Thirteenth to Camp on Keystone Soil at Camp Alger
The Thirteenth regiment begins movements to the Keystone State as the Second Division shifts from Thoroughfare Gap toward Pennsylvania with the First Division to follow. A successful appendectomy on Private Charles Horn, with his father present, is noted along with sanitary orders to curb typhoid. Rain, mud, and mushroom gathering color camp life as drills resume and a tense baseball game unfolds between battalion teams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thoroughfare Gap
Pennsylvania
Charles Horn
Scranton Tribune
Camp Alger
Dunn Loring
Butler
Fieet
Graham
War Department Ageain
Aml
Middletown
Davie
Rhode Island
Missouri
New York
Kansas
Tennessee
Illinois
Indiana
Ovee
Keystone
Tevine
First Division
Charles Hern
Fiehth Penneylvania
George 8. Horn
Parke
State of
New Jersey
Oelock
Battallon
Calleluta
Coursen
Kinetail
Green Eyes Claim by Landor and a Pocket Pick
In a Venice anecdote, Walter Savage Landor cites an old man praising green eyes as the world’s most wonderful, comparing them to Catherine the Great’s. During the eye inspection the narrator’s pocket is picked, illustrating a moral about vanity and misfortune.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Walter Savage Landor
Venice
Catherine of Russia
Mr, Landor
Counterfeiters Arrested Over Two Dollar Notes in Detroit
Treasury Secret Service agents seized key paraphernalia at a headquarters on Twenty sixth street and arrested Charles Edward and David Johnson for passing counterfeit Hancock and Windom two dollar bills. Officers recovered face and back plates, fifty Hancock and five hundred Windom notes, and details tie the gang to old and new fakes across the west and east.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury Secret Service
Washington
Aug. M
Wilkie
Detroit
Mich
Charles
Edward
David Johnson
Twentysixth Street
Secret Service
Webb
David
O'Test
Weet
Mane
St. Louis
Charles Johnston
Johnston
Thomas BR
Soldiers of Wayne County Noted in Honesdale Citizen
Names from Wayne County soldiers appear in the Honesdale Citizen listing Corporal Paul F. Rutledge wounded at Santiago later died son of Andrew Rutledge South Canaan Edward A Kats of Sixth Cavalry at Montauk Long Island son of Jacob F Kats Honesdale James Moran private First Connecticut Volunteers furloughed in town his unit ordered to Porto Rico He formerly worked for John D Weston Wilkes-Barre Times reports urgent need for trained hospital nurses graduates of training schools to serve with the army and to report to Mrs William H McCartney 120 South River Street for blanks to fill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne County
Honesdale
Paul F. Rutledge
Thirteenth United States Infantry
Santiago
Andrew Rutledge
South Canaan
Edward A. Kats
Sixth United States Cavalry
Montauk
Long Island
Jacob F. Kats
James Moran
First Connecticut Volunteers
Porto Rico
John D. Weston
Wilkes-Barre
Army of the United States
William H. McCartney
South River Street
Snipe as Surgeon in Central Park Lore
An ornithologist named Fatio reports that the snipe repairs its own wounds by shedding feathers to stop bleeding and applying down as a living bandage. After initial injury the bird feigns normal behavior, then extracts feathers to cover wounds with mucilage-like blood, gradually regaining plumage as new feathers grow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asia
Europe
America
Physical Society
M. Fath
Bavaria
M. Fatlo
Central Park
Vielt
Jack Robinson
Nature
Fatio
Geneva
Switzerland
M. Fatio
Origin of the Steam Engine and Early Claimants
Lloyds Weekly traces the birth of steam power across Europe from 1543 Spain with Biasco de Garay to Giovanni Branca Italy and later French claims. It notes de Garay’s ship propulsion trial under Charles V’s notice, later suppressions, and early 17th century accounts of Solomon de Caus, Marquis Worcester, Papin, Savery, and Newcomen, culminating in the first self acting steam engine inaugurating the age of steam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd's Weekly
Spain
Barcelona
Biasco de Garay
Charles V
Austria
Blasco de Caray
Giovanni Branca
France
Marion Delorme
M. de Cinq Mars
Paris
Marquis of Worcester
Solomon de Caus
Normandy
Soloman de Caus
Bicetre
Waercester
Papin
Captain Savery
Thomas Newcomen
Some Cuban Cities
