The Blue and the Gray Poem Origin Story In 1867
A Columbus Mississippi gesture by women scattering flowers on Confederate and Federal graves inspired Francis Miles Finch to write The Blue and the Gray. He sent it to Atlantic Monthly in 1867, where it sparked debate and various newspaper replies before publication. The verse opens with images of the inland river and the silent dead awaiting judgment day.
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Columbus
Miss
New York Tribune
Francis Miles Finch
Ithaca
N. Y
the Atlantic
Finch
Tribune Dispatch
Unknown Graves and Missing Hereafter in Nature
In reflective poetry, Helen Hunt Jackson contemplates graves of the missing and uncounted, contrasting human sorrow with nature. She asserts nature properly keeps and tends all graves, and that even earthly wreaths fall short of honoring losses beyond human reach.
Design of the Confederate battle flag traced to Beauregard
The account details General Beauregard’s choice of a red field with a blue diagonal cross edged in white and white stars after a Fairfax Court House conference. It notes prior proposals by Colonel Miles and others and says the design was conceived long before the Union era.
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T. Beauregard
New Orleans
Aives
Manassas
Beauregard
W. ©. Miles
Case Military Committee
Fairfax Court House
Johnston
Miles
Congress
Montgomery
Edward C. Hancock
James B. Walton
Walton
Hencock
Soldier's water color to a general's daughter in Louisiana
A fragment recalls a soldier who painted in water colors on an original work not meant for the general's lamented daughter. The girl stayed in Louisiana throughout the war and only met her father near its end.
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Louisiana
The Veterans Marching On In Fading Light
A reflective poem honors aging veterans as yearly ceremonies grow quieter and the march slower. Flags bend in blessing, memories linger, and the speaker notes dwindling numbers and the sorrowful undertone beneath ceremonial music.
Joy A Logan Founded Memorial Day
Joy A Logan, as commander in chief of the Grand Army of the Republic in 1868, ordered Decoration Day to be celebrated on May 30. The choice honored the last Union volunteer discharged on that date. Logan, born in 1826, served as a Douglas Democrat in Congress before resigning to fight in the Civil War and seeing action at Forts Henry and Donelson.
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Grand Army of the Republic
General Logan
Congress
Illinois
Forts Henry
Donelson
John A. Logan
General Logan’s Civil War role and political career
Before Vicksburg he rose as military governor after the surrender and later served years in the United States Senate. He was Blaine’s 1884 vice presidential candidate. after defeat he returned to the Senate. James G. Blaine praised Logan for combining military and legislative careers in one eminent figure.
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Vicksburg
United States
Senate
Blaine
James G. Blaine
General Logan
The Old Soldier's Routine and a Whisky Exchange
A quoted London Tit-Bits fragment recalls a man aged seventy describing a daily routine at pine woods, a lone worker toiling from dawn till dusk while carrying dinner in a tin pail. The scene shifts to a minister and MacPherson defending whisky as harmless and restorative.
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Cid
Teddy
MacPherson
Mac
London
Desperate Shipboard Sinking Rules From a Veteran Captain
A veteran captain explains abandonment when a liner sinks. Women and children go first, then men, with officers and crew enforcing order. In the free for all, some are shot to deter interference, while boats carry 50 to 70 people each with crews and officers aboard.
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New York World
Wise Physician Teaches Patience Across Waiting Room
A quote from the Louisville Courier-Journal describes a patient told to wait with tongue out and eyes closed for ten minutes while the doctor attended to four other patients. The line emphasizes the art of going without as a lesson in patience.
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Louisville Courier-Journa
Neidkopf Bust in Berlin Symbol of Envy and Punishment
The Neidkopf bust in Berlin marks envy and petty rivalry. Frederick William III or IV ordered the sculpture after a hunchback goldsmith’s success and a rival woman’s derision. The bust was placed above the workshop window as a perpetual rebuke, later vanished and resurfaced in 1840, restored by Frederick William IV.
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Berlin
Neidkopf
Frederick William of
Prussia
Fritz
Frederick William
Frederick
Frau Goldschmied
Chateaubriand Tragedy Shown at Versailles
Paris Temps recounts M. Chateaubriand staging Moise at Versailles after Paris production failed. He did not attend and sent his valet to report reception. The servant’s report claimed the play was a tremendous success with the audience laughing throughout.
Enigma of Gravitation Reveals Limits of Understanding
The piece cites Newton admitting ignorance of the essence of gravitation while affirming knowledge of its effects. It likens gravitation to electricity, noting that both are understood by their actions rather than their intrinsic nature. The author calls such inquiry profound yet challenging.
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Newton
New York American
Merely a Suggestion from a Car Deal
A second hand dealer inspected the car and offered to take the machinery of the motor while declining the rest of the vehicle. The exchange suggests a quick deal style noted in a periodical.
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West Pom Tint
First wedding invitation reads Mr and Mrs Tene ry Wattersby Brown
The Detroit Free Press notes a dated invitation announcing the wedding of Jane, daughter of Mr and Mrs Tenery Wattersby Brown, and inviting guests to attend. The wording signals a traditional family occasion and invites attendance at the ceremony.
Good Advice to Guard Courage and Resolve
A compact exhortation to balance courage with patience and wisdom. It urges not to exhaust courage in fierceness nor resolve in obstinacy, and cautions against wisdom turning toward cunning or patience into despair.
Misadventure Teaches Bravest Lessons Alcott Quote Card
A brief quotation from Alcott notes that true bravery comes from misadventure rather than success, urging reflection on resilience and growth through trial and error.
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Alcott
Homemade Engine Muffler Cuts Noise With Simple Parts
An Orange Judd Farmer note explains making a gasoline engine muffler from a few funnels and a six inch stovepipe. Funnels six inches across fit inside the pipe and are bolted in place to quiet explosions.
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Orange Judd Farmer
Homemade engine muffler from Orange Judd Farmer
Instructions describe building a muffler for an engine using funnels to fill the stovepipe length with floor plates at the ends and screws to attach the pipe. Funnels align with inlet and outlet to ensure free gas escape and prevent blockage. Tests show little to no power loss with the muffler in place.
Farming With a Pencil Guidance For Profit
Professor W C Palmer of North Dakota Agricultural College urges farmers to use a lead pencil and simple accounting. He says a few minutes daily of record keeping reveals profits and losses and can yield greater returns than extra work in the field.
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W. C. Palmer
North Dakota Agricultural College
Publishers Notice on Missed Herald Deliveries
Subscribers served by city carriers who do not receive the Herald on Mondays and Thursdays by 6 p m should call City Messenger Co at 5931 for immediate delivery.
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Herald
City Messenger Co
Quality Counts in Office Stock Selection
A catalogish note claims quality as the prime factor in stock choice. It lists exclusive lines including Y and E filing systems, Carter’s typewriter carbons and ribbons, Leopold desks, Colonial office chairs, and L. C. Smith and Royal typewriters. The text promises more products next week.
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Carter
Leopold
Colonial Office
L. C. Smith
Royal Typewriters
Summons in Superior Court Chehalis County Washington
The state summons Hilda Cooper to appear within sixty days after May 13 1912 to answer a complaint seeking dissolution of marriage on grounds of desertion. Stewart Tucker Attorneys for Plaintiff Aberdeen Washington address provided with dates of first and last publication in 1912.
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State OF Washington
Chehalis County
Fred H. Cooper
Hilda Cooper
Stewart & Tucker
Aberdeen
Washington
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