Last Night on Malvern Hill A Confederate Soldier's Farewell
Daw son A. Blanchard recalls a 17 year old Confederate youth at the July 1 1862 battle of Malvern Hill. Amid cannon and rain he tended the wounded, bound a bleeding leg, and kept vigil as darkness fell, praying for dawn and the soldier's survival.
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Malvern Hill
Louisiana
Soldier Boy’s
James River
Richmond
E. Lee
George L. McCletlus
Dawson A. Blanchard
Washington Post
Doctor Fitches Duel with Taylor Over School Speech
In a colonial parliament a trio and elderly member Taylor argued about education. Dr Fitchett challenged the orator with a quip about a school in his eye and one pupil, provoking laughter and ending the exchange. The remark is recounted by the London News.
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Fitchett
Australian Review of Reviews
Taylor
Board of Schools
London News
Europe’s glamour fades for children in foreign trips
European Travel argues that sending children abroad at a young age robs them of appreciating Europe later. It notes faster steamers erode charm, making returning to the United States less enticing and reducing the sense of wonder our parents felt on their own tour abroad.
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Europe
West Africa Crisis Deepens Over Sokoto French Incursion
Akassa dispatch reports two French expeditions advancing toward Sokoto with 400 troops. Royal Niger Company prepares to assist British defense as tensions rise between Britain and France over Niger River trade and territorial control. Public sentiment stresses freedom of commerce and risk of war.
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London
Akassa
Niger
West Africa
Sokoto
Sultanate of
Haussau States
Argungu
Argungl
Tagga
Royal Niger Company
William Wallace
Free Cure Offer From New York Chemist Slocum
T. A. Slocum M D of New York offers three free bottles of his claimed cure for consumption and bronchial diseases to any Fairfield Tribune reader who writes for his New Scientific Treatment. He cites thousands cured worldwide and urges sufferers to act quickly and mention the Fairfield Tribune.
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New York
T. A. Slocum
Fairfield Tribune
Science Daily
M. D
Pine Street
Tribune
Fairfield
Iowa
Fishing For Frogs Described In Graphic Hunting Scene
The Chicago Times Herald recounts frog catching with a flat punt, cane pole, and 25 feet of line. A lure lures a frog who bites, is hooked, and killed with a knife, his carcass discarded while the remainder floats, evoking murder accusations.
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Chicago Times-Herald
China to Open Inland Waters to Free Navigation
The Times reports China will open all inland waters to steam navigation for both foreign and native vessels under forthcoming regulations. An agreement to operate within four months also includes opening a treaty port in Hu Nan within two years, with Kon-Yo Chau proposed near the Yangtze. Britain receives assurances China will not cede Yangtze valley to others. The other dispatch notes Kruger’s war prep, with Transvaal gun mounting at Johannesburg and transport of Maxims to a hill fort.
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London
Pekin
the Times
China
Hu-Nan
Yo- Chau
Yang-Tse-Kiang
Kruger
Cape Town
The
Daily Mail
Transvaal
Johannesburg
Thoughts Best Kept Unsaid Anecdote
A brief humorous exchange between John and Mrs. Younglove centers on unspoken thoughts. She probes if he always reveals his mind, he admits most are shared while shaving and some he keeps private, sparking a playful marital tension.
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Pearson’s Weekly
Kaiser Defeated by a Girl in Schoolyard Prank
A young Wilhelm and Prince Heinrich tied a French girl to a tree and pelted her with pine cones while shouting Here’s for Sedan. Helena von D-, a Hungarian girl, defended the victim and pummeled Wilhelm crying Here’s for Sadowa. Tutors intervened, later meeting prevented by illness.
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Kaiser
Prince Wilhelm
Prince Heinrich
Cassel
Sedan
Helena von D
Sadowa
Wilhelm
Helena
London
New York Tribune
Teacher draws pictures to aid reading Hiawatha in class
In a Cleveland public grade room a teacher uses board drawings to explain difficult lines from Longfellow's Hiawatha. Pupils misread the name Hiawatha as muddy turtle, prompting a humorous but pointed reaction to the lesson and its approach.
