Gettysburg Memorial design chosen for state monument
A Gettysburg memorial plan for the Pennsylvania battlefield wins approval with a $150000 appropriation. The design features a massive double arch 80 feet by 100 feet with a terrace, bronze names panels, Lincoln and Curtin reliefs, monuments to artillery and infantry, and a Victory statue. The project, set for dedication in July 1910, joins New York’s existing battlefield monuments and reflects broader civic interest in electrical history and public health debates of the era.
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Gettysburg Memorial
Pennsylvania
Gettysburg
Decharation
Abraham Lincoln
Andrew G. Curtin
New York
Ita
Victims of Graft It Is the Average Man Who Suffers
The piece argues that graft and misused public funds harm ordinary wage earners, not the direct tax payer alone. It details how tax shifts and higher living costs fall on consumers, especially the less wealthy, via inflated rents, prices, and degraded public services, affecting health, education, and safety.
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Umanitary
Why Enfranchise Women in America Speech Analysis
Reverend Charles F. Ared argues for women's suffrage, stating they share equal stake in laws and suffering under unjust rules. He cites Massachusetts and Colorado progress, notes millions of wage earning women, and urges male support while envisioning a world where women freely shape governance through the ballot.
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Massachusetts
Colorado
America
United States
New York
New York City
Elephant Hunt Tale Amid Africa's Jungle and Scandal
An account from Africa blends comic misadventure and danger as Pa pursues game, is duped by a king with painted zebras, and is involved with a native wife. The narrator recalls blackmail, jealousy, and a brutal husband, ending with plans for elephants and a dangerous chase in the jungle.
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Hagenbach
South Africa
Pa Captures Baby Elephant In African Canyon
A narrator recounts Pa directing a chase where a baby elephant is captured after a herd of wild elephants closes in. Pa and companions corral the herd, hoist the calf into a tree, then transport it to camp. Pa later rides a tame elephant into the corrals to confront the wild elephants. The scene blends danger and bravado as Pa narrates his escape and plans for further adventure.
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Magenbach
Mr. Hagenbach
Africa
Hagenbach
Camy
Thymossant
Poe
Arizona
WG. Chapman
Great Britain
Manias as Epidemics and Social Phenomena
Prof W G Sumner argues in Falkwaye that manias and delusions are mental yet social diseases. They are epidemic, contagious not by cholera, but through contact and mass phenomena.
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W. G. Sumner
Falkwaye
Feinting Statistics Spark Surprising Report
A 1930s style note reports that of 3001 young women who fainted last year 987 collapsed into men's arms, two fell to the floor and one into a water bust Life.
English Regimental Customs of the Twelfth Lancere
The Twelfth Lancere keeps a nightly ritual after the Last Post with the Vesper Hymn the Spanish Chant and the Russian National Anthem. A officer's wife reportedly funded a set of instruments on the condition the hymns be played each night. The Spanish Chant is linked to penance for a convent racking in the Peninsular war. No reason given for the Russian anthem.
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Porte
Not Worried About Stepson Playing Football
The Chicago Record-Herald quotes a person who downplays concerns about a stepson playing football, stating that it does not bother them despite questions about safety or nerves.
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Chicngo Record-Herald
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