Generals Bayard and Stager Highlight Civil War Era Leaders
The article profiles Gen. Bayard and Gen. Stager, detailing Bayard’s Arkansas governorship and long career in law, politics, and public service, and Stager’s rise from printer to telegraph manager, his wartime roles, and later electrical appliance work. It also touches on early machine gun development and its impact on modern warfare.
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Ges. Akon Stager
Mississippi Company
Buffalo
N.Y
Louisville
Ohio
Indiana
Ilinois
McClellan
Chicago
Western Ects Manufacturing Company
Great West
Hiram & Maxim
Winchester
The Roseate Hue Of Youth And Windsor Horses
A collage of notes on youth optimism, aging wisdom, royal Windsor stables, wheat plowings in Kansas and Missouri, a violent crime near Nauvoo Ill, a Missouri House nomination, and travel connections. It blends commentary with brief local notices and miscellaneous anecdotes from the era.
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Windsor
Francisco Chronicle
Progeesnive euchre talk amid Chicago ledger notes
Fragmented text records players debating tricks and trumps during a euchre game. Questions about left and right bowers, trump identification, and scores suggest a social club or newspaper column noting casual play and banter. Names, places, and precise events are unclear due to garbled OCR.
Unclear tale of theft and punishment in old trial
An obscure report describes two cases from a courtroom observation. A man paid F200 after a disputed claim and a hotel owner vouched for his honesty. Police instead accused him of theft, flogged him 400 lashes, and later exposed another man as the true thief, sending the first servant away to erase the incident.
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Masta
Bisteer
Letel
Hin
Seareely
Sere van
Omer
The Squire's Glass Eye and Wig in Plain Talk
A humorous note describes a writer nicknamed The Squire who authored The Hoosier Schoolmaster wearing a slipping glass eye and a wig that tilts when addressing the Flat Creek District. Also advertised is Parker's Hair Balsam claiming to promote hair growth and restore color.
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Flat Creek
Parker
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