Parole Debate Sparks Grant Johnson Confrontation
A story recounts a postwar Philadelphia scene where General Grant discussed revoking parolees including General Lee with President Andrew Johnson. Johnson vowed to keep paroles, saying he would enforce the promise with both Union and Confederacy forces if needed. The incident ends with Grant’s abrupt departure and Johnson’s anger.
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Daniel R. Goodioe
Wash Vtte
Appomattox
Pennsylvania Avenue
Grant
Iressa
Andrew Johnson
Lee
Gsaid
White House
Mr. Johnson
Robert I. Lee
Johnson
Army of the
Old Fashioned Expressions Recalled In Atchison Globe
The Atchison Globe reflects on old fashioned sayings and quirks once common in households. It recalls a man who called a boil a gathering a woman who hung wallpaper herself a boy who thought gunpowder made him fierce and a mustang pony broken at every hitch.
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Atchison Globe
Surgeon Hand Washing Taught As Germ Control Lesson
The Chicago Chronicle calls attention to a surgeon washing methods after operations. Sleeves rolled to the elbow, water and soap scrub from elbow to fingertips follow by tincture of green soap swab, scouring with quicklime and soda, then rinse in bichloride solution to kill germs.
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Chicago Chronicle
Marriage License Repeats Then Final Triumph
The Ottawa Republican notes a license issued to two people four times and returned unused each time. On the fifth attempt they wed, the groom aged sixty four and the bride forty eight, recording a marriage after repeated failure.
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Ottawa Republican
Leaning Tower of Pisa Inspires Quiet Reflections
A playful exchange about the leaning tower and nearby edifices unfolds as two speakers compare the scene abroad. The dialogue contrasts humor with melancholy and notes the natural oddity of tall, straight structures amid other perpendicular buildings.
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Kodak
Pisa
The Other Man Draws Consecutive Slides to Victory
The San Francisco Bulletin notes the duel of perspectives on victory and defeat with Dar's point of view and the opposing side's. It emphasizes that most victories imply another is defeated, reflecting a competitive, winner take all dynamic.
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San Francisco Bulletin
Nervous energy as a bank of personal power
A discussion on nervous energy as a personal capital that can empower or deplete a person. It compares overactive effort to overdrawn balance, urging careful management of mental and physical energy to maintain long term health, focus, and life quality.
Wandering Jew Legend At Monte Carlo Casino
A Monte Carlo tale describes a Good Friday closure and an elderly man who enters the Grand Salle to bet on a number and wins, then vanishes. Croupiers affirm the wanderer is the condemned Jew doomed to perpetual travel until he loses a bet. A second anecdote narrates Ed and Jim in Iowa where Jim embraces religion while Ed hesitates because one of them must weigh the wool.
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Monte Carlo
Jim
Iowa
Fortune defies home days in arctic note
A Chicago News quote observes that Dame Fortune ignores at home days while noting a calm, thunderless arctic scene. The remark contrasts fortune’s randomness with a quiet, without storm, geography.
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Dame Fortune
Chicago News
Wheat and the Boy Explain "good as wheat" Phrase
The Philadelphia Press quotes a dialogue where a boy asks what "good as wheat" means. Pa dismisses the question and warns he will be thrashed if questions continue, illustrating a stern parental reply about hard work and discipline.
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Willie
Philadelphia Press
Public Land Sale Notice from Lewistown Montana
Public notice from the U S Land Office Lewistown Montana announces a public sale of isolated land tracts under Section 2155. The sale is set for September 1905 with tracts described as SENEW EY SEM and NWi NW in Section 2 Township 1 North Range 18 East Montana P M. Adverse claimants must file before sale day or lose rights. Edward Brassey, Register. First Publication July 30, 1903.
