War Veterans of Illinois and Nation Lead Civil War Legacy
The piece recounts the 1866 founding of the Grand Army of the Republic in Illinois led by Dr. B. F. Stephenson, tracing posts, state and national encampments, memorializing Memorial Day observances, changes in ritual, and a record of commanders in chief through 1885, with note of membership and a Civil War battlefield reminiscence by J. W. Covington.
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Chicago Inter Ocean
Grand Army of the Republic
Illinois
B. F. Stephenson
Springfield
Ill
Decatur
Ilinois
Contiguous States
John M. Palmer
Stephenson
Indianapolis
Ind
Missouri
Kansas
Wisconsin
New York
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Iowa
Kentucky
Indiana
District of Columbia
S. A. Hurlbut
Philadelphia
Grand Army
John A. Logan
Cincinnati
Washington
Boston
Mass
A. E. Burnside
Rhode Island
Cleveland
R. I
John C. Robinson
Albany
N. Y
William Earnshaw
Dayton
Louis Wagner
George
Merrill
Massachusetts
Baltimore
Paul van der Voort
Nebraska
Denver
Col
Robert B. Beatte
Minneapolis
Minn
John
Konitz
Portland
S.S. Burdett
Hairbreadth escapes from Shiloh remembered in Civil War tale
A veteran recalls Curtis J. Jones of the Fourteenth Illinois Infantry and his narrow survival at Shiloh. He mentions Jones and his brothers in service, and recounts a Sunday morning attack that pulled him from guard duty as wounded soldiers returned to camp.
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Shiloh
Curtis J. Jones
Fourteenth Illinois Infantry
Jesse J. Jones
Benjamin F
Illinois
Second Missouri Cavalry
Philadelphia
Hurlburt
Hall
Camm
Fourteenth Regiment
Muley and the War Halter A Civil War Tale of a Mule
The narrator recounts marching with Sherman’s army and capturing a live mule with a rope halter. After mounting the unwilling animal, a sudden tumble sends him and his gear skyward, ending his bid to ride Muley. He reflects that marching is healthy, and comrades later haul the mule into camp for supplies.
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Sherman
Cowpens
Prisoner Among Rebels A Civil War Escape Story
The narrator recalls a perilous river crossing in South Carolina during the Civil War. After foraging and a Confederate cavalry pursuit, he swam the river with a mule while a Johnny captured his hat and clothing. He and other soldiers were taken prisoner, two drowned, leaving ninety seven sent to Libby Prison. The note ends with a stark line: there is no romance in being captured.
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South Carolina
Johnny
Libby Tison
Wm. Shepherd
Soldier’s Dream Becomes Real Love in Iowa City
A man recounts reading Soldier’s Dream in The Ledger, meeting the nurse who cared for him during illness, enlisting drills in Iowa City, and later marrying the nurse who became his wife. Their son becomes her four boys’ father as the courier’s ride hero is celebrated.
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the Ledger
Pike’s Peak
Iowa City
Courier
Chicago Ledger
Daniel Knight
Rooster Incident Sparks Army Moral Query
While chasing bushwhackers in Southern Missouri a chaplain’s rodeo-like scene unfolds near a farmhouse. An Illinois private shoots a tall Dominique rooster declaring it rank, prompting the chaplain to react in holy horror and question the act as very wrong.
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Missouri
Dominique Valiey
Illinois
Army camp chicken caper under chaplain’s tent humor
A camp scene ends with a stuttering thief caught stealing a yellow chicken. Captain P orders the forager to return the poultry to the chaplain, sparking laughter as the tent allegedly hosts a nocturnal revelry evidenced by the chicken bones.
Echoes of Lincoln Assassination Bell and Broken Wire Tale
Hudson Taylor recounts Stanton's claim that a tall man in a high hat fled from Stanton's stoop the night Lincoln was killed. A clerk also reports a broken bell wire prevented contact, suggesting Stanton might have been assassinated if the bell had worked.
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Hudson Taylor
Washinton
Stanton
Lincoln
Mr. Stanton
Seward
Johnson
Night Surprise Pontoon Raid Honors General Sherman
In 1863 General Thomas held Knoxville and Chattanooga while Sherman marched from Memphis to relieve him. Sherman executed a silent night crossing with forty boats each carrying forty men, landing to demand surrender with no firing. A second Confederate camp was surrounded and captured similarly. The trick fooled enemy pickets who mistook the fleet for a lost Yankee pontoon bridge. REUBEN P. REED. Soldiers' Home, Leavenworth, Kan.
