Birth of John Brown's Body roots retold by Oshkosh banker
James Howard Jenkins of Oshkosh, once a member of the original four, recalls how John Brown's Body emerged from a 1861 Boston light infantry quartet. The tune grew from a Martha's Vineyard camp meeting melody and evolved through improvisation as the unit marched from Fort Warren to New York and Broadway, becoming a famed Civil War anthem.
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Libbey Prison
James Howard Jenkins
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Boston Light Infantry
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Rogers
Boston Journal
Fort Warren
Boston Harbor
Boston
New York
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Edgerley
Eldredge
Ody
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Col. Ellsworth
Jeff Davis
Massachusetts
Gilmore
Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry
City Hall Square
Broadway
Fort Royal
J. H. Jenkins
Curious Invention Warms Hands and Feet With Water
An Oregon inventor creates a portable foot and body warmer that circulates warm water from a backpack stove through rubber pipes and warming pads placed on hands and feet. The system maintains heat via a fuel oil boiler and adjustable tubes, designed to combat extreme cold and reduce numbness in freezing conditions.
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Oregon
Chicago News
George J Tipton Named Supreme Treasurer of Mutual Protective League
George J. Tipton of the Girard Gazette in Girard Illinois was chosen supreme treasurer at the Mutual Protective League’s triannual meeting in Litchfield Tl The 20 000 member organization honored Tipton a longtime Illinois Press Association member and former National Press Association representative He is the oldest publisher in his county and a prominent local politician and fraternal figure married with a wife two sons and a daughter.
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Supreme Council of the Mutual Protective League
Litchfield
George J. Tipton
Girard Gazette
Girard
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Tipton
Illinois Press Association
Illinois Association
National Press Association
Gazette
Center of U S population marked at Marr farm in Indiana
The 1900 center of population is described as 39 9 36 N 85 43 54 W near Columbus Indiana in Bartholomew County. Farmer Henry Marr and his wife hosted hundreds of visitors at their red barn site with a simple stone marker carved 1900. Marr’s estate includes a $8000 house on 500 acres and rural delivery service began there.
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J. Pierpont Morgan
Andrew Carnegie
Henry Marr
Columbus
Bartholomew County
Ind
Hen’ Marr
Marr
United States
The
Cincinnati Enquirer
Marrs
Hope
Man with Real Big Head Heads to Medical Institute
In Florence Cole Arthur Jennings aged 27 shows a 36 inch head. He plans to sell it to an eastern medical institute for 2000 dollars with half paid now and the rest upon delivery after his death. A Hibernian janitor comforts a distressed woman seeking visitors for a darkly described favor.
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Arthur Jennings
Florence, Cole
Eastern Medical Institute
Arthur
Japanese superstition on sleeping heads north in burial practice
A tradition in Japan holds that the dead are buried with heels pointing north, so many private homes and hotels display a ceiling compass diagram for guests to align their heads away from that direction.
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Japan
Frog Farm Exports Frogs Legs to United States
Canada Ontario frog farms meet high demand for legs with large scale production. One Ontario farm produced 5000 pounds of dressed frogs legs and 7000 frogs for medical experiments last year.
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Frog Farme
Canada
United States
Ontario
Scented Automobile Carried by Lord Anglesey on Abroad Trip
A British nobleman, Lord Anglesey, is said to drive a scented automobile. When he travels abroad by car, the vehicle leaves a fragrance of cologne rather than gasoline fumes, prompting curiosity about the unusual olfactory effect.
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Lord Anglesey
Buffalo herd sale makes world’s largest group change hands
The 73 buffaloes, originating from five calves captured in 1882, were owned by the Dupree family and have grown to the world’s largest herd. James W. Phillips of South Dakota bought the herd, plans to fence and guard them, and may move them to the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis to boost South Dakota’s profile.
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Great Plains
Dupree
Little Missouri River
James W. Phillips
South Dakota
Phillips
Dakota
St. Louis
New York Herald
Buffalo Bill
Big Horn
Wyoming
Col. Cody
Montana
Mr. Phillips
Distinguished Mexican Minister Limantour Emerges as Presidential Candidate
Jose Yves Limantour, Mexico City native age 49, serves as financial minister and leading Díaz successor prospect. A noted scholar and lawyer, he has long been a prominent educator and political figure, touring Europe and the United States since 1881.
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Mexican Republic
Diaz
Signor Limantour
Mexico City
Hein
Europe
United States
Antarctic Discovery Returns with South Pole Record feats
The Morning found the Discovery in McMurdo Bay on January 23 after a voyage from Lyttelton begun near Christmas. Commander Scott and companions pursued a world record southward to 82 17 latitude, facing hardship as dogs died and men endured exposure. Victoria Land extends to 83 20 south, with a vast continent-like region and lofty peaks. Temperature plummeted to 62 below zero as crews prepared for another winter on the ice.
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Lyttelton
New Zealand
McMurdo Bay
Victoria Land
Lytteltown
Cape Adare
Cape Crozier
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Terror
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Wilton
Lieut
Shackleton
Lieut Shackleton
Lieut, Royds
Mr. Skelton
Mount Terror
Armitage
Sree
South Polar
Capt
Cook
Antarctic Circle
Weddell
James Kors
Borchgrevink
South Pole
Nansen
North Pole
Fresh Air Tablets Discovered by French Scientist
A French scientist reports a discovery of fresh air tablets that dissolve in water to release pure oxygen. Made by combining certain chemicals, these tablets could aid environments with limited air such as closed carriages submarines mines or other confined spaces.
Historic Vincennes Capitol Faces Demolition for a Modern Home
A near century old Vincennes Indiana capitol building dating to 1805 stands to be torn down for a new house unless community leaders or the state buy it as a relic or park ornament valued around 300 dollars. The site once hosted Indiana Territory legislature and figures like Governor William Henry Harrison and Tecumseh. Historic events include early laws, punishments, and Tecumseh’s confrontations, with the last legislative session held there in 1913 before moves to Corydon.
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Northwest Territory
Capitol
Thomas Kilfoil
Indiana Territory
William Henry Harrison
Hrim
Tecumseh
Corydon
Portrait by Sultan A Mark of Royal Self Image
In a terse critique a reader quips about a painting credited to the Sultan of Morocco, noting the work resembles a child’s attempt. The comment underscores the tension between royal self representation and public reception in early 20th century discourse.
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Morocco
Rocco Teaches Sultan's Drawing Mastery in Morocco
An American artist instructs the sultan in drawing, guiding a grown-up, impatient pupil who sees him as a magician. A sketch from Century shows the lesson, while Schneider stays in Morocco until March 182, and the royal pupil makes surprising progress despite adverse conditions.
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Schneider
Morocco
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