Willett Bros Open Bicycle and Repair Shop on Still Street
The Willett brothers established a new bicycle and general repair shop on Still street in the Northwestern Light and Power Co. building. They advertise upholstery and buggy top work, a complete line of supplies, and inside wiring and electric light services. Bicycles called for and delivered with honest work at honest prices.
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Willett Bros
Still Street
Northwestern Light and Power Company
Urgent Call to Secure Fire Insurance Now
The notice warns that fire can occur any day and urges immediate insurance purchase to protect oneself and family. It argues delaying is imprudent for all, including rich men, and stresses acting today to ensure safety.
Rochester birch recalls wartime romance in Alabama and Missouri
Captain Joseph A. Humphreys of North Alabama treasures a Rochester birch planted after the Civil War. The tree and a grove of roses came as a gift from a wartime correspondent who later learned of the couple’s marriage in Indianapolis. The tale spans Missouri, Indiana and Alabama as the romance endures.
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Joseph A. Humphreys
Alabama
Missouri
Indianapolis
Ohio
The Colonel Obeyed Color Sergeant Takes Command
An anecdote from the battle of Dranesville Va recounts Frank Alexander the color sergeant who cherished his flag and defied orders to bring the regiment up to it. He later was taken prisoner and managed to conceal the flag by wrapping it around his body until exchange.
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Dranesville
McCalmont
Frank Alexander
Frank
Philadelphia Press
Yankee Fires For Confederate Baby
A Civil War anecdote recalls General Grant and Confederate General Pickett sharing friendly gestures during wartime. The account mentions bonfires along Pickett's line at the birth of Mrs. Pickett's son, with Grant sending scouts and a silver service engraved to Pickett Jr. from his father’s friends.
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Grant
Pickett
Federal Line
George E. Pickett, Jr
A. 8. Grant
Rufus Ingalls
George Suckley
He Was Lincoln’s Telegraph Operator
Dewitt Fuller of Hancock New York once private telegraph operator for President Lincoln during the Civil War was killed on the Erie tracks at Narrowsburg New York on March 16. He was about seventy years old and had worked for the Erie as a telegraph repair man for about forty years. He was riding a track velocipede when struck by a passenger train.
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Lincoln
Dewitt Fuller
Hancock
N. Y
Erie
Narrowsburg
The
Ile
Farmer In Culpeper Observes Civil War Forage
A farmer near Culpeper Virginia notes both Union and Confederate armies forage on his land. He says he has not taken sides in the rebellion but concludes that both sides have already taken him.
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Culpeper
Decoration Day Observed by Colville Groups and Citizens
May 30 is observed by John M. Corse Post G A R and Woman's Relief Corps with a 10 a m gathering at the I O O F hall. The parade proceeds So Main Adaiah Court Ivah Main to the skating rink for a program and a 2 p m cemetery decoration followed by an address by IF'. Leo Grinstead.
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Colville
John M. Corse
Woman’s Relief Corps
Post and Relief Corps
Sons of Veterans
Still Street
Main
Adaiah
Court
Ivah
G. H. Wilbur
J. B. Thomas
Thomas
Osa Brouillet
A. B. Mather
Edward McKay
Edna DeGreif
Evergreen Cemetery
Leo Grinstead
The Brain Of Genius And Brain Weight Theory
A historical discussion questions the weight brain hypothesis and cites examples like Gambetta Agassiz Byron Webster Napoleon to show heavy brains do not guarantee high intellect. It notes age and morphology matter and presents Dr Edward Spitzka on father’s age influencing offspring brain potential.
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Sims
Gambetta
Agassiz
Byron
Daniel Webster
Napoleon
Turgenev
Marchand
Edward A. Spitzka
American Philosophical Society
A Judge Among the Head Hunters
Judge Murray of British New Guinea ventured into Gonrabari, a cannibal and headhunter stronghold. He sought the skulls of two murdered London Missionary Society missionaries and succeeded. His arrival stirred the Papuan tribes but he calmed them with a speech and gifts. He claims to have seen cooked human flesh and canoes full of skulls.
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British Empire
Elreult
Judge Murray
British New Guinea
Murray
Gonrabari
Chalmers
D. F. Tomkins
London Missionary Society
London
Odd Use For Collies Court Exemption Stated
Farmers before the Carnarvon bench claimed license exemptions for dogs used in churning. It was stated that southern farmers customarily use collies for this purpose.
