Protecting the Flag Sparks Legal and Social Debates
The piece surveys flag protection laws in Massachusetts and New York, noting rulings that using the flag in trade labels may violate equal protections. It also covers Colorado arrests over flag imagery in strike proclamations, the American Flag Association’s push for a national law, and evolving public sentiment against desecration. Additional items include remarks on vanity among women, property questions about cats, quail pest issues, and a medieval English French tournament in Touquet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts
New York
Colorado
Western Federation of Miners
American Flag Association
National Capitol
Sand Mountain and Elevators Keep City Horses In Flats
A Chicago Tribune report from Manistee Michigan recalls Grover Cleveland causing a resort dune to blow away and the dune be tied down by trees. New York City now has horses living in multi story stables with upper floor stalls reached by elevators. Some horses are hoisted nightly to upper rooms and return to ground level each morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sand Mountain
Grover Cleveland
Manistee
Chicago Tribune
Old Boreas
Lake Michigan
City of Salt
Joe
Dame Nature
New York
Vice President Nonentity Dismissed in Murky Description
Fragmentary text depicts the vice president as a nonentity within government and mentions Leslie's Monthly. The narrator complains of indeterminate tenure and idle behavior while noting the vice president presides over unspecified duties.
The Prospect of Meat Famine and Other Oddities
A fragment collection describes a strange creature in Country Life, notes on the U.S. Senate, a tale of Butte copper finds, and short items on turkey feeding, ballooning accidents, reindeer wool textiles, and rapid travel times from Paris to Marseilles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
London
Pictures of a Pacific voyage shine in a camera keepsake
A reflective essay praises the value of travel photographs from a winter Pacific cruise. Scenes evoke San Francisco farewell scenes with Salvation Army, ship officers, a stoic chief engineer, and lively Hawaiian views at Honolulu and Waikiki. The writer notes vibrant flower garlands, divers, and resort-like beaches, highlighting the lasting pleasure of captured memories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific
San Francisco
Salvation Army
Honolulu
Waikiki
Florida
California
Voyage Portraits Of The Pacific From A Passenger’s Eye
A travelogue style scene describes surf riding by natives in a canoe with laughing girls nearby and paddles in hand. It traverses the equator moment with sea and ships, then notes steamer chairs, games, and dignified passengers. It visits Pago Pago, Auckland, Sydney, and Samoa, concluding with memory of the Pacific.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Seas
Pago Pago
Samoa
Auckland
New Zealand
Sydney
Pacific
Anna H. Clark
Paradise of Umbrellas in Solo Surakarta Rich in Rank Symbols
Describes Surakarta as a paradise of umbrellas where officials and nobles display rank through varied gold and silk canopies. Only the emperor may bear an open umbrella inside the kraton while attendants carry umbrellas for others. An official guide cites 300 designs reflecting status. Also includes a corny joke and a witty quip from a humor page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Surakarta
Subrakarta
Biddy Welch’s Mascot in Civil War Memoir
A brother of Col Welch of the Sixteenth Michigan recalls a powerful friendly comrade known as Biddy Welch during the Petersburg siege. The men played a ration game drawing hardtacks and coffee and sugar valued at cents, trading stamps of sugar coffee and tobacco as rations for each ten day period.
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Petersburg
Welch
Col. Welch
Michigan
Chapin
Biddy’s Pickle Turns Poker Night Into Last-Chip Loot
A World War I tale from the National Tribune recounts Biddy’s luckless trenches day when he reveals a giant cucumber pickle from his starve bag. The gleaming prize triggers a fierce scramble as three comrades bid high, sparking a string of late-night plays and Biddy’s notorious stash becoming the stuff of legend.
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Biddy
National Tribune
Bridge Built of Cotton in Civil War Feat
During the Tennessee river campaign General McPherson orders a crossing built at dusk. Col Hickenlooper converts cotton bales into a temporary bridge, sinking bales with stones and wiring them across. The bridge holds new stone cables as 30,000 troops cross by 11:30 PM, earning praise from McPherson and no reward beyond satisfaction.
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Andrew Hickenlooper
Boston Transcript
McPherson
Tennessee River
Col. Hickenlooper
Engineer Corps
Sam Grimshaw
Humphreyville
Company B
Fifty-second
Ohio
Atlanta
Sand Town Road
Chicago
Inter Ocean
A Gentleman of Honor Amid Civil War Prowess
A Confederate lieutenant defies orders to aid a Union officer, crossing a ten foot rice field ditch under risk of capture. The Confederate swears protection and escorts the Union officer back to his lines, proving gallantry amid deadly exchange.
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Atlanta Constitution
C. A. Coryell
One Hundred and Forty-first
New ‘York Volunteers
Twentieth Army Corps
Sherman
Savannah
Coryell
Johnny
Oders
Yank
Andersonville
Castle Thunder
Libby
Moments of Courage and Changing Glove Fashion Across Time
A folded collection of wartime anecdotes recount a Confederate escape across enemy lines and a Union soldier's timely repositioning that saved his life. The piece shifts to discuss how glove sizes have grown due to active hobbies, and notes lace manufactur ing reaching high prices, illustrating changing customs and material worth.
Humorous Bits From Various Papers Show Office Banter
A collage of light quips from newspapers features tales of mistaken identity in a bicycle costume, feigned proposals, and playful courtroom banter. Jests about singles, spouses, and a would be umpire mingle with jokes on coal prices and healthful housework, reflecting everyday humor across Chicago and New York papers.
Humorous Clippings From A varied 19th Century Page
A collage of quips and cartoon captions from multiple papers. Fragments include banter on marriage norms, plain language medical quips, jokes about emancipation and bread, theatrical asides, and light social satire. Notable names and outlets referenced include Chicago Tribune Philadelphia Press and Cincinnati Enquirer.
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Defiance Express
C. Kegel
Court SP
Defiance
Northwestern
Marden
Boston
Touquet
France
Archbishop OF Canterbury
All England
Episcopal Church
Mich
Landsman
Landlubber
Nonentity
Senate
Ine
Butte
Mont
Thornton
G. W. Field
Biological Farm
Sharon
Mass
Centiry
Paris Aero Club
Paris
Marseilles
Archibald
Biddy Welch
Gen. Hickenlooper
Westminster Gazette
Dashaway
Willie
Miss de Muir
Mr. Spoonamore
Spoonamore
Miss Prim
Miss Pert
Amn
Herald
N. Y
Smith
Chicago Daily News
Papa
Houston Post
Detroit Free Press
Prige
Chicago Examiner
Doem Gude
Wise
Chicago Journal
Forsooth
Yonkers Statesman
Bouttown
Peter
Philadelphia Press
Homer
Washington Star
St. Peter
Mudge
Isie
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Mr. Monk
Ally Sloper
Dinah
Chloe
Philadelphia
Faith
Frederick
Chronicle
Amzi
Tim
Timrod
Willias
Wallace
Benham
Doy
Brighton
Young Saphead
Miss Caustique
Cincinnati Emquirer
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