Veterans parade in San Francisco marks last Grand Army march
In San Francisco on August 20 a Grand Army of the Republic veteran parade drew thousands. The thinned ranks, bearing memories of Antietam Vicksburg Gettysburg and Appomattox, moved with military precision led by Illinois and Wisconsin detachments. Gen. MacArthur Cobb and Col. Lyon rode at the head. Six Knapp's Pennsylvania battery survivors followed, the remnant of a hard fighting unit.
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San Francisco
Grand Army of the Republic
Republic
Antietam
Vicksburg
Wilderness
Gettysburg
Appomattox
Illinois
Banson Wood
Grand ‘Army
Wittman
National Association of Civil War Musicians
Wisconsin
Gen. MacArthur
Department of the Pacific
Cobb
MacArthur
Colum
Homar J. Stiwart
Knapp
Pennsylvania
Washington
Grand Jury Probes Post Office Affairs. More Indictments Expected
Washington Aug 20 The grand jury resumed inquiries into Post Office Department affairs and is expected to issue another batch of indictments. Post Office inspectors continue original inquiries and will present facts in several cases not criminal but irregular. One case involves W O Hazzard New York rural free delivery division superintendent who drew a $4 per diem while confined in hospital for a gunshot wound.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Post Office
Department
W. O. Hazzard
State of
New York
Remarkable Escape of Larceny Suspect on Train
Albert Ecklund alias George Johnson escaped from Detective Wim Marsden after being shackled in a chair car. While Marsden slept, Ecklund unlocked his restraints, freed himself, and bound the officer to a steam pipe, then left the train at Laramie. Train crews delayed Marsden, Chicago authorities wired for guidance, and Ecklund was recaptured or pursued toward Laramie.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Albert Ecklund
George Johnson
Rawlins
Chicago
Wim. Marsden
Marsden
Ecklund
Laramie
Sydney
Boiler Works Destroyed By Explosive Fire
A small oil tank exploded near a heating furnace at John O'Brien's boiler works in St. Louis, starting a fire Wednesday morning. The blaze spread through the one and a half story wooden plant covering almost a full block bounded by Eleventh Twelfth Mulanypby and Howard streets, destroying the plant except for the brick office and pattern department. Water prevented warping of the unfinished boilers.
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St. Louis
John O’brien
Eleventh
Twelfth
Mulanpby
Howard Streets
Farmers deadly fight ends in death in Doe Run
In Farmington Missouri on August 20 two young farmers quarreled over a family feud at Doe Run. Tobe Francis, 21, sustained multiple knife wounds then shot and killed Less Ross. James Francis watched nearby but did not intervene as the sheriff arrived to halt the clash.
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Farmington
Doe Run
Tobe Francis
Ross
James
Francis
Lineman Narrowly Escapes Electrocution In Fall
St Louis reports John Van Buskirk, a telephone lineman, nearly died after losing balance atop a high pole. He grabbed a live wire during the fall, which broke his grip and spared the full shock. His hands suffered severe burns and skull fracture from the crash, with cautious hope for recovery.
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St. Louis
John van Buskirk
van Braekirk
Investing in Mexico and the Gulf Coast Fertile Lands
A promotional piece touts southern Mexican states along the Gulf as fertile with low living costs and easy homebuilding. It highlights crops like coffee and citrus, notes labor challenges, mentions Italian workers and possible colonization, and presents favorable prices for oranges pineapples bananas and lemons, urging readers to seek a carefree tropic life and independent fortune.
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San Antonio
Mexico
Vera Cruz
Great Republic
Gulf
Alaska's Seward Peninsula Placer Mines Map Reveals Great Potential
The Seward peninsula north of St Michaels holds numerous placer mining sites with thousands of miners using pick shovel and pan. Nome remains the largest producer though Ophir creek produced over 1 million in 1902. Prospects lie in benches and terraces and coastal plains with new methods needed to unlock deeper gravels and surface water handling hurdles.
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Alaska
Behring Sea
St. Michaels
Seward Peninsula
Paris
Nome
Ophir Creek
Niukluk
Geological Survey
Anvil Creek
Warning of Approach of Serious Trouble in Womanly Nerves
A sensational warning about uterine disorder provoking nervous breakdown and hysteria urges immediate action. It promotes Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with testimonials from women cured after doctors failed. Includes dates and locations from Philadelphia and Ohio, claiming broad relief and urging trial.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Holland
Philadelphia
Dean
Frorencz Homano
Clifton St
Maria Bowens
Millersville
Ohio
Iyin
Pinkham
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Lineman
Anna H. Clare
Cincinnat
Tribune
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Asay
Dr. Caldwell
Montivalle
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