Mark and Jakey Enter Chattanooga to Scout Confederate Forces
Mark and Jakey wake in dawn light and slip into Chattanooga. They observe a growing Confederate force, with officers, bands, and a new general Braxton Bragg, and discuss routes to Knoxville. An enlistment officer lures Mark into Cheatham's division, while the pair plot a hasty departure before discovery.
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Mark
Mark Slack
Jasper
Tenn
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Braxton Bragg
Tennessee
Tupelo
Bragg
Knoxville
Waal
Cheatham
Withers
Anderson
Polkterday
Hardee
Hyar
S. Lay
Chattanooga
Kentucky
Missionary Ridge
Army of the Cumberland
Battle Creek
Oe Bumkins
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promised To Cure All Stages
Read ers learn Hall's Catarrh Cure claims a constitutional solution for catarrh by targeting blood and mucous membranes. The ad offers 100-dollar reward for any failure to cure and invites readers to request testimonials from F J Che nty & Co Toledo Ohio. Also mentions The American Railway Union as a new railroad federation.
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Hall
F. J. Chenty & Co
Toledo
Health and headlines mix in a bustling era column
A jumble of topics covers health tonics like Hood's Sarsaparilla and Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, local civic notes on Chicago mayors and Cedar Rapids police matron demands, a DeWitt's salve endorsement, the World’s Fair ticket design, and an art note on Walter Hall's engravings.
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Dr. Pierce
German Liniment and Health Ads in 1891 Local Paper
Advertisements offer Dullam's Great German Liniment for eczema and neuralgia with 25 cent price and testimonial from A B Snell of Hamilton Michigan. Other notices tout Alaska exhibit cases, Hoops Pills, Illinois Central through sleeping car Chicago to Memphis schedule, Turkish bazaar material shipped to Jackson Park, De Witt's Little Early Risers, Minnesota Women's Auxiliary on Sunday opening, Gov Lewellyn Gar fields towpath comparison, and Dr King's New Discovery for coughs and consumption with trial bottles at L M Bosworth's Drug Store.
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Dr. King
la Grippe
L. M. Bosworth
Senator Yargan Marks Ninth Decade in Legislature
An Indiana lawmaker, Senator John Yargan, is noted as possibly the oldest legislator, celebrating his nintieth birthday last November. The ad highlights One minute Cough Cure for coughing fits, Dullams German Worm Lozenges, and a minister to Portugal who has lived in Dakota for a decade, all offered by local sellers.
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John Yargan
Indiana
U.S
Portugal
Dakota
Dullam
L. M. Bosworth
First Woman to Earn PhD at Johns Hopkins
Florence Bascom of Williamstown Mass becomes the first woman to receive the PhD from Johns Hopkins University. The piece also advertises Castoria for children and DeWitt's Little Early Risers for headaches, plus a humor note on fire safety with hotel fire escapes.
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Johns Hopkins University
Florence Bascom
Williamstown
Mass
Castoria and patent medicine mentions fill the page
An eclectic jumble notes Castoria ads for infants and children, Liver Pills and German cures at Bosworth's, Krause head ache capsules, and Dullam's tonics. It mentions U S senators, lawyers, and a Mrs Warner letter, plus Hood's Sarsaparilla, Princess Kaulani, and local notices about health products and public figures.
Heroic rescue on Swallow off Zanzibar earns silver medal
On Sept 9 off Uzi island the Swallow crew faced a shark threat as Lawford and Payne swam. McDermott plunged into the sea without hesitation to save Lawford, earning a silver medal from the Royal Humane Society after a formal inquiry by Rear Admiral Bedford and Commander Finnis.
