A Widow Schemer and a Chicago Bank Mystery
Mrs Elinor Kellogg and her son Earl plot in Chicago to seize wealth while a Wilmington physician and detective uncover a murdered husband and possible poisoning. The story unfolds with alibis, embalmings, and a looming inquest as clues point to a dramatic family scandal and motive.
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Andrew Kellogg and Son
Chicago
Amos Kellogg
Wilmington
North Carolina
Amos
D. Kellogg
Bir
David M. Strong
Lang Sellars
Chloe
Mars Amos
Strong
Mars Sellars
Doctor
Mr. Sellars
Sellars
Chioet
Marster
Andrew
Stephen
Elinor
Herven
Dr. Strong
Tahearan
Andrew Kellogg
Elinor Kellogg
Andrew Hadeen
Ilis
Battalions of the Dead In Fading Memorial Verse
A somber poem by Edwins Hopkins laments fallen soldiers from battles from Appomattox to Atlanta. It reflects on the ghostly army of the dead, mourning nations, and lingering echoes of war as veterans fade yet memories endure amid flowers and charity.
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Appomattox
Atlanta
O Sea
Edwins, Hopkins
Memorial Day Parade Inspires Village Children
On a fence Tommy Judd Jr narrates a vivid Memorial Day parade tale to village children led by Little Willie Lamkin on crutches. They imagine a parade for tomorrow with flowers and flags, ending in a small procession honoring a local soldier buried by a roadside stone.
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Tomopiy
Willie Lamkin
Tommy
Jlm
Uncle Jim
Thomas
Trontes Judd, Jr
Bce
Mary Lee
Mary
Thomas Judd, Jr
Jame Lamkin
The Grand Army’s Passing a Sad Spectacle
A reflective piece laments the decline of the Grand Army of the Republic amid gilded Civil War era pageantry. It notes history and progress from the nineteenth century and foresees memory erasing its participants within a quarter century, framing the era as a dramatic closing chapter. It mentions intercession of St Roque and inscribed tablets honoring cures and favors.
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the Republic
UCLA
St. Roque
Donahoe
Memorial Day Tribute in a Seaside Village
The piece recalls children marching with arms full of flowers to honor soldiers. They sang Onward Christian Soldiers and The Soldier True as a drum beat, wreaths were laid on a stone, and Stars and Stripes waved above. Narration notes villagers moved by the scene.
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Charlie Sprout
Uncle Jim
Lamkin
Memorial Ode To Fallen Heroes On Memorial Day
A reflective verse honors soldiers who fell in battle and the living who remember them. It laments neglect of marble shafts yet recalls flowers laid on graves as tributes across the nation. The text blends civic sentiment with a stray line about Daniel Webster and oxen.
Debates and bills pass in Senate and House on war revenue
The Senate and House advanced measures on war revenue and civil issues. The conference report on food and arms to Cuba was adopted, while a veto dispute over the court of claims was sustained. Labor hours bill and a nonpartisan labor commission bill moved forward as pensions and military pay provisions expanded. The House adjourned after political exchanges and ongoing committee work.
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Senate
House
Cubnaus
Adjutant General
Wik
Nam J. Sewell
New Jersey
Martin Ts. McMahon
New York
John L. Mtchell
Wisconsin
William,h. Bonsall
California
National Home For Disabled Volunteer Soldiers
Court of Claims
Isaac P
Vice
United States
Seattle
Wash
Oklahoma
Seth L. Milliken
Maine
Corliss
Washington
Gorman
Dem
War Department
War and Navy Departments
Tongue
Rep
Ore
No Results and Wounded Monarch in War Memoir
A fragment from a Montana visit tale contrasts naive remarks on ore and smelting with a note that Humbert I of Italy was wounded in battle at Custozza. The piece references an exchange about silver ore and a brief line about the monarch’s wartime injury and Austria's victory under Archduke Albert.
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Montana
Humbert I
Italy
Custozza
Archduke Albert
Odde and Ends
Mushrooms are native to air temperate countries in short grass. Natural Kamehatka or sea otters have been sold for $1,000 a skin. In Japan coins are generally of iron and in Siam they are chiefly of porcelain. French paper says that only one academician Jules Lemaitre rides a wheel.
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Japan
Siam
Jules Lemaitre
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Julia
Trier
Madaim
Ruth
Earl
Dick Newberry
Newberry
Land of Dreams
Vald
Lucretia Borgia
Earl—pshaw
London
Europe
Germany
Bohemia
Lim
Kin Varmoay
Bluecoats
the Grand Army
Daniel Webster
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