Battle Exertions and Romance Entwined in Manila Front
Billy Gray's daring raid wins battlefield praise while he struggles with love for Amy Lawrence and looming betrayal from Witchie Garrison. In Manila hospital, Stanley Armstrong lies wounded as Gray confronts guilt over a broken friendship and a forbidden affect, with Margaret Garrison plotting and Mrs. Garrison’s schemes complicating loyalties.
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Billy
Gray
Malate
Stanley Armstrong
Armstrong
Witchie Garrison
Frank Garrison
Mrs. Frank
Prison Babies and the Hope in Prison Nurseries
A Cincinnati Enquirer report describes newborns in prisons and penitentiaries provoking flutter and interest among warders and prisoners. Mothers and inmates care for the infants, crafting wear and ornaments, as babies are soon moved to other caretakers with humane attention.
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Cincinnati Enquirer
Castle Campbell and Dollar Glen Historic Ruin
The article highlights Castle Campbell also called Castle Gloom near Dollar Glen in Scotland. It praises its picturesque setting and historic interest as a storied Campbell stronghold.
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Campbell
Scotland
Dollar Glen
Campbells
Castle Gloom
Cord of Pack Mules to Transport 75-mm Guns to China
General Chaffee urged heavy artillery be sent to China and Battery C Seventh Artillery under Captain Williams will proceed from San Francisco with 145 enlisted men. Manila siege guns travel with them to reach Taku. England’s Vickers Sons & Maxim to supply 12 75-mm mountain guns, packable on animals with shafts for road use.
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China
Chaffee
Cuba
Williams
San Francisco
Manila
Taku
United States Ordnance Department
New York Tribune
Vickers Sons & Maxim Company
England
George W. van Deusen
Seventh United States Artillery
Philippines
Oldest American woman? Mrs Beausiau of Fond du Lac
Mrs Josephine Beausiau of Fond du Lac Wisconsin is claimed to be 120 years old, born in France in 1780. She has lived in Wisconsin for 40 years and remains active, with nine or ten children and several grandchildren.
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Beausiau
Fond du Lac, Wis
Josephine Beausiau
America
Fond. du Lac
Wis
France
Chicago Times-Herald
Canada
Barcum
Dominion
Franklin Beausiau
Bear Creek
Oliver
Samuel
Vernwood
Martin
Rhineland
Louis
Sugar Bush
Louise Pool
Martha Bird
Fond du Lac
Elizabeth Ealy
Hebron
Porter County
Ind
Josephine Beauliau
Wisconsin
Locust Plague Seen as Gravest Global Threat
The article notes 40 million square miles repeatedly plagued by locusts, affecting about 53 million square miles of land. It asserts locusts cause greater economic loss and misery than major wars, underscoring the high priority of fighting the plague.
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England
California Child Sees World Upside Down in Topsyturvyopia
Mary Terry, seven, daughter of a Portuguese rancher in southern California, born with a defect in the optical structure that makes her see everything reversed as if in a mirror. The new term topsyturvyopia is proposed by doctors to name this puzzling condition.
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California
Mary Terry
Meaner Than the Gold Brick Game Swindle Warned to Indiana Farmers
A swindler roams Indiana farms offering half price false teeth sets. He removes victims teeth to get partial payment and then vanishes. The scheme is described as meaner than the gold brick game, which merely preys on farmers Money without stealing teeth.
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Indiana
Consul John Fowler Senior US Diplomat in China
John Fowler a United States consul at Chefoo China has long delivered news on Peking. He began as a navy yard clerk in Washington and served on the Tallapoosa until its 1885 wreck. He later held a petty officer post before moving to Boston in 1885 to business. In 1859 he sought the Korea post but failed to gain it. later he earned a Chinese consulship and since 1896 has served at Chefoo, regarded as an able servant of the service.
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Esornotse 13
Stanley Armstrong
Aeat
Seapati
Mauser
Leutenant
Shere
Qut
Billy Gray
Down
Forsari
Gray
John Fowler
United States
Chefoo
China
Peking
Ninko
Navy Yard
Washington
Tallapoosa
Boston
Fowler
Corea
French Grammar Reform Simplifies Past Participles and Gender
The council of public instruction declares French syntax and orthography will be simplified. The past participle with avoir becomes invariable in the future, nouns may be spoken or written in either gender, and the plural of compound nouns is formed by adding s to the end of the last word, reducing learning barriers for foreigners.
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France
Council of Public Instruction
Council of
Old Campaigns Showed Education and Shared Debate
A New Orleans special compares early 19th century campaigns to later times, noting educated leaders, public discussion, and joint meetings. It recalls Jefferson Davis and other statesmen, the decline of barbecues as rally centers, and the shift from public oration to party-focused gatherings before the Civil War.
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New Orleans
Congress
J. C. Breckinridge
Wickliffes
Crittendens
Marshalls
Kentucky
Jesse D. Bright
Indiana
Jefferson Davis
Henry S. Foote
Prentiss
J. A. Quitman
McNutt
Mississippi
John Slidell
Pierre Soule
Benjamin
Randall Hunt
Louisiana
William L. Yancey
Alabama
Gov. Pickens
Rhetts
Butlers and Hagers
South Carolina
W. M. Gwinn
California
John Bell
Tennessee
Douglas
Illinois
Stephens
Howell Cobb and King
Georgia
Henry A. Wise
John Y. Mason
R. M. T. Hunter
Virginia
South
Charleston
Davis
Stephen A. Douglas
Breckinridge
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Dah &S
Jle
Amy Lawrence
Honolulu
Canker
Margaret Garrison
Old ‘College
West Pointer
Latrobe
Gen. Drayton
Mr. Gray
Cuartel
Nita
Frost
Margaret
Will Gray
Arts Ees
French Council of Public Instruction
Henry Clay
United States Senate
Francis W. Pickens
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