Atlanta urged to fund reunion for Confederate veterans
A letter urges Atlanta to raise funds to send Confederate veterans to Louisville for a reunion. The writer praises veterans as earnest fighters, laments lost causes, and asks residents to contribute generously before the gathering, noting Southern pride and a hopeful city turnout. The piece also includes domestic verses, local vignettes, and home remedies.
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Atlanta
Louinville
Lexington
Louisville
Union
Naiville
Chattanooga
Charleston
Whistle Keeps Blowing on Train Between Highland Park and Milwaukee
An engineer on a Chicago and Northwestern train from Highland Park to Milwaukee, 65 miles, cannot stop the whistle due to a broken valve. The whistle sounded continuously along every city and village, drawing crowds to windows as the train rolled toward its 11 o'clock arrival. Additionally, a local reader praises Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for relief from dysentery.
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theChicago and Northwestern Railway
Highlay Park
Milwaukee
Highland Park
Avery
Dashe
Sycunoiy
Ime
Prohibition Evidence Cited From Maine Village Tale
A W C T U account quotes a Portland editor arguing prohibition reduced drunkenness in a Maine village. The dialogue recalls a boy who never drank before twenty one, attributing absence of rum shops to early prohibition and noting youth restraint limits future drink habits. The source cites the North American Review.
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Maine
Portland
Bangor
Drunkenness as a Root of Social Evils Questioned
A Pittsburgh Catholic commentary cites a New York Tribune essay and jailer surveys in 3,000 counties to argue that drink fuels crime and poverty. It notes 1017 jailer replies show 72 percent crimes in license states due to drink, with 37 percent in prohibition states, urging reform.
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New York Tribune
United States
Prohibition
Pitchurg Pitsburg Catholic
Modern Woodmen Ban on Liquor Trades Tops Kansas City Meeting
The Modern Woodmen of America maintain a ban on liquor industry members and those connected to liquor businesses. At their recent Kansas City convention delegates debated loosening the rule but the discrimination stood, resisting modification.
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America
Woodmen
Kansas City
Anctha
Stories Heard Around Confederate Camp Fires
A collection of humorous and storied episodes from Confederate camps including picket duty tales, foraging misadventures, pranks on officers, and personal anecdotes. Veterans recount bee hive misidentifications, foraging schemes, and lighthearted banter among soldiers from Arkansas and Virginia units, with nods to leaders and fellow camp followers.
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Thrall
Arkansas
Frankfort Southhand
Alex. Alaton
Gamaliel
Alex
Irankfort
Witchcraft in Early Days Heard At Lexington Meeting
The Lexington Historical Society held a forefathers day meeting at Hancock Congregational Church featuring John Fiske of Cambridge speaking on The Salem Witchcraft. He traced witch trials from 1616 Genoa to 1781 Spain and noted the Boston era executions and notable cases including Margaret Jones and Ann Hutchinson.
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Lexington
Maass
Hancock Congregational Church
John Fiske
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Salem
Foglind
Matthew Hale
Genoa
Italy
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England
Germany
Spain
Boston
Margaret Jones
Charlestown
Connecticut
Gov. Winthrop
Ann Hutchinson
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Boston Common
John Bradstreet
Rowley
Goodwin
Cotton Mather
Abe
Fiske
Mather
Longfellow
William Frederic Poole
Salem ‘Oases
Massachusette
Zboston Herald
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