The Story of My First Command by Captain Musgrove Davis
In a Bowery Regiment the narrator recounts his April transfer to the 199th New York Volunteers and his chaotic arrival at Benton's Brigade. He faces misidentification, a jail-like guard, and a hostile colonel who berates him as a useless youth. He boldly asserts authority and vows to resist, setting up a tense clash that ends with a bold threat and a cliffhanger for the next installment.
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New York Volunteers
Catlett’s Station
Washington
Manassas
Alexandria
Wadsworth
Harrison
Benton
Couch
Sumner
McClellan
The
Peninsula
Potomac
City Landing
Yorktown
New York
Minnesota
Massachusetts
Ohio
199Th New York Volunteers
3Rd Militia
199Th
Bowery
Musgrove Davis
Colonel Harrison
Thomas
Company AB
Billy Wilson
Swine Exhibition Rules for Iowa Exports and Quarantine
The Iowa rules require health certificates for all swine entering the state for exhibition or immediate slaughter, with immunization by Dorset MacBride Niles anti hog cholera serum within specified timeframes. Hogs treated by double or simultaneous method must be quarantined at least thirty days and exhibited swine require certificates showing serum use and timing. These regulations, set by the Commission of Animal Health and approved by the Executive Council, derive from Chapter 115 of the 34th General Assembly.
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State of
Towa
Iowa
Commission of Animal Health
Executive Council
State of Town
Ates
34Th General Assembly
Pike Stock Planned for Northern Iowa Streams This Fall
Deputy Game Warden Martin of Towa Falls says plans to stock northern and central Towa streams with pike this fall are being formulated by State Game Warden Hinshaw. Fish will be sourced from southern Minnesota lakes and distributed in a new $15,000 fish car built for the state in St Louis. Martin notes the dam fishway crusade started by Lincoln will continue under Hinshaw, with legal steps to compel owners to add fishways if dams refuse compliance.
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Martin
Towa Falls
Towa
Hinshaw
Minnesota
St. Louis
Lincoln
Ground caving traps workers at Paull and Bink store
In Elkader a cave in by the alley of the new Paull and Bink store trapped Jerry Cassidy Sr. John Tresch and an assistant as two feet of earth collapsed during foundation work. Bystanders aided by lifting the debris and freeing the men quickly.
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Elkader Register and Argus
Paull & Bink's
Jerry Cassidy
John Tresch
Cassidy
Tresch
Prolonged Nap Recurs for Edith Taylor at Ruthven
Edith Taylor an 18 year old girl from near Terrill who slept nine days last January is in another extended nap while visiting friends at Ruthven. Sunday she complained of tiredness and sleepiness and lay down for a nap from which she has not awakened. Physicians think she suffers a peculiar nerve affliction.
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Edith Taylor
Near Terrill
Ruthven
Hay Fever Sufferers Invited to Decorah Cough Cure
Dreading hay fever season, locals are urged to visit Decorah to patronize a famed cave claimed to cure symptoms quickly. The notice promises relief from sneezing groaning and discomfort for afflicted residents.
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Decorah
Lee Cave
Thirteen Arrested After Crowley Lecture in Oelwein
Sheriff Clark rounded up thirteen Oelwein citizens following the June 12 disorder sparked by ex Priest Crowley's lecture. Three detainees face an indictable charge of riotous conduct.
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Oelwein
Clark
Crowley
Dean's Ointment for baby eczema and itching skin
When a baby suffers eczema or itching skin, use Dean's Ointment. A small amount goes a long way and it is safe for children. Available for purchase at all stores.
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Dean
Postal Beginnings in England 17th Century
London Spectator outlines the origin of the post office in 1635 with horse posts along great roads and county footposts. Towns near routes benefited from the horn signal and local carriers, while remote byways required handoffs at Ludgate and Bell Savage Inn to reach Yorkshire and distant regions in Scotland or Ireland.
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London Spectator
England
Yorkshire
Ludgate
Bell Savage Inn
London
London Courier
Scotland
Ireland
Mail Robbery at Rock Island Depot Dows
A mail pouch on the Germania and Dows line was stolen from the Rock Island depot at Dows. The thief opened all mail, took several registered packages, and left the pouch in a cornfield north of town. Opened letters were found around town. federal detective investigates.
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Rock Island
Dows
Germania & Dows
Narrow Escape With Gasoline Explosion Near Home
A New Hampton Tribune report describes Mrs Date Bigelow pouring gasoline into an old cess pool used for rubbish. Mr Bigelow lit paper to burn it and an explosion hurled him into the air, leaving gravel in his eyes and face. The crater opened six feet wide. Experts suggest heavy air and heat prevented evaporation, letting gas build up all day.
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New Hampton Tribune
Date Bigelow
Razorbacks Quit Work As Circus Leaves Webster City
Circus show in Webster City loses twenty roustabouts after desertion by local contractors and farmers seeking labor. Haying season boosts farm help demand as the circu s personnel depart amid scarce labor. Great fortunes grow from the root of all evil.
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Webster City
Bulgarian Cavalryman Adopts Turkish Baby Girl
During the retreat of Turkish troops the Bulgarian army gathered many casualties and abandoned infants. A Sofia cavalry lieutenant, already father to six, rescued a Turkish baby girl after his horse was startled and a shell struck. He left the child with a Bulgarian woman and later sent it to his wife as their seventh child.
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Mustaphia Pasha
Sofia
Fire on the Water at Waverly Boat Landing
P S Gillman and Ms Booth cleaned a motor boat at the river bank and emptied the gasoline tank. Gasoline spilled into the water and a lit cigar ignited the fumes causing the boat and Gillman to be engulfed in flames as he escaped to shore, sustaining severe burns.
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Waverly Independent
P. S. Gillman
Ms. Booth
Mr. Gillman
Three Boys Escape After River Seining Incident
Deputy Game Warden White attempted to arrest two boys seining in the river near Charles City when a third boy pushed him into the stream. White swam ashore but the trio disappeared, identities unknown.
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White
Charles City
Best Laxative for the Aged Advertised Pills
A advertises Dray New Life Pills as safe and harmless for the aged offering prompt relief without pain. Priced at 25 cents and recommended by all dealers.
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Adv
Patents Granted to Iowans for Drainage and Goods
Reissue patent to Erastus W. Appleman of Clermont assigned to American Drainage Co. of Dubuque for land drainage. Mail bag deliverer Henry W. Bender of Eagle Grove. Towel rack by Arthur Birdsley of Lyons. Lock nut by Dwight B. Garrott of Delta.
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Erastus W. Appleman
Clermont
American Drainage Co
Dubuque
Henry W. Bender
Eagle Grove
Arthur Birdsley
Lyons
Dwight BE. Garrott
Delta
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A. K. Barney & Son
Charles O. Shepard
Coach
199Th New York
Razorbacks
Dr. T. Felix Gouraud
L. A
Hautton
Geuraed
Ford
T. Wopkins & Son
Great Jones St
Ben Bear
M. J. Soukup Jewelry and Victrolas
Wnollege St. Treesa
Winons Seminay
Winona
Sisters OF Saint Francis
Saint Clare Seminary
Abnen Grammar School
Salat Gedtie
Chicago
Inservatory
Ain
Ilwaukee
St. Paul
Ingvoldstad & CO
I State Fair
Des Moines
Old Mexico
City of Mexico
Liberati
Iowa State Fair and Exposition
C. E. Cameron
A. R. Corey
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