Confederate uniform and relics in National Museum display
Dr J E Nagle of St Augustine Fla supplied a Confederate officer’s uniform and relics to the National Museum. The ensemble includes blue full dress, gray fa siga, and a belt with Arkansas arms, plus a battle flag from Hardee’s Third Army Corps. The collection also features a green cord sash, a tin kitchen kit, a Shiloh bullet fragments, and a battle season for the army.
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Main St. East
J. E. Nagle
St. Augustine
Fla
National Museum
General Santa Ana
Dr. Nagie
Confederacy
Greensboro
N.C
Arkansas
Hardee
Nagle
Pocahontas
Ark
Ashe
Memphis
Third Army
Shiloh
Missonary Ridge
Atlanta
Sam Smith
Arkansas Volunteers
Pat Cleburne
Third Army Corps
Dr. Nagle
Washington Star
Paper Credits and the Saving of Towns in 1861 draft
During 1861 broad towns and counties sought to offset new draughts by crediting uncredited veterans and using brokers to buy these men. Agents paid up to 500 dollars per soldier while counties earned 700 to 800 dollars. Contrabands in Alexandria were also exploited for profit as they sold themselves for defense.
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Boas
Daniel B. Lucas
West Virgin
Ftness
Stanton
Washington
Ben Perley Poor
Boston
Budy T
Abraham Lincoln
Congress
Straightway
Alexandria
Logan in the War and Donelson Heroics
Logan led the 31st Illinois as colonel, fought at Belmont, Donelson, and Fort Henry, earning praise for bold leadership before wounds ended his hospital stay. He returned to command, helped save Raymond, and impressed Grant at Champion Hill, where his unique courage under pressure shaped his Civil War legacy.
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Donelson
31St
Illinois Volunteers
John Alexander Logan
McClernand
Belmont
Logan
Henry
Plymouth Rock
Bunker Hill
Mlinois
Tle
Grant
Mississippi
Fifteenth Army Corps
McPherson
Wickshire
Port Gibson
Raymond
Champion Hill
Lippincott’s Magazine
Griswoldville clash in the Civil War brief from Sherman’s march
Sergeant Chas Chandler of Company A reports the Second Brigade near Griswoldville ten miles east of Macon Georgia on November 22 1864. Confederate forces of about five thousand were repulsed after a one hour fight with heavy casualties. Sixth Iowa suffered four killed and twenty wounded. Prisoners were paroled and the field was afterward buried. Colonel Robert Cotterson and staff rode the line urging low shots while a battery delivered deadly shell and canister. The brigade bivouacked six miles from the battlefield after the engagement.
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Fifteenth Corps
Macon
Robert Cotterson
Ninety-seventh
Indiana
Sherman
Griswoldville
Cobb
Georgia State
Iowa
Cotterson
Chas, Chandler
Doun
Ne'ional Tribune
Mediums in Boston Call Future Dealers, News Shocks Trib
In Boston, observers term mediums as dealers in futures and express amusement at the discovery. The Trib notes the quirky reaction as public fascination with occult roles spreads.
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Boston
N. ¥. Tribune
Why She Ran Away From Husband
A well known citizen's wife is arrested on a charge of running away with valuables. The judge questions her about love and vanity, noting newspapers labeled her as beautiful or ugly. She laments not being mentioned, while the tale shifts to telegraph cables linking Vancouver to Hong Kong with British capitalists financing the Pacific undersea line.
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John
Agssin
Arkansaw
Europe
America
Pacific Ocean
Vancouver
B. C
Hong Kong
China
Lydia E. Pinkham
General Barringer
Winston
N. C
Richmond
Grape Cure Touted In Europe For Health Benefits
In autumn France and Germany practice the grape cure for various diseases due to rich diet. A patient starts with one pound of grapes daily and increases to five or six pounds as meals other foods are progressively reduced until only grapes remain. Reported to cure obesity and many other ailments, it is said to renew vitality.
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France
Germany
R. V. Pierce
Dr. Pierce
Indian reservations area and population figures cited by statistician
A statistician states United States Indian reservations cover 200000 square miles with a population around 260000. He estimates 26000 square miles would allot each family half a section, leaving about 170000 square miles for other purposes, producing around 4480000 annually, exceeding Apples printed for subsistence and civilization by about 660000.
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United States
Old Nelson the Sheepman's Surly Custodian of Elmira
Near Elmira New York David N vole son aged sixty five lives among sheep and cattle for 35 years sleeping in a sheep-pen. Nelson is surly and the name Old Nelson supposedly calms local children. His white beard and hair show decades without a comb. Melancholy over the death of two young wives drives his strange actions.
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Elmira
N. Y
David N Vole
Nelson
Simpler Bill Seeks Treasury Surplus Aid for Co op Manufactures
A recent bill in the House proposes distributing the Treasury surplus in annual $20,000,000 increments as starter aid to labor associations forming cooperative manufactures. It would also place a $1,500 yearly financial agent at each proposed establishment. The measure finds favorable reception in some quarters.
