Virginia Reminiscences of a Fifty-Fifth Virginia Regiment
The writer recalls a Wright-Latane Camp gathering where Captain Albert Reynolds reads a memoir about the Battle of Chancellorsville and Spotsylvania Court House. He describes walking the old battlefield, the Oak tree, the Essex Sharpshooters, and the brutal fight in the valley, noting the heavy casualties and the discipline under fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teteran
Tippahannock
Wrght-latane
Albert Rennolds
Fifty-fifth Virginia Regiment
Spokeylvapia
Chancellorsville
Sedgwick
Spottsylvania Court House
Clancellorsville
Screamersville
Second Adventists
Army of
Northern Virginia
Lee
Jackson
A. P. Hill
Heth
Mallory
Hooker
Chancellorsville Court House
Essex
Roane
Leut
Lghn
Deserta
Vaus
Min
Amon
Mit Flickan
Ordarn
T. KR. B. Wright
Essex Sharpshooters
Tom
Serg
Jasper
Adj. RL
Williams
Virginia
Cardigan
Balaklava
Pickett
Gettysburg
W. J. Davis
Dackson
Bin
Heaven and Hell Vision of Dr Talmage At New York Talk
The article recounts Dr. Talmage’s lively talk on heaven as the capital of God’s universe where resurrected souls gather from seas and valleys. He describes a grand, evolving paradise with radiant beings and perfect happiness, and notes hell as not God’s fault but a result of human choice. the piece closes with Blondin the tightrope walker’s death and career details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Dr. Talmage
Thad
Stu
Ame
The
Kimball
Mao
Wen
Christ
Prepara
Duchie
Sauna
Niagara
Iumbago
Blondin
Medical fashion of pill seekers and a Texas dust-up
A West Madison physician notes a national trend of medicine taking as a pastime among patients and students, criticizing hypochondria and the urge to overdo cures. Anecdotes include a Texas farmer’s horse incident and Cripple Creek’s cold remedies, with a plug for Chamberlain's Cough Remedy via Hill Orr Drug.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cripple Creek
B. Ihrinewo
Daily Aderer
Hill Orr Drug
Billarps Letter on Andrew Jackson Marriage History
Billarp recounts Andrew Jackson's two marriages to Rachel Donelson, explaining the Kentucky divorce timing and how Jackson married her again in Natchez. It notes Jackson’s character, his devotion to Rachel, and mentions other presidents who married widows, plus reflections on education and college life, ending with an advert for cough remedy and a druggist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Jackson
Rachel Donelson
Captain Robarde
Kentucky
Nashville
Jackson
Judge Overton
Captain Robards
Robards
Natchez
Nobards
Mabel Donelson
Tris
Washington
Jefferson
Madison
Filmore
John Tyler
Andrew Johnson
Fillmore
S Rool Carder
United States
Robinson Cruso
Dillmore
Johnson
Garfield
John Adams
Arthur
Taok
Earliex
Goldsmith's School
Ge Vlewly
Atlanta
British Museum
London
Mr. Mulligan
Olam
Rouseau
Napoleon
Kansas City
King Humbert
Italy
Europe
Alexander III
Clarence
The Funny Clerk Scruggs and the Barred Whiskers Plot
A Washington war department clerk Daniel Webster Scruggs is described as a “funny man” who fills hours with pranks. After a kitchen-barber prank, a hallway encounter with his dog leads to a fight, a doctor’s visit, and Scruggs being sidelined a fortnight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Department
Washington
Daniel Webster Scruggs
Scruggs
Chicago Record
Pig theft tale sparks country dinner debate
A dyspeptic farmer and a butcher recount a story about a pig said to be stolen after a plan to hang it outside overnight. The butcher coins the ruse to claim the pig was stolen while the farmer is left doubting his own tale as the joke spirals. Also note a brief note on Chamberlain's Pain Balm curing a man in Sault Ste. Marie after doctors failed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dosth
Ibis
Peloubet
Ati—Theanufacturer
Dad
Sam
Jinks
Pearson
Billy
Frank Dolson
Sault Ste. Marie Mich
Hill-Orr Drug Co
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B.O. Evans & CO
D. FP. Sloan
Yates Shoe
Yates Shoe Company
Dean & Ratliffe
INTER
Dean & Ratsiphe
Dean
Eo Ae
Finigd
Eenyae
Tolly
A. Archer
Clarence Osborne
Archer & Osborne
Anderson
Archer
Josborne
U. Co
Maj. Saunders
Maj Saunders
Garland Smith
A P. Hill
Stuart
J. M. Brockenbough
Samp
Mooker
Apulir Setenee
Piry
Lovis
Funkie
Cufsey
E Parinerel
Ft Careye & Go
Unig Mudagee
Toledo
Aras
Doldars
Wengewin
Cancun
Wlease
Naary Lubdte
Salle Catherh Coico
Fray
Adiron
Drogaete
Het NoNa
Doctor Talmage
Heaven
Mtendel
Teaven
Thera
Rubens
Vitian
Raphael
Wessel
England
Lenant
Tie
Ife
Tiebel
Ubia
New York
Itis
Jean Francois Gravale
Ravel
Grayele
Ifo
Niagays
Philadelphia
Ile
China
Japan
Java
Australia
India
America
Prince of Wales
Imre Kally
Tts
Mie
Billarps
Allnate Constitution
Biron
Jungers
Tha Grip
la Grippe
Yoasmulle
Ulomberlain
Preimania
Hill- Orr Drag Co
Scrugg
Owingsville
City Missionary Society of
Benton
Daniel W. Waldron
Brazil
Lincoln
Persia
Birmingham
France
Germany
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