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Carnarvon Bench
London Mall
Jefferson Davis did not wear women's clothing, veteran asserts
L C Bateman of Auburn Maine, a Civil War veteran, tells the Boston Herald that the tale of Jefferson Davis dressed in female garb during capture is a myth. Captain B D Bryant of Jackson county Missouri recalls Davis aboard the Planter with Stephens and others, noting Davis wore a fantastic coat but not women's clothes.
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Jeff Davis
Boston Ierald
L. C. Bateman
Auburn
Bateman
Jefferson Davis
Herald
B. D. Bryant
Jackson County
Twelfth Maine
Augusta
Confederacy
Davis
Pritchard
Romance After War Brings Gray Weds In Washington
Forty years after a civil war romance halted by James Gaffney’s enlistment the pair reunited in Washington. The aged bridegroom and bride, both sixty and gray, remarried after he found his old sweetheart Honora Burke, whose husband had died years earlier. The union, renewed in life’s winter, follows decades apart yet stable in heart.
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Washington
Gray
James Gaffney
Company K
Fifth Cavalry
Gaffney
Tittsburg
Honora Burke
Philadelphia Press
Grant's Old Cook Loses His Pistol
John Furling General Grant era cook surrendered his revolver after a Wayne Michigan trial on April 2 for threatening to shoot a man over land. Twenty four jurors admitted prejudice against Furling. The trial drew wide interest halting village business. Francis M Finch author of The Blue and the Gray died last year and served as a New York Court of Appeals judge for fifteen years. His Atlantic Monthly poem appeared in 1867. He said judging made publishing poems improper.
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State of Washington
Stevens
Superior Court
Spokane
N. C
Stevens County
Washington
Francis M. O'Neal
Gilberta L. O'Neal
Towit
Squire City
N.C. Bardsley
Aristotle
Benjamin Franklin
W. A. Newman Dorland
Century
Grant
John Furling
Wayne
Mich
Furling
Francis M. Finch
New York State Court of Appeals
Atlantic Monthly
Marked Battlefields Honor Civil War Cannons
On Shiloh and Chickamauga battlefields markers display the sites where brigade commanders fell with cannon and shells. Pyramids of ten inch shells and mounted guns indicate historic battery positions, using the same cannons that fought at Chickamauga to mark the stations.
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Shiloh
Chickamauga
Memorial of granite and bronze at Vicksburg unveiled
A monument on the Vicksburg battlefield honors the fallen with a granite and bronze design costing about 200000 dollars. The memorial stands as a lasting tribute to those who served and sacrificed during the conflict.
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Vicksburg
Ulinois
Memorial Day Flowers Honor Blue and Gray Graves
Minna Irving portrays roses blooming over graves as soldiers are honored on Memorial Day. The poem notes how petals and fragrance embrace the sleepers, with gardeners tending the plots in sun or rain. It reflects reverent remembrance of fallen heroes across seasons.
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Minna Irving
Leslie’s Weekly
The Unknown Dead in National Cemeteries
The unknown dead buried in national cemeteries total 152103 unknown soldiers based on a House submission from Representative Chaney citing the quartermaster general. There are 3085 total bodies in these cemeteries, with eighty three national cemeteries under government supervision. One cemetery is outside the United States in Mexico City housing over 1500 Mexican war soldiers, half unknown.
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Army of the
United States
House
Chaney
Quartermaster General
Mexico City
Saving His Country
Noble Prentis, a man of small stature, was rejected for being too short to enlist in the Civil War until a recruiting officer overheard his lament and granted him acceptance, saying you will do. The anecdote illustrates determination and country spirit.
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Noble Prentis
Mr. Prentis
Prentis
Kansas City Times
Memorial Day Parade Recalled By Two Small Relatives
Two children in a Woman's Relief Corps parade dream decorate a grave for a pet that lay under a pear tree. A drum carrying band leads the way while a tiny tag marks the Grand Army as old hens scatter and the procession continues.
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Woman's Relief Corps
Grand Army
Unreported Wound Mentioned in Social Banter
Mrs Oldcastle notes Mr Wappleson has a heart of gold. Her hostess recalls he was wounded in the army requiring a silver plate in his jaw, and adds she had not heard of another wound.
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Albert Loiselle
Busch Bros
Colville, Washington
Sheriff's Sale
W. H. Graham
C. A. Lepeerwoop
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Martin C. Knutson
Anna M. Knutson
Hamblen, Lund & Gilbert
the Rookery
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Sherman
Iudge
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