A Bank Clerk’s Path To Law And Moral Discipline
The speaker recalls leaving college with little money, working a year at a Brownville bank to save $600 for law school. He stresses that poverty can aid drive, and that success in law comes from industriousness, proper conduct, and practical application of learned rules. He recounts mentoring clerks who prove reliable, and warns assistants to act confidently and avoid jeopardizing client trust.
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Brownville
Knox
Winter Outdoor Sports Like Scotland’s Curling
The author contrasts American short history of outdoor winter sports with Scotland where curling thrives. He notes Scotland has 600 curling clubs under Caledonian Association and grand matches drawing thousands, asserting Americans should embrace winter sports on a similar scale to avoid neglecting outdoor recreation.
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United States
British Isles
England
Ireland
Scotland
Wales
Caledonian Curling Association
America
Free Land for Peasants and Single Tax Advocated
A Russian discourse argues two authorities exist ethics and coercion, criticizes anarchists and socialists, rejects excessive hours, and calls for Henry George's single tax and land redistribution to peasants. It laments urban factory life and praises farming as natural and healthy, claiming most manufactured goods are worthless.
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Russia
Henry George
Roosevelt Praises Porto Rico Progress and Calls for Citizenship
President Roosevelt reports strong progress in Porto Rico under American rule, highlighting education gains, a growing sugar and tobacco economy, and self government. He urges granting full American citizenship to Porto Ricans and proposes unifying insular administrations under one Washington bureau to streamline oversight.
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Congress
Washington
Roosevelt
Porto Rico
Senate
House of Representatives
Ponce
Cayey
San Juan
Arecibo
Switzerland
Tropic Islands
Spain
Insular Police
Board of Trade of
Board of Trade and Chamber of Commerce of
Porto Rican Federation of Labor
Coffee Growers’ Association
Department of War
Department of State
Theodore Roosevelt
The
White House
Mexican War Survivor From Wisconsin Veteran of Two Civil Conflicts
Orson Nickerson of Oconto Wisconsin, 82, recalls service in the Mexican War under Winfield Scott in which he fought in major battles and served in a Lee commanded company. He later fought for the Union and briefly pressed into Confederate service before returning home to Canton New York and then settling in Wisconsin. He shared his memories while picking fruit at his orchard and enjoying a vigorous old age.
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Winfield Scott
City of
Mexico
Orson Nickerson
Oconto
Wis
Mr. Nickerson
Canton
N. Y
Scott
Robert E. Lee
Ulysses S. Grant
Nickerson
Uy 1
Grant
Louuisiana
Col. Mosby
Memphis
Tenn
Sedgwick
Gettysburg
the Wilderness
Spottsylvania Courthouse
Cold Harbor
Petersburg
Lee
Appomattox
Washington
Sheboygan Falls
Milwaukee Sentinel
Swamp Angel Battery Built In Charleston Campaign Legend
In 1863 General Gillmore’s 15 000 men on Morris Island built a seawater swamp battery to fire on Charleston. Colonel Serrell and Lt Nathan Edwards crossed mud 14 feet deep with a plank, then completed a two and a half mile trestle road and 13 000 sand bags. A 200 pound Parrott gun opened fire on Charleston on August 22, 1863, while rebel fire targeted the fake battery. The real battery withstood bombardment. the gun failed on August 36 and the Swamp Angel was later salvaged and mounted as a monument. The feat proved a swamp battery could reach Charleston and defined the unit’s enduring legacy.
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Chicago
Inter Ocean
Charleston
Gillmore
Morris Island
Fort Wagner
E. W. Serrell
Peter S. Michie
United States Engineers
Serrell
Nathan M. Edwards
Edwards
Napoleon
Parrott
Fort Sumter
Trenton
N. J
New England
New York
Ohio
Aristocratic French Cabman Reveals Old Marquis Title
An elderly cabman dies at St Germain en Laye. He held the marquisate de Loz de Gouet Gouraud, an old Spanish peerage. Once of noble rank, his latter years were marked by misfortune and poverty, forcing him to drive a cab to survive.
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St. Germain-en-Laye
France
Marquis de Loz de Gouet- Gouraud
Bound to Keep Boys Busy in Gardening Instruction
The Burgess Hill group of council school managers in England seeks consent from the East Sussex education authority to replace rifle instruction with gardening for boys. The move follows a prohibition on encouraging rifle shooting and aims to keep students occupied productively.
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Burgess Hill
England
East Sussex Education Authority
Sturdy Boy John Howard Becomes War Story Favorite
A poem recounts a sturdy boy with laughing eyes nicknamed John Howard. The child, told by a veteran grandparent, asks sly questions about rebels and war while charmingly insisting on bravery amid cannon fire and drum.
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John Howard
Rise of Arthur MacArthur to Lieutenant General
Arthur MacArthur, who joined the army in the Civil War, has risen to lieutenant general. He succeeded Lieut. Gen. Corbin on September 15 and will hold the rank until his retirement in June 1909. Born in Massachusetts, he entered the army from Wisconsin where his father served as lieutenant governor at the time. He was adjutant of the Twenty fourth Wisconsin regiment at age 17.
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Arthur MacArthur
Corbin
Gen. MacArthur
Massachusetts
Wisconsin
Twenty
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Gen. Winfield Scott
Storier
Roratio C. King
National Tribune
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