Captain Dorry and the Soldiers Cup Tale
A granddaughter receives a faded blue soldier cap and a silver cup inscribed to Captain Dorry. The cup honors the brave soldiers who shared water with the dying officer Will Atkenson, and a cherishing child Dorothea grows up revered as Captain Dorry. The story ends with Dorothea’s death beside the keepsake, the regiment’s memory, and a family’s quiet gratitude.
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Atkénsod
Dorothea Atkenson
Captain Dorry
Macy
Mary
Europe
Dorothea
William Atkenson
Dorry
Aunty
Jim
Will
Sissy
Barbara
Matthew
Paula
Sue
Express
Aunt Mary
Papa
Curious Bits From A Distant Page
A bohemian Seidlitz church houses two bone chandeliers and a Roman tomb yields two women with gold false teeth. The Danish flag claims oldest lineage around 1219. Reports describe a spider-devouring fly, rats feeding on blood oranges, tiny Japanese bicycles, and a whale harpoon embedded for decades. An Iowa boy believed Typhoid but seeds sprouted in his gut after two weeks. An odd definition of evolution ends with fragmented thought.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seidlitz
Bohemia
India
Italy
Arctic
Iowa
Dreyfus Case Revival After Forger’s Confession Emerges
The death of Lieutenant Colonel Henry in prison sparks renewed calls for a review of Captain Dreyfus’s secret trial. For two years reformists led by Zola and Clemenceau argued for access to documents and fair judgment. Henry’s confession that a key document was forged shocks France and widens the demand for justice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry
Dreyfus Cage
Captain Dreyfus
Devil's Island
Dreyfus
France
Emile Zola
Clamenceau
Jaures
Pressense
Alsace
Lorraine
Paris
L'Eclair
Bordereau
French Guiana
Cayenne
Dreyfus Case Continues Amid High Level Interventions
The article recounts the 1894 trial timeline and the ongoing diplomatic and public pressure to reopen the Dreyfus case. It notes the bordereau document, key figures like Sandherr and Henry, and the involvement of Emperors, the Pope, and the Queen Regent of Spain. It also highlights Mme. Dreyfus's persistent campaigning and references Esterhazy's trial and Picquart's duel, ending with Mme. Dreyfus's declaration and resolve.
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Russia
Spain
Mme. Dreyfus
Dreyfus
Zola
Max Nordau
Paris
Esterhazy
Mme, Dreyfus
Picquart
Dreyfuses
Henry
Mme
Dreyfus Case in Paris Sparks Revision Debate
The Dreyfus affair unfolds with claims a servant hid a critical bordereau in the ambassador’s waste-basket. Allegations circle Esterhazy as author while Dreyfus remains exiled at Devil's Island. Lucie Eugenie Dreyfus appeals across Berlin to gain a new trial, seeking German help even as investigations swirl.
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Paris
Dreyfus
Alfred Dreyfus
Mulhhausen
Alsace
Cherche Midi
Ecole Militaire
Ile
Berlin
Dreyfus Case and Public Plea for Revision
The article notes Mme Lucie Eugenie Dreyfus remains hopeful and influential as public sympathy shifts toward a prompt 1894 trial revision. It cites renewed calls for justice, contrasting former guilt claims with support for restoring France’s interior peace. Also included are brief anecdotes on a Mrs Thistlewood with six marriages and a joke about telegraph etiquette.
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Jehovah
Mme. Dreyfus
Dreyfus
Dreyfusists
France
Germany
Read His Own Epitaph at Elmwood Cemetery
Randolph H. Waters, an inmate of Leavenworth Soldiers' Home, visited Elmwood Cemetery and read a grave epitaph he believed to be his sister had placed two years earlier. He had left home at Civil War start and wandered West after.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mother
Jim
Will
Papa
Barua
Dorry
Barbara
Uncle Dim
Matthew
Big Jay
Randolph H. Waters
Leavenworth
Kan
Elmwood
Waters
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Husley
Isle
Lucie Eugenie Dreyfus
Augustus Thistlewood
Providence
R. T
Ty Brother
John McFlynn
New York
Patrick McFlynn
Patrick
Han River
Kwan Tung
China
W. J. Rutherford
BR. B. Morris
W.J. Rutherford & CO
Donic
Reynolds and
Washington Streets
Augusta, GA
James B. Walker
Warren Walker
Walker & Walker
Georgia
Ofice and Warehouse
Reynolds Sirett
Chas F. Baker
Jerry Z, Smith
Baker & Smith
Carver Reynolds and Campbell Jts
P. B. Tobin Cotton Co
Warren Block
Augusta
Edward C. Fleming
Reynolds Street
Commission
JohnsTon
Institute
John Lake
Columbia
Fletcher B. Hinnant
W. D. Holland
Geo. P. White
D. C. Herbert
J. T. Prince
Penman
A. S. Arnold
L. C. Latimer
Beulah Reams
Sloan Cobb
S. Sloan
J. H. White
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