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Thomas
Knoxville
Chattanooga
Sherman
Memphis
Lookout Mountain
Reuben P. Reed
Leavenworth
Kan
Raising Dogs in Camp Life at Louisa Court House
A Confederate or Union soldier recounts camp life near Louisa Court House Virginia describing repeated dog killings to protect supply lines. He explains using a spring pole trap, aided by an Irish comrade and a sympathetic Yankee boy, who urged sparing one dog. He notes the method saved powder and reduced danger from dogs rather than enemies.
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Louisa Court House
Virginia
New Yorkick
Johnnie
A Wounded Union Soldier Meets General Lee
A Civil War veteran recalls his last day of combat near Cemetery Ridge when a gunshot wounded him in the leg. He saw General Lee, who stopped, dismounted, and offered a compassionate greeting saying, My son, I hope you will soon be well. The scene ends with the writer crying himself to sleep on the bloody ground.
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Chapain
Prin Queer
Cemetery Ridge
Lee
Rural Topics Information for Farm and Home
A practical page offering guidance for farmers in crops and livestock, plus domestic tips for housewives and kitchen staff. The column covers seasonal tasks, gardening ideas, dairy and poultry care, and efficient homemaking practices.
Mice in Granaries Warned and Baited Traps Advised
Mice in granaries cause damage when not kept attended with traps and bait such as toasted cheese. Cats kept out allow mice to thrive and may invite rats, which ruin grain by eating through bin bottoms and sides. Close monitoring is recommended to minimize losses.
Farm wagon tires and manure application advise
For farm use, manure drawing benefits from wagon tires three inches wide or more. Top dressing after plowing is best, but narrow tires cut into soil. Broad tires help on roads by filling ruts, though few can afford the change unless neighbors join in.
Early clover sowing harms germination and seedling survival
The article warns that sowing clover seed very early causes slow germination and poor sprouting before soil warms. Seed swells during warm spells and may send out root and leaf before spring opens, risking loss. Harrowing in spring to create a fine seed bed provides early-sowing benefits by ensuring proper seed coverage.
Plowing and Weed Control for a Fall Garden
Waldo F. Brown shares fall plowing tips for light and heavy soils. He advises surface manure, back-furrowing with narrow beds, and careful water drainage. Emphasizes long weed seed persistence, row planting, and aligned rows to ease weeding.
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Waldo F. Brown
Vicks
Separated and Skim Milk Probed At Dairy Conference
The Standard of London reports on using separated and skim milk. Mr Stephenson compares returns from milks ploys, finding pig feeding least profitable and suggesting separated milk to consumers could yield the best returns if distribution costs drop.
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Standard
London
Stephenson
Carrick
Cumberland
France
England
Long
How Feeding Changes Ruin Gilt Edge Butter Quality
An expert butter maker notes his gilt-edge butter drops in quality when cows receive hay cut late and straw instead of early cut grass. The shift yields crumbly, waxless butter with less flavor, selling at ordinary prices, prompting dairymen to guard ration quality.
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Boston
Dairyman
The Stock Ranch Breeding Cows for Milk
The text notes that milk and butter production often runs through the male line and midsummer is the ideal breeding time to ensure cows will be in full milk by spring. It advises pairing good cows with bulls of strong dairy strain, so heifer calves gain dairy value.
Basements Not Suitable for Horses
Basements used as winter barns have benefits for warmth but are unsuitable for summer horse care. Poor ventilation and ammonia from manure harm health and eyes. After hard work, horses cannot tolerate unventilated, foul quarters at night, prompting farmers to turn them out to pasture nocturnally.
Horses Respond to Water and Oatmeal in Warm Weather
The text describes horses needing frequent water in warm weather and suggests a small amount of oatmeal stirred into water, given in one to three handfuls across morning and afternoon, to stimulate renewed exertion. It emphasizes maintaining feed and hydration for endurance.
Self-binders demand harsh care for harvesting teams
The text notes fresh stimulation has no after-effects unlike field stimulants. Harvest work with self-binders is as severe for teams as manual grain cutting was in the past, and it occurs when grain feed for horses has nearly run out. Teams require proportionate good care due to intense labor.
Connecticut Farmer Describes Dairy Ration At Winter Meeting
Mr. Webb of Connecticut reports milch cows totaling about forty five. He details a diet of corn fodder, corn meal, brewers grains, and occasional hay with varied daily rations to balance starch feed and forage. He notes corn stalk abundance and hay scarcity influencing feeding choices.
