Armored Cruisers and Units Move Toward Texas
On the way to Texas the armored cruisers Montana Tennessee North Carolina and Washington sail with brigades totaling 15 infantry regiments 5 cavalry regiments 3 field artillery batteries and 2 coast artillery regiments. Major General Leonard Wood directs movements from Washington with Major General William H Carter commanding in the field and aided by several brigadiers.
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Leonard Wood
Washington
William H. Carter
20000 Troops to Move to San Antonio in five days
Official circles reveal a mass mobilization of 20000 troops to San Antonio Texas within five days for field training and possible maneuvers near Galveston and the Pacific coast. Reports link this to protecting American and foreign interests in Northern Mexico amid rumors of government volatility.
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Mexico
Chihuahua
Washington
State Department
United States
Great Britain
White House
Cabinet
War Department
San Antonio
Texas
Galveston
Navy
Pacific Coast
Los Angeles
San Diego
San Pedro
Staff Department
Lone Star
Troop Concentration Moves Toward Texas For War Maneuvers
Army units from Georgia forts move rapidly toward San Antonio with fifteen infantry regiments and five cavalry squadrons to form a grand division. The Atlantic fleet armored cruisers Tennessee Montana North Carolina and Washington, with 600 Marines, will join for joint army navy maneuvers around Galveston and Guantanamo, Cuba.
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Galveston
Atlantic Fleet
New York
Navy
Army
Los Angeles
Pacific Fleet
Norfolk
Annapolis
Washington
United States Naval Station
Guantanamo
Cuba
Philadelphia
United States
Dixie
Cuban
Mexico
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Navy Department
San Antonio
Department of Texas
Meyer
New Orleans
Gulf of Mexico
Waiter Corrects Salad Dressing Misunderstanding
A diner calls a waiter to fetch a hook and eye found in his salad. The waiter calmly explains it is part of the dressing. The exchange captures a humorous dining mishap from a Boston Traveler item.
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Boston
Four U S Cruisers to Train in Texas Waters
Galveston will host four first class cruisers Tennessee Montana North Carolina and Washington for historic army and navy maneuvers. Each ship ranges around 14 500 tons with 10 inch main guns and multiple 6 inch rapid fire guns. Individual costs listed include Tennessee 6 144 802 Montana 6 00 North Carolina 5 062 592 and Washington share similar defensive equipment.
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Galveston
Army
Navy
Tennessee
Montana
North Carolina
Washington
Troop Mobilization to Spur San Antonio Business Boom
With 20,000 American troops set to assemble in San Antonio the city expects a major economic surge. Provision buying, hotel and rail profits, and tourist influx from ship crews in Galveston will boost commerce for weeks. Merchants like W A Whitesides and H W Wells predict substantial spending and increased visitors as drills attract crowds.
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Commissary Department
Uncle Sam
Galveston
W. A. Whitesides
Gunter Hotel
Whitesides
Alamo City
United States
H. W. Wells
Menger Hotel
Alexander Joske
Joske Bros
United States War Department
Two Regiments Ordered to the Mexican Border
Two regiments of infantry from the Thirtieth at Presidio and the Eighth from Monterey, under Colonel Mason, have been ordered to the Mexican border. The force includes twenty two companies and four machine guns and is preparing to leave on special trains for San Diego.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Cal
Presidio
Coast Artillery 10 Begin Trip Today
Associated Press reports Mobile unit details. Companies 75 99 and 107 of the coast artillery at Fort Morgan will entrain this afternoon under Major Burgess for Galveston confirming a planned movement.
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Associated Press
Mobile
Ala
Coast Artillery
Fort Morgan
Here
Burgess
Galveston
Read This One to Papa A child’s playful jibe on men
A young girl’s composition playfully critiques men noting they drink smoke swear and skip church while joking if they were bonnets they would call themselves logical and zoological. She adds a line about humans evolving from monkeys with women advancing farther.
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Papa
Doctor Praises D. D. D Skin Remedy Report
An M D endorses D D D as a permanent cure for eczema and skin troubles. Patient letters praise rapid relief and dramatic improvements. The ad claims ten years of proven, harmless cures and offers trial bottles for 26 cents at Fischer's Drug Store Gibbs Building.
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Ira T. Gabbert
Caldwell
Kan
August Santo
Chillicothe
Ohio
Fischer
Gibbs
Sale of Antique Arms and Armor
New York March 7 Miscellaneous objects arms and armor from the Robert Hoe collection at American Art Galleries netted 10 882 50 from 177 catalogued items, bringing the total to 528 235 and dispelling forecasts of a million dollar realization. Several Limoges enamels and seventeenth century weapons traded hands among collectors and dealers with prices ranging from 12 50 to 500.
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New York
Robert Hoe
Limoges
J. Goldschmidt
F. W. White
Champleve
Thomas A’ Becket
Canterbury
Frank Partridge
Sheba
Solomon
Susanne Carols
O. G. Jennings
Bashford Dean
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Litchfield
George McKesson Brown
Thomas Barlow
Hanns Reiner
Eger
W. P. Balky
Caspar Whitney
Benton
John Manning
Polonius Reported Wise Yet Contentious Advice
The dialogue questions Polonius wisdom in advising his son and whether a truly wise man would offer guidance. The exchange weighs prudence against overbearing parental instruction and suggests tension between elder counsel and youth autonomy.
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Polonius
US officials refuse to discuss Mexican crisis in San Antonio
L T Ellsworth and C P Diaz along with R W Dowe of Eagle Pass are at a local hotel amid 20 000 troops massing nearby. Dowe declines to comment on Mexican revolution or troop movements while Ellsworth remains in his federal office. A stray note offers a non sequitur on candle making.
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L. T. Ellsworth
United States
C. P
San Antonio
Ellsworth
Federal
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