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...Upon the 58th anniversary of the union of the Canadian Provinces into the Dominion of Canada, bands played, flags wagged, fireworks spluttered and banged. Dominion Day (July 1), the Canadian Independence Day, also found its echo in London, whence the Hon. P. C. Larkin, Canadian High Commissioner, addressed his people thus...
...58th Birthday (May 26) of the Queen was celebrated quietly by a private dinner at Buckingham Palace. From all parts of the Commonwealth, floods of congratulations reached her, including a message from Edward of Wales from South Africa and from Prince George, who was en route to join the British naval squadron in Chinese waters...
...Grand Army of the Republic met once more, for the 58th reunion and National encampment in Boston. Some business was attended to: Dr.Louis Arensberg, of Uniontown, Pa., was elected to succeed Gaylord M. Saltzgaber, of Van Wert, Ohio, as National Commander; Grand Rapids, Mich., was chosen as the site of the 59th encampment next year; the legislative committee was instructed to present a 'bill to Congress giving all Civil War veterans $72 a month, the disabled $100, and the totally disabled $155. But the main feature of the encampment for these men, now averaging 82 years...
Bryan Speaks. So the Convention went on, monotonously, for day after day. The only important interruption occurred one day when William J. Bryan decided to make a speech. On the 58th ballot, when Florida was reached, Mr. Bryan rose with a majestic gesture. The following is an excerpt from the official report...
Millicent Willson married William Randolph Hearst on April 28, 1903. On March 4th? six days later ? Mr. Hearst officially became a Congressman. He held office from the Eleventh District of New York in the 58th and 59th Congresses. In 1907, Mr. Hearst's office-holding career came to an end. Since then Millicent Willson Hearst has been known as the wife of a financially successful journalist, and as the original of many photographs in Hearst papers representing a handsome woman attending civic functions and giving baskets of food to the poor. Now there is a possibility that...