The Heroism of Private Groat at Seven Pines
In 1862 near Richmond at Seven Pines a guard pardons Private Groat whose desertion stemmed from concern for his sick child Billy. Lincoln pardoned him on the field, Groat returns to duty and dies bravely. The scene ends with his son decorating his grave as the officer recalls the pardon. F. A. Mitchell reports.
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Seven ’ Pines
Richmond
United States
Fort Monroe
Potomac
Yorktown
Billy
Great
Groat
Lincoln
Grant
President Lincoln
William Great
William Groat
Little Billy
Tam
Seven Pines
F. A. Mitchell
Deacon's Sunday Fishing Fiasco at Center Creek
A Sunday outing ends with a Texas-like lapse as a Carthage deacon slips from Sabbath restraint to angling spree at Center Creek. His grandkids hide fishing gear under the seat, the deacon lands a foot-long catfish and a four-pound bass, then keeps fishing until urged home for church.
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Carthaze
Center Creek
Kansas City Journal
From Obsolescence to Revered Form in the Fifth Symphony
The passage contrasts Palestrina Gluck and Beethoven noting Palestrina and Gluck as obsolete or radical then revived or recast. It recalls 1805 Berlin rehearsal of Beethoven Fifth Symphony met with disbelief but now hailed as a model of form and Beethoven revered by conservatives and classicists.
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Fifth Judicial District
State of Montana
Beaverbeed
M. H. Parker
Bourérhead
Beaverhead
Sherif
Dillon
Montana
Grand Jury
Beaverhead County
C. C. Barnett
Palestrina
Gluck
Wagner
Beethoven
Haupt
Berlin
Pity For Western Nations In Chinese Liberty Debate
The text contrasts Chinese freedom with many Western laws. It cites compulsory schooling, compulsory copyright permissions, newspaper licenses, business regulations, and mandatory marriage registrations to argue for greater state controls under Western nations. The fragment critiques perceived constraints on individual liberty.
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William
New Orleans
Kansas City
Yarmouth
England
Great Yarmouth
Judge Parker
District and Justice Court
County High School
C. 8. Haire
Helens
C. C. Haire
Court House
Haine
Moat
C. C. Barnest
James J. Bparrow
Dr. Pierce
Worlds Dispensary Medical Association
World's Dispensary Medical Association
Buffalo
N. Y
Maggie McFarland
Taswell
Ind
Mamie Patterson
Hedden Place
Elizabeth, N.J
F C. DeWitt& Co
Chicago
Central Pharmacy
Yin de Cinetona Co
Des Moines
Iowa
Brent
Triune
Jas. Krrepatrion
Railroad Avenue
Barbour
M. Barrett
Bedrock
Mont
Fred I. Hanson
Lakeview
Washington
Sebree Street
McIntosh Cottage
Hughes & MoOsleb’s
San Francisco
Union Pacific
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
Williams
Cocona
Balt Lake City
F. W. Vogler
Mar
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Bedrock, Salmon & Gibbonsville Stage Co
U. S. Mail
Salmon City Shoupe
Gibbonsville
Ida
Leesburg
Blackbird
Forney
Yellow Jacket
Silvercreek
Prairie Basin
Challis
Salmon River
Red Rock
Care Stage Co
Gen. Mgr
Bon Ton Restaurant
George
Spaulding Nursery
Oncearp Co
Spavnorna, It
Jobbery
Stockmen’s Directory
Philip Lovell
Dillon, Mont
C. W. Rootson
C. W. E. Wart
K. of BR
Steedman Post
W. J Cushing
Yearin
F. L. Stone
G. W Casuworg
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