Grant Rise From Obscurity to Iconic General
The article traces Ulysses S. Grant born April 27 1822 at Point Pleasant Ohio with early horse skills and a misnaming at West Point. It follows his childhood, marriage to Dent, Mexican War service, his 1854 resignation from the army, and a long struggle with poverty including failed jobs in St. Louis and on a Gravois road farm before eventual civil war prominence.
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Grant
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Gravois
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Ohio
Ulysses Hiram
Hamer
Congress
Ulysses
West Point
Simpson
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Uncle Sam
Sam
Academy
Dent
Gravois Road
Dent Farm
Grant Early Career and Rise to Command
The narrative traces Ulysses S. Grant's early life from clerk in Galena to surviving poverty then entering military service during the Civil War. It highlights his ascension from colonel of the Twenty first Illinois to commander of a vast force, with anecdotes from Lincoln and colleagues, including his modesty, bold acts, and a key mentor role guiding others to opportunity.
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Galena
Lkely
St. Louis
Springfield
Ill
Yates
Camp Yates
Mattoon
Twenty-first Illinois Infantry
Alton
Abraham Lincoln
Neva
West Point
Vicksburg
J. R. Ringwall
Cincinnatus
Virginia
Dent
Lesson on the Grateful Samaritan from Luke Seventeen
The lesson centers on Jesus healing ten lepers as he travels to Jerusalem, with one Samaritan returning to thank and worship him. It contrasts the grateful foreigner with the nine who rejoiced without gratitude, highlighting faith, obedience, and recognition of Jesus’ authority and mercy.
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Jesus
Jerusalem
Samaria
Galiles
Luke
Paul
Paul Christ
Wright's Indian Vegetable Pills Ad From New York
An old advertisement touts Wright's Indian Vegetable Pills as proven for 75 years and invites readers to request a sample from 873 Pearl Street New York. A second line promises that presence of mind in lovemaking signals lack of heart.
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Wright
New York
Adv
Castoria Ad Claims Safe Remedy for Infants Over 30 Years
A vintage advertisement extols Fletcher's Castoria as a safe infant remedy bearing the signature of Coecery Ti Lan In Use For Over 30 Years. It notes children cry for Castoria and warns about the man of few words overusing them.
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Castoria
Fletcher
Painful pimples cured by Cuticura remedy report
Miss Cornelia Weamer from Creekside Pennsylvania writes that rough neck and forehead skin cleared after using Cuticura Soap and Ointment. She notes severe itching and burning before treatment, then a smooth forehead with no eczema since. Free samples offered with Skin Book from Cuticura, Boston.
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Inbox
Creekside
Cornelia Weamer
Cuticura
Cuticoura
Dept. L
Boston
Open up the mills and factories debate turns to poker gibes
A Chicago Republican parade faced heckling as a ward boss sent a gambler to carry a transparency. The crowd mocked calls to open mills and factories with a chorus taunting to open poker games instead.
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Chicago
Debate over Shakespeare Authorship Remains Unresolved
The article weighs claims that Francis Bacon authored Shakespeare’s plays and notes the lack of proof for both sides. It finds difficulties in proving Shakespeare wrote the works, while also leaving open the question of who did. The Stratford figure is still credited, but no alternative attribution is established.
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Shakespeare
Bacon
Stratford
Grape Nuts Helped Woman Recover From Nervous Breakdown
A Massachusetts woman writes that eight months of using Grape Nuts rebuilt her digestion, nerves, and overall health after a severe breakdown and dyspepsia. She credits the cereal with restoring energy and vitality and notes a belief in its renewing effects.
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Mich
Wellville
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