Too True Life’s Shores Drift With Each Year
A reflective poem notes shifting shores and the fading memory of old places. The living grow distant as years pass, and fewer remain to regret what once was.
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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1901
Page
7
Stuyvesant and the Red Cross at Honolulu and Manila
In Honolulu, Lieutenant Stuyvesant endures a brutal clash and harrowing injuries while gallantly protecting a fellow officer and seeking justice against a fugitive. The Red Cross nurses arrive, facing courtly scorn from some officials, while Stuyvesant battles illness, pride, and politics as he awaits Manila transport aboard the Sacramento.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vinton
Manila
Honolulu
Lieut
Stuyvesant
Kanaka
Miowera
Murray
Spence
Sackett
Red Cross
Sacramento
Claus Spreckles
Patriotic Daughters of America
Miss Perkins
Sisters of the Cross
Mr. Stuyvesant
Dockside assault ends with fainting fighter calling for police
A struggle on the dock ends with the fighter shouting for police as an unseen assailant strikes him in the face and side. The victim sinks to the ground, overwhelmed by pain, as onlookers hear a savage oath and chaos follows.
Lincoln's Father as a Boy and the Indian Tale
The tale recalls Thomas Lincoln as a boy in Kentucky when Indians charged by on horses and seized him. He pleaded for life and was later saved when a rifle killed the attacking warrior, his brother coming to the rescue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
Kentucky
Tommy Lincoln
Argoraut
The Sunday School Lesson on Genesis Covenant Promise
A Sunday school lesson summarizes Genesis 15 1 18 focusing on Abram’s fear of childlessness his faith credited as righteousness and the covenant ritual with animals and the flaming torch. It notes circumcision’s significance for Israel and references Paul’s writings about the rite.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abram
Egypt
Euphrates
Abraham
Paul
Canaan
God
Notable 19th Century Figures and Their Curious Facts
A compilation of prominent individuals with varied backgrounds. Sir John Ramsden is listed as England’s wealthiest baronet with an estimated income of 840000 dollars annually. Oliver Stevens, a long serving Boston district attorney, is noted as a Democrat repeatedly reelected by Republicans. Other items mention Arizona governor’s wife’s kidnapping, John W. Gates as a keen amateur billiards player, Annie Tracy Morgan as a rifle shot and yachtswoman, Brander Matthews joining London’s Athenaeum, Judge George H. Phillips recounting the grain trade, Dr. Huber purchasing a giant tombstone, and an inscription about a 1848 German refugee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Ramsden
Oliver Stevens
Boston
N. O. Murphy
Arizona
James D. Monihon
Prescott
Ariz
John W. Gates
Matthew Arnold
George H. Phillips
Chicago
H. Huber
Ottawa
Cannons of Kenesaw and a sergeant's candle tale
In a vivid account from Kenesaw Mountain, Confederate artillery rained fire on a Union hospital and headquarters. Surgeon Wilson’s candle attracted a deadly volley while Maj. Gen. Palmer and Brig. Gen. Wiseman witnessed the brutal, merciless bombardment for nearly a week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Kenesaw
Wilson
One Hundred and Thirteenth
Ohio
James Leeper
Company C
Eighty-Fifth Illinois
Wiseman
Corps
John M. Palmer
Palmer
Gen. Morgan
Kenesaw Mountain
Biscuits Turned Appetite To Death At Vicksburg Siege
A Confederate raiding party near Vicksburg obtained a small quantity of wheat flour and baked biscuits. A shell struck a man just above the eyes, killing him, but the soldiers continued their feast, illustrating how siege life dulls horror and normalizes death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vicksburg
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Confederate Commissariat
Arm loss felt not at all says Civil War veteran
Capt Lucius D. Creighton of Missouri recalls losing his left arm at Gettysburg. He describes the lack of pain when struck, the numbness and eventual phantom weight as the arm hung useless, and notes lasting aftereffects while preferring a bee sting to ongoing suffering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucius D. Creighton
Missouri
Creighton
United States
Gettysburg
Washington Post
Mountaineer Quips About Sleep in Army Beds
During the Civil War a Tennessee mountain company captain in federal service urged an old acquaintance to enlist. The mountaineer declined, saying he didn’t like the beds in the army because there was no place to throw his boots. The remark explains his aversion to sleeping on the ground.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Army
Chicago Daily News
Genealogy Quip Sparks Parlor Tease in Philadelphia
In a witty exchange from the Philadelphia Rec ord a speaker jokes about using a family tree to hide a tear in the parlor paper. The exchange notes social banter and suggests a lighthearted local flavor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Record
Water Drinking Episode Tells Confederate Union Banter
An old Confederate recounted a Memphis reunion tale about General Grant visiting Port Gibson after the May 1 1863 battle. Grant and his staff drank water from a local cistern, joking whether Confederates poisoned wells, as Thomas Ryan served cold water in a polished tumbler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Grant
Gen. Grant
Port Gibson
Vicksburg
Little Bayou Pierre
Thomas Ryan
Ryan
His First Impression
Harry aged three tasted soda water for the first time last week and remarked that it tasted like when his father's foot is asleep, reflecting a child's humorous comparison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry
N. Y
The Milkman and Fortune Sayings in Verse
Brief, eclectic quips from a Cincinnati Enquirer feature note playful exchanges about coconut milk and a remark on fortune shaping or revealing character attributed to Mme. Necken. The fragment preserves a dated, proverb-like mood.
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