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Congress
Treasury
National Gold Medal Award To AULIMAN MILER Co for Buckeye Binder
Australian papers publish Melbourne Argus December 18 1886 account of a national field trial at Sparton near Shepparton showing Buckeye Binder from AULIMAN MILLER & Co Akron Ohio winning the field trial. Judges ranked Buckeye first with 1 hr 10 min, Hornsby second, MCormick third amid rough harvest conditions.
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Auliman, Miller & Co
Akron
Melbourne Argus
Argus
Sparton
M’cormick
Hornsby
Brock
Society
Harold J. Turnley
Buckeye
M’cormici
Hersey
Cure for Diphtheria Treatment With Benzoate of Sodium
A 1880 bulletin cites Dr A Brondel claiming success in two hundred diphtheria cases using benzoate of sodium hourly dosing with calcium sulphide and regular throat sprays, plus tonics and careful nourishment, avoiding aggressive throat intervention. Steam-filled sickrooms, prior authorship notes, and commercial remedies are also referenced in this period notice montage.
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A. Brondel
Bulletin General de Therapeutique
Letterich
Kien
Ferreol
Brandel
Marvelous Changes and the Kidney Warning
A sweeping meditation on societal shifts from industry hubs to Alabama iron, Chicago pork packing, and Western mill power. It argues kidneys drive health and cites Warner’s safe cure as essential, urging public attention and action against chronic kidney disorders. The piece ends noting a three month treatment offer for Piso’s Catarin.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Birmingham
Alabama
Pork-Packing Inc
Cincinnati
Chicago
Kansas City
Omaha
New England
American
Brompton
London
England
Warner
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Mahaffey & Ogier
T. W. Ogier
Mer
American Harvesting Machinery
Australia
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H. Wilkinson
J. Grieve
J. M’intyre
J. M’guinness
M’ Cormick
Thomas Tormey
Scott Depot
Putnam Co
W. Va
St. Jacobs
Sisters of the Notre Dame
Govanstown
New Haven News
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Porker
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Rory
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the Miller
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Pike
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N. Y. Herald
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Ayer
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Stevens Mt
Trent
Ohio Dairy Ceovesese
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Toledo
Pe & Ns
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Ems Iladelphia
Benson
Seaburey & Johnson
Cockle
Der
Wm. Hall
John F. Henry & Co
Jarresville, Wis
Neton
Keston
Walter
Freyring
Harter
Harter Medicine Company
St.Louis
Bwayne
Wayne’s Pills
Syd
Moisiai
Jiymaill
UliLy
Erroy M. Avery
Wrx Bros. Co
Cleveland
O. D
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Apison
Atervill Sibert
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Rock Island & Pacific
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Senor
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K. A. Hoffman
Belle MM
Pele Mt. Brook
O. Emerson
W. F. Shere
Oliver Ditson & CO
C.H. Ditgon & Co
Broadway
Cihes Vite
Tima
Hainesville, N. J
J. T. Hazerrine
Warren, Pa
Port Jervis
Frank McKeruvy
Bost
Wayne
JONES
Binghamton
Mavesterly Grawite
West 22Rd Street
New York City
Fesrebees
Sena
Mapa
North Dakota
Ead Landa
Bamborn
Land Cox
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Minn
Family Library Monthly
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the International News Co
Popham & CO
Philadelphia
Spire Gra A
MSI
Wilson
Wilson Bergs
Eaton
Thorou
Enperal Sherman
Igzist
Standard Silverware CO
Mass
Laas
Sewall
Jones A Co
Bloomington, MI
A. W. McCoRe Mick & Son
Washington, D.C
Brewster Safety Gei Holder CO
Kelly, Miche
James Lee Va
Claremont
K. Seancea
BELT
More & Ohio R. R
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P.M. M
Wheeling
Bellaire
Cambridge
A. Mo P.M. la. M
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Newark
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Tee Mansfield
Shelby Lune
Monroeville Sandusky
M.A
Clairsville
PLOM
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A. M
Monroeville
A.M
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Mt. Vernon
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P. mM
LSB
Ek En Pee
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K. Lord
W. E. Reppert
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Great Lakes
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Great Northwest
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Belle Valley
Pleasant Eyesville
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Canton
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Canal Dover
Byesville
Pt. Pleasant
Ee Valley Caldwell
Macksburg
Mariette
A. T. Wikoff
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T. C. Clark
Independence
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East
Uniontown
Greentown
New
Berlin Lake Park
Ft.w.& C
Crossing Valley Junction
Ccanton
Lake Park
New Berlin
East Akron
Isaac Reynolds
R. A. Carran
James Mellen
Trav
Ime
Table Pittsturet Gossonall Asl
Louis Ay
New Comerstown
Western Express Mail Express
Limited Express
Fastern Express
New York Express
Dennison
WM. Cole
James McCrea
E. A. Ford
Gen’s Pass. Agt
Storrs & Harrison CO
Paaireswlie
Onio
Procter & Gamble
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