Night Assault by Confederate Cavalry Recalled by Judge Jenkins
Judge Jenkins recounts a Civil War dusk stand near a Virginia camp in 1862 when Confederate forces led by Fitzhugh Lee attacked. A picket's rifle saved an officer by mistaking him for an enemy, and three furious charges followed as a violent thunderstorm raged overhead. The dawn revealed Confederate casualties and a captured dismounted captain.
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Judge Jenkins
Wisconsin
Congress
Fitzhugh Lee
Virginia
McClellan
Cap’n
The Power of Song in Richmond Prison Camp
A prisoner recalls Stoneman’s raid near Richmond Va and Libby Prison. He describes a mass singing of The Star Spangled Banner by inmates and guards, crowds cheering in the streets, and the enduring power of Old Glory amid hunger and heat.
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Richmond
Talen
Stoneman
Chancellorsville
Libby
Spear
Tibbs Ys
Venice
Massachusetts
Chicago University discoveries parody list from Buffalo paper
The passage mocks Chicago University professors led by Rockefeller, cataloging comical claimed discoveries. It lists absurd statements such as kissing causing lockjaw, educated men followed by dogs, Ireland as a lake, primeval man with a gizzard, and music as antiseptic, among others.
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University of Chicago
John D. Rockefeller
Buffalo
Chicago University
Ireland
Adam
Boccaccio
Singers rise at Libby Prison in a wartime anthem
In Libby Prison Richmond 93 officers gathered in a baritone chorus waking sleepers and singing Old Flag and Army and Navy Forever. A New York regiment member produced a concealed silk bag amid the lively performance as guards watched.
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Libby
Richmond
Asgled Banner
New York City
Tamaulay
Army
Navy
New Jersey Train Circuits Lead to Peace Between City Teams
The two organizations have adopted shared rules to regulate players and set spring schedules to minimize conflicts. In October, New York and Philadelphia teams battled for supremacy with New York winning the National banner and Philadelphia taking the American League title.
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New Jersey
New York
Philadelphia
Giants Share Gate Receipts From First Four Games
Under an agreement prior to the world series, 60 percent of gate receipts from the first four games were split among players. Of this, 75 percent went to the New York Giants and 25 percent to the Athletics. Each Giant earned about 1,200 dollars while each Athletic about 500 dollars. The Philadelphia club also distributed its share of nearly 9,000 dollars as pennant prize money.
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New York Giants
Athletics
Philadelphia
PENSIONS Services for disability and widows claims
Over one million dollars allowed for clients in six years and over one thousand claims in the last six months. Disability age and increase pensions obtained quickly with widow claims a specialty. Usually granted within 90 days if begun after soldier's death. Fees fixed by law and paid from pension. 25 years experience with daily Pension Bureau calls. Local magistrates benefited by sending claims.
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Pension Bureau
Fortunes For Ball Players In Early Baseball Wars
A historical look at the fierce battles between the National and American Leagues as players swapped teams for big salaries. It recalls lawsuits and injunctions, with names like Lajoie Delehanty Wolverton Orth and Townsend moving to rival clubs amid Chicago St Louis Boston New York and Philadelphia owners.
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Ban Johnson
Chicago
St. Louis
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Lajoie
Delehanty
Wolverton
Orth
Townsend
Philadelphia Nationals
Quaker Town
Cleveland
Washington
The Canada Goose Flight and Hunter Tactics
A detailed natural history of Canadian geese behavior and hunting lore. Describes flock formation like football wedges, feeding habits, resting patterns, domestication, and how hunters time and use the geese’s routines to bag birds. Includes notes on alarm responses and diving behavior.
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Ullet
Jenkins
Bass
W. M. Wooster
Fain
Ashington
Igh Road
Johnnie Red
Polon
Fitzhugiler
John J. Jenkins
Libby Prison
George Washington
Arabia
Bulgaria
Mr. Rockefeller
Copernicus
Galileo
Napoleon Bonaparte
Christy ” Mathewson
New York “ Giants
Western Wheeled Scraper Co
Aurora, Ill
H. T
Wire Lewine Machine Co
Cleveland, Ohio
Pensions
Taber & Whitman CO
Warder
Bld’e
Washington,d.c
Foster
Ernest
Haskell
Eugene P. Lyle, Jr
John Dinwiddie Driscoll
Maximilian
Mexico
Jacqueline
St. Louis Republic
N. Y
Globe
Doubleday, Page & CO
East 16Th St
Fortenes
YALE
Lynch Meg. CO
Madison
Wis
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