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Zanzibar
Uzi Island
Mr. McDermott
John Sadler
H. Payne
Charles Lawford
W. Rundle
Lawford
Payne
McDermott
Royal Humane Society
Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty
Thomas McDermott
Bedford
C. A
Finnis
Pall Mall
Electric Bitters and Arnica Salve Heal Chronic Ailments
S H Clifford of New Cassel Wisconsin suffered neuralgia rheumatism stomach turmoil and liver trouble losing flesh and strength. Three bottles of Electric Bitters restored him. Edward Shepherd of Harrisburg Illinois had an eight year leg sore. Three bottles of Electric Bitters and seven boxes of Arnica salve cured it. John Speaker of Catawba Ohio had five fever sores on a leg once deemed incurable. One bottle of Electric Bitters and one box Arnica Salve cured him. Sold by L M Bosworth Druggist.
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S. H. Clifford
New Cassel
Wis
Edward Shepherd
Harrisburgh
John Speaker Catawba
L. M. Bosworth Druggist
Stanford Horn To Roar In Palo Alto Berkeley Game
A San Francisco Call report says Stanford students plan a 50 foot long 10 foot diameter monster horn propelled by a 32 horsepower boiler and costing 500 dollars. Two hundred students pledge 2.50 each toward the building fund and the horn will be hauled to the playing park on a street railway coil truck.
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Stanford University
Palo Altos
Berkeley
Stanford
Berkleyites
San Francisco
Laborer Worthy of Hire in Jewelers League Row
A Jewelers' league in this city adopts a protest to reduce its secretary's salary. The secretary, who is well to do, wished to donate part of his pay, but a member argued against the move as setting a bad precedent. The dispute centers on paying fair wages for valued work and the belief that good laborers deserve liberal compensation.
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Jewelers’ League
New York Sun
H. Hallett & CO
Box
Portland
Revival of English in Yale Colleges
The Yale catalogue shows a shift toward English study with 1894 entrance tests including English literature papers chosen for attractiveness and intrinsic value. Freshmen receive English instruction, and the approach emphasizes testing familiarity with subject matter and literary forms.
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Yale
Boston Journal
Standing Dead In a Hollow Tree
Joseph Weir of Delaware Bend district was missing for months. A hunter found his body upright inside a hollow tree in Red river bottom with his gun beside him. The report notes Weir was married and may have gone to Denver to join a brother.
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Joseph Weir
Delaware Bend
Weir
Denver
Frank Sneed
Red River Bottom
Texas
St. Louis
Globe
Pope dispels death rumors seeks century life
The pope, wary of speculation about his death, told a literary visitor he expects to live to 100, asserting confidence in a long life ahead.
Velvet cuffs vanish from winter overcoats
Fashion notes say velvet cuffs to match collars are a short lived trend as this winter’s topcoats appear plain and devoid of any ornament.
Early Rising For Cold Mornings In Maine
Maine residents rise early due to scarce daylight leading to mishaps. A Bel fast mother woke family for breakfast at 3 05 am as factory work not yet starting. Dexter stone mill watchman recalls a worker arriving about two hours early in frigid dawn.
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Maine
Belfast
Dexter
Mercury
Bangor
Opium Habit Ends in Self-inflicted Death
George Hall told of four years of opium use begun after army service and advice from a stranger. He said he swallowed increasing doses until one dram daily and cut his throat when unable to obtain more. An inquest at Burlington returned death by own action while temporarily insane.
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George Hall
Burlington
Pall Mall Gazette
Abolish the Days of Grace Now Urged by Officials
The Detroit Tribune reports bankers and lawyers favor ending days of grace to standardize laws across states. They argue modern communication eliminates the need for three day notice and notes should mature at the exact agreed time.
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State Boards of Commissioners
Detroit Tribune
Cubeb Cough Cure Promises Quick Throat Relief
Advert adds Cubeb Cough Cure as a remedy for hoarseness chronic sore throat bronchitis and severe throat troubles. Claims active Cubeb soothes mucous membranes within sixty seconds and provides rapid relief for coughing La Grippe victims and feverish symptoms. Sold by L M aated.
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la Grippe
L. M. Aated
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