Sunshine Society’s growth boosts benevolence and verse
The Sunshine Society spreads across the United States with branches in many states and England. Members donate acts of kindness instead of fees, fund memorials, and publish the Sunshine Bulletin. The movement began in a newspaper office and relies on newspaper support for growth.
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Lem
New Yorks
Sunshine” Society
Rs. m
Ecomes
United States
England
Sunshine
Society
Sunshine Bulletin
Alden
Fire at Morgan home ends with no damage after rapid response
The residence of J Pierpont Morgan on Madison Avenue was set ablaze in the chimney. Herbert Satterlee pleaded not to use water to avoid damaging paintings, and firemen used hand grenades while Policeman Daniel Kelleher helped extinguish the flame. No damage reported.
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J. Pierpont Morgan
Herbert L. Satterlee
Mr. Morgan
Madison Avenue
Mr. Satterlee
Daniel Kelleher
Inventor Tries To Sell Bullet Proof Coat To Colonel
A wild eyed inventor visits a colonel at the barracks presenting a bullet proof army coat. The colonel tests it by telling a sergeant to load a rifle with ball end cartridges and orders a quick demonstration. The inventor abruptly departs before completing his pitch.
Construction Planned for Chinese Military Rifle Factory
Arrangements are under way to build a major military rifle factory in China. The article notes the project and outlines the strategic significance of expanding arms production for the region.
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China
Bull Run Bridge Recalled in Heroic Civil War History
Text recalls the old Bull Run bridge and the stream beneath it as the site where the 1861 battle began with Tyler's division of the Union army on the east shore. The passage notes Southern usage of the term run for creek and hints at the broader historical context.
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United States
Bull Run
Tyler
National Soldiers' Home in Washington DC
The National Soldiers' Home in the District of Columbia, founded March 3, 1851, is maintained by compulsory deductions from monthly pay and fines, with over two million dollars on deposit. About 1,200 veterans live there, performing many tasks to support the institution while receiving pay. Plans include a new administration building a marble mess hall and a larger hospital expansion.
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National Soldiers’ Home
District of Columbia
United States
Winfield Scott
Mexico
Scott
Congress
Washington
Navy
Army
Treasury
West Indies
Philippines
Scott Hall
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Sunshine Society
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Sone State
Fifth Avenue
New York City
Orient Beggar
Egypt
India
Italy
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Segular
Witch Farm
New York
Beggar Trust
Park Row
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Bull Run Bridge
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Regent
Adies
Baiue Co
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Mass
Metol-Hydro
N. P.C
National Photographic Chemical Company
Pa. Ave
Washington, D. C
H. D. Hemenway
Hartford School of Horticulture
Doubleday, Page & Co
America
Hartford
Connecticut
Success Magazine
Great Home Magazine of America
Encyclopedia Express
Charles Leonard-Stewart
Encystopadia
Americana
Istenationes Encyctopaedia
Panama
Wireless _ Telegraph
Charael
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