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U.S. Land Ofice
Lewistown
Montana
General Land Office
U.S
Senew
EY Sem
Nwi
P.M
Edward Brassey
Register
United States Land Office
Bozeman
Anthony Arneson
Big Timber
Sweet Grass County
Skillman
Anthon Grande
Albert Aalguard
Nels Iverson
Theodore Olson
IM. R. Witson
Department of the Interior
Edward Arneson
R.we
C. N. Skillman
Albert Anlgaard
Nels Irverson
Mont. M. R
Flrst
Delian Mullen
Elsney
State of
Lester Hash
James S. Brumfield
Augustus H. Taylor
Margaret Mullen
Reed
M. R. Vinson
Desert Lang
Boreman
Mont
Frank Gottlob
Howie
A. S
Fred Bartels
Edward Bartels
Henry Wallum
Bates L. Ryan
M. BR. Wilson
Firet
Helena
William G. Muir
John J. Pierce
Big Elk
M. M
C.N Skillman
Jacob I. Oensons Charlca R. Brown
John T. Campbell
Leverett Hopkins
Melville
Frank D. Miracle
Sweet Grase County
H. Cow
O. A. Fallang
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General Crant
New York Herald
Bank of Nature
Arctic Circle
Panm Bozeman
C, N. Skillman
Jasper N. Lay
Amon B. Brumfield
Thomas C. McCall
Monta
Thomas Kent
Grey Cut
Porter Phipps
M.N. Wison
Emma Michale
McLeod
CG. N. Skillman
U. S
Jacob Wagner
John Schindlhofer
Abel Gardner
George A. Loasby
McLeart
MR. Vinson
Desert Land
United States
Horeman
Lee Smont
Biimber
Aesote I
M. P
Houtans
Martino Chrest
Charles V
Charles Bryan
cLeod
M. R. Wils8on
Flist
Ope
Bernard T. Deany
Lewis F. Thompson
Joseph Deeny
Charles Bikarat Reed
Joh Craft
Merrill Montana
M. R Wrusos
C. ON. Suillman
John W. Cosgriff
M.P.M. Tio
John Goseriit
Thomas Cosgrill
Jakob Holenhareer
Joseph G. Yooper
Grey Cull
Notce
Beread Bay
Lewis E. Thompson
Bernard Deeny
Charles Baker
John Craft
Merrill
Aettler
Yer Jnventian
C.N. Skillman
Tobine Wirak
Lara L. Wirak
Tony Strong
Ole Crest
Erick Solberg
Thomas Egeland
Is Timber
M. R. Wilson
Bozeman, Mont
John Cosgriff
Harvey Bliss
Charles T. Busha
John F. Asbury
Alexander G. Yule
M. R. Wilcox
N. T. Bennett
Absarokee
W. Be, Youmans
Weicht
James Lavey
J. H. Curry
Harlowton, Mont
G. RB. Wilson
Two Dot
Museciennt
Aleo
Riba
B. M. Mjelde
Louis R. Knapp
Lote
Roland Danie
William J. Knapp
Elisha Te. Harrie
Robert Hoberts
Pirimber
Lo A
A. Perrine
H. C. Pound
Aator
Anp Norany Pas
Ble Timber
Old
Pioneer” Office
W.W. Beasley & Son
Commission
Bie Timber
Montaan
Jacob H. Karnop
William Ga
Ghirles R. Brown
John P. Daintbell
Bie Elk
Epwamp Brassly
Wm Sale
Land Ofice
Alfred J. Bryant
Comimatime
Rue Mpm
Alden M. Dodge
Moses J. Fell
Fitzhugh Hickman
Thomas Prather, Jr
M. R. Wison
Howard Bros
the New Home Sewing Machine CO
Orange
Mass
Union Sq. N. Y
Chicago, IL
Atlanta
The
Montana Trading Co
E M. Hall
A’t Law
Court House
J G. McKay
Anderson House
Henry Nicholson
T. A. Gillespie
GEM
Hottled Goods
P. O
Henry Lamb
Pioneer
FURS
TT Fur & Wool CO
Minneapolis
Eda Ana
First Ave
North
Ta Uaele Ee
H. C. Allen
Fire and Life Insurance
J. E. Barsounis
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