Clara Barton to Establish Railroad Hospital Car Service
Clara Barton age eighty plus plans a new Red Cross relief effort in Massachusetts to organize hospital corps on all railroads to speed aid to wreck victims. Her portrait with Mrs John A Logan highlights her Civil War work and Franco Prussian relief.
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Red Cross
Clara Barton
Massachusetts
John A. Logan
Logen
New England
Patent Office
Washington
Army of the Potomac
Cedar Mountain
Second Bull Run
Antietam
Fredericksburg
Wilderness
Barton
Strasburg
Paris
United States
Mississippi
Ohio River
Louisiana
Texas
Mary Simmerson Cunningham Logan
Missouri
Kentucky
Onxford
Mass
Congress
Johnstown
Cuba
Galveston
America
Colonel Henderson's Poem Yes or Not Read In Des Moines
A fragment from Col. D B Henderson’s poem Yes or Not is described as having been read in Des Moines at a memorial meeting. The piece explores moral guidance with the Yes or No as a voice for choosing virtue, doubt, and ultimate repose. the text includes lines about salvation, conscience, and the struggle between reason and desire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col
D. B. Henderson
Des Moines
Lowan
Krakatoa Eruption Described as World Shaking Event
A Victorian account of Krakatoa's 1883 eruption details vast ash clouds, night darkness, and sea surges reaching far beyond Indonesia. It notes atmospheric ripples circling the globe, lights and tremors felt from Batavia to distant shores, and comparisons to other legendary detonations.
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Robert Ball
Krakatoa
D. Appleton & Co
Sumatra
Java
Batavia
Great Britain
Straits of Sunda
Mae
Indian
Ocean
Nile
Equator
Mecca
Siberia
Persia
Atlantic
United States
Pike's Peak
Colorado
Pacific
Florida
Alaska
Indian Ocean
North America
Pike’s Peak
Central America
Earth
German Balloon Voyage Ends in Baltic Snow Bank Rescue
German airship crew Wolff and Brand survived a five hundred mile plus ordeal from Berlin to the Baltic Sea, drifted across to Sweden in a gale, descended near a Swedish village, and staggered two miles through snow to a cabin after hanging in the rigging for hours.
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Balticles
Aerostatic Corps
Wolff
Brand
Berlin
Baltic Sea
Sweden
Europe
Sequoia Named as New State Title in Indian Names Trend
The Muskogee convention selects Sequoia for the forthcoming state, honoring Cherokee leader Sequoia and his alphabet origin. It notes Sequoia's role, including Bible translation, Cherokee schooling, and the Big Tree naming precedent. Thirty-two states use Indian titles, often as place names, not commemorating individual Indians.
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Muskogee
Inedian Territory
Sequois
America
George Gist
Sequoia
Tribunal Council
California
Freland
Union
Delaware
Lord Dale Warr
Talking plantation talk about a jay-bird connection
A dialogue shows Mirandy and Si discussing a fallen tree across the road blamed for recalling a jay-bird. The exchange notes the tree blown down and the humorous rural mood as they call to various animals.
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Mirandy
Mme Amaziniy
Nance
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Clara Earton
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Vanguard
Therand
Baden
Natalie
Italy
Miss Barton
Queen Victoria
Germany
Jerusalem
Cyprus
Capitol
Colonel Henderson
East Indies
Sir Robert Ball
Oxtilie Guenther
Pope Pius X
Chicago
Otro Guenther
Guenther, Bradford & Co
Leo Mit
Miss Guenther
University of Berlin
Northwestern University Law School
State OF Sequoia
International Correspondence Schools
Scranton
Alustrator Civil Service Creaist Textile Mill
Sepc
Elee
Nane
Architec't Draftaman
I. C
I. C.S
Lei Ho
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