Remarkable Escape of a Union Officer Within Confederate Lines
A Union officer recounts marching to Richmond with Maryland units after Port Republic and Seven Days battles. He describes observing a council of war near Mechanicsville, a daring rider who crossed open ground to warn the Army, and his own surprise that no one fired at the federal agent who rode into the Confederate rear. The account labels this escape as the opening action of the seven days’ fight below Richmond.
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Fremont
Cross Keys
Shelds
Port Republic
Brown's Cove
Staunton
Stonewall Jackson
Washington Post
Lee
Richmond
Baltimore Battery
Maryland
Mechanicsville Road
McClellan
Jackson
Longstreet
Magruder
Pickett
Bradley T. Johnson
Gen. Johnson
Kept the Battle Flag Heroic South Carolina Soldier
A Columbia Star report recalls late Confederate veteran Truitt of Abbeville South Carolina who served in the Nineteenth South Carolina regiment. He famously refused to surrender the battle flag to Gen Stephen D Lee at Atlanta defending the colors atop enemy works amid artillery fire. Lee later praised him, stating would be 10,000 more like him. The piece also captures a humorous exchange about college education from a hotel menu anecdote.
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Lewis
Truitt
Abbeville
S.C
South Carolina
Atlanta
Columbia Star
Stephen D. Lee
Gen. Lee
Rheepita
Mr. Truitt
Tennessee Patriot’s Clever Ruse Through Confederate Lines
A Tennessee mountain man named Wiggins used a shepherd disguise with a bell to slip through Confederate pickets at Cumberland Gap in 1862. He led a small squad, dropped to all fours, and baaing and bell ringing ferried them to safety, earning the nickname “the old bell-wether” and later rising to captain.
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Wiggins
Muttin
Little Grandpa's Flag Reflects Childhood Patriotism
A brief fragment from a Washington Star inspired column recalls five year old Harold asking for his grandpapa's flag to feel protected by the American emblem. The tale accompanies a wartime anecdote from T. C. Ryan about Stewart Fay and a humorous hotel charge exchange from the Detroit Free Press.
The Merry Go Round In the Twilight Lights
A fragmentary verse description of a merry go round. It evokes laughter children singing and bright lights as the ride spins, with music playing and horses gliding under twilight.
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Mary M. Parks
St ‘Go
Nichola
The Story of Dick the Seagull At Bren ton's Reef Lightship
A Rhode Island lightship story recalls a seagull named Dick who regularly fed on the ship’s provisions for 24 years. He vanished after April 1895 and never returned that October, prompting speculation about old age or a failed long flight. The keepers documented Dick’s visits and he became a famed local resident in Newport.
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Rhode Island
Narragansett Bay
Brenton
Edward Fogarty
Smithsonian Institution
Newport
Atlantic Ocean
St. Nicholas
Ravens and bond of affection in nineteenth century tales
Nineteenth Century recounts vivid tales of ravens forming bonds with other creatures. A raven at Hungerford befriends a Newfoundland dog and tends it during illness, while another raven in a yard learns to lift traps to free sparrows. A 60 year old raven kept with a blind porcupine forms a warm, uneasy alliance with a seagull, feeding it putrid meat until the gull falls ill and is killed in a final act of ingratitude by the raven.
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Ufe
Hungerford
Ralph
J. H. Gurney
Bluntisham
Huntingdonshire
Plague Of Mosquitoes And Tricks For Amusing Youth
A mixed excerpt describes a science prank using a decanter plate ladle and skimmer balanced as shown, with warnings of audience amusement if it falls. The second piece notes a government survey halted by Gulf coast mosquitoes, detailing historic and modern battles against these insects and their role in disease.
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Louisiana
Gulf of Mexico
Stanley
Central
Africa
Kane
Peary
Arctic Ocean
South America
Gulf
Chicago
Inter Ocean
Loop the Loop device by Cleveland men Hoff man and Edwin
Two Cleveland men Robert Edwin and George Hoff man perfected a loop the loop setup. The 18 foot wheel spins inside a rim with minimal friction and at 15 miles per hour is braked by a diamond shaped wedge clutch. A platform forces riders to exit and continue around the framework until friction and gravity stop them.
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Robert Edwin
George A. Hoffman
Cleveland
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Geographical friendships and watchful stone slingers
A discussion of true and geographical friendships contrasts rare enduring bonds with proximity based ties. The piece notes the Nile wheat fields in Egypt and the profession of watchful stone slingers who deter birds, a seasonal, low paid occupation seen as simple yet demanding.
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Nile
Egypt
Century thoughts on aging and science from old writings
An aging lifespan vision argues from six score to a hundred for science and humanity, praising Metchnikoff and the desire to live as long as possible. It traces meteorology’s Italian origins and the invention of key weather instruments from the hygrometer to the barometer, listing early contributors.
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Elle Metchnikoff
Putnam’s Magazine
Italy
H. C. Bolton
Nicholas de Cusa
Egnatio Dante
Galileo
Cartellt
Astronomy of Atoms Opens View of Tiny Solar Systems
A Chicago American science contributor describes a theory by Prof. Lodge that atoms are built from electrons in orbital paths like planets around the sun. Electrons reside with vast free space, atoms of hydrogen hold 760 electrons, sodium about 15,000, mercury over 100,000, suggesting endless mini worlds within matter.
