Right is better than about right in Civil War era tale
An anecdote about Thomas Starr King from James T. Fields recalls a White Mountains trip with a country wagon. In a New Hampshire tavern a Yankee worker jokes that right is better than about right, illustrating a Civil War era emphasis on precision and resolve.
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Thomas Starr King
California
Overland Monthly
King
James T. Fields
New Hampshire
Birthplace debates for Gen. Philip Sheridan spark statue bids
An old New Hampshire man argues over birthplace records as Albany New York, Somerset Ohio, and others claim Gen. Philip Sheridan. The general quips about becoming a "bigger man" than Homer if more cities contend his birth. The Albany claim appears strongest for a statue.
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Blanktown
Philip Sheridan
Albany
N. Y
Nuch Hastings
Ohio
Sheridan
Somerset
Ireland
Hastings
N.Y
Gen. Sheridan
Homer
Russian Cotton Fields Boost Russia to Self Sufficiency
A state department report from Deputy Consul General Hanover in Frankfort says Russia will soon meet its cotton needs. Russia imposes a tax on imports about five dollars per 110 pounds, roughly two thirds of the cotton value. Imports fell by 72 million pounds in 1809 while production rose 34 percent as vast Russian fields are planted for a more profitable cotton crop than wheat.
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Russia
State Department
Hanover
Frankfort
Germany
Minnesota inmates drop since 1897 in state jails
A compilation notes Minnesota now has about 200 fewer inmates in prisons and reformatories than in 1897. Other items mention a Raleigh efforts to preserve Andrew Johnson’s bayhock home, and various notes on urban utilities and city pavements.
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Raleigh
N.C
Andrew Johnson
Tampa
Havana
United States
Harrison
Chicago
New York
Dodd's Kidney Pills Credited With Restoring Mollie Moore
Aldrich Missouri May 27 four top local doctors attended Mollie Moore suffering nervousness and kidney disease. Each doctor said she would die but after using Dodd's Kidney Pills she improved steadily. Dark spots before eyes and nerve collapses disappeared as pills worked, prompting neighborhood praise for the remedy.
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Aldrich
Mollie Moore
Dodd
Peruna praised by nurse from Minneapolis in 1899 testimonial
Albert Lea Minnesota November 8 1899 nurse Lucy Annie Heiser of nine years state Peruna is grand and valuable medicine curing ailments from inflamed womb to weak nerves. Several women attest to kidney pelvic organ relief and renewed health. Adverse notes urge prompt trials and doctor Hartman offers free guidance.
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Homeopathic Hospital of
Minneapolis, Minn
Albert Lea
Peruna Medicine Co
Columbus
Ohio
Peruna
Una
Amanda Shumaker
Mattie Ti. Curtis
Legion of Loyal Women
Hotel Salem
Mass
Perona
Hartman
Dr. Hartman
Hartman Sanitarium
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