Jerry Ryan's Heroic Stand at Chickamauga
An eye witness recounts Jerry Ryan of the Twenty first Indiana saving a gun and two horses at Chickamauga. When his crew fell, Ryan limbered the gun alone, then rejoined McCook's and Turchin's men, later joining Gen. McCook's brigade. His act preserved the battery and a skilled artilleryman.
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Turchin
Chickamauga
Chicago Inter Ocean
Kelley Field
E. A. King
Reynolds
Twenty First Indiana
Dan
Isaac N. Sherwood
Twenty-first Indiana
Plymouth
Ind
Sherwood
Wood
Snodgrass Hill
McCook
Jerry Ryan
Chicago
Grant's Democratic Ways Compared To Roosevelt
An old Washington resident compares President Roosevelt to Gen. Grant noting similar tastes and simplicity. He recalls Grant walked to church, let his children romp, and attracted crowds only as a plain citizen, not as a president.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Gen. Grant
United States
White House
Capitol
Pennsylvania Avenue
Grant
New York Times
Tiny Helps Soldier On a Bridge During War
A young girl Tiny feeds a starving wounded soldier hiding in grass by a bridge. She brings him milk and food without others knowing, promises secrecy, and he pledges to remember her after the war. He escapes to his regiment, leaving Tiny with a large secret.
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Tiny
Pittsburg
Irene
Sean
Cate
Jove
A Word of Warning about Lending a Gun
A Chicago Daily News warning cautions never lending a firearm to a man who leads an aimless existence. The piece emphasizes responsibility and personal risk in firearm access within urban life.
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Chicago Daily Newa
Bracing Methods for End Posts in Woven Fences
Discussion by J. G. Allshouse in Ohio Farmer compares anchor block systems with angle bracing. It favors dual braces at angles or two large posts with slack wires between to allow independent resistance, improving stability over single inside braces or external anchor cables.
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J. G. Allshouse
Ohio
Princess in Disguise Turned Away at Grand Chartreuse
A French Alps tale recounts the Princess of Croy disguising herself as a boy to visit the Grande Chartreuse monastery with her husband. A monk invites them to lunch but, upon realizing the princess is a woman, orders her to wait outside explaining that ladies are not allowed inside.
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Alithergh
Dauphiny
Croy
Grande Chartreuse
Shooting Tales and Partridge Valor in Norfolk
An anecdote from Norfolk recalls a hunter's mixed emotions after a fatal season incident. A servant explains the master cared little for the by part and was vexed by the man, while his reaction to the tragedy led to weeks without hunting. A King’s Lynn banquet note tells of lords shooting partridges, shocking a servant with the tally.
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Norfolk
King’s Lynn
Lynn
London Post
Hoarseness About You Turns Father Quiet
A fragment from a Puck exchange shows Edith recounting her father’s reaction to her, noting he will never regain his hoarseness unless he stops hollering whenever he talks about her. Edith conveys family concern and affection amid humorous reproach.
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Cholly
Edith
Mamma
Puck
Co operative Mercantile Shares Offered for Territory Allocation
Agencies selling our Co operative Mercantile tile contracts seek bright insurance men or bankers. Territory allotted January 1 1902. Fidelity Assuring Company 377 379 Broadway New York City. Also mentions a proverb about changes from job to situation and references remedies and aphorisms from Puck and the Globe.
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Fidelity Assuring Company
Broadway
New York City
Irrigating Clay Soil Problems Highlighted by Wisconsin Study
The Farmers' Review notes that in humid regions irrigation must balance water supply against excess rainfall. A Wisconsin Agricultural College experiment compared sandy and heavy clay soils, finding irrigation increased potato yield by 81 bushels per acre on sand but reduced yields by 66 on clay when followed by heavy rains.
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Wisconsin Agricultural College
Walter Baker and Co Cocoa Methods Praised Worldwide
Walter Baker & Co of Dorchester, USA, claims years of study in cocoa and chocolate preparation. They tout machinery and systems unique to their methods to retain purity, palatability, and nutrients. Their products are described as world famous with strong endorsements from doctors nurses and housekeepers.
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Walter Baker & Co
Dorchester
U.S. A
Noisy Husband and Quiet Dress Codes
This fragment contrasts Mrs Biggs remarks about a quiet husband with a humorous aside from Mrs Diggs. It cites travel tips urging readers to compare Nickel Plate Road rates and services for East West journeys, noting first and second class attendants, dining car meals priced 35 cents to 1.00, and standard Pullman service.
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Nickel Plate Road
Atlantic
Pacific
A Change of Hane Quickstep Attracts Philadelphia Composer
A Philadelphia composer writes a quickstep titled A Change of Hane and Crimsonbeak confirms its use in Chicago for a funeral march as reported by Yonkers Statesman.
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Philadelphia
Chicago
Cascarets Candy Cathartic Offer Health Regimen
A dental advertisement-style health claim touts Cascarets as a natural cure for all ills from headaches to cancer by regulating bowels. It promotes easy movements, notes a 10 cent start, and warns customers to beware of imitations of the genuine metal-box tablets stamped with C. CC.
Question of feeling fuels wonder in daily mood
A brief dialogue from the Chicago Daily News asks if feeling makes us wondrously kind and answers that the answer depends on what one is feeling at the moment.
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Chicago Daily News
Blessed Smokeless Coal On Lackawanna Rail Line
Travelers hail Lackawanna Railroad for smokeless coal with no smoke or dust. An outfacing public notice notes reduced round trip fares by Norfolk and Western to Virginias and Carolinas from Cincinnati and Columbus on December 3 and 17 1900.
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Lackawanna Railroad
Norfolk & Western Ry
Cincinnati
Columbus
Virginis and
Carolinas
Aviso Hull
E. 4Th St
Very Ancient Coin Found by Indiana Veteran
William IX Davis of Flora Indiana living with Forty second Indiana infantry reports a bronze Roman coin from the Philippines. Numismatists date it to 236 A D during Emperor Maximinus era with legible inscriptions Pax Augusta olive branch. The coin, about the size of a dollar, remains well preserved.
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William IX. Davis
Forty-second
Indiana Infantry
Flora
Philippines
Maximinus
Maximinus Pius Augustus Germanicus
Spain
Luzon
Statue proposals at Kansas statehouse spark costume debates
In a Pittsburg Gazette notice, editors discuss a Kansas idea to crown the Kansas statehouse with a statue of Ceres. They mock the candidate by noting Kansans may not know the goddess and suggest Chief Fewclothes as a more fitting but risqué alternative.
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Kansas
Ceres
New Statehouse
Exchange
Telegraph
Chief Fewclothes
Kansas Statehouse
Pittsburg
Man’s Page Parody Sparks Satire on Women’s Section
A quip between Mr Pozenby and Mrs Pozenby turns on a joke about a man’s page in newspapers. Mrs Pozenby notes such pages exist, citing prize fighting and horse racing as examples, highlighting gendered reading habits.
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Mr. Pozenby
Mrs. Pozenby
Her Circulating Medium
A Cleveland Plain Dealer quote notes a cautious woman who avoids gossip yet leaks tales she hears to her husband, implying secrets spread through personal networks despite discretion. The dialogue mocks sly confidences and domestic rumor dynamics in a society context.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Hoped They Would Ruw Their Course
Mrs. Vernon Brown urges her husband to trim his mustache amid a stray stories column. Mrs. Smiffian Jones counters, preferring him to let the whiskers stay and express himself.
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Vernon Brown
Smiffian Jones
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