First Union Flag Captured in Civil War Returns to Shurtleff
The blood stained flag carried by Lt. Shurtleff at Hampton Va on July 19 1861 was captured by Confederate Col. Sandidge during a dawn ambush. It was later returned to Shurtleff in September 1885 after Sandidge traced the New York artist, now living in the Adirondacks. The flag’s owner survived his wounds while Maj. Rawlins and Capt. Jenkins were killed or wounded in the same action.
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Perisonén
New York
Mshurtleft
Avhg Pvas
St. Louis
Anserrytog
Sma
Sturtledt
Maj. Rawlins
Union Party
Wat
Hampton
Max Weber
Jenkins
Shurtleff
Rawlins
Ymore
New Market Bridge
John M. Sandidge
Charles City
George
Burdette Terrett
Sandidge
Richmond
Adironiacks
Louisiana
Congress
Gulf Coast
Yorktown
Wrang
Errors in Civil War Histories Stuns DC School Board
Gen H V Boynton, head of DC school board, moved to suspend four civil war histories until corrections are issued. He cites extensive errors across campaigns, losses, dates, and movements, challenging the accuracy of widely used school histories and urging a thorough overhauling.
How Fortress Monroe Was Built
The fort’s construction relied largely on slave labor imported by owners who leased workers to engineers. Slave owners earned 50 cents daily per slave while the government provided two clothing sets, shoes, rations, quarters and occasional tobacco. Labourers wore little and worked shoeless, living in barracks under military discipline as owners collected hire. Leslie’s Monthly notes this shows past constituents appreciating a good thing.
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Monroe
Leslie’ S Monthly
Compliments Pay A Woman Compliment Quote
A fragment from the Atchison Globe notes compliments ease reaction. the line says when annoyance arises a woman does not fly apart. The terse observation reflects social mood in a brief clipping.
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Atchison
Globe
Ohio plant strike chills Youngstown steel district
In the Mahoning Valley not a wheel turned Monday at the American Steel Hoop Co or the American Sheet Steel Co plants. The sixth district remains strongest in the Amalgamated association with members united in the strike called by President Shaffer. The Hoop Co operates five plants in Youngstown Girard Warren and Greenville. the Sheet Steel Co four in Struthers Niles and nearby. About 7 500 workers across the valley are affected by the stoppage.
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Youngstown
American Steel Hoop Co
American Sheet Steel Co
Mahoning Valley
Amalgamated Association
Shaffer
Steel Hooop Co
Girard
Warren
Greenville
Sheet 'Steel' Co
Struthers
Niles
Foremen from rivals recruit strike workers in Youngstown
Local officials report foremen from Republic Iron and Steel Co. recruited striking mill workers in Youngstown on July 16. The independent Republic Co. aims to take immediate delivery orders that previously went to the American Steel Hoop Co. With strike support these orders could be produced.
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Youngstown
American Steel Hoop Co
Republic Iron and Steel Co
Republic ‘Co
United States Steel’Corporation
Steel ‘Hoop Co
Invasion by Junebugs Sweeps Zanesville Night
In Zanesville Ohio on July 15 a Junebug swarm darkened streets and lit buildings. Electric lights smothered by ash and hotel offices sealed as crowds flee. Bridges became impassable and streets lay under inches of dead insects.
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Zanesville
Strikers Return to Work End Cincinnati Strike
Two thousand machinists who had been on strike since May 20 returned to work on Monday in Cincinnati. The move effectively ends the local strike as managers planned pressure on specific plants. At one plant 600 employees formed a line and marched to work, vanquishing leaders' plans.
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Cincinnati
Tragic Fire Fatal for Rose Sharer Near Marietta
July 12 report from High Hi area details Rose Sharer a 30 year old demented woman who saturated her clothes with kerosene and set herself ablaze while her family ate supper. Neighbors chased the flames but she collapsed from exhaustion before help could reach her and died shortly after being carried home.
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Marietta
High Hi
Rose Sharer
Judge Russell Found Dead in Palace Hotel Suicide
Cincinnati July 13. A sensational death by own action was discovered at the Palace hotel Friday evening. The man was later identified as D. A. Russell of Pomeroy a circuit court judge and bank president. He left a sealed letter to his wife and killed himself with a revolver in his room.
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Cincinnati
Palace Hotel
D. A. Russell
Pomeroy
Circuit Court
Sensational suit filed for alimony in Cincinnati court
Carrie Henry sues husband William D. Henry a member of the Henry family claiming he offered their servant 2000 to help kill her. The filing in Cincinnati on Friday morning exposes a dramatic divorce case with murder plot allegations.
