Battle of Hampton Roads Prize Winning History Puzzle
The article explains the Monitor versus Merrimac battle of March 9, 1862 at Hampton Roads, noting Worden and Jones as commanders, and contrasts the ships size and tactics. It lists prize winners and a long list of participants with ages and addresses, including Edward Rowe and many others from Ohio Kentucky and Indiana.
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Monitor
John L. Worden
Catesby Jones
Hampton Roads
Franklin Buchanan
Barclay
Jones
Edward Rowe
Salutaris Avenue
East
Walnut Hills
City
Notable Nicknames Across History and Fame
The piece surveys famous nicknames given to historical figures by admirers and rivals. It lists Aldiborontiphoscophornio for John Ballantyne, various epithets for Sir Walter Scott, George Washington, Shakespeare, Alexander Pope, Voltaire, Napoleon, and others, plus colorful labels like the White Queen and the Butcher's Dog. The tone offers playful, anecdotal cataloging of famed sobriquets.
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Walter Scott
John Ballantyne
Sir Walter
George Washington
America
Georgius
Shakespeare
Avon
Alexander Pope
Robert Southey
Percy B. Shelley
Snake
Voltaire
Cardinal Wolsey
Virgil
Europe
Napoleon Bonaparte
Tiddy Dol
God of
Day
Father Violet
Youn gest Is kittie Parker the eight year old teacher
The eight year old Kittie Parker of Smithburg New Jersey became the youngest school teacher in America. She led a class at Thompson Grove School when Miss Stout was absent, conducting chapel spelling reading and a lesson on the blackboard. The pupils supported her and agreed to keep her as teacher until the regular instructor returned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iss Kittie Marcella Parker
Smithburg
N. J
America
Miss Parker
Thompson Grove
Miss Stout
Kittie
Press Resists Siege With Wall Paper Diet
During the Vicksburg siege the Daily Citizen kept publishing despite scarcity, feeding the press with wall paper scraps to survive the long siege and maintain prints on the front.
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Vicksburg
Daily Citizen
Tigers stronger than lions take on five vs nine men
Five men can easily hold down a lion but nine are needed to subdue a tiger, underscoring the tiger's superior strength.
Disobedient Bunny Unny Meets a Nighttime Owl
A wayward Bunny refuses bedtime and hides under a bush. His mother leaves him to sleep alone as darkness falls. An owl in a nearby hollow tree wakes, swoops down, and captures the sobbing Bunny for a supper.
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Unny
Bunny
Mother Bunny
Naughty Bunny
Soldier as POW faces trial for violating the Queen
A British soldier captured as a prisoner of war is accused of an offense against the Queen and may be tried. He must prove it was impossible to avoid taking that risk without wasting his life.
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Tobaco
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Battle OF the Monitor
Merrimac
Clara Goode
Middletown
Florence Murdoch
Urbana
Harold Hohenstein
Cofton
Mildred Love
Marion
O. L. DeLong Wallace
Boyle
David B. Sterritt
Benj. D. Tuley
Hyde Park
Cecile Campbell
Durrell
Mound Street
Lottie Hargrave
Steubenville
John Farrar
London
O. Charles Wood
Ninth Street
Frank Hogue
New Vienna
O. Rosa Dickerhoof
Price Hill
Zachary J. Lansdowne
Greenville
Ike Gelsman
Sixth Street
Jos. Kramer
Elm Street
Cal Connaway
Liberty
Ind
Ott Brand
Findlay
Rudolph Nandenberg
Corryville
Jo Gianmini
East Norwood
Y Hattersley
Norwood
Charles Kratz
Lewisville
Gant E. Allen
Miamisburg
Ven
Allen Coolidge
Avondale
Marguerite Shipley
Clifton
Walter Harter
Sweetser
Joseph F. Meagher, Jr
Bellevue
Miles A. Stadler
Mt. Vernon
O. Townsend Bell
Portsmouth
Albert Howe
Roy Redmond
Odon
Murray Goldsmith
West Eighth Street
Elsa Lotz
Dayton
Victor K. Spohn
Paul F. Emmert
Piqua
Gladys Weston
Harry Diebold
Nellie Fitch
George Glander
Emma Poor
Isabelle Harlow
Goodloe Street
Harry O. Hickman
O. Paul Smith
Mt. Healthy
O. Carl van Buskirk
Helen Sheehan
Britamarie Duff
Newcomerstown
Jeanette Smith
West Walnut Hills
Fred Sanders
Phyllis Johnson
Falmouth
Frede Kiefer
O. Clara Mecklenberg
Highland Avenue
Recbert Hughes
Itr
Wyoming
O. Albert Jenkins
Fairmount
Blerche Wolff
Windsor Street
Stanley Brewster
Kemper Lane
Richard Douglas
Chillicothe
O. Hutfert Lacey
Arlington Heights
O. Ocie Roberts
Reesville
Edith H. Pratt
Mt. Auburn
Alma C. Wood
Pleasant Ridge, O
Sir Walter Scott
Thomas Carlyle
Dante
Alfred
Bulwer
Timon
Alfred Tennyson
Edmund Spencer
Rose
Raby
Cecily
Edward IV
Mary Queen of Scots
Frances Jennings
Sarah
Duchess of Marlborough
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