Stonewall Jackson the Saint of the Lost Cause
The article lauds Thomas J. Jackson known as Stonewall for faith in God and military genius. It recounts his upbringing, West Point, Mexican War, conversion to devout Christianity, and Civil War leadership. It portrays his death after Chancellorsville and argues his faith and perseverance defined Southern cause and national fate.
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Stonewall Jackson
Jackson
Confederacy
South
Chancellorsville
Robert E. Lee
Stonewall
Manaasas
Thomas J. Jackson
Manassas
Beo
Stonewall Brigade
Maryland
Virginia
Clarksburg
West Virginia
Srn
Neglocs
Perilous Border Crossing Told by English Woman
An English woman recalls her arduous journey from Turkey to Paris via Austria. Customs at the border searched trains, stripped travelers of clothes, and opened luggage while cold night air swept through stations. She faced a stern official who demanded opening a Turkish delight box, uncovering smuggled tobacco suspicions.
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Turkey
Paris
Constantinople
Europe
Vienma Dt
Rest Wishi
Frontier
Ingruff
Hiftinh
Austria
Officinia
Buspreton
Dentists Lose Kissable Patronage For Stand Against Kissing
Dentists who refused kissing as a policy faced a sharp drop in patronage from kissable girls, illustrating social backlash against professional stances on romantic affection.
Oh you Oh you crowd at the shore in summer gossip
A visitor recalls a summer at a small shore town where a chorus of youths endlessly greet each other with Oh you in a jaunty jazz age tone. The writer laments aging and the sameness of originality fading as the lively group disperses. A note on trying to paint the lawn red hints at growing old and wistfulness.
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Piazza
Patty
Slater
Broadway
the Bowery
Harry
What Weve Always Done Lattermillers Health Warning
A scientist warns lattermillers harm health while other scientists claim it is harmless. The excerpt foresees a time when people may freely eat and drink whatever they like, trusting Providence. The quirky dialogue features Toledo Blade commentary and a rustic march of phrases about credit and race profits.
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Providence
Toledo
The Miser and the Lombardy Poplar Folktale Twist
A tale of a parsimonious man who hides his gold in trees then loses it when seeking a safe spot. The Lombardy poplar bears the blame as the gold falls, changing its mythic fate. A stray aside then ponders whether a flirtatious girl could become a first rate wife, asking why single out such a type.
Daring Young Sky Pilot Richard Brookins From Chicago to Springfield
Welter Richard Brookins a youthful sky pilot born in Dayton Ohio made record flights at Atlantic City New Jersey including a 6200 feet ceiling. Trained by Orville Wright he became the Wrights first pupil and later a trainer with a noted career across Indianapolis Montreal Atlantic City Toronto Detroit and more. A cool cautious flyer he survived a landing mishap at Asbury Park injuring his plane but not ending his pursuit of new records.
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Richard Brookins
Chicago
Springfield
Wright Brothers
Dayton
Ohio
American
Canada
Rookine
Brookins
Walter
Wrights
Walt
Orville Wright
Wright
Wright Reservation
Indianapolis
Brooking
Montreal
Atlantic City
Toronto
Detroit
Asbury Park
N. J
Boston
Ilinois
Conserved Life Pioneer Henry Wallace Leads Conservation Move
Henry Wallace, head of the National Conservation congress, exemplifies enduring life. Once told his days were numbered, he returned to farming at Morning Sun and has thrived at 74, active in rural reform efforts with the Roosevelt Country Life commission and writers on agricultural topics.
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National Conservation Congress
United Presbyterian
Morning Sun
Town
Wallace
Roosevelt Country Life Commission
Gifford Pinchot
Batley
Butterfield
National Conservation Association
Friends of Conservation
The
West
Ihy
Leader of Progressives in New York GOP
Lloyd C Griscom a prominent leader of the progressive wing and longtime New York county Republican chief rose from Philadelphia to Pennsylvanian roots. A lawyer and Penn graduate he served as secretary to Ambassador Bayard in London and deputy district attorney in New York before WWI service. He later held diplomatic posts in Constantinople Persia Japan and Brazil earning honors from the shah and Venezuela.
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New York State
Roosevelt
Lloyd C.griscom
Italy
Republican Committee
New York County
Rome
Griscom
Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
New York City
Ambassador Bayard
Court of St. James
New York
Cuba
Wade
Legation
Constantinople
Persia
Japan
Brazil
Venezuela
New Grand Army Commander Gilman Leads Massachusetts Veterans
John E. Gilman of Massachusetts elected commander in chief of the Grand Army of the Republic at the forty-fourth national encampment. A Civil War veteran of the Twelfth Massachusetts, he lost his right arm at Gettysburg while serving bravely. Since 1868 he has devoted himself to the order and led Boston’s Soldiers Relief commission with acclaim.
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John E. Gilman
Massachusetts
Grand Army of Republic
Minnesota
Gilman
Gettysburg
Grand Army
Department of Massachusetts
Blackmar
Hly
United States
King
Wackmar
Soldiers’ Relief Commission
Boston
Gore
Ihn
Not in Haste. A Scots clergyman's homely sermon mishear
A north Scotland clergyman chooses a psalm text but the audience garbles it with a joke about haste. The dialogue shows rural humor. Separately a note on Malay tobacco mentions cheap leaf and a method of rolling cigarettes with dried grass, with local cultivation stored in bamboo.
