Battle Flags and National Unity Reflected in Civil War Memory
A 19th century editorial argues for healing sectional rifts after the Civil War, citing President Cleveland and Sumner era sentiment. It recalls battle flags stored in Washington and the call to reunite North and South, with quotes on peace, forgiveness, and national pride.
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Winder Building
Washington
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United States
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Mason and Dixon
Mississippi
New York
Veteran flags debate reaches President Cleveland
A long letter from Adjutant General Drum to Secretary of War Emlicott outlines returning Union and Confederate flags to the states that formed the regiments. The War Department and President approve the plan for Governors to receive the banners with the history and capture details. The note ends with travel and local civic details from Lynn and nearby areas.
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Wissusuton
Genent Drum
Emlicott
War Department
Whittlin
Adjutant General
Athens Post editor Sam P. Tyvind dies at 87
Sam P. Tyvind, editor and proprietor of the Athens Post and a key figure in East Tennessee journalism, died at his home at 4:02 tonight after an 18 week illness due to physical exhaustion. Born August 10, 1814 in Trenton New Jersey he helped establish the Athens Post in 1848 to support railroad expansion and became a prominent Democratic leader in the South.
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Tennessee Press
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South
Jake Sharp
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Sharp
Sing Sing
Jaeline
Mo Juad
Women Crusade Leader Remembered In Hillsboro 1878
The piece recalls Oliva J. Thompson the first Crusader who led a temperance march in Hillsboro Ohio on December 24 1878 and helped reduce local saloons through prayer and public action. It details her family background and the transformative moment sparked by Dio Lewis lectures and community support.
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Judge Narker
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Ohio
No- Weare Carpenter
Hillshove
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Olio
Saratoga
Washington
Thesrd
Pien
Presbyterian Church
Adams County Court
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Dio Lewis
Gen. McDowell
D. K. Finner
McSurely
Jacob
Frank Leslie's Magazine 1887 Mid Summer Issue Highlights
The 1887 issue marks volume twenty two with features on European politics by Towle and Oxcanyan. Lighter pieces cover Morence’s Mitoricordia, Flemish carvings, Robinson Crimoe’s Teland, and a tale A Woman's Jealousy. Editorials discuss holidays and pernicious literature amid artful illustrations.
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Austria Hungary Empire
George Makepeace Towle
Oxcanyan
Walter Edgar McCann
Semplor Dinjuesnoy
Robinson Crimoe
Teland
Mins Linskill
Mics Mathews
Ste Phillip Bourke Marston
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