Clash of States Over Yellow Fever Quarantine
New Orleans and Mississippi clash along the borders as militia and naval forces confront each other amid a yellow fever quarantine. Louisiana officials accuse Mississippi of intruding with armed patrols to feed coast camps while refugees are held at border stations. Federal aid under Surgeon General Weyman supports eradication efforts as Louisiana plans a $16 million water and sewer program to curb mosquito breeding.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Mississippi
Texas
Alabama
United States
Washington
Yardaman
Gulf and Bay
Dunbar
Crescent City
Gov. Blanchard
Gov. Vardaman
Terra Firma
Beaumont and
Marshall
Blanchard
Vardaman
Lake Borgne
Sound
Gulf
Dewey
Togo
Arkansas
Tennessee
Illinois
Memphis
Philadelphia
New [Orleans
Walter Weyman
United States Marine Hospital Service
Era Club
Havana
American Military Commission
Maj. W. Reed
M. D
Maj. Reed
United States Army
Jesse W. Lazear
Lazear
Johns Hopkins University
Pisician
Carroll
A. 8. Pinto
Omaha
Pinto
Made Confederate Seals and the Man Who Ran the Blockade
Herman Baumgarten, chief Confederate seal engraver, tells of his service from Montgomery to Richmond, engraving seals for departments and planning mint work. He faced blockades, travel to England and London, and late war peril, narrowly escaping capture before amnesty.
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Herman Baumgarten
Washington
New York Sun
Benjamin
Confederacy
Montgomery
Ala
Mr. Baumgarten
Alexander H. Stephens
New Orleans
Richmond
Baumgarten
England
London
Wilmington
Queen Hotel
Paris
Sidell
Mr. Sidell
Florists Show Window Gardens In Glowing Summer Style
In midsummer shop windows display lush landscape scenes with grasses, a lake, palms and ferns creating a mass of green. Bees and butterflies buzz against glass while a pool, grove and water plants decorate the scene.
Useless Wealth and Sorrow in Chicago Record-Herald Snippet
A fragmented excerpt contrasts Mrs Minglesway's sorrow with her daughters marrying Americans as her husband gains wealth. The dialogue then shifts to views on love and marriage, noting a wealthy man proposing and a potential shift in stance.
Corruption in Tsushima War Report Sparks Outcry
A leaked report of Admiral Rojestvensky to the czar blames fleet loss on corrupt shipbuilders poor crew training and mutiny. It cites mutinies off Madagascar mass executions and near surrender by Nebogatoff's squadron. The piece argues Russia's naval administration was rot and corrupt. Also, light amusements follow with jokes.
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Rojestvensky
Batle
Tsushimi
Friends of Russi
London Spectator
Nebogatoff
Madagascar
Tsushima
Russia
Tallest G A R veteran from Nineveh Pennsylvania
W P Bane, a seven foot tall G A R veteran from Nineveh in Pennsylvania, weighs 200 pounds and requires custom clothing. He served in the Twenty second Pennsylvania cavalry during the Civil War and has long been noted for his remarkable height and presence among comrades.
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G. A.R
United States
W. P. Bane
Nineveh
Veteran Survives Battle Notes and Grand Army Encampments
The article recalls a veteran who was not among the first and fell in battle but has attended every Grand Army encampment since 1892 except St. Paul, and plans to attend this year. He humorously recalls lying in a tent with one third of him outside on each side.
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Charles Finlay
Havana
H. R. Carter
The
Marine Hospital Service
Reed
Lanarelli
Maj
Tion
Carroll
Guiteras
Haready
United States
Leonard Wood
Cuba
Lazear
Mada
St. Paul
Fighting Chaplain Ireland Steadfast On Corinth Front
Washington Star notes Archbishop Ireland of St. Paul as the “fighting chaplain” of the Fifth Minnesota. He served on the firing line at Corinth feeding cartridges from an ammunition case to sustain a desperate defense, helping repulse the enemy and hold the line and batteries.
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Washington Star
Archbishop Ireland
St. Paul
John Ireland
Minnesota
Corinth
Vicksburg
Red River
Nashville
Fifth Minnesota
Minnesota Boys
Ireland
Tribute to Sherman Heroism and a Giant Flag in Denver
Tribute of Old Soldier recalls a night scene as a lone veteran in uniform salutes Gen. Sherman’s funeral train. Denver plans the Biggest Flag in the World for the G A R encampment, a 115 by 55 foot banner weighing 450 pounds.
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Gen. Sherman
St. Louis
Denver
Sixteenth
Daniel in Babylon Sunday School Lesson
Sunday school lesson from Daniel 1 8 22 recalls Daniel's resolve not to defile himself and his three friends in Babylon. It covers Daniel 1 context time place and the king's examination with insights on diet wisdom and enduring faith.
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Daniel
Babylon
Nebuchadnezzar
Jehoiakim
Judah
B.C
Euphrates
Jerusalem
Jeremiah
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Quemados
Man
Vera Cruz
Pasteur Institute of Paris
Rio de Janeiro
American Commission
Scientific Research
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Philadelphia Press
Zola
Emile Zola
Hewitt
Gruet
Tewett— Hewitt
Y. Sun
Mercy
Sea of Japan
Battle of
Charles Edward Munriem
George Washington University
Kuang
China
Wales
Paul
Melzar
Ver
Ashpenaz
Hananiah
Mishael
Azariah
Belteshazzar
Shadrach
Meshach
Abednego
Christ
St. S'Niens
Cynicus
Philadelphia Record
Santa Barbara
Cal
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