From the Mortmendly Review the essay notes Matanzas as a well built hub with regular streets and fame for crystal caves. It contrasts Santiago de Cuba’s bay setting with Havana’s cleanliness and prosperity and praises Puerto Principe for its bay position and Alameda. Matanzas is highlighted as an Eden like spot near Yumuri valley with famed caves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santiago de Cuba
Puerto Principe
Te Alameda
Matanzas
Havana
Matangas
West Indies
Child healed after twenty shedskin treatments from Cirierna
A caregiver recalls a dramatic remedy using Cirierna after repeated skin infections. The boy suffered severe rashes and sores with strong odor. After the second treatment signs of improvement appeared and the extreme shedding of skin ceased. finally the child was cured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medical College
Jirre
Jtis Alin
Robt Wattam
Cook St
Chicago
Happy Valley and Havana Suburbs Offer Mixed Appeal
The article praises Happy Valley for lush vegetation and cool Atlantic breezes fed by Yumuri and tributaries, while Havana’s environs near Matanzas are less attractive. It notes Marianae and Carmelo as plain suburban spots with wooden eateries and lush greenery. It suggests Havana could become a premier winter station if more enterprising leadership existed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yumuri
Matanzas
Havana
Marianae
Carmelo
War Talk Sparks a Bold Claim in a Shopkeeper Tale
In a Shitfalo Inquirer fragment Jayson and a shopkeeper discuss wartime duty. The shopkeeper boasts he would distinguish himself in more than one charge if sent to the front, then winks at Kimeel as he adds items to Jayson's bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jayson
Soocer
Kimeel
bill—Shitfalo Inquirer
Eastern and Atlantic League Scores Mixed Across Reports
The Eastern League game in Syracuse saw Syracuse defeat Springfield 6 to 1 while Ottawa and Montreal remained tied 1 to 1. In the Atlantic League Newark beat Hartford 1 to 0, and a cross league exhibition featured Paterson from the Atlantic League edging St. Louis 6 to 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syracuse
Springfield
Ottawa
Montreal
Paterson
St. Louis
Sunday News in Brief Mentions War Developments
Colonel Wendel Bowman of the Pennsylvania Volunteer Regiment is noted with other American forces. Admiral Cervera and staff are reported leaving Portmouth. General Shafter orders stop Bombaniment of Mancani ia. The Spanish government tells governors general in the Philippines and Puerto Rico to prepare evacuation terms. The flagship San Francisco and other ships are fired upon at Morro Castle. Cuban Kinta accepts the armistice proclaimed by the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wendel P. Bowman
Pennsylvania
Voli Tects
Rouligna
Cervera
Vielt Portamouth
Mancani
Shafter
Philippines
Porto Hico
San Francisco
Miantonomoh
Sylvia
Morro Castle
Mavana
United States
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CORPS
Mount Gretna
Smith
Haverington
George E F. Downey
Seoton
G. Finn
H. and
Thomas
Michael Mooney
Company C
Robling
Murphy
John Smith
Headquarters
George Schlager
Frank Williams
Jacob Featherman
Bernard Haggerty
Allison Thornton
Conrad Renechler
Frank Fahey
Rlft
Harry Angle
Alex Major
Leutenant
William Beckman
William Creter
William Dunkerly
Karl Wyman
John Malia
Charles Schlager
George Robling
Frank Luther
Joseph Ross
Decker
Courgen
Mattes
Wood
Keller
Stahl
Gilman
Smith and Fellows
Dodge
Davis
Thirteenth Regiment
Fred Luther
Willem Beekman
Bernard Higherty
Bernard Hagfertoy
Conrad Renschler
Richard J. Nourke
Hood
Notorious Johnson Brothers
New York Ward
Blasco de Garay and
Santiango
The
Shedskin
Franz Ree
Bose
Hai
Connolly & Wallace
Washington Avenue
Wolf & Wenzel
Adams Ave
Court Hous
Richardson -Doynton
Third National Bank OF Scranton
WM. Connell
Henry Belin, Jr
William S Peck
Holmes
Florey & Brooks
Ava
Court House
Hunt & Connell CO
Lackawanna
Spruce Sr
Max Weber
Penn Avenue
Scoastan
Moosic Powder CO
Scranton, PA
Moosic
Rusidaie
Laflin & Rand Powder Cos
Aepauno Chamica’ Co
Morgan
Scranton
Newark
Hartford
Chas. du P. Swill, Iew. M. Malintead
Baw, Swill
van Buskirk
Hallstead &Co
Connell Building
Dickson Mfg CO
Scranton and
Wilkes- Barre
General Ofive
Pilsner
NIMS
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