The Bennington Encounter Through a Woman’s Courage
A young woman, Bessie Baines, defends a Bennington mill with her wounded father as Hessian troops threaten. An idiot helper William aids by relaying word to Capt. Luke Greenwood, leading to a barricaded defense that traps and defeats the British column with patriot reinforcements. William is fatally shot. Bessie mourns his sacrifice and honors his memory.
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Orward
Bessie Baines
Bennington
Elijah Baines
Bessie
Gen. Burgoyne
Fort Edward
New York and
Vermont
Green Mountain Boys
Burgoyne
Red Mill
William
Capt
Luke Greenwood
Salem
Col. Stark
Stark’s Hill
Greenwood
Walnut Hill
Luke
King George
John Stark
Bennington Road
Virgin Forest
Rand
An Eye to the Future
A De Soto figure gazes at the Mississippi while denying a photo, predicting future artists will portray him in grand uniform with a war horse and glittering cavalcade. He tells a pilgrim to catch a catfish for supper in a grim scene of hunger and ruin.
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de Soto
Radford Review
Valormemoir of a West Virginia cavalry raid
Maj. William H. Powell and his small command of the Second West Virginia cavalry carried out a bold daybreak raid into the Fourteenth Virginia cavalry camp at Sinking Creek valley. They surprised 500 enemy troops, forced surrender without a shot fired, and completed a 36 hour forced march under severe winter conditions.
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Maj
William H. Powell
Second
West Virginia Cavalry
Walter F. Beyer
Oscar F. Keydel
Detroit
Maj. Powell
Free Press
Powell
Camp Piatt
Kanawha River
Charleston
S. C
Cold Knob Mountain
Ohio Volunteer Infantry
P. H. Lane
Fourteenth
Virginia Cavalry
Sinking Creek
Williamsburg
Greenbriar County
Lewisburg
Connelton
Summerville
Davidson
John A. Gibson
Fourteenth Regiment
Paxton
Lieut. Davidson
Col. Lane
Lane
Eleventh
Col. Paxton
Jeremiah Davidson
Tallest Civil War veteran Mahlon Shaaber from Reading
Mahlon Shaaber of Reading Pennsylvania is noted as the tallest Civil War veteran in his area at six feet eight inches. His service spans multiple units including the Ninety third and Forty second Pennsylvania volunteers, with a notable meeting with President Lincoln during the war. Lincoln commended his height and praised his service. Shaaber later received a Gettysburg encampment medal for being the tallest man there.
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Mahlon Shaaber
Reading
Shaaber
Ninety-third
Pennsylvania Volunteers
Fair Oaks
Young Shaaker
Forty-second
One Hundred and Ninety-sixth
Fifth Union League of Philadelphia
Shaaker
Lincoln
Philadelphia Times
Camp Mary
Ten
Cameron
Hamlin
Curtin
Gettysburg
The Useful Cow Pea Worthy Forage And Fertilizer
The cow pea is grown across the country though underutilized. It is a legume with nodulated roots fixing nitrogen, offering forage hay and soil fertility, with vines sometimes 20 feet long and pods up to 16 inches. Field trials show high feeding value and potential as a fertilizer, though turning under vines may not pay.
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India
China
Indiana
Sullivan's Great Idea in Army Monomania
A soldier named Jack Sullivan, once a good fellow, is described as losing sanity on duty by repeatedly chasing an imaginary bit of paper only he could see. Doctors labeled him suffering from monomania and discharged him, yet he left with his discharge and cried that he finally possessed the coveted paper.
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Sullivan
Jack Sullivan
Dr. Greene
Greene
General Longstreet
New Hampshire Ave
Washington, D.C
Hynes
14Th St
New York
A Few Weeks In A Boarding House Convince To Seek Home
A line from the Chicago Daily News notes that a few weeks in the average boarding house may persuade many men to seek the comfort and independence of owning a home.
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Chicago Daily News
Durable farm gate described with pivot balance system
The article presents a long use farm gate hung on a pivot resting in a socket beneath the top rail and balanced by a stone-weighted box behind the post. Figure 1 shows the weight with the gate closed, and the pivot is a three-quarter inch bolt about ten inches long driven in.
