Pension Bill for Crow Widows Recounted in Senate
Special correspondence recalls a senate vote to pension Crow tribe widows Mrs. Bulthead Mrs. Shavehead Mrs. Little Eagle and Mrs. Hawkman for spouses killed during the Sitting Bull arrest on the Grand River Standing Rock agency December 15 1890. Colonel Fechet praised the Indians bravery while noting his own modest role in the events.
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Senate
Bulthead
Shavehead
Little Eagle
Hawkman
Sitting Bull
Grand River
Fechet
Standing Rock Agency
Seventh Cavalry
Big Foot
Wounded Knees Creek
Bullhead
The
Plains
Red Man
Little Company of Indian Police
War Department
Eighth Cavalry
Went Back to Arizona by an old Rough Rider friend
Guy Murchie of Boston, a U S marshal and former Rough Rider, helps a wandering Arizonan who drifted into Boston. A letter from the president prompted Murchie to locate the man and arrange his return to Arizona, with Roosevelt billed for the cost.
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Guy Murchie
Bos
District of Massachusetts
Roosevelt
Rough Riders
Murchie
Boston
Arizona
Boston stay fights over book writing biz
A rough exchange reveals a Arizonian and a lawyer. the plainsman declares he will stay in Boston to pursue writing. The town notes Arizona remains a citizen and the tale blends a Bowery bishop story with humorous yardstick remarks about sermons and comic banter between preacher and Duke Ernest.
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United States
Boston
Arizona
Chicago News
William M. Stonehill
New York
Stonehill
Ernest
Wit and Washington Tales at Philadelphia Inn Dinner
A Philadelphia literary club at the Franklin Inn heard Owen Wister praised for his Washington studies. Wister recalled a St Pauls school anecdote about a pupil misstepping on a problem, while Dr Charles Aked used an Argyllshire elder tale to illustrate church controversy and division.
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Franklin Inn
Philadelphia
Owen ‘Wister
Washington
George Washington
Jones
United States
New York
Charles F. Aked
Baptist Church
Aked
London
Aweel
Dugald
Metallic mirrors attract European demand for new searchlight tech
The New York Times notes a shift to metallic mirrors for searchlights using electro deposited surfaces with gold and white bands. The design promises deeper night and fog beams, greater object relief, resilience to concussion, and minimal distortion when penetrated by bullets.
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Europe
New York Times
Novel strawberry novelty promoted from Germany
A nurseryman in Germany introduces an outstanding strawberry variety named the tree strawberry. He claims years of crossing produced a plant with erect stems and high early yields, producing five stems with five to ten large fruits in year one, ten stems in year two, and twenty to thirty stems by year ten, with a two and a half foot plant diameter in the third year.
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Germany
London
Minister's Humorous Rebuke Inspires Flock
In a Scottish church scene a minister chides his flock for whisky tasting from the pulpit. He proclaims they are on the road to perdition, strikes the Bible, and declares they will go to hell, but misses the mark on the fly and jokes about a second chance.
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Peary
R. E. Peary
North Pole
London
Wrestler's Belt Ritual Linked to Church Circles
In bygone days a belt winner wore the belt to his village church on Sunday and the next Sunday to a neighboring church asserting precedence over younger wrestlers. The era’s champions were large men, with Old Steadman noted as possibly the strongest ever at twenty stone.
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Steadman
Manchester Guardian
How the Dutch Eat Described as Card Game Mealtime
The passage compares Dutch meals to card games with the mother dealing courses to all at the table. It notes orderly serving, no promiscuous feeding, and a brisk eater gains no edge. It concludes Dutch meals resemble games of grab with London Queen as a metaphor.
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Londor
The Jaws of Death Teacher and pupil exchange over verse
The joke recalls Charge of the Light Brigade with a pupil asking who the six hundred were. The teacher and pupil joke ends with the pupil suggestively claiming they were dentists, prompting humorous pondering on historical lines.
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Light Brigade
Shields For Modern Warriors
Experiments in Sheffield England show 3 mm steel shields weighing seven pounds and covering 154 square inches may protect a soldier from service rifle bullets at 400 yards. Shields require prone firing and include rifle loopholes with side studs to form a linked screen, potentially avoiding trench digging.
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Sheffield
England
Harper’s Weekly
Sea water cures and automotive figureheads headline 19th century notes
The article reports M Quinton claiming sea water injections cure by delivering a purified sea water serum as a life liquid in all animals. It also notes a fad of automobile figureheads serving as guards or mascots, often styled as a police officer, a barking car, or a rooster at the front of cars.
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Uncle Sam’s
Uncle Sam
United States
Alaska
Hawaii
Philippines
Porto Rico
Cuba
Panama
Quartermaster’s
Commissary Department
Army
Post Office Department
Navy Yards
Navy
M. Quinton
Kansas City Journal
Chicago News
A New Street Car Device Invented for Passenger Safety
An ingenious street railway invention by a employee uses a buzzer to warn the motorman when a passenger stands on the lower step. The signal stops once the passenger reaches the platform or contact points on the step are bridged by weight, preventing the car from starting prematurely.
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Executive Civil Service
Civil Service
District of Columbia
Capitol
Sam
Carl Schofield
Duke
George Asher
Poulterer
George
New York Press
Pride
St Central
Munn & Co
Scientific American
L.argest
Frothingham
John Alden
Kashmir
Just
China
Washington Street
Adams Sq
Joel Goldthwait & Co
Smith Patterson
Smith Patterson Company Diamond Merchants, Jewelers and Silversmiths
Summer Street
Winthrop Sun’ and Visitor
New England Telephone and Telegraph Company
New England
Great Bell System
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