President Wilson’s Gettysburg address on duty and union
President Wilson spoke at Gettysburg on the fiftieth anniversary of the battle. He urged continued national unity, shared sacrifice, and action by the people to finish what veterans started, calling for peaceful, steadfast effort and vigilant leadership.
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Mr. Wilson
Alf
Gettysburg
Wilson
Jess
Khowing
Harry K. Thaw
Daniel W. Sickles
Matteawan
Schoonmaker
Thaw
General Sickles
George G. Thorne
State Department
Harrisburg
Thorne Garden
Seminary Ridge
Thorne
Thornes
Gettysburg 50th Anniversary Echoes Across Battlefield
Veterans from the blue and gray gathered for Gettysburg’s fiftieth anniversary observance. Notables include Captain W. H. Fleig of Houston and John Francis Key of Pikeville, with tales of old battles, a Lost and Found bureau, and a stark menu contrast from 1868 to 1913.
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W. H. Fieig
Houston
Texas
Marine Department
Fleig
Francis Scott Key
John Francis Key
Pikeville
Second
Maryland Infantry
Key
Gettysburg
Coasts, Palaces, and Desolation Across the Americas
The piece notes coastlines from Peru to Ecuador with mud palaces and clapboard fronts in Peru, minimal rain, and a waterless Sahara stretch from Coquimbo to Guayaquil. It highlights humidity relief on the Andean slopes and the canal’s potential to foster north south neighborliness.
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Panama Canal
North Atlantic
South Pacific
Peru
Andes
Coquimbo
Chile
Peruvian
Guayaquil
Ecuador
Cohan Encounters An Old Woman In Chicago Theater Foyer
George M. Cohan meets a singing cleaning woman in the Chicago theater foyer near his current engagement. The unnamed auntie chants a mournful tune and jokes that her singing keeps her minding her business to reach heaven.
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George M. Cohan
Chicago
Don Jaime’s Carlist Pilgrims Foil French Blockade
Catalan paper Mon Jaime reports Don Jaime used a ruse to bypass a Pau Lourdes ban for 2000 Carlist pilgrims. He signaled the signal at Lourdes station, alarmed the arrivals, and held the engine, then delivered a speech allowing the train to proceed to Lourdes.
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Don Jaime
Lourdes
Mon Jaime
Pau
Phen
Camel Travel Rates Reveal Daily Distances
A camel with an average load covers about 26 miles per day while bearing weight. When unladen it can travel about 90 miles daily, showing wide range in capacity depending on burden.
Gettysburg reunion tales of veterans and festive peace
Veteran John Goodwin of New York and Margaret Murphy of Chicago wed at Gettysburg on the fiftieth anniversary of the battle after long-ago engagements and multiple marriages. Gen. Tom Stewart recalls a runaway veteran and the joyous reunions between blue and gray amid plans for a $250,000 monument.
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John Goodwin
New York
Margaret Murphy
Chicago
Squire Harnish
Gettysburg
Tom” Stewart
Pennsylvania
Picketts
Philadelphia
Congress
Captain confronts visitor aboard new battleship
A battleship hosted for visitors triggers fear in the captain when a suspected saboteur approaches. He orders action, warning he will not risk crew or guests, while the intruder insists on boarding and jokes about the situation.
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Bloodlet
Cap’n
Cap'n
Castoria Endorsed for Infants and Children for 30 Years
An old advertisement promotes Fletcher s Castoria as a safe remedy for infants and children. It urges parents to ensure the bottle bears the signature of Use Anypeck and notes the product has been in use for over three decades as a trusted remedy.
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Iindis
Gettysburg
Branint Waat
Fletcher
Youthful Slayer in Newark Infant Case
A Newark report describes a precocious violence incident where a twenty month old boy, jealously reacting to his newborn sister, struck the infant with a clenched fist and fatally injured her. The case prompts questions about early aggression and family dynamics.
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Newark
N. J
Phrase about a man and excuses and marriage
A terse aphorism asserts that a man who makes excuses poorly should not marry. It frames the subject as a moral judgment on responsibility and commitment within marriage.
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Pease
Lansberry
Alexander Hunt
Virginia
Mr. Hunter
Union
Mr Hunter
Horse Ev
House of Representatives
House
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Senate
Spain
Signal Corps
Army
Quezon
Philippines
Aguinaldo
James H. Lansberry
St. Louis
Third Indiana Cavalry
Madison
Gettyster
Ton Stewart
Howe
THE
Coca-Cola Company
Atlanta, Ga
Nethery
Gardner Bidg
Toledo
Ohio
Ottawa
Canada
Bix—Jones
Dix
Roni
Libby, M‘neill Chicas
Mira Price
Oen
Mills
Leseate
DR. Peery
W.F. Young
P.D.F
Topeleft
Springfield
Mass
Pougera CO
Beekman ST
Lyman Bros
Toronto
MED. CO
Lampstead
London
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