Morgan and the Last Volley at Appomattox
The article recalls Maj. George F. Morgan of the 155th Pennsylvania in Griffin's division who received Gen. Lee's flag of truce just before the surrender on April 9, 1865. Morgan's brigade charged a rebel battery, led the last volley of the campaign, and played a pivotal role at Five Forks and Appomattox, earning brevets and lasting reputation in Chicago.
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Appomattox
Lee
George F. Morgan
One Hundred and Fifty-fifth Pennsylvania
Griffin
Fifth Corps
Morgan
Andorgan
Ken Morgan
McLean
McLean House
Abcock
Grant
Sheridan
Thethers
Moran
J. Babcock
Mean
Chicago Inter-Ocean
Samuel M. B. Young
Pennsylvania
Chicago
Five Forks
Lincoln Moves to Arm Nation After Fort Sumter
The piece recounts Lincoln facing the Southern Rebellion starting with Fort Sumter on April 12 1861. It notes the Confederate decision to begin war and Lincoln’s immediate response including calling 75 000 militia for three months and urging Congress to meet. It contrasts Lincoln with Buchanan in decisiveness and presidential actions.
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Washington
South
Anderson
Fort Sumter
Sumter
North
Lincoln
Congress
Buchanan
Helen Nicolay
St. Nicholas
Duke George II of Saxe Meiningen Celebrated Stage Leader
German dramatists actors opera singers and impresarios join in celebrating the eightieth birthday of George II reigning duke of Saxe Meiningen born 1826. He has devoted his reign to theater reorganizing staging and rehearsals and mounting works with exacting care. He served bravely in wars and helped shape modern German drama. His marriages include Princess Charlotte Prussia and Princess Feodora of Hohenlohe Langenburg. His son Bernard is married to Princess Charlotte Prussia.
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Berlin
George II
Saxe-Menneingen
Teuton Empire
George
Germany
Meiningen
Goethe and
Schiller
Grand Duchy of
Saxe- Weimar
Frederick August
Saxe-Meiningen
Goethe
Kleist
Lessing
Shakespeare
Prussia
Austria
Saxe- Meiningen
France
Froeschweiler
Sedan
Chateaudun
Duke George
Kaiser
Bismarck
Paris
Charlotte
Feodora of
Hohenlohe-Langenburg
Helene Lange
Heldburg
Prince Bernard of
Charlotte of
Daughter and Father Share a Humble Quip
In a brief exchange, Mr Stox calls his daughter poor and she replies she is enough for two. The Cleveland Leader quotes the humorous moment reflecting modest means and family warmth.
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Mr. Stox
Ethel Hubert Sends Birthday Gift With Note
A diary fragment notes Ethel Hubert sending a birthday gift to Ernest with a playful line about thoughts being his, and a remark that thoughts occur about once a month in Iseil's Journal.
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Ethel—Hubert
Ernest
Iseil
Oyster Stew Fiasco Aboard Hancock Staff
In Texas Siftings Bellew recalls Shaw trying a royal oyster stew for Gen Hancock and staff. Six cans of oysters with condensed mill and excess sugar produced a sickening, jaw-dropping result as the general spurned the dish and called it poison.
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Bellew
Texas
Shaw
Gen. Hancock
Balloon marriage vows amuse Chicago Tribune
A playful exchange has The Maid declaring she will not marry any man on earth while The Youth proposes a marriage in a balloon, reflecting a lighthearted humorous item from the Chicago Tribune.
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Harry
Fanny
Chicago Tribune
Bonnet Sash Was Eight and Thirty Seven Ninety-Eight
A brief Chicago Daily News spoof notes a downtown bonnet seen this morning for 37.98 dollars. The item plays on marriage and unspoken titles in a light comic exchange between Mrs viewed and Mrs Wewed.
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Chicago
Family Quip Traces Hairline Humor in Cleveland Leader
A humorous exchange from the Cleveland Leader features Jeremhy commenting on hair origin with a playful nod to his father’s receding hairline. The dialog captures light local wit and family banter typical of the period.
