Memorial Day origins rise from Confederate flowers initiative
A 1887 New York report on Columbus Mississippi women placing flowers on Confederate and Union graves spurred national healing. The essay traces Memorial Day from 1868 Arlington ceremonies led by Logan to Garfield, Pryor, and later broad observances honoring all fallen soldiers across wars.
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New York Times
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John A. Logan
Grand Army of the Republic
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Women of
Ithaca
N. Y
Francis M. Finch
Chauncey M. Depew
Arlington
Logan
James A. Garfield
United States
Cleveland
Ohio
Monument Cemetery
Philadelphia
Poat 2
Department of Pennsylvania
Qr. A. B
Academy of Music
Brooklyn
Roger A. Pryor
Rly
Pryor
Supreme Court
Academy
Man claims to slain 65 rattlesnakes while plowing
Tobe Sagg of Sandy Mush recounts that Sawney in Booger Holler killed 65 rattlesnakes during plowing. Onlookers doubt the tale, noting a jug at each end of the fur rows and the driver’s speed as the horses nearly ran away.
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Sawney
Booger Holler
Mount Piggy
Ruinous Giving and the Lighthouse Duty
The text laments neglect of charitable duty and a mother’s sacrifice, likening careless acts to failing lighthouse guardianship. It argues every person bears responsibility for guiding others, warning that depriving the needy dulls the family’s future radiance.
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Maeterlinck
Mrs Ella Hamlin Announces Radical Congress Candidacy
Mrs Ella Bushnell Hamlin of Davenport Iowa announces her bid for Congress from Iowa's Second district. Her platform challenges gender norms by opposing women clubs and the sex line and calls for strong anti League of Nations views and maximal inland waterways development. A journalist named Mrs Smith is noted.
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Ella Bushnell Hamlin
Davenport
Iowa
Congress
Hanlin
United States
League of Nations
World Court
President to occupy camp estate in Adirondacks
In Washington announcements reveal the summer White House will be vacated near Rainbow Lake by Gabriels New York in the Adirondack region. The President will use the large estate in the birch woods owned by Irwin Kirkwood of Kansas City for the season.
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White House
Rainbow Lake
Gabriels
Adirondacks
Irwin Kirkwood
Kansas City
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