Soldier's second remarriage links past and present in Wingsville
Henry Ledley, a Pennsylvania Civil War veteran, marries Minnie Sexer again after twenty years and widowhood. Their tale traces early affection, a lost wife, a war, and a reunion in a small Beaver County village with vows renewed at Squire Offrey's office.
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Pennsylvania
Henry Lebley
Squire Offrey
Wingsville
Minnie Sexer
Beaver County
Harvey Johnson
Kentucky
Ledley
Minnie
Johnson
Gettysburg
Jon Vieis
Lee
Henry Ledley
Chicago
Lebley
Indiana
Army romance spans frontier years and a saved life
Captain Price expresses gratitude to Private H P Beck from the West for saving his life. Beck, a long serving U S Army recruit, searches McKeesport for R W Heath, once a fellow soldier in Company K, Fifth United States Cavalry. The two were friends during 1873 to 1878 on the Western frontier, including the 1876 campaign against Sioux and Comanche forces at forks of the Yellowstone and Big Horn rivers.
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George F. Price
Heath
McKeesport
Beck
Price
Prairie Dog River
Kansas
H. P. Beck
United States Army
Far West
R. W. Heath
Fifth
United States Regular Cavalry
Yellowstone
Big Horn
The Colored Troops Sing Before Petersburg Assault
A wartime scene describes Black soldiers gathering around a campfire near Petersburg. They study news in silence then sing a rising chant "we looks like men in a marchin’ on" as a communal anthem before the crater battle, their voices swelling to a crowd of about five hundred.
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Petersburg
the Crater
Saving Money Advice for Teachers from Cassell's
The article offers prudent guidance on lending to relatives and investing savings. It urges businesslike handling of loans with receipts and bonds, warns against over frugality harming health, and stresses maintaining health and rest to preserve work value. It notes opportunities for study abroad or locally as investments, not expenditures.
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Cassell
Remembered Scene of Rain Storm Clash at Stone River
Lieutenant Ford led Co B Forty first Ohio in a heavy rain moment on the Stewart s Creek bridge during Rosecrans march to Murfreesboro in December 1862. The engagement lasted about thirty minutes as rain, lightning, and artillery rose, then the Union forces claimed victory with a brilliant sunset and a double rainbow over the retreating Confederate lines.
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Rosecrans
Nashville
Murfreesboro
Stone River
Hazen
Palmer
Jefferson Pike
Stewart's Creek
Ohio
Indiana
Kentucky
Ford
Philp Dines
Co. B
National Tribune
The Hour Glass and Its Use in Historic Tournaments and Sermons
The article traces hour glasses from medieval times to their pulpit prominence in the seventeenth century. It notes usage in tournaments to limit combat, scholastic debates, sales, and church sermons, with George Herbert citing an hour’s length as ample for preaching.
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Pascal
Sorbonne
George Herbert
Speech Is Silver Silence Is Gold in Jewelry Exchange
A couple discuss a birthday gift as the man presses for a choice between silver or gold. The woman remains silent, delivering the adage that speech is silver and silence is gold, as printed in Jewelers' Weekly.
Fragmented Victorian Era Reprints and Patent Remedies Ads
A collage of fragmented lines from old newspapers featuring quirky quotes on pursuit of money and scent, medical product pitches for Pi The Pills and Dr Pierce remedies, eye water, tonics, household soaps, cigars, and travel tickets. Notable names include Dr. Isaac Thompson, Paul Morton, Glen's Soap, and Tansill's Punch.
The Sulky Merchant Seeks a Remedy
A prominent merchant, moodily isolated in his office, fans and clerks note his irritable, odd behavior. The piece suggests a sluggish liver and foul blood and promotes Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a cure to restore health and vigor.
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Tabby
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Little Yeller
Workstown Ierald
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Hill
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Prine
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Ilinois
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Hostetter
Per
Charlestoun Eprise
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Erce’seasant Creative Outets
Br. Pierce
Womtn
Dispensary Medical Assocaion
Buffalo, N.Y
Catarre
W. Hausnen
Ithaca
N. J
Thomas J. RusHina
Pine Street
St. Louis
Dr. Sare
Fatt Robbins
Bunyan P. O
Columbia Co
Cockle
Grannan Detective Bureau Co
Arcade
Rio
Fitzgerald & Powell
U. S
Indianapolis
Ind
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26Th Ward
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P.O. Box
New York City
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Sears
PAU
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Engr
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Council Bluffs
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Missouri River
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Atchison
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Express Co
Rue Hunts Gaol
Art de la Mode
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Morse
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Congress
Douglas
Gadt
Brockton
Mass
Straub Machinery Co
Cincinnati, D
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Warren
Moody's New
Moody & CO
H.N. Bancroft
Jefferson, O
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Radway
Custon
Plymouth Rock
Ilestine
American Express Co
F Capital
Boston
Plymouth Mock Pants CO
Summer Street
Anataleudekee
H. H. Green & Sons, M. Ds
Atlanta
C. John PP. Lovellares CO
Frazer
Prazer Lubricator Co
N. Y
Johnson & CO
Main St
Richmond
Mammoth
Wallace
W. Madison St
J. Stephens
Lebanon
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Newark
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Cambridge
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Caldwell
Belle Valley
Pleasant
Byerville
Kimbolleen
New Comer Canal
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Norwalk
Columbus
Kam
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Bellaire
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Mt. Vernon
A. M.A
Lys
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Dover
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Pt. Pleasant
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Wilban
Tee
Mansfield
Shelby June
A.M
Sorpda
Dcane Lee
Whlawa
P.M
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Penne
Srsecees
P. M
A.M. Ie. Sandusky
Monroeville
Shelby Junet
M. Newark
Barnesville
New York
Parkersburg
T. Wikoff
F.G. Jewett
T. C. Clark
Independence
Everett
Uniontown
Berlin
Lake Park
Ft.w. &C
Crossing Valley Junction
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Ccanton
New Berlin
Greentown
East Akron
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Isaac Reynolds
R. A. Curran
Melesa
James Mellen
Trav
Shellby Junction
C. K. Lord
W.E. Reppert
Walkerton
Mwee Ee
iBusness College
Sixxcebian Business College
Pushunesh, Gincianati
Western Express Mail Express
Limited Express
Eastern Express
New York Express
Dennison
WM. Cole
James McCrea
E. A, Ford
L J
Grand Aut&t
TRU &Co
Agusta, Maine
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