Fiddler Bob Heads to Senate from Tennessee
Nashville Tenn veteran politician Robert L. Taylor known as Fiddler Bob secures the Democratic primary victory to succeed Edward Carmack in the United States Senate. A thrice Tennessee governor born July 1850 in Happy Valley, he rose from legal career to national figure through minstrel campaign style.
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Nashville
Tenn
Robert L. Taylor
United States
Bob
Edward W. Carmack
Senate
Tennessee
A. H. Pettibone
Congress
Alfred A. Taylor
Happy Valley
Carter County
Pennington College
Cleveland
Log Cabin Home Hidden Inside Giant Sequoia
The tale describes a Californian living in a hollowed sequoia trunk used as a log cabin. Naturalist John Muir met Ralph Hopping, who hosted him in a spacious single-log dwelling carved by ancient fire, described as carbon lined and weather proof, a durable home.
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Joh Muir
Kaweah River
South America
Ralph Hopping
Aliens in Great Britain Naturalization Totals Rise
Only 684 aliens were naturalized in Great Britain last year marking a small increase in formal settlement. This figure reflects ongoing government processing of long-term residents and changes in immigration policy.
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Great Britain
West Point Height Standards Tighten for Cadet Applicants
The cadet entry rules raise minimum height requirements for applicants. A candidate must be under five feet four inches at 16 but at least five feet five inches at 18 or older. Deformities and infirmities remain disqualifying. A three-surgeon medical board will conduct exams and the new standard applies after the incoming class is admitted.
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West Point
Medical Board
Army
Military Academy
A School Girl's Dress Health and Comfort over Fashion
Margaret E Sangster argues for healthful, comfortable dress for schoolgirls over vanity. She urges loose-fitting garments, breathable fabrics, correct shoes, and avoidance of corsets for girls, noting health and daily chores as guiding priorities.
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Margaret E. Sangster
Jessie
Marion
Mary Elizabeth
Susan
Mildred
Ethel
Louise
Individual garland rack for personal locked garment storage
A patented device provides an individual hat coat and umbrella rack for public venues. A decorative wooden box holds hooks inside and locks with a key held by the owner. The hinged door and locking mechanism prevent garment removal or exchange.
Goose Drowning Question Reaches English Court
In a current English case the key issue is whether a goose can drown. An expert for the defense testified about a goose that always roosts on a pond, highlighting the unusual point at stake.
Change in bronze cent sparks coin design debate
A congressional committee weighs altering the 1864 bronze cent 95 copper 5 zinc composition while experiments test replacing it with pure nickel or aluminum. The push for new coin designs grows from nationwide dissatisfaction with the current series seen as lacking artistry.
Five Year Census Practice Across European Nations
A report notes that Sweden France Germany and Finland conduct censuses at intervals of one to five years each, highlighting varying cadences and historical practices in national population counts.
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Sweden
France
Germany
Finland
Advice On Teeth Care From A Past Generation
The article urges careful selection of brushes not too soft or hard and warns cheap brushes shed hairs and irritate gums. It stresses early dental care, parental supervision of children’s teeth, and timely dentist visits. It recalls a nurse's daily routine, proper brushing technique, weekly powder use, and rinsing with scented dentifrice water.
From Foreign Lands Fashion Quiet Luxuries In Small Sums
A brief note describes how small investments in delicate apparel from abroad can yield surprising pleasure and status, highlighting the appeal of refined garments as a personal luxury and social signal.
Exquisite Turnovers From Armenian Hardanger and Mexican Lace
A reader notes three delicate collars: the first from Armenia uses tiny thread wheels. the second, Hardanger, from Sweden. the third, drawn work, from Mexico. Any could be imitated by a skilled needlewoman.
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Ohio
Armenia
Sweden
Mexico
The Art of Standing and Sitting Gracefully
The woman who stands well learns to straighten the shoulders and keep the chin up, head back, and feet balanced on the balls. She must adopt an easy conventional hand posture. Sitting well, however, remains a separate challenge.
Beauty Routine For Clean Complexion Advised
The guide recommends nightly use of a complexion brush with warm water and castile soap to prevent blackheads. It also advises twice weekly magnesia sulfate solution and a diet rich in fresh fruit with about three pints of water daily.
