Graves of Confederate Dead on Johnson's Island Highlight Fund Drive
Cincinnati letters Robert Patton Chapter United Daughters of the Confederacy seeks funds to acquire and fence Johnson's Island cemetery near Sandusky Ohio and erect a monument to Confederate dead. General Order from Stephen D. Lee commends the drive and urges contributions from Camps and individuals. The list names dozens of Confederate soldiers buried there as recorded in U S Archives.
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Joseph A. Magnus
Cincinnati
Georgia
Birmingham News
Sandusky
Ohio
Birmingham
Ala
Mississippi
Tennessee
Alabama
Virginia
Johnson’s Island
Mason and Dixon’s Line
Robert Patton
United Daughters of the Confederacy
South
Mary Patton Hudson
Princeton Hotel
United States
Stephen D. Lee
United Confederate Veterans
New Orleans
God's Acre
Southland
A Trip Through the Delta Visit Recalls Delta Development
Brandon Miss May 27 A letter recounts a trip to the Mississippi Delta from Leland to Greenville and Helena. The writer notes rapid town growth including brick stores, pavements and utilities, labor shortages, immigrant workers from northern Italy, and rising land values while detailing rain, cotton concerns, and charitable efforts such as The King’s Daughter’s Home in Greenville.
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Jane
Helena
Ark
Brandon
Delta
Greenville
Mississippi
Stirling
Brandon, Miss
Great Delta
Leland
Festus
Washington County
Lula
Tunica County
Dear Creek
Italy
James Robertshaw
Citizen’s Bank
I. C
Bolivar Land
Cohoma Counties
Bull Kills Meridian Truck Farmer Shinrock
In a tragic incident near Meridian a 1200 pound Durham bull killed J. Shinrock a 67 year old truck farmer as he drove cattle at his pasture. The body lay beside a pile of boards with a pole nearby the device he used in a futile defense. Survived by a widow and three children including a daughter in Oklahoma the funeral will wait for her arrival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meridian Star
J. Shinrock
Meridian
Mr. Shinrock
Durham
Shinrock
Oklahoma
Editing Was Fun in Hartford Tale of Edits and Death Notices
An elderly Hartford man recalls Gen. Joseph Hawley recounting editor humor at a banquet. Hawley tells of a living man who received a premature obituary and threatened action after the paper printed his death. The editor’s witty reply then appeared in the next edition.
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Hartford
Gen. Hawley
Hartford Mall
John Smith
Buffalo Enquirer
Looking Southward as People Seek New Homes
Eastern residents view the south as a desirable future home while people in the middle and western states also seek escape from adverse climate conditions. The note hints at widespread migration trends in pursuit of milder weather and better living conditions.
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Southland
Opportunists Seek Prosperity in the South
The Oklahoma Messenger notes letters arriving from prospectors attracted to year round outdoor living and thriving opportunities. Residents are urged to welcome these seekers to encourage new homes and boost southern prosperity.
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South
Oklahoma Messenger
Future of cotton said to require expansion not restriction
The piece argues restriction is temporary and expansion is essential for cotton industry growth. It notes demand rising from six or seven million bales to twelve million, with projections of twenty five million in twenty five years as civilization grows. It includes a promotional travel blurb for the North Western railway offering summer tourist tickets from Chicago to St. Paul Minneapolis and Superior Duluth.
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Meridian Star
Chicago
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Superior
Duluth
North- Western Limited
Duluth Superior Limited
N. M. Breeze
Alnut St
Cincinnati
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N. Snellenberg & Co
Kool
Pepe
Brandon Mercantile Co
Miss
Dalton Marble Works
Vermont
J. L. Tanner, Pelahatchie, Miss
Cumberland Telephone & Telegraph CO
Indiana
Illinois
Kentucky
Louisiana
James E. Caldwell
Gen
Leland Hume
Seo’y & Ass’t Gon
L Mgr
T. C. Webb
W. W. Kersy Brandon
Capital City Marble & Granite Works
S. M. Hunter
Jackson
E. R. Hendon
Bee Pachine Eugene Palmer
Pelahatchie
King & Palmer
at + Jackson
Johnson's Island
W. I. Nuttins
Mississippi Infantry
B. Anderson
Lord W. McWhester
Charles H. Metlock
W. W. Davis
Thirty-fifth
J. N. Williams
E. G. Coleman
Mississippi Artillery
Joseph Lawshe
Mississippi Cavalry
D. L. Scott
William Peel
Eleventh
Albert Frazier
A. I. Frazier
John J. Gobeau
Gobo
Tenth
Ocol
W. Campbell
O. B. Nash
R. O. Lore
Peter Mackin
Or Mankin
Sixteenth
I. P. Noland
English
J. Gardiner
Crystal Springs Miss
Lee
William E. Mickle
A,mshields
Chicago & North-Western
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