Navy Secretary Bonaparte Targeted by Ney Descendants for Aid
The piece reports that descendants of Napoleon I's marshals seek financial help from Secretary of the Navy Bonaparte, grand-nephew to Napoleon, amid many appeals. It notes Bonaparte's reluctance to fund every request and highlights Ney family influence and national sympathy for the Napoleonic era.
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Hington
Bonaparte
Napoleon
Navy
France
Marengo
Marshal Wey
Ney
Republic of France
Marshal Ney
A Ney
Maj Gen Jack Weston Returns to Front Lines at Age Sixty
The White-Headed Soldier now Maj Gen Jack Weston, nearing 60 in November, moves from staff prospects to command a division with headquarters in St Louis. Secretary Taft advocates aging generals in line, arguing the president prevailed. Weston’s famed Irish grit and long service are noted, with doctors once predicting heart trouble yet his health proved strong.
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Jack Weston
Haseen
St Louis
Taft Issee
Weston
Yack
Taft
Ger
Charles O'Malley
Army
Lever
Femme
Zimeer
Memorial to Gen Hugh Mercer to be erected at Fredericksburg
After 129 years a memorial honoring Gen. Hugh Mercer close ally of Washington and noted revolutionary officer is approved. A prominent sculptor will craft the statue funded by the latest congress with completion within a year and dedicatory services planned. Mercer, a Scot who settled in Fredericksburg, fought with Washington and died from wounds in the Princeton campaign.
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Dmiral Dewey
General Naval Board
Dewey
Russia
Japan
United States
Hoe
Great Britain
Admiral Dewey
Mediterranean
Philippines
Orient
Congress
Hugh Mercer
Washington
Continental Congress
Gen. Mercer
Fredericksburg
Scotland
America
George Washington
Colonial Service
Braddock
Still in the Land of the Living Judge Narrates Mourning
The judge recalls meeting Norah O Toole who wears a black band on her arum. he notes she recently lost her husband Pat McGinnis Begobs and mentions another relative. The statement conveys mourning and personal loss.
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Land of the
Terrence McGraw
Norah O’toole
Pat McGinnis
Beware of Malaria Health Warning
Public health alert urges vigilance against malaria with guidance to use mesquite netting and maintain courage in protective measures.
Health debate on English vigor and home remedies
A reader defends the Anglo Saxon race against degeneration while praising the Home Health Club’s role in health improvement. The piece cites Army recruiting statistics on rejects for medical reasons, urges American readiness, and endorses nonposture remedies including pennyroyal fleas and a herbal ague remedy.
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Home Health Club
Theodore Roosevelt
England
America
Home Health club notes address long‑standing hip injury inquiry
A reader from Viroqua asks Dr. David H. Reeder of La Porte Indiana for medical advice about her husband who has suffered a hip dislocation for three years mistaken as rheumatism. The doctor’s assessment and long duration affect treatment options.
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Virginia
A. R
Nebraska
David H. Reeder
Laporte
Ind
Home Health Club
Gentle Nature in Japan
A brief reflection notes that in Japan animals appear tame and unafraid of humans. Bees do not sting, snakes keep their venom, and dogs do not bite, suggesting a widespread spirit of kindness and tolerance toward other creatures.
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Japan
Killing Rice Birds Off South Carolina Coast
The Coast Section of South Carolina has daily scenes of hunting rice birds or bobolinks along Charleston marshes and coast fields. Hunters trap and shoot large numbers for market, employing nets, fires, and many laborers, with 12 gauge shotguns and No 10 shot. Birds fatten after feeding three to four days, then fatally migrate at night, often found dead from electric wires the next morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
South Carolina
Recovering Lost Treasure Near Shanghai
A ship carrying 250000 dollars in gold sank near Shanghai. Divers faced 160 feet depth and hazards including seaworm damage. They recovered four fifths of the gold before pirates attacked. they escaped and later finished the salvage, reclaiming the last box of treasure.
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Shanghai
Mixed Family Portrait From a South African Household
A South African home described by Olive Schreiner comprises an English father a half Dutch mother with a French name a Scotch governess a Zulu cook a Hottentot housemaid and a Kaffir 'stable boy with a Basuto girl serving at table.
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Olive Schreiner
Change of Life Card Says Lydia Pinkham Cure Helps
The ad warns the change of life is a dangerous period with symptoms like suffocation hot flashes and dizziness. It promotes Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as the cure and urges women to seek free advice from Mrs Pinkham. It cites claims of restoring balance and nerve strength through the remedy.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Regular Boston Joke with Contradictory Expert Testimony
The Chicago Tribune notes a court scene where a professor expert witness admits not reading up the geology of a coal land case yet claims knowledge by saying he reads down in studying formations. The prosecutor questions the contradiction while the judge orders silence.
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Chicago Tribune
Mull's Grape Tonic Advised By Citizens In Overheard Talk
A town conversation between Mr. White and Mr. Wollman discusses patent medicines versus doctors. Wollman argues pills and doctors cost more long term, citing Mull's Grape Tonic as a cure for constipation and stomach trouble. He describes getting a free first bottle by writing to Mull's Grape Tonic Co., Rock Island Illinois.
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White
Walter Wollman
Mr. White
Mr. Wellman
Mull
Mull’s Grape Tonic Co
4Th Ave
Rock Island
Ill
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Tary Bonaparte
Kentucky
War Department
la Porte, Ind
Monticello
Massachusetts
James J
Lydia E. Pinkhams
Boston
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