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Scotland
David
Jessure
Where He Drew the Line
A fragmentary dialogue about a man telling his future son in law that his daughter who is eighteen is well educated but cannot cook. He remarks that it matters little as long as she does not try to cook.
Liner saves Wellman after 70 hours aloft in America dirigible
Walter Wellman and five companions, after a record 70 hour flight in the America dirigible, were rescued at dawn by the steamship Trent about 375 miles east of Norfolk. They abandoned the airship in a lifeboat as it drifted near water. Capt Down of the Trent reported the rescue and the aeronauts were brought aboard safely.
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New York
Walter Wellman
Atlantic City
America
Europe
Royal Mal Packet Company
Trent
Bermudas
Norfolk
Bermuda
Wellman
United Wireless
Sanderson & Son
Down
Marconi Company
Marconi
Dr. C. Cormick
The
Storm devastates South as hurricane hits Florida
Washington reports a powerful hurricane sweeping from the West Indies into Florida and the Southeast. Coastal towns such as Savannah and St. Augustine face rising waters and widespread damage with Jacksonville losses near 30 million dollars and Key West around 1 million. Tybee Island residents flee inland as 40 thousand square miles go cut off for over a day. The orange crop and regional trucking industries are likely ruined.
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Washington
West Indies
East
Weat
Florida
South Carolina
Savannah
St. Augustine
Fla
Tybee Island
Jacksonville
Charleston
Key West
Tampa
Judge Praises Newspapers For Crime Deterrence
Judge Scanlan urges publicity of life terms to curb crime as Thomas Jackson receives an indeterminate sentence of one year to life for pointing a revolver at waitresses and robbing a restaurant cash register. The jurors found him guilty.
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Chicago
Scanlan
Thomas Jackson
Jackson
Episcopalians Bar Divorces in Cincinnati Vote
The Protestant Episcopal church house of bishops passes a canon on marriage denying any member a second marriage. Previously the innocent party could divorce and remarry. The action marks a change in church policy enacted in Cincinnati Ohio.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Protestant Episcopal Church
House of Bishops
Wiich
Post Office Deficit Shrinks Under New Audit Figures
Washington Postmaster General Hitchcock received corrected figures from the postal service auditor showing a deficit of 5,881,482 dollars for the past fiscal year, down from 17,479,770 dollars the prior year, a saving of 11,508,288 dollars.
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Washington
Hitchcock
postoMice Department
Massachusetts population rises to 3 366 416 in 1910
The census bureau reports Massachusetts total population at 3 366 416 for 1910, up 20 percent from 1900 when the figure was 2 805 346. In St Paul, Great Northern chief Louis W Hill bans Diamond Dick dime novels on all trains.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Massachusetts
Hill
St. Paul
Louis W. Hil
Great Northern Lines
J. J. Hill
Gale
Diamond Dick
Vision of Foul Play in Burlington Depression and murder rumors
A wealth farmer Schuyler Ralater was found dead in a Florence cornfield with head injuries suggesting foul play though doctors deemed heart failure or apoplexy. A prior daylight safe robbery of $3,000 haunted Rainier's estate, while Barnegat Bay gaps and a gun accident claimed Abner Clayton as a tragedy in Osbornville. State inspector McCintock’s suicide followed by other local incidents in Newark Long Branch and Mays Landing highlight a string of diverse misfortunes across New Jersey.
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Burlington
Schuyler Ralater
Florence
Bisbing
Rainier
Jane Nixon
Joseph Richardson
Toms River
Abner
Nayton
Osbornville
Barnegat Bay
Abner, Jr
Louis
Clayton
Abner Clayton
Louis Clayton
Princeton Freshman Dies After 36 Hours Illness
Princeton University freshman Robert O. Funkhouser, seventeen, of Lincoln Nebraska, died in the college infirmary after a brief illness of 36 hours diagnosed as general peritonitis by Dr J M Carnochan. Mercer hospital trustees condemn Dr Edward T Crayne and Dr Harvey W Lloyd for unprofessional conduct and recommending dishonorable dismissal. Paulsboro building boom and large Cumberland county corn crop noted. Paulsboro plans a monster Halloween parade. Dr I N Griscom elected president of Ocean City board of health. Frank B Morrison named Salem board of health member.
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Princeton
Robert O. Funkhouser
Lincoln
Neb
Princeton University
Colegenfirmary
J. M. Carnochan
University Piyaleis
Trenton
Mercer Hospital
Edward T. Craney
Philadelphia
Harvey W. Lloyd
Shamokin
Cumberlane County
Paulsboro
I. N. Griscom
Ocean City
Scales of Justice and a Grocer’s Widow Inquiry
A widow asks when her late husband’s affairs will end, while an attorney’s clerk notes delays. A Life novel clock that plays music to wake and then sleep a person is described, along with a clock that lights a room and a dog-timed piece.
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Scales of Justice
Grocer
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