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Lodge
Chicago American
Earth
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
Newton
Laplace
Natural Amphitheater Echoes Nature’s Formations at Evansville
The Ohio River bend near Evansville Indiana resembles an ancient amphitheater as nature imitates man in landscape design. The article notes that ancient builders drew inspiration from mountain side structures to craft such venues.
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Ohio River
Evanseville
Ind
River gorge echoes ancient ruins in natural stone stairway
In Evansville and Henderson Kentucky, the landscape shows yellow banks and cascading water over great ledges. A section where water swirls inland forms a circle of steps, evoking an Italian Roman circus in stone.
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Evansville
Henderson
Italy
Autograph Proclamations and Treaties Exhibit at St Louis Fair
The state department in Washington plans an exhibit for the St Louis exposition. It will display autograph proclamations of all U S presidents and key treaties, numbered 16, arranged chronologically. The oldest treaty is with France in 1778, amity and commerce, signed by Gerard and with Franklin, Dean, and Lee as American signers. The Panama canal treaty may close the series if Colombia ratifies. Proclamations and treaties aim to educate visitors on U S foreign relations history.
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State Department
Washington
United States
George Washington
Theodore Roosevelt
France
C. A. Gerard
Benjamin Franklin
Silas Dean
Arthur Lee
Park
Plan to dip sheep early to prevent parasites
The article argues a thorough sheep dip is prudent even without visible ticks or scab. It costs little, needs modest time, and can be done when fields are wet. Early dipping prevents parasites, saves labor later, and as wool grows, more dip, time, and care are required to saturate every part.
Building a Practical Sheep and Hogs Dipping Tank
The Prairie Farmer guide describes a practical dipping tank for sheep and hogs. It advises using safe dips without lime, ensuring thorough wetting for at least one minute, and recommends a durable, economical tank design with an 18 inch top width, four feet depth, and sloped ends. It covers sizing for small flocks, drainage, and operation flow to minimize lifting and liquid use.
Comfort for Chickens A Guide to Avoid Overcrowding
Do not crowd growing stock to prevent suffering during hot nights. Overcrowding harms many chicks and can destroy a fine lot of chicks. Debilitated birds from heat may not recover for several days. Continued overcrowding will end their usefulness. Provide ample space under cool shelters to avoid danger.
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Record-Herald
East Tennessee
Dick Robinson
Kentucky
Wiggy
Cumberland Gap
Rae
Grandpa
Roy
Stars and Stripes
Harold
Washington Star
Mamma
Grandpapa
Standpapa
Wisconsin
T. C. Ryan
Company G
Yorktown
Stewart J. Fay
Ryan
Fay
Detroit Free Press
Crea
Lee Kaufman
Lyndon
Kan
Jazeies
Wargles
Boston Transcript
Ria
N. Y. Herald
Science and
Raciem
Hax
St. Louis
W. A. Setebell
C. F
Iowa
Iowa Experiment Station
Defiance Societies Masonic
Fir and
Clinton Streets
Defiance Commandry Xt
Co-Nox-Ee Council No. R& & Mi
Emelt
Fh. Davis
T. E. J. Phelps
En-Sa-Wood-Sa
R A. M
H. McClintock
H. P‘aviers
Ytues
Davie Lodor
Monty J. Phelps
W. Mc Aviers
Omfga Lodge
Opp
Defiance Lodge
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Foe
S. We
Clinton
Oscar Smith
Noble Grand
W. T. Young
Secretacy
Knights OF Pythtas
Hancock Lodge
Daoust
Edgar
Maccabess
Pont Defiance
Hiatlee Fewis
Katherine Sites
Emma Try
National
Anthony Wayne Council
Uy No.8
Music Hall
Second Street
Edward Shesler
I. E. Daount
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Hall
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A. Kehnast
Peter Dickman
Knights and Ladies of Columbia
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Hall W. Comer
Amos Ewing
Cou
Stewart
Serbo
Federal Labor Union
Schultz
Clinton Street
F. Dink
Fred Zollers
Grand Army Republic
Bishop Post
Halle Gardner
Women's Relief Corps
Alnerab Sait
ARY Bell
Annette Weller
Daughters OF Veterans
Hannah Boutelle Camp
Meme Ball
Zadie Lee
Nora Seirle
Theles Command
Navete
Aston
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UG. Robinson
Mattie Gleason
Ben Hur
Tribe of
Benum
W. Rink
Onde
Karl Groweg
Knights OF Honor
Defiance
John F Hamilton
Oenry Klein
Foresters
Shawnee Court
Order OF Foresters
U.V.A. Ball
Oimtem
Oust
Frank Ferguson
RED Cross
Syl Hull
WM. Ort
Defiance Homestead
Hood
Home Guards
Defiance Home Guards No 6
John Ads
J. Leaming
AID Society
German Aid Society
Clinton and
Third Streets
J. Papenhage
Turnbull Aid Society
Escl
Bey Hepman
Clinton “and Theoretary
O. Beard
ED. Hummer
Atholic Knights OF Americ
Ta. Comer
Soba Hall
Christ Diers, Sr
Walz
Uch
Arabella
St. Stacy's Sebont
Gorman
J.B. Haller
Catholic Knights OF Ame
Catholic Knights OF OI
Ph Teckson Streets
St. John's Hall
Krutsch
Joseph Veit
Haller
W. J. Bohannon
Aloysius
Youngsten
John Fees
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