Luncheon Time Rules for a Bride’s Party
The usual luncheon hour is half past one. A bride hosting a luncheon for bridesmaids may invite others but it is not customary to do so.
Al Azhar Ulemas Allow Phonograph Worship Cautious on Insurance
The ulemas from the University of Al Azhar ruled that phonograph listening is not forbidden in Islam and can be an act of worship if the Quranic verses are properly intoned. They condemned fire and life insurance as gambling transactions contrary to the Quranic teaching.
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University of al Azhar
Abbeyfeall Parish Landlords Absent Under Land Acts
The parish of Abbeyfeall in County Limerick is without a landlord as all land has been bought by its occupiers under the Irish land acts.
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United States
Happy
Abbeyfeall
County Limerick
Teaching parrots to talk with phonograph aid
The Technical World reports Mrs. Hope of Philadelphia uses a phonograph by a parrot’s perch to repeat a sentence for hours. The bird learns a sentence in a week and can master several sentences in about six months.
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Hope
Philadelphia
Polly
New Radio Incandescent Mantle For Home Heating
A French article describes a radio incandescent mantle using rare earths led by cerium. The device claims 40 percent higher heat output than prior Welsbach lighting mantles, with red infrared rich radiation and no additional poisonous fumes, using identical burners arranged in a row.
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J. Laffargue
la Nature
Delage
Incandescent Heater with Independent Burner Control
The device features an independent stop cock for Abbref the incandescent heater allowing precise flame control. It prevents flame backflow and soot from air limits and enables partial shutdown of burners to reduce heat. Mantle mounting simplifies handling, and the entire assembly forms a rigid, portable unit. Numerous grate designs follow these principles.
Equally Responsible: Bavarian Court Allocates Damages
In a difficult Bavarian case a cat fleeing a dog entered a stable where a cow was being milked. The cow kicked the milkmaid, who seeks damages. The court rules all three parties owner of the dog owner of the cat and owner of the cow share liability equally at one third each.
Coins Found At Rushan Castle Mint House Unearthed
Old coins dating from the tenth century were found at Rushan castle in the Isle of Man. Foundations of a minting house and a sunken fireplace were discovered with crucibles copper dross and Derby coins. It is believed the Stanleys minted currency here during their kingship of Man.
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Rushan Castle
Isle of Man
Derby
Stanleys
Kings of Man
New Indestructible Pen From Tantalite by Siemens and Halske
Berlin engineers Siemens and Halske announce a pen made from tantalite described as practically indestructible. Tantalite sheets are the hardest known metal, and the pen is claimed to be harder yet more elastic than steel and more pliable than a gold nib.
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Siemens and Halske
Berlin
German chemists claim rock salt blocks X rays
J. Elster and H. Geitel report rock salt as an effective screen against X rays and radium. The mineral is impervious to gases, absorbs the rays, and has a small amount of radioactivity of its own.
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J. Elster
H. Geitel
Fish Trap Aimed at Eel and Catfish Catch
A described water trap uses a dipsy suspended device with bait at a central ring. When a fish bites the bait the spring closes the device and impales the fish, making escape unlikely. Designed especially for eels and catfish, it intends to improve capture efficiency for anglers.
The Clown operetta by Count Camondo gains aristocratic attention
Parisian millionaire Count Isaac Camondo composes The Clown, dazzling the aristocracy with his new operetta. The work attracts many high society patrons eager to witness the French financier's creative achievement.
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the Clown
Isaac Camondo
Hamilton Spends 209100 on Cement for Sidewalks
Consul Shepard cites five year period in which Hamilton Canada paid American companies two hundred nine thousand one hundred dollars for cement used in sidewalk construction.
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Shepard
Hamilton
Canada
Harvard youth asks grace at Thanksgiving table
A Harvard graduate in Arizona, seen as a neighborhood joke, is asked to say grace at a Thanksgiving meal for men with no homes. He hesitates, then says “Ooh Father” and “Jolly good lunch, thanks awfully, old chap” in English fashion.
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Mr. Ebersole
Harvard
Arizona
Grace
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
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