Memorial Day Echoes From Civil War Battles and Vicksburg
The piece recalls Memorial Day origins amid 1861 1862 and 1863 campaigns. It details Grant Pemberton and the Vicksburg siege with Champion's Hill Big Black River and Porter at Hayne's Bluff. It notes casualties and military movements shaping public memory of the holiday.
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North
South
America
Lee
Shenandoah
Cumberland
Gettysburg
Arkansas
Virginia
Mississippi
Grant
Pemberton
Vicksburg
Mississippi Valley
Farragut
New Orleans
Porter
New York
Champion's Hill
Sherman
Jackson
Steele
Smith
Osterhaus
Hovey
Champion’s Hill
McPherson
Loring
Big Black River
Johnston
Hayne’s Bluffs
West
Eighth Pennsylvania
Hazel Grove
Day of Union and Liberty and the Veterans’ Debt Remembered
A nostalgic 19th century style reflection on Memorial Day and the sacrifices of the Civil War veterans, honoring those who perished and those who endured. It contrasts a nation’s fragile origins with its current strength and recalls a near-British assault on Washington, noting the scant defense at the capital a century ago.
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Grand Army
Washington
Graveau
Barney
Very Old Copper Mine Questioned as Oldest Source
A garbled old text fragment questions whether Stora Kopparberget in Sweden is the oldest copper mine. The fragment reads as a partial claim about ancient copper production and its status among the world’s oldest mines, with incomplete wording.
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Stora Koprerberwet
Swedes
When the War Was Over
A four year old recalls springtime in 1865 as distant thunder echoes. His mother sobs and repeats that the war is over and father will come home, while he senses joy and tears mix in the family moment. The scene blends natural beauty with the emotional return of a father.
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Dave
Brie
Hugh
Corry
Gift of Thoughts Quote Card Fragment
A fragmented quotation reflects on giving kindness as a gift to a friend. The speaker imagines thoughts as a treasure more valuable than gems or flowers, suggesting that heartfelt gifts uplift the heart and elicit an angelic response.
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George ‘MacDopald
Making Virtue of Necessity. Most of the advocates
Fragmentary OCR item discusses walking advocates and the notion of turning necessity into virtue. It mentions people and movements but lacks complete details, leaving the central argument and key names unclear.
Varying Weights of Famous Brains and Uplift Movements
The article surveys social uplift efforts with A J Drexel and young millionaires joining the Salvation Army, noting democracy’s reach from elites to masses. It then lists brain weights of famous figures Turgenieff Webster Spitzka Bertillon Whitman, noting exceptions and disease effects on weight.
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Bign
The
Times
A. J. Drexel
Piddle
Philadelphia
Society
Millonaire
Salvation Army
Turgenieff
Daniel Webster
Spitzka
Bertillon
Webster
Walt Whitman
Glow of Health Speaks for Postum Ad
A Tennessee woman shares that stopping coffee and using Postum improved her health. She notes weight gain from 117 to 170 pounds and credits Postum with her well being, as described in a living advertisement for Postum by the Postum Company Battle Creek Michigan.
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Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
The Humble Father and the Lye Lesson
A dated anecdote portrays a father swallowing lye as a test of patience while his son questions the act. The elder remarks it is not the first me he has endured, hinting at past trials. An odd product plug references Wright's Indian Vegetable Pills.
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Moe Aoring
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Ety
Gino Fenk
Wright
Wm. Wright
United States
Europe
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Lord William Percy
England
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