Gettysburg Battle Turns Tide in Civil War History
The three day clash in July 1863 halted Confederate advances and set Union forces led by Meade against Lee on roughly 80 000 to 84 000 troops per side. Major engagements included Little Round Top Peach Orchard Cemetery Hill and Pickett s Charge with heavy casualties on both sides. Union losses neared 24 000 men while Confederates suffered about 30 000 killed or wounded and five generals killed.
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Gettysburg
Lee
North
George G. Meade
Longstreet
Ewell
A. P. Hill
Little Round Top
Sickles
Peach Orchard
Cemetery Hill
Culp’s Hill
the Devil's den
Weed
Pickett
Virginia
Reminiscences and Risers in a Curious Ledger
Fragmentary passage discusses Lord Rothachild’s father Baron Nathan guarding time by banning chairs except his own, cites Gavard a former French embassy secretary, and notes he sometimes sat on the baron’s writing table. Then a London Chronicle remark on cigars comparing wrappers to women and varied tastes, with musing on choice and shape.
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Boreas
Lord Rothachild
Baron Nathan
Charles Gavard
Endon
Gavard
Pilin
London Chronicle
Indiana Jewelers Elect Officers In Indianapolis Session
The Indiana Retail Jewelers' association ended its Indianapolis convention with Laporte named 1914 meeting place. Officers elected include President J H Arnold of Columbus and First Vice President J P Mullally of Indianapolis. A plan to boost dues, condemn stamped plated goods, and support a memorial fund was approved alongside various committee appointments.
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Indianapolis
Bohemia
Indiana Retail Jewelers’ Association
Laporte
M. O. Cockrum
Oakland City
O. P. M. Squires
Charles G. Beckman
Kendallville
Walter Maller
Michigan City
Chris Hewig
Evansville
Philip Horr
Aurora
Committee of Trades Interest
Steel FP. Roberts
National Retail Jewelers’ Association
Indiana Association
J. E. Reagan
Baldwin Miller Company
Robert C. Abt
Chicago
A. W. Anderson
Neenah
Wis
Reunion recalls Civil War with 17 surviving Eighteenth Indiana
In Crawfordville Crawfordsville hosts a reunion of 17 living members of the Eighteenth Indiana battery. Six of the veterans were Montgomery county recruits: Henry Campbell Arch Austin Charles Butcher Sydney Speed Al Pirie and Frank Birchfield. Also present were P O Merville a cutler and Burl Tones a colored cock from the city.
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Eighteenth
Indiana Battery
Crawfordsville
Montgomery County
Henry ©. Campbell
Arch Austin
Charles Butcher
Sydney Speed
al Pirie
Frank Birchfield
Bmmerville
Cutler
Burl
Thin City
Feunion
Indiana educators meet in Bloomington for state superintendents event
Indiana school officials from nearly every county gathered in Bloomington for state superintendents meetings led by Ora Hopper of Salem. The talks urged fair salaries for superintendents and emphasized cooperation in implementing vocational training laws. Also noted were July golf meetