Confederate Raid North of Potomac Fifty Years Ago
War era retrospective recounts the 1864 Confederate raid led by Imboden and Breckinridge into Maryland and the Shenandoah Valley. Destruction of bridges, rail lines, and aqueducts accompanied Union withdrawals to defend Washington. Lincoln and Grant mobilize, with Wallace taking command to defend Maryland.
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Potomac River
George L. Kilmer
North
Lee
Shenandoah Valley
Gettysburg
Valley of the
Virginia
J. D. Imboden
Imboden
Wise
Grant
Richmond
Confederate invasion threat in Shenandoah and Maryland Campaign
The narrative details Confederate General Jubal Early moving from Staunton with divisions under Gordon Echols Ramseur and Rodes toward the Maryland border. Union forces under Sigel Crook Averell and Hunter counter in the Virginia valley and Kanawha corridor, while Grant and Petersburg officials scramble to reinforce Baltimore and protect Washington from a potential invasion.
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Staunton
Crook
Lynchburg
Averell
McCausland
Jones
Virginia
Sigel
Winchester
J.C. Sullivan
J. O. Stahel
Strasburg
Woodstock
Imboden
Lee
Breckinridge
A. L. Long
Brad
Early
Harpers Ferry
Maryland Heights
Shepherdstown
Maryland
Annnal
Virginia Military Institute
Mierington
Franz Sigel
Smmmmand
Federal
Department of
Grant
Sigel Aheard
Richmond
Armiies
Tennessee
Kigecburg
Allegheny
Blue Ridge Mountains
Knoxville
West Virginia
Aunton
Virginia Central Railroad
New River
J. H. Morgem
W. KR. Memes
John McCaus-lead
Morgan
Kentucky
Tengmasee
D. H. Smith
Hunter
Blue Ridge
Allegheny Mountains
Suenondoah
Hunters
Martinsburg
Potomac
J. B. Gordon
John Echols
S. R. Ramseur
R. E. Rodes
Bradley T. Johnson
Mboden
W. L. Jackson
M W. Ransom
Kearly
Washington
Pennsylvania
New York
Massachusetts
The World Owes Me a Living Says The Boston Herald
The Boston Herald quotes a sour joke about self reliance with a quip on mint and staking while pursuing a bill. The line underscores a combative view of financial obligation and persistence.
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Mint
Boston Herald
Suitable Match
A Baltimore American humor brief notes a playful line about a girl with surprising fashion and suggests a humorous reason she wed an electrician, reflecting light social gossip tone.
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Baltimore American
Hidden Drawer Request Causes Closet Space Joke
A Louisville Courier Journal quip imagines a man asking for a bureau with a secret drawer to store clothes not a will. A Baltimore American line notes a child asking to see a skeleton in a closet prompting a hostess reply.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Napoleon on Elba and St Helena in comic opera empire tale
The piece treats Napoleon's exile to Elba as a brief comic chapter and contrasts it with Waterloo and Saint Helena. It mocks the imperial title granted on Elba, calls Elba a small, pitiful prison, and says St Helena marks a grim, final fate. It cites era commentary from the New York World and mentions Jones and Woon's Home Companion.
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Mediterranean
Elba
Napoleon
Europe
Tin
Sulu
Waterloo
St Helena
St Herom
New York World
Negotiable paper and its unique legal reach
An essay from the Saturday Evening Post explains three forms of commercial paper drafts notes and bank checks and how their negotiability makes them passable like cash. It contrasts these instruments with ordinary contracts and uses misrepresentation and defenses to illustrate limits on rights when notes change hands. The piece is followed by a humorous quip about Deceptive and a joke exchange from the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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America
Regan
Bogardus
Success Textile Company
Curzon
Plaisted
Rangely
Saturday Evening Post
Untitled sports quip notes played during a game
Commentary from the Philadelphia Ledger about a game remark and the ungracious tone of a performance, noting picked nines and a hoarse voice marring the song. Feltbam also weighs in on the matter.
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Phildelphia Ledger
How to Win Beauty Suggests Odd Beauty Tip
The Journal of the American Medical Association offers a humorous tip on coloring the face using rouge and a rabbit's foot buried two miles from home. A joke about fortune telling ends with a wife saying she would be married twice, in a playful Exchange quip.
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Journal of the
American Medical Association
Evans Drug Co Promotes White Pure Cough Remedy
An Evans Drug Co advertisement urges readers to stop coughs with their white pure cough remedy, claiming guaranteed relief. The line emphasizes a simple health solution offered by a local pharmacy.
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Evans Drug Co
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New Market
David Hunter
Breckin
Antietam Creek
McCaushland
Hagerstown
Baltimore and Ohblo
Patriot Publishing Company
U.S. A
By Review of Reviews Company
Syrus
Elba and
ST. Helena
Rocker Fe
Woon
Harper
Fred Hewitt
Aberdeee
East Daily
Milwaukee
Aberdeen
Pacific
Chicago
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Minneapolis
St. Paul
Montreal
Toronto
Omaha
Council Bluffs
Kansas City
St. Joseph
California
The
Olympian
Milwaukee Trains
Co. C. Trott
Aberdeen, Wash
Chicago, Milwaukee ST. Paul Railway
Ashley
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Garman & Ziegler
Bob. Bryan
Grays Harbor
South F Street
Hume
H. L. Cook & CO
Department OF the Herald
Chehalis County
Herald
McCaw 4 CO
East Heron Street
Aberdeen Investment Coo
E. Heron St
Wash
Sporting Goods
Burgher’s Sporting Goods Store
Emerick Furnit
Ture
Oo New
Urni
Leus
Heron St
City Messenger CO
Victor Erickson
E. Wishkah St
Electric Park
W. S. Mendenhall
G. H. Railway & Light Co
Aberdeen Window & House Cleaning .Co
Call 266
A. Star Transfer Co
f.Lewney’s Chocolates
Chiropodists
Phillips
Dr. Phillips
Cody
James A. Hood Fire and Automobile Insurance Finch Building
Auto Finance Co
Attorneys AT Law
Dan Pearsall
Attorney At Law
Wishkah Block
Undertakers
Whiteside Undertaking Company Funeral Directors Office
Pinnick & Kenny Funeral Directors
East Wishkah St
Hoquiam
Lady Attendant
Owvitt Company
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