Days of Blood Entered the Wilderness and Petersburg
The Thirty-first Maine volunteers fought from April 1864 to the end of the war, enduring heavy casualties at the Wilderness Spotsylvania Cold Harbor and Petersburg. The unit, led by officers and a sergeant at critical moments, faced fierce Confederate fire and captured artillery, with 628 killed or wounded and 309 deaths from all causes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thirty-first
Maine Volunteers
Augusta
Warren
Hancock
Orange Plank Road
S G. Griffin
RK. B. Potter
Wildtrams
A. H. Packard
A. J. Snow
Potter
Spottsylvania
Aro
Ninth Corps
Neyfeld
Ita
A. K. P. Wallace
McCool
Betheeda Church
Cold Harbor
Griffin
Maine Boys
James M. Williams
Charles A. Farrington
Edwin
Mogers
Petersburg
Richmond
Daniel White
William H. Shoppee
William R. Currier
Calvin Boston
Burnside
White
Maine
Almon H. Gusbee
Byron H.gilmore
George W.thompson
John G. Whitten
William B. Allyn
William B. Pierce
Dean
Kimball
Sixty-first
Pennsylvania
Gronax IL
Kxmer
Young People and Nature's Oddities in One Page
A column explores camphor powered toy boats that sail themselves on water by a camphor piece tied to the stern and halted by oil. It then recounts a garden encounter where a spider and a wasp fought to death in a torn web, both insects dying. The third segment asks how seabirds drink at sea, noting rain squalls as a water source and suggesting birds may endure thirst through habit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Philadelphia Record
Daya
Old Skinner
Daughters Death Follows Long Rope Jumping
A Mount Vernon girl died after excessive rope skipping ending in illness and hospital treatment. Rope jumping is seen as healthy when limited. The New York Exchange notes English girls often skip with self turned ropes to avoid overexertion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Vernon
England
New York Exchange
Providence
Warren
BrisTol
Fall River
New York
Way
A. M
Exchange Place
A. Me
Marke Equare
Newport
G. Allen
Jbaron, Marshall
Kendall
April Miss with Blue Umbrella in Sunlit Dress
A dainty April miss wears a hat and gown and lifts a pretty blue umbrella despite bright sunshine.
AYER S HAIR VIGOR ADVERTISEMENT
The Beauty Toilet Specialty Company markets hair removal and cosmetic products endorsed by medical groups and the SIDNEY EARLE SYNDICATE. It offers depilatory treatment, private correspondence, and a price list by sending a 2o stamp circular. Mrs Sallie J Battey, Manager, 300 West 114th Street, New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Earle Syndicate
Adress
Sallie J. Battey
West 114Th Street
New York
Mrs Beecher Opposes Women Voting In Interview
In a New York interview Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher rejects woman suffrage calling polls no place for women. She argues voting could invite public life for modest women while praising home duties and equality in principle. Also notes women win prizes at the National Academy of Design and endorses Chamberlains Cough Remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Ward Beecher
New York Daily
Mrs. Beecher
National Academy of Design
New York
Hallgarten
Edith Mitcheal
Hagar
Also Mentioned on This Page
Spider
Wasp
Lucky Adam
Johnny—Solomon
Adam
Ethel
Johnny
Connecticut
Honolulu
Ayer
Antonio Alarrun
Bastrop, Tex
8. F. Scott
Blue Ridge
Harrison Co
Dealeta
Housg
Paar
Jaz
Isaac B. Munro
Tre
Frank T. Remieres
Garner of Hope and
Bradford Sts
Shellac
Putty
Foranne
Seth Paull
Chames Street
Geo. W. Easterbrooks
New England
Williams St
R. I
P.O. Box
Drs. Starkey & Palen
Arch Street
Philadelphia
Sutter Street
San Francisco
Cal
Hatch
Crystal
Jamaica
Ginger
Bradford’s Family
Hope Streeyt
Kilery A. Dunbar
Philip Brady
BE. A. Dunbar
W. Fred Fish
NEW York,new Haven & Hartford Railroad Company
Lessee, Old Colony Railroad
Warren & Bristol
Fall River and Providence Steamboat CO
R. R
East End Union Depot
Boston
Hyde Park
Walpole
Franklin
West Wrentham
Arnold's Mills
Adamsdale
Milford
West End
Union Depot
Arlington
Knightsville
Pen. Cranston
Natick
River Point
Centraville
Washington
Oaklawn
Pontiac
Artie
Quidnick
Summit
Oneco
Sterling
Coventry
Greene
Moosup
Plainfield
Jewett City
Versailles
Bath
South Windham
Willimatic
Hartford
Waterbury
Fishkill
Norwich
Chicago
West
Newburgh and Erie Railroad
Rehwenink Rata
Bascoce
Ormerly
William T. Dunwell
South Water Street
State Street
Horrontecoadu
Oostf
A. Campbell
Court Street
Hope Street
Ons &c
Josiah
Peckham
Brooklyn Drug CO
Fulton and Downing Sts
Brooklyn
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