Clawsons Fight Through Water Walls and Family Tensions
In the Irrigated Land a tense Clawson household endures drought strain as Hi Clawson and his wife clash over Mary's Long family and their son Bobbie's engagement. Mrs Clawson alters the irrigation wall to favor her trench, while Bobbie faces departure for stage life and love.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bobbie
Mary Long
Guiu
Clawson
Mrs. Clawson
Miss Loney
Clawsen
Hattie
Sue
Old Waddy and the boys learn respect after mischief
A group of over a dozen boys mock an old man, Barton Wadsworth, selling medicines. After being challenged to help fix broken bottles, they learn accountability and pay for damages. A veteran with a gentle nature, he receives help and respect, and the boys’ conduct changes, helped by Herbert Page and community action linking to Decoration Day remembrance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waddy
Herbert Page
Char
Mr. Wadsworth
Br’ Herbert
Old Waddy
Barton Wadsworth
Gettysburg
Fleibert
Fellowa
Wadsworth
Ines Shaw
Chariie Page
Pnoina
Memorial Day in the City of Silence Remembrance
A Des Moines News piece recalls Memorial Day with Comrades and friends bearing flags and flowers to honor dead soldiers. It notes taps, veterans, and the enduring gratitude of a thrice grateful nation, linking Antietam's bloodshed to Civil War memories and western families. The sketches honor Eighth Illinois Cavalry and First S. Illinois units.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ehere Grand Army
Pump
Aia
Margeret Kr Darling
Des Moines
Antietam
Eighth
Ilinois
Seo
Origin of Memorial Day in the South
In 1861 the Ladies Aid Society formed to tend Union soldiers buried in Columbus hospitals. They led graves care, then Miss Lizzie Rutherford proposed a memorial day to honor Confederate dead. Letters in March 1866 urged other chapters to adopt the observance, leading to April 26 as Memorial Day for the Confederate dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South
Ladies’ Aid Society
Columbus
Lizzie Rutherford
W. Jefferson Davis
Woman's Home Companion
Battle with the Merrimac by Twentieth Indiana Soldiers
Soldiers of the Twentieth Indiana Infantry fought on the Merrimac coast defending Newport News and Fort Monroe during winter life. They blocked Confederate efforts to seize the Congress ironclad, holding beach positions against hostile fire. In May 1802 they moved to Nowak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Twentieth Indiana Infantry
Fort Monroe
Newport News
Congress
Nowak
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Nile
Grand-Army OF the Republic
W Mulleil
MEL
ADEI
ERAGS
Michigan Infantry
Indiana
Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry
Hagerstoun
Sharpsburg
Cornfield
Sedgwick
Stone Bridge
Hagerstown
Chicago
Board of Trade
Federal Army
Washington and
Potomac Streets
Eighth Ilinois
Col. W. Gamble
Leavin Feetr
Silence
Herous
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