Cast iron post gate aids snow clearance demonstration
Samuel Flynn describes a one pound cast iron socket post with no hinges or sagging, easily opened and shut. Figure 2 depicts the gate tilted to lift over about two feet of snow at the time of the Ohio Farmer photograph.
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Samuel Flynn
Ohio
Father Son Bargain Sparks Courtroom Civility
Dialogue centers on a testy exchange in which a father warns a son to expect nothing after death and the son counters by extracting what he can while alive, prompting the judge to intervene and restore order. The quip highlights fiscal frictions and family tensions within a courtroom setting.
Cheap California Rates On Ogden Sunset Lines
Special low rate colonist tickets to California offered February 12 and every Tuesday through April 30. Fares from major cities include Chicago 30 dollars, St. Louis Memphis and New Orleans 27.50, Omaha Kansas City 25.00, with details available from Southern Pacific Company agents in Chicago Cincinnati Pittsburg St. Louis and Kansas City.
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Southern Pacific
Ogden
California
Chicago
St. Louis
Memphis
New Orleans
Omaha
Kansas City
Southern Pacific Company
W. G. Neimyer
Pittsburg
L. E. Townsley
C. A
P. Co
Olive St
C. C. Cary
S. P. Co
Sheidley Ridg
Hatchet or Nails Debate Baffles Baltimore Readers
In a reader exchange titled More Effective Mrs, Mrs Henpeck jokes about violence and Mrs Asken counters with a domestic twist. The Baltimore American cites the satirical back and forth on confronting a husband’s drinking and saloon culture.
Lackawanna Limited Promises Luxury Travel to Buffalo
The speaker praises the Lackawanna route for luxury, cleanliness, and security on the ten hour New York to Buffalo journey. The Lackawanna Limited is touted as a favorite for ladies visiting the Pan-American Exposition and Marie Jarboe is noted in Toilettes.
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New York
Buffalo
Hoboken
Lackawanna
Lackawanna Limited
Marie Jarboe
Bill and Jill exchange a small kitchen joke
An29 amateur fisherman is teased for honesty as a joke about truth telling and a play on a phrase about What To Eat.
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Bill
Jill
Homeseekers Excursion to the West by the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul
The Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway offers round trip excursion tickets on the first and third Tuesdays of each month from Chicago and other points to many destinations in South Dakota North Dakota and western states at about one fare. Visit and inspect crops and land values with details from F A Miller General Passenger Agent Chicago IL.
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Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
Chicago
Milwaukee
South Dakota
North Dakota
F. A. Miller
Grain-O new grain drink offers coffee substitute
Ask your grocer to show Grain-O the new drink that replaces coffee. Children may drink it safely, adults like it, and it resembles mocha or java in color. Made from pure grains, it suits delicate stomachs. Available in 3 sizes 15c and 25c per package. Sold by all grocers.
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Java
Quote on neighbor and merit from old papers
A witty Indianapolis Journal snippet questions the kind of neighbor who barges in overhearing secrets. The aphorism contrasts with a Pope line asserting that charms may spark a fight but merit wins the soul.
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Indianapolis Journal
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Defiance Express
Red Mill Road
C. B. Lewis
the National Magazine
President Lincoln
Pennsylvania
Sinking Creek Valley
Washington
The
Peruna Medicine Co
Columbus
M. W. Howard
Howard
Fort Payne
Ala
Congressman Howard
Henry Distin
Henry Distin Mfg. Co
Williamsport
South Ninth Street
Philadelphia
S. B. Hartman
D. D. Wallace
International Barbers’ Union
Western Avenue
Minneapolis
Minn
Peruna
D. L. Wallace
Colus, O
Frances M. Anderson
Eer Frances M. Anderson
Grip
T. W. Collins
Independent Order of Good Templars
Everett
Wash
Ia Grippe
Coll
Alice Dressler
N. Bryant Avenue
Hartman
Dr. Hartman
Hartman Sanitarium
Homeseekers Excursion
N. Y
N. Y. Herald
Grim Destroyer
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