edgood
Schon
Schonin
Imperial Zool Garden
Vienna
The
Holy Land
Jules Guerin
Lansdale
Touraine
United States
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Intellime Department
Frontier Asthma CO
Niagara. and
Hudson Sts
Buffalo, N. Y
Apollo
Messrs. Chickering & Sons
Crand
Chickering
Chickering & Sons
Ivers & Pond
Emerson
Kimberley
Weber
Schubert
Steinway
Henderson
Willard
Texas
Galveston
Houston
Dallas
Waco
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