Siege of Petersburg Opens as Grant Presses Confederate Lines
Fifty years ago General Grant moved to besiege Petersburg after costly assaults. General Wilson’s cavalry crossed the Weldon railroad, struck the Lynchburg and Richmond Danville lines, and split Lee’s forces, but heavy Union and Confederate counterattacks left both sides with severe losses as Sherman and Johnston repelled attacks in Georgia and Virginia.
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Grant
Petersburg
Weldon
J. H. Wilson
Georgia
Kenesaw Mountain
Sherman
Johnston
Kenesaw
George L. Kilmer
Fter
City Point
James
Appomattox
Richmond
N. C
Wilmington
Weldon Road
Nottoway River
Wilson
Prince George's Courthouse
W. H. F. Lee
Lynchburg
Danville
James River
Virginia
Jerusalem Plank Road
Southside
Wright
Barlow
Birney
Mott
Gibbon
A. P. Hill
Mahone
Wilcox
Bushrod Johnson
Johnson
Army of the Potomac
A. V. Kautz
Kautz
Hampton
Fitzhugh Lee
Photograph exchange hints at private plans
In a Boston Transcript excerpt Miss Wyse requests a photograph of Mr. Simkins claiming she may keep it. Simkins flattered and delighted, replies that he is pleased, while Miss Wyse directs her maid Marie to take the photograph and notify a person named Qaim when the original is needed.
Facing the Problem. Father-What You Want to Marry
A brief dialogue passage notes a father opposing a marriage with the line You can't support her. I can hardly do it myself. Another voice suggests chipping in to help. The excerpt appears in the London Opinion with a light social reflection on finances and marriage.
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London
Confederate and Union maneuver around Petersburg and Atlanta
The article reviews cavalry actions under Kautz and Wilson near Petersburg, including a successful flanking dash to reach the Army of the Potomac and a bridge destruction near James River. It then shifts to the June 1864 campaigns around Atlanta, noting Johnston’s lines north of Kenesaw and Sherman’s siege, Hood’s failed assault at Culp’s Farm, and the planned Kenesaw assault on June 27 after heavy cannonade.
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Robert E. Lee
Wade Hampton
Sheridan
James River
Hampton
Ream
Weldon
Chambliss
W H. F. Lee
Mahone
Frag
Fitzhugh Lee
Wilson
Kautz
Army of the Potomac
City Point
Sherman
Johnston
Atlanta
New Hope Church
Kenesaw Mountain
Pine Mountain
Marietta
Hood
Hooker
Schofield
Culp
Kenesaw Line
Thomas
Pickett
Gettysburg
Deep Breathing and Morning Air Benefits
The health expert urges proper posture and deep breathing to improve blood flow and lung function. The piece likens deep breathing to a full bath, noting the lungs respond to fresh morning air as the body does to cold water.
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Columbus
Did you occupy your last pulpit with credit
A church trustee questions whether the applicant used credit for their last pulpit position. The applicant replies there was never any cash connected with it. The exchange appears in the Ladies' Home Journal.
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Appucant
Ladies’ Home Journal
The Other Way and Parade Crowd Reflections
The transcript notes a crowd at a parade with a remark about the first girl in the crush and a second girl wishing the vihers had stayed home. The narrator expresses regret over attending the spectacle and longs for quiet.
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Boston Transcript
Alexander of Teck Named Governor General of Canada
Announcement names Prince Alexander of Teck, Queen Mary’s younger brother, as governor general succeeding the Duke of Connaught. Liberals oppose royal appointment as contrary to democratic ideals. Alexander, born 1874 at Kensington Palace, educated at Eton and Sandhurst, Boer War veteran and Major in the Second Life Guards.
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Prince Alexander of Teck
Queen Mary
England
Canada
Liberal Party
Royalty
Duke of Connaught
King George
Kensington Palace
Eton
Sandhurst
Life Guards
Princess Alice of Albany
Duke of Albany
Queen Victoria
Princess Alexander of
Teck
An Ancient Chippewa Chief Visits Minneapolis Observer
Wa-be ne-gew-wes, 128 years old by his reckon, is the long honored Chippewa chief from Cass Lake who visited Minneapolis with descendants. He recalls Red Lake battles, the 1862 uprising, and warns of danger while gifting a tale of whisky swindle and moose meat in a hungry frontier.
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Minneapolis
Cass Lake
Red Lake
Minnesota
New Ulm
Work of Boy Scouts West Thompson Setson Reports Merit Growth
West Thompson Seton, chief of the Boy Scouts of America, presents a report from the national court of honor. In the last year thirty life saving honor medals were awarded to boys. Merit badges in 1913 totaled 5 521, up nearly 4 000 from the prior year, showing boys pursuing vocations beyond basic scout ranks.
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Boy Scouts
West Thompson’ Seton
Boy Scouts of America
National Court of Honor
Green Word Puzzle List in Old Game
A circulated game explains how to make guests write answers containing the word green. It pairs green with various clues: Paris, Greenland, green grocer, evergreen, greenhouse, green goose, green turtle, greenhorn, greenback, green cheese, Green Mountain state, and more.
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Paris Green
Greenroom
Greenland
Green Mountain State
Ingenious Frog Builds Nest Like Water Fortification
In Brazil a tree frog rows a water filled nest as a fortification for eggs and young. The circular mud wall rises above the pond forming a tubelike enclosure with air access. After hatching the nest remains intact for a long period while the young depart.
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Brazil
Scouting In Syria Aims And Requests For Help
A letter from Jerusalem reporting Syrian and Palestinian scout work asks the Boy Scouts of America for guidance and materials. The Syrian Protestant College and Beirut units seek official support, badges, and a national design as they expand under difficult conditions in the Turkish empire.
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Syria
Boy Scouts of America
Syrian Protestant College
Beirut
Jerusalem
Palestine
E pluribus unum origins glimpsed in verse
The passage misattributes the motto to Horace and claims it appears in a poem about a salad. It notes the line out of many ingredients one dish and argues the phrase can be dignified by a nation.
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Horace
Free Cuba The pledge of lasting peace and reconstruction
The passage quotes William McKinley’s March 4 1901 Second Inaugural urging a peaceful permanent role for the United States in Cuba. It calls for sponsorship of pacification and reconstruction of Cuba as a free commonwealth rooted in right justice liberty and order.
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Cuba
William McKinley
Monkey Hunt on Giles Island Captivates the Public
A dozen ringtail monkeys escaped from a cage on Giles Island in Long Island Sound near New York City. They swung from trees and mocked keepers who fired Roman candles. One monkey entered the lion’s cage and was captured. Monkeys were eventually lured back with food and confined behind a grating in two unequal sections.
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Giles Island
Long Island Sound
New York City
Clothing as an Insulator in Electrical Shock Response
The piece explains that rescuers should pull a shocked person from contact by grabbing clothing rather than touching the body. Dry, moderately thick clothing can be used to separate the victim from the live circuit. It notes that apparent death is often not final and resuscitation by artificial respiration can be possible.
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Morton
London
Lancet
Publisher’s Notice to Subscribers Missing City Carrier Deliveries
Subscribers served by city carriers who do not receive the Herald on Tuesday and Friday by 6 p m should call City Messenger Co at phone 72 for an immediate delivery. Send the twice a week Herald to your inquiring Eastern trends.
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Herald
City Messenger Vo
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