Capt Hicks plots clashes over McLean factory flag
Captain Fowler faces a web of loyalties as he heads to Allington to secure Maple Shoals. Lieutenant Hicks plans pressure on McLean to yield uniforms and a Confederate flag at the factory, while a drunken mob gathers for trouble. Dinah's Jake races to warn Bessie McLean as danger looms near the plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hicks
Fowler
Allington
Bessie McLean
Quartermaster General
Atlanta
Maple Shoals
Bessie
James Fowler
Bragg
Chattanooga
Robert McLean
Pete
McLean
Confederacy
Quartermaster Department
Wilson
America
Chickamauga
Mission Ridge
Captain Fowler
Rangers
McLean's
Worthy
Tom
Dbinah
Jake
Marse Cap'n
Marse McLean
Marse McLeean
Hicks
Capt. Fowler
Lieut. Hicks
Marie Cap'n
Mason’s
Hampton Factory
Black John
Tim Lewis
Daddy McLean
South
Confedera
John
Smith
Carles Peerin
Robert
Old Scotchy
Maple Shealy
Dinah
Maffews
Scotchman’s
Missy
Notable Autograph Values and Imperial Donations
London autograph prices show Mark Twain twelve shillings sixpence while Bret Harte eight Andrew Lang six and Rider Haggard three. Mrs Humphrey Ward six Southey fifteen. The Russian Czar allocates 100000 dollars to Moscow charities for coronation preparations including 500000 lanterns and 14000 electric lights for the Kremlin. Gladstone linked to British Guiana via family sugar estate at Vreeden Hoop Demerara and slave ownership. early speeches defended West Indian slavery before 1833.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Mark Twain
Bret Harte
Andrew Lang
Rider Haggard
Humphrey Ward
Southey
Russia
Moscow
Old
Kremlin
Gladstone
British Guiana
Vreeden Hoop
Demerara
Schomburpk
Motors Enter Public Transit as Second-Class Cities Embrace Cars
New York Evening Sun notes bad roads will slow but not stop the spread of motor vehicles. In second-class cities and suburbs with good roads, cars seating two to six are seen as coming transit, competing with trolleys and aiding railroads. Early models may be costly, but manufacturer competition portends rapid growth with motor farm wagons and plows to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Evening Sun
San Francisco
Page Boy
How Awful She Will Look Fashion Shock for 1896 Spring
The New York Commercial Advertiser forecasts a fashion revolution for spring 1896. Paris trends include hoopskirts large bustles tight sleeves hip pads high heels oversized collars and dramatic hats and Marie Antoinette curls.
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New York
Paris
Marie Antoinette
Cremation at Forest Hills Lifts Springfield Coffin Myth
The Springfield Cremation Society incinerates Mrs. Frost at a Boston facility then returns ashes to a local tomb. The process uses a petroleum spray, metal removal, and a shared coffin, with about six pounds of ashes from a 100 pound body. Cremation costs thirty dollars.
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Springfield
Mass
Frost
Chestnut Street
Boston
Forest Hills
De Old Master and a Dialect Remembered
An old relic recalls antebellum days and high-toned gen nermans while Mose laments changing times. The piece notes medicinal shifts toward liquid laxatives, praising Syrup of Figs from the California Fig Syrup Co. and urging purchase by leading druggists. Jeffersonville ship yards report dull times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Ole Marster
Mose
USA
California Fig Syrup Co
Jeffersonville
Dr Watts Magnetic Blood Purifier Endorsed by U S Health Reports
Dr Watts Magnetic Blood Purifier is sold with a positive guarantee and touted as highly efficacious for impure blood. The U S Health Reports from Chicago in 1895 praised the line of remedies by Dr Watts, calling them superior in curing power. Prices listed at 1 per bottle through druggists.
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Chicago
DR. Watts Magnetic Remedy CO
Indianapolis
Ind
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AH. Kinoop
Chapter Iit
Hia Old Master
C.i.hood & Co
Lowell
Hood
Theeon— Suimer
Elkhart Carriage & Harness Miz. Co
Elkhert, Lad
B. Pratt, Beey
Popham
Liz
Thos
Phila
Onsumett
Lawrat
Alaca
Fara
Patrick O'Farrell
Washington, D.C
Scott
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