Doctor Patton and the medicine chest tale from Civil War hospital
A Confederate soldier and Union private Patton recall a hospital scene after the Atlanta campaign. Patton helps a surgeon with a medicine chest while sharing morphine powders with a red headed Confederate. The exchange reveals bravado and interwoven war humor amid medical duties.
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Jonesboro
Atlanta
Jonny Patton
Company Hundred and Ninth Pennsylvania
Bruebaker
John M. Vallean
National Tribune
John
Dunn
Joe
Patton
Yank
John P
McPherson
Georgia
Bin
Stars and Stripes
Patton Say
Confederaty
Whisky Plot In Civil War Reminiscence
A Confederate and a Union ally debate a stock of papers and a medicine chest. They test a spirit labeled Spiritus Framenti marked whisky, noting its bitter taste as the doctor supposedly added something. The exchange ends with curiosity about the bottle and its contents.
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Reb
John
Patton
Johnny Reb
Remark About Confederate Battery Member and Spiritus Transformations
The speaker recalls a memorable incident with a Confederate battery member who stayed silent during a quiet moment. He expected punishment but nothing happened. The man, six feet tall and about 180 pounds, remains of interest, and the narrator jokes about whether he survives today and if he still recalls the incident and spiritus tram.
Hornets and bullets at Chickamauga scar near Kelley farm
R A Leavell of company E thirty six Indiana endured a near miss at Chickamauga while Palmer's division reinforced lines at Kelley farm. He crawled under fire and narrowly escaped a swarm of angry yellow jackets as Confederate attacks raged around the timber breastworks.
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R. A. Leavell
Indiana
Chicago
Inter Ocean
Chickamauga
John M. Palmer
Kelley Farm
Palmer
Thirty-Sixth Indiana
Leavel
Leavell's Bold Stand Against Confed Attack
A Civil War tale recalls Leavell in the Thirty-sixth Indiana held behind a tree as Confederates pressed a flank assault. He fought with a bruised thumb, then slipped behind a tree opposite his own company, ran 200 feet to rejoin them, earning high regard for his refusal to flee from the danger.
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Thirty-sixth Indiana
Leavell
White Heat
Manda
Yellow Jackets
Russia Aims at Peace Amid Empire Growth
The czar pursues a peace policy linked to liberal hopes yet driven by self interest. Russia, strong at home, seeks stability to negotiate with China over Manchuria and to expand railroads while continuing Russification of Finland and other provinces. The Hague peace congress is cited as a test of motives amid imperial expansion.
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Friends of Russian Progress
Pobedonostzeff
Russian National Party
France
Alexander II
The
Hague
Russia
China
Manchuria
Finland
Reed Defines a Trust as a Body of Rich Men Surrounded
The speech by Hon. Thomas KB Reed calls a trust a closed circle of affluent men. The piece notes Alvord of New York, a bank defaulter, whose father was $160 000 short in his accounts, and a Syracuse banker cashier from 41 years ago faced no prosecution. Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt plans a photo album for her husband.
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Thomas KB. Reed
Alvord
New
Wines and Liquors Best and Cheapest Listings
Classified ad lists various wines and whiskies with inconsistent pricing and spellings. Mentions California sherry and port, Rhine wine, rye whiskeys, and a P. O. Box in Belmar New Jersey offering free delivery.
Diplomacy and a Roaring Card Trick Romance
A Detroit Free Press tale describes a staged engagement ruse using a solitaire game to trap a gullible old man. A young man schemes to wager ten thousand dollars on the played card, while a rival drafts a cold deck plan to secure the win. The piece blends sensational anecdote with a warning about deceit.
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Detroit Free Press
Cnoreleus
Rocky Mountains
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Ruck Iwood
New York
Fitzhugh Lee
Department of the Missouri
Cuba
Rice
Washington
Lucien Young
Havana
United States
Maine
Jennis
Yellow—Jackets
Pirop
Paris
BH. Courrejolles
Ada
H'A
la Belle Republique
Gler
Colgate
Benet
Kirk
Pairbank
S. Oe Rey
Oyater Bay
Gilman Farm
Oak Brand
Columbia
Seasion
Tée Atmore
Jemima
Boston
London
Epps
Duis
Tim Paritan
Bartlett Pears
Pineapps
Assignee’s
Claude V. Guerin
Main St. Vext
Ocean Palace
D Mitchelson
Rbelmar
N. J
H.C. Johnston
Main St
Crosbie
Main Street
ACORN
Dahomey
London Globe
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