Soldier Fritz Brings Potatoes to His Father in War Camp
Translated from German Soldier Fritz, son of a Brandenburg sergeant, travels a hundred miles with a sack of potatoes to find his father. A general honors the boy and his father with supper, a pension, and a reunion, inspiring a lifelong soldier’s career.
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J. C .Pickard
Fritz
Brankenburg
Rhiney
Burday
Britzithough
Weitz
Chén
Dong
Lavene
Vonatingé
Denburgh
Cristata
Martin
Ana Yoame
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Fritz Bollermann
Brandenburg
Martin Bollermenn
Brandenburg Regiment
Beilermann
Bollermann
Fle
Srgot
Franky
Oace
Oldier
Ritz
Beech er and Tilton jealousy tale linked to Mrs Tilton
A Chicago Journal report recounts Henry Ward Beecher's view of Theodore Tilton's jealousy over Elizabeth Tilton and Beecher's influence. It covers Tilton's fevered suspicions, Beech er’s praise of Mrs Tilton, and a tale of scandal framed by Arrian and Plutarch passages.
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Chicago Journal
Waupanaiso
Ind
Henry Ward Beecher
New York
Theodore Tilton
Mrs. Tilton
Mr. Beecher
Harriet
Bowen
Brooklyn
Tilton
Theodore
Aida
Ate
Beecher
Mr. Bowen
George Francis Train
Mr. Evarts
Moulton and Carpenter
Medicine Correcting History on Alexander the Great Death
The article cites Sir Henry Halford noting Alexander the Great died of a remittent fever from Babylon rather than a drunken debauch. It recounts how the conqueror planned to found a vast empire, managed Euphrates works, and fell ill on a day marked for a feast.
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Alexander
Arrian
India
Sir Henry Halfords
Richmond
Louisville
Medical Journal
Alexander the Great
Henry Halford
Royal College of Physicians
Babylon
Euphrates
Arabia
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The Robbers and the Crypt Ring Mystery
A schoolmaster encounters twelve robbers who force him to unlock a crypt and seize a dead lady’s seven gold rings. He removing six rings easily but cannot lift the seventh due to a doubled finger. The robbers threaten him to cut off the finger to gain that ring. The tale ends abruptly with the sleeping baker’s fate unclear.
Lifetime of Hon. Joseph E. McDonald charted in Ohio to Indiana rise
A biographical sketch follows Joseph E. McDonald from birth in Butler county Ohio on August 28 1819 through moves to Montgomery County Indiana apprenticeship as a saddler law study at Wabash College and Asbury University then legal practice in Lafayette Crawfordsville Indianapolis service as prosecuting attorney and attorney general political runs including a 1849 congressional win and later gubernatorial loss noting his long Democratic affiliation and public life until his present contest.
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Joseph E. McDonald
United States
Butler County
Ohio
Montgomery County
Wabash College
Asbury University
Greencastle
Zebulon
Indianapolis
A.P. Morton
Democratic Party
Warned Against Intemperance by A Sermon Speaker
A preacher warns listeners to resist drinking as a moral danger to families and children. He uses vivid visual images of intoxication and death to urge prayer and reform, citing consequences of alcohol and urging guardians to save youths from the habit.
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