Church Services and Schedules Listed for Local Parishes
Baptist church led by Rev J G Snyder holds Sunday services at 11 and 6 3 pm with Sunday school at noon and a Thursday prayer meeting at 7 45 pm. St Philip's Episcopal Church with Rev Wilberforce Wells offers Matins and Evensong at 10 45 am and 5 pm and Holy Communion on the first Sunday at 10 45 am. Sunday school at noon. First Methodist Church services are noted but specific times incomplete.
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A. Bennett
Ion.m
F. W. Berlin
J. G. Snyder
Wilberforce Wells
A Soldier's Fortunes and Homecoming Echoes of War
A tale from the Civil War era follows John Royces choice to enlist as a soldier rather than seek an office, facing family skepticism from farmer father and brother Dick. Carrie Westlake supports his path, while the postwar arc shows Jack rising to major and becoming a respected lawyer, with family pride and long separation shaping their reunion.
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Farmer Royce
John
Royce
John Royce
Jack
Richard Royce
Carrie Westlake
Westlakes
Carrie
Hal
Fecamp
Mrs. Westlake
Sherman
Tecamp
Virginia
Georgia
Westlake
Over Their Graves and a Poem on Brothers
A historical excerpt recalls soldiers and their graves with a lament of unity among brothers. Henry Jerome Stockard’s verse honors fallen comrades as a shared bond beyond death, invoking a field of memory. The piece contrasts elegy with a later note on electricity experiments describing a galvanometer setup and current flow.
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Henry Jerome Stockard
Instantaneous Deaths In Battle At Fort Has kell
A Civil War account describes a rapid death at Fort Has kell during the Fort Stedman fight before Petersburg. An elderly, white haired soldier was killed in seconds as a bullet struck near the temple, leaving a calm, unmoving body and a blood pool on the staging.
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Fort Haskell
Fort Stedman
Petersburg
New York Sun
Battle tales and strange twists from Civil War era notes
An officer recalls a rare duel of discipline at Fair Oaks with two Second Connecticut volunteers halting muskets to fight then resuming battle. The piece also adds colorful anecdotes about John A. Logan racing from Washington to Bull Run, a reporter’s confusion, and the first death by an artificial electricity experiment on Professor Richman of St Petersburg.
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Second
Connecticut
Fair Oaks
John A. Logan
Congress
Washington
Bull Run
North Woods
New York
Logan
Virginia
Chicago Herald
Richman
St. Petersburg
Boe
Quip About Punctuation Sparks Courtroom Banter
In a playful courtroom exchange Judge Sharpleigh remarks that a man named Dr. Period has halted “80 giant lives.” The dialogue centers on wordplay and punctuation rather than a formal legal dispute.
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Quizzee
Quack
Sharpleigh
I Am Whipped Yet Not Scattered Says Confederate Soldier
A Bates division Confederate soldier after two days on the run from Nashville discarded his gun and gear. He sat in the woods and reflected on his condition stating he is badly whipped and demoralized but insists no man can say he is scattered.
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Bates
Nashville
Moore
Poison by Absorption and its complexion effects
The piece explains arsenic and ammonia impact on skin tone, noting arsenic can pale complexions but has dangerous aftereffects, while ammonia causes blotching and sallowness. It also recounts a humorous anecdote about inkstands in the superior court clerk’s office and a veteran’s somber remark.
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St. Paul
Superior Court
New York Times
Notions of Women and Overshoes in Everyday Frustration
A fragment from Boston Commonwealth humorously notes a young woman bearing a muddy overshoe and the relief of finally giving up. It hints at unspoken thoughts women keep hidden by custom and social expectations, contrasting vexation with the momentary relief of letting go.
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Boston Commonwealth
The Service Is Civil in Japan
A Munsey's Weekly note questions civil service norms in Japan and remarks on how servants treat employers with deference. It contrasts informal practice with a stated civil service law in Japan, reflecting on cultural expectations.
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Bunting
Japan
Larkin
Munsey’s Weekly
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THE
Belmont
Weekly Dispatch
Belmont, Allegany CO
N. Y
G. Helme
Church Directory
Presbyterian Church
St, Philip’s Episcopal Church
F. M. Church
M. FE. Brown
ST. Mary's Catholic Church
Societins
Belmont Lodge
W., Bowerr
W.M
F. G. Helme
Sec'y
Revere Post
Com
A, C
U.W
M.burrpich, M
RK. L
Gro
Peck
SIR
Knight’s Legion
NO. K
R. L. Wimakkinson
W. P. Clark
W.C.T. Ue
Baptist Church
V. A. Willard
Ladies L. & H. Society
Frank van Campen
Belmont Union
Bent, Norton, Aco’t
G. T
L. Hammond
C, T
H. E. Davis
Sec
Elliott Engine
E. A. Newwton
Lonnie Hammond
Ec’y
H. A. Barney, M. D
Belmont, W
N. South
Court Streets
W.J. Hardy,m. D
Homeopathic
M.W. Sortore
COR
Norton & Mill Sts
Callon
Belmont, N.Y
Birch - Best
J. D. Holden
Belmont Dispatch
Photos
E. L. Lewis
South St
Belmont, N. Y
S.W. Crittenden
Stationery
Chas, Simons
Henry Voorhies
Sanitary
Bronson Steam
Garpenters
Wellsville, N. Y
Babcock, Shannon & GO
Albany
Wm. McCracken & Bro
OPUS
David A, Curtis
George L. ‘Kilmer
Falifax Road
Dalmi
Royce & Brother
Bull ‘Run
Mike Flaherty
8. C
Mike
Massachusetts
Bedadt
John Sherman
New England
Jim
James
Jaei
Boston Transcript
Private Peck
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