Veteran John Myer, Ninety, recalls Mexican War and Civil War battles
John Sylvester Myer of Lime Ridge Columbia county aged 90 recalls a life of travel and war. He served as a marine in Vera Cruz and fought across the Civil War including capture escape from a Confederate camp. Myer, who left home at 11, roamed Europe and Asia and later joined government teams from Omaha to California. He survived many battles and four honors while his father opposed his loyalty to the Union.
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Bloomsburg
Pennsylvania
John Sylvester Myer
Lime Ridge
Columbia County
Myers
St. Louis
Mississippi
Gulf of Moxton
Germany
Switzerland
Russia
Italy
France
Vera Cruz
China
Danville
Omaha
California
Lincoln
Shenandoah Valley
French Confederate Veteran Myers Survives Civil War Spells
A Lime Ridge resident recalls a Civil War career of Myers, a French-born veteran who helped build a pontoon bridge on the North Ann river, survived Petersburg and Fredericksburg, was court-martialed for a Dr Samus Withers killing he averted, and mustered out March 17 1866 in Philadelphia after enduring wounds and a four day lay on the field in the Wilderness.
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North Ann River
Ofder
Myers
Fort Harrison
Fredericksburg
Philadelphia
Lime Ridge
Lafayette
Rector Prescott Turns Bucksaw Against Parish Wealth
The Sayville rector Dr J Prescott of St Ann s P E church abandons goat milk and wine for a bucksaw cure, sawing trees to ease his gout and hunger for simple living. He tours the village with the saw, claiming it outdoes prayer, while trustees debate shade trees and future timber lands for the church.
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New York
J. Prescott
St. Ann's P. E. Church
Sayville
I. L
Prescott
St. Ann's
Lazarus
Deviil
Rare Gem Finds and Mineral Treasure from Yukon Birds
Ottawa traveler Wilson Foster, a Klondike prospector, gifts Dominion Museum 10 000 mineral specimens from the Klondike region, many recovered from ptarmigan and grouse gizzards. He plans to send 50 000 minerals to London as well, and his baggage holds two trunks with over two million Yukon specimens. Foster, a St Louis native, notes birds' odd stone-picking behavior during prospecting.
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Ottawa
Ont
Wilson Foster
Klondike
Dominion Museum
Yukon
Foster
British Museum
London
St. Louis
Steel War Balloons Vienna United by Steel Hulls
at the Daimler works in Vienna a steel built dirigible balloon surpasses prior airships. crafted with 89x30 welded steel plates, a cigar shape and silk paper covering, it weighs over 28 000 kilos with 2 500 kilos of fuel. it carries 20 passengers, on board kitchens, salons and bunks, and plans to deploy three compartments for buoyancy and two farman type planes for war. the craft aims to ram foes and resist gas loss better than rubber or aluminum vessels. a magpie from Martham, Norfolk, sold for 300 dollars, the breed record.
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Vienna
Daimler Motor Works
Thomas S. Baldwin
Count von Zeppelin
Herr von Walach
Cobb Leads American League Batters in 1910 Outlook
Ty Cobb aims to defend his batting title with a .377 average on 216 hits in 126 games, 76 stolen bases, and tied for home runs at seven. Eddie Collins trails, and several others like Speaker and Crawford follow in the tight race. Spring training logistics divide magnates, with Hot Springs, Cal, West Baden, and Dixieland trips debated. Cobb’s Detroit group expects tougher opposition next season. Harvard football prepares a strong return, Yale anticipates sizable 1910 roster changes, and spring prospects hinge on next season’s lineup.
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Ty Cobb
Detroit
Cobb
Eddie Collins
Philadelphia Athletics
Eddie Gollins
Tiger
Speaker
Boston
Collins
Gardner
Philadelphia
New York
Larry Lajoie
Sam Crawford
Lord
Crawford
Booker
Chicago
Pat Dough‘erty
California
Pirates
Hot Springs
Ark
John I. Taylor
Boston Red Sox
Chicago Cubs
West Baden
Ind
Indiana
Corsiskey
Chicago White Sox
Gophers Keep Williams Amid Contract Talks at Minnesota
The Minnesota athletic board offers coach Harry Williams one year at 3500 dollars or two years at 3000 dollars amid worker dissatisfaction reports. Yale’s Ted Qoy has accepted the 1910 Blue head coaching nomination, chosen by captain Fred Daly. Ben Brush leads 1909 stallions with 66262, Sweep is top son. Plaudit Yankee Woolsthorpe Star Shoot and others follow in earnings.
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Harry Williams
University of Minnesota
Athletic Board of Control
Gopher
William
Williams
Ted" Qoy
Yale
Wiliams
Minnesota
The
Blue
Fred Daly
Daly
Ben Brush
Sweep
Plaudit
Harrigan
King James
Yankee
Joe Madden
Woolsthorpe
Star Shoot
Ocean Bound
Nimbus
Livonia
Sam
Jack Atkin
Fitz Herbert
Ethelbert
Vater
Hilarious
Trade Goode for Nichols in Pirates Philadelphia swap
Outfielder Wilbur Goode of Cleveland is traded to the Philadelphia Americans for infielder Simon Nichols. Goode, purchased from Akron in 1908, helped the Naps finish second but this season struggled and sat on the bench. Mullin of Detroit is praised as a real plunger while Bill Donovan vies for the lead in the Jacksonville money race.
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Goode
Nichols
Wilbur Goode
Cleveland
Philadelphia Americans
Simon Nichols
Akron
Naps
Mullin
Detroit
Wilda
Bill" Donovan
George
Jacksonville
Bill
Hot Springs
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Samus Withers
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William McKinley
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Nortolk
Harvard
Detroit Star
YALEE
Gil Browne
Houston
Paul Winhington
Fish
O'Flaherty
Chaptain
Ted Coy
Cooney
Goebel
Andrus
Heffelfinger
Stan” Morrison
Lilley
Hobbs
Spencer
Logan
Holt
Brown
Steve” Philbin
Fred" Murphy
Kilpatrick
Howe
Corey
Johnson
Savage
Vaughan
Brooks
Naedele
Paul
Dennis
Jack
Field
Messinger
Robinson
Taylor
Capt. Coy
Walter Camp
Tyrus Cabb
Calvin Demarest
Prof. Lanting
Perking
Cline and
Sutton
Gophers
Minnesota University Board of Control
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