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Cincinnati
Carrie Henry
William D. Henry
Henry
Mexican War Veterans to Convene in Cleveland
The National Association of Mexican War Veterans will hold its annual convention in Cleveland during Grand Army encampment week from September 9 to 14. About 6,000 Mexican War veterans remain alive nationwide, with around 300 residing in Ohio.
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Cleveland
National Association of Mexican War Veterans
Ohio
Wellsville and Lisbon Mills Hit by Amalgamated Strikes
In East Liverpool on July 16 the Amalgamated association members at the Wellsville mill struck, leaving only laborers at work. the union counts 140 members. At the Beaver tin mill in Lisbon 300 Amalgamated workers also struck.
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East Liverpool
Amalgamated Association
Wellsville Mill
Beaver Tin Mill
Lisbon
Ice Combine Formed in Lorain to Build 76 Ton Plant
A new company with 100000 dollars capital organized to unite the ice houses of Lorain Elyria and North Amherst. The combine plans a 76 ton ice plant to serve the region.
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Ice Combine
Lorain
Elyria
North Amherst
Hillsboro and Ohio River Traction Incorporated
The Hillsboro & Ohio River Traction company. capital of 10000 dollars was incorporated Friday to build an electric line from Hillsboro to Aberdeen.
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Columbus
Hillsboro & Ohio River Traction
Hillsboro
Aberdeen
Prominent Farmer Killed by Freight Train
Maj. C. S. Hunter, a well known farmer, was killed Friday morning when struck by a moving freight train as he walked along the track near Carey. The incident occurred at dawn and authorities investigated the scene.
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Carey
C. S. Hunter
Robson Family Seeks Farm Treasure in Wooster
July 16 report from Wooster states John Robinson and his sons began a 20 acre trenching search for buried treasure on their farm. Local rumor says coins have surfaced during ploughing and that Native Americans once burned money stolen from settlers.
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Wooster
John Robinson
M Robisons
Gracey Dies of Apoplexy at Breakfast
William Gracey 47, manager of the Boston Oil Co and a leading industrialist in Marietta, collapsed and died of apoplexy Monday while preparing to eat breakfast.
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Marietta
William Gracey
Boston Oil Co
Bryan Critiques Ohio Democratic Platform and Kansas City Link
W J Bryan assails the Ohio Democratic convention for not reaffirming the Kansas City platform and for weak planks. He says endorsing the prior platform would have avoided politicizing his name and criticizes the omission of the money question. He urges focus on electing trustworthy state leaders and primaries to craft a stronger platform.
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J. Bryan
Lincoln
Neb
W. J. Bryan
Kansas City
Bryan
Congress
Mr. Bryan
John R. McLean
McLean
Ohio
Death on the Rail in Baden’s Valley Collision
Two killed one fatally and several injured in a dead end collision on the Ohio Valley express near Baden’s Valley. Engineer Al Courtrite and fireman William Bobhby dead. Engineer William Day fatally injured. Carter seriously injured. baggage master lightly hurt. Also reporting a separate Missouri Kansas & Texas wreck near Wymark I T with five dead and three fatally hurt.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Ohio River
Baden's Valley
Ohio Valley Express
al Courtrite
Ohio ‘Valley Express
Wheeling
William Bobhby
Parkerburg
William Day
Carter
Parsons
Kan
Wymark
I. T
Joe Morris
James Levelle
Frank Fitzgerald
Joe Massey
Difficulties Mount in European Customs League Efforts
Vienna reports via Paris sources that organizing an effective European customs league against the United States is deemed insuperable. The Politische Correspondent notes official statements from Paris detailing the obstacles.
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Vienna
Paris
Politische
United States
Firemen Strike Threatens Readiness to Work
Wilkesbarre Pa July 16 President Mullaney of the Stationary Firemen association of Pennsylvania says hopes for an amicable settlement are gone. Employers gave no response Monday and the executive committee’s ultimatum stands as stationary firemen affiliated with the state association refuse to work today unless an eight hour day is granted.
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Wilkesbarre
Mullaney
Stationary Firemen’s Association of Pennsylvania
State Association
Fight Unions Strike Rises Over Steel Trust Actions
Pittsburg July 15 16 reports show Amalgamated Association members in three steel firms obeying a strike order. Large numbers idle across American Steel Hoop American Sheet Steel and American Tin Plate plants with 74000 total affected. Monessen Pittsburg McKeesport and Allegheny mills shut. union delegates push broader action unless settlements occur.
