The British Honorable Artillery and Yeomanry Volunteers
The piece explains the 1860 enlistment act creating British volunteers about 250000 strong costing over 5 million annually. It notes long history for the Honorable Artillery Company and Yeomanry, contrasts pay provisioning, and describes expectations and debates about volunteers joining wartime action. It cites 1000 seaborne Yeomanry to South Africa and early 15 January departure.
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Wiliam TV
Prince of Wales
Honorable Artillery Company
Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company
Boston
United States
Tommy
Atkins
Yeomanry
War Office
Lord Landsdowne
Lubbub
London
Henry VIII
Tilbury
Drake
Philip
Cromwell
England
South Africa
Russian weights and measures law described by Detroit Free Press
A Detroit Free Press summary notes a Russian law that took effect January 1 detailing weights and measures. It defines the pound as similar to the English pound, the arshine as 28 inches, sutki as a 24 hour day, and lists units for area and volume such as the dessiatine and dhetverts. The meter and kilogram may be used by mutual consent in bargains and contracts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Nicolas
Pulkova
Detroit Free Press
Isolated Morven Post Office Falls Into Desuetude
In Morven Argyll a primitive post office set in rock near Drimnin and Barr has ceased operating after a house to house letter delivery was instituted. The rock slit post office never had postmaster general sanction and received no formal rules yet served travelers via shepherds or crofters delivering letters to nearby homes.
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Morven
Argyllshire
United Kingdom
Drininin
Barr
Drimnin
N. Y
Austria's Crown Captured In Photo For Accurate Depictions
The Austrian emperor's crown was photographed to correct imperfect representations on coins and documents. World renowned as a premier European goldsmith work, the crown's material value is listed at $500,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austria
Mull's Light ning Pain Killer for sale
Advertising copy promises relief from rheumatism pains lameness backache diarrhea sprains pleurisy sore throat frost bites with Mull's Lightning Pain Killer priced at 25c sold by Taft and Taft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mull
Taft & Taft
Taft & Tafter
Conscripts Return as Paris Sees Bleus Depart in Motley Parade
Paris witnesses a striking conscript withdrawal with nearly 20,000 youths marching in civilian dress. The year’s total conscripts drop by about 15,000 from last year, due to stricter medical exams under renewed Mercier policies and population stagnation.
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Paris
France
Mercier
Conseils de Revision
M. de Freycinet
Pal
Mall Gazette
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City of North Yakima
Entral Washington
Northwest
Charles S. Simpson
Fair Grounds
Weights and Measures
Russia
Xtra
Reis Bros. Fine Pipes
Frank Nagler
Yakima Ave
Mall’s
W. C. R. Williams
Spanish Fort
Texas
Department of Agriculture
Wilson Creek
Wm. Orr
Newark
Janeck
Gadsby
Cain
Quo
New York
Mowre
Burdick
Nica
Sita
Nandson
Sears, Roebuck
Sears, Roebuck & CO. (Inc
Chicago
Ill
Bears
Castoria
Butte
Minneapolis ST. Paul
Points
Tacoma
Portland
California
Japan
China
Skagway
Alaska
G. A. Graham
A.i
A. D. Chariton
A.G.P
North Yakima
Wash
Portland, Ore
Atlantic Mail
Pacific Mail
Pullman
Moses
Minneapolis
Minn
Washington
Manchester
Atlanta
Constitus Son
Epworth Het Veto
Onal Tribune, Union
Law & Pere
Southtoun
Chicaco
Illinois
G. T. Aumiller
St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Co
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