Why pork often cheaper to produce than chicken meat
The American Cultivator notes pork generally costs less to produce than poultry due to factors like bone proportion and digestion. It cites pigs sweat poorly, retain matter in flesh, and benefit from sulfur and charcoal to aid bowels. Corn is laxative yet fattening, so water and greens help urinary discharge.
Having Bees and Fearless Beekeeping for Swarms
Old beekeepers show how to handle bees without fear during swarming time when hives are full of honey. A calm approach prevents stings and helps the swarm accept a new or clean hive when shaken at the entrance.
Alsike Clover Seeks Fame in Pasture and Honey Production
Writers for agricultural and bee societies praise alsike clover for pasturage and honey. It has fine stalks and little woody fiber, is eaten clean by all stock, and can yield three tons of hay per acre. As a fertilizer it is said to be unmatched. Beekeepers report high yields and superior honey quality, rivaling basswood.
Protection Against Bees Fatal Beesting Warns Farmers
An Indiana farmer died after a bee swarm attacked while hiving bees. He was stung on the nose and died shortly after from heart strain caused by the pain. Physicians attributed the death to bee stings. the piece urges face coverings for beekeepers to prevent such fatalities.
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Indiana
Seeding Strawberries From The Orchard
The article explains selecting the best berries for seed, drying and rubbing to remove seeds, or washing and straining. Dry seeds can be stored until spring, or sown immediately by mashing fruit with dry sand to create a dry mix for planting.
Care of Preserved Fruit and Keeping Methods
Susan Power in Vick's Magazine explains how to preserve fruit by proper sealing, air exclusion, and cold storage. She advises air tight jars waxed or glazed stoneware free from flaws, proper can sealing, and dry dark cool places with six inches of insulation. also describes pits in cellars for longer storage.
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Susan Power
Vick's Magazine
Poultry Yard: Large Breeds Provide Best Returns
A poultry authority favors large breeds of turkeys and chickens as more profitable than small varieties. They require similar care and feed while yielding more eggs and market value, and a large bird lasts longer on the home table. Bronze turkeys cost more to start, but prove more profitable in time. Breed from the best and largest.
Feeding and management for healthy poultry flocks
Frequent changes of food for fowls are essential to success. Disease in flocks often comes from bad management improper feeding and negligence. The remedy for sitting is to toss the hens off.
Tips on poultry care and pest control from a 19th century farmer
The piece discusses feeding fowls with Indian corn as a cheap staple plus varied additions. It offers a method to deter dogs from killing chickens by tying a legged carcass to the dog, and describes shoeing hens with cloth boots to patrol fields. It notes fowls can damage ripening crops despite insect control.
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California
Excelsior
Mich
The Household Care of the Bedroom
The article instructs on nightly bedroom care from closing blinds and draining waste water to airing bedding, washing the washstand, and keeping a bed square. It covers mattress care for feathers hair cotton and turning schedules, sheet placement, cleanliness, dusting, and periodic washing or sunning of mattresses, with tips on odors and insect prevention.
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Cleveland
The Family Doctor: Care of the Little Ones in Heat
The New York Board of Health instructs mothers on nursing infants during hot weather. Overfeeding harms most, feed intervals for young infants, water or barley water for thirst, limited whisky, barley milk mixtures, oatmeal for constipation, and beef soup for older babies. If milk runs short, alternate breast milk with prepared foods, watch acidity, keep homes cool and ventilated, and consult physicians for nursing guidance. Do not feed under two years. Keep infants away from sweets. Summer illnesses stem from overfeeding and poor air. A trip on the water may aid irritable infants.
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New York Board of Health
Board of Health
New York
Her
Albany Bi-centennial celebration greets President Cleveland
Albany marked its 200th anniversary with a citywide celebration that drew President Cleveland and Secretaries Bayard and Whitney. The day featured a massive military parade, public speeches, and a dawn arrival, with crowds, bands, and bonfires shaping a festive town recollection. A suspicious man following the President was arrested after being found near the Senate chamber, later identified as Nathan Schuler of Kingston.
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Thomas Dougan
Albany
N. Y
Cleveland
Bayard and Whitney
Lamont
West Shore
Thacher
Banks
Burgess Corps
Plattsburg Band
Rose Guards
Philadelphia
Hill
Whitney
America
Whitney and
Bayard
Manning
Governor's
Mr. Manning
Francis Kernan
Lieut. Gov. Jones
Rufus W. Peckham
Col. Lamont
Senate
Capitol
Fort Orange Club
Washington
Nathan Schuler
Kingston
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J. W. Covington
Grant and Shiloh
Colfax
Towa
Milt
Apiary
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