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Pittsburg
Shafer
Amalgamated Association
American Steel, Hoop Co
American Sheet Steel Co
American ‘Tin “Plate’Co
Steel Corporation
Association
American Tin Plate Co
American Steel Hoop Co
Sheet Steel
Steel
Monessen
Allegheny
McKeesport
Shaffer
Painter
West Carson Street
Lindsay & McCutcheon
New York
Warner Arms
American ‘Tin Plate Co
Amalgamated
William Clark Sons
Thirty-fifth Street
Monessen Steel
National Fube Co
German Industries Hit New Low as Markets Tank
Last week closed with a new low in quotations across most industries in Berlin. Severe declines and discouraging reports dominated the trading week, with newspapers agreeing the downward trend remains unchecked and sentiment described as hopeless.
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Berlin
Wreck on Nickel Plate Bridge Kills Nine at Springfield
A freight train collapsed a 25 year old trestle near Springfield Pennsylvania, burying workers in a ravine. Nine men died including conductor P O Moore and foreman George Schwartz, with ten others injured among locals and seven Italians.
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Syria
Conneaut
Nickel Plate Railroad
Springfield
P. O. Moore
George Schwartz
George Brooks
Cleveland C
Charles McDermott
Ira (Porter
Endeavor Convention Ends in Cincinnati Amid Gratitude
The twentieth international convention of the United Society of Christian Endeavor closed in Cincinnati with about 20 000 attendees. Rev J Wilbur Chapman was absent due to illness. others filled his program. President Francis Clark led Auditorium Endeavor and Treasurer William Shaw led Auditorium Willitson in two farewell meetings highlighting plans for the coming year.
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Cincinnati
United Society of Christian Endeavor
J. Wilbur Chapman
New York
Winona Lake
Ind
Clark
Baer
Endeavor
Willitsom
Francis Clark
Boston
Auditorium Endeavor
William Shaw
Auditorium Willitson
New Senator Appointed to Fill Late Kyle Term
Gov Herrie appointed Alfred D. B. Kittredge of New Hampshire to fill the unexpired Senate term of the late Senator Kyle. Kittredge, born March 26 1861 in Cheshire County, Yale and Yale Law School graduate, practiced law in Sioux Falls, and has long been active in state politics, once attached to Senator Pettigrew as trusted lieutenant.
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Kyle
Pierre
S. D
Herrie
A. B. Kittredge
Alfred DB. Kittredge
New Hampshire
Cheshire County
Yale University
R. F. Pettigrew
Hazing At Annapolis Tied To Mental Decline Of Youth
Harry Craven 19 grandson of Rear Admiral Craven was committed to Bloomingdale asylum by Justice Dykman after doctors diagnosed him as a hopeless lunatic. The decline began four years ago during a hazing incident while he was a student at Annapolis Naval Academy.
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New York
Harry Craven
Craven
Supreme Court
Dykman
Bloomingdale Asylum
Annapolis Naval Academy
Kentucky veterans secure quarters in Cleveland encampment week
Commander John Blaes and Assistant Quartermaster General Jacob Seibert of the Grand Army Department of Kentucky, both Louisville, visited Cleveland to locate quarters for the department during encampment week and secured free quarters for Kentucky veterans. The department will be well represented at the encampment.
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Cleveland
John Blaes
Grand Army Department of Kentucky
Jacob Seibert
Louisville
Kentucky
Louisiana Purchase Exposition Opens With $5 Million Build Plan
St Louis July 12 The committees and commissions of the Louisiana Purchase exposition are advancing rapidly. The board of directors has formally appropriated 5 000 000 for buildings enabling the president to announce to the nations that a world fair will be held here in 1903.
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St. Louis
United States
Dynamite Explosion Kills Two Italians Near Denver
A dynamite magazine near the Grant Smelter exploded killing two Italians and injuring several. Fragments were scattered across the prairie for hundreds of yards and windows at the Union Stock Yards bank were shattered.
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Denver
Col
Grant
Union Stock Yards Bank
Dr August B Unger Begins Sentence On Own Request
Chicago July 12 Dr August B Unger convicted of conspiracy in the Defenbach insurance case was transported to Joliet yesterday and began serving his sentence at his own request.
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Chicago
August B. Unger
Defenbach Insurance
Joliet
Unger
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Chickamauga
Missionary Ridge
Bragg
Chattanooga
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Fort McAllister
Franklin, Tenn
Barnes
Montgomery
Johnston
McMaster
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Fiske
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United States Steel, Corporation
Endeavor Convention
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