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Cleveland
Longfellow
Hiawatha
the Plain Dealer
Broad Digest of Crime and World Notes from February
Burglars blew the Farmers bank in Sheridan Missouri opening a safe and taking about two thousand dollars in cash and near one thousand in negotiable papers. Wheat shipments move from Wenatchie Washington to West Superior Wisconsin. A class of twelve Indians from government schools seeks admission to public high school at Wittenberg Wisconsin. The last two Christopher Columbus descendants live in a poorhouse. Kentucky passes railroad rate control bill through both houses. New alumni club at University of Chicago bans coeds. Colonel W H Stevenson of Bridgeport Connecticut joins the Salvation Army with a five thousand dollar gift. A Milan stock company forms to develop foreign trade with two million lire capital. Snowdrops crocuses dandelions bloom around Portland Oregon on February nine. France bans slaughter of birds smaller than larks yet markets show many piled for sale. Robert Kenny of Dickinson County Kansas plans world tour after a bumper apple crop. The worst Nor’easter hits Northfield Vermont with forty to fifty mph winds. The Croyland triangular bridge in Lincolnshire is England’s oldest bridge and a major curiosity.
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Farmers’ Bank
Sheridan
Wenatchie
Wash
West Superior
Wis
Wittenberg
Christopher Columbus
State Railroad Commissioners
University of Chicago
W. H. Stevenson
Bridgeport
Milan
Italy
Portland
France
Robert Kenny
Dickinson County
Kan
London Daily Chronicle notes arms upgrades amid costs
The London Daily Chronicle reports that both German and French armies are replacing field guns with new quick firers at enormous expense. Other items note Senor de Lome's guarded visit to New York, baronetcy costs, inquiries into the Maine disaster, and various political and regional events nationwide.
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London Daily Chronicle
Senor de Lome
New York City
England
John W. Maclure
Electric iron curtain used in European theaters
Regulations required a sheet iron curtain in European theaters to isolate the auditorium from the stage. The Comedie Francaise in Paris first used the electric curtain installed by an American company. It runs by a two horsepower motor and can drop four and a half feet per second, though asbestos curtains are increasingly common now.
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Europe
Comedie Francaise
Paris
Milwaukee Judge Invalidates Plumbers License Law
Judge Sutherland of the Milwaukee Superior Court strikes down the plumbers license law from last session. The test case, Jacob Winkler v. Milwaukee Board of Public Works, finds Winkler failed the exam and was denied a license. The ruling is a setback for master plumbers and allied unions and may go to the supreme court.
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Milwaukee
Sutherland
Superior Court
Jacob Winkler
Board of Public Works of Milwaukee
Winkler
Board of Examiners
Supreme Court
Michigan Bank Commissioner Jonah Just Dies at 51
Jonah C. Just state commissioner of banking died suddenly of heart disease at his home in Jenfa Michigan on Friday night. He was 51 years old and regarded as an experienced bank officer with many peers.
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Michigan
Jenfa
Mich
Jonah C. Just
The Test of Good Nature in a Mercer Story
Fuddy praises Mercer for living by the golden rule. Duaddy asks how. Fuddy explains that Mercer tells Groper a good story and Groper laughs, but when Groper retells it to Mercer Mercer splits with laughter. Boston
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Fuddy
Mercer
Duaddy
Groper
Mercer Mercer Ee
Boston
Appointment of Darlington postmaster after seven candidates
The Darlington Wisconsin postmaster position was won after a spirited contest with seven candidates in the field. A German locomotive engineer received 2 marks for averting a rail disaster. Oil overproduction in Los Angeles area is about 500 barrels daily. A Tampico wharf built by the Central Railroad burned, causing $2 million in losses. A Kansas City federal court ruled poison ingestion mistaken for an accident is not covered by insurance. Senator Cultrom backs a new special session to redraw congressional districts.
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M. B. Martin
Darlington
Wis
Martin
Los Angeles
Cal
Kansas City
Tampico
Mex
Central Railroad
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Fairfield, Lowa
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T. L. James
SGN
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North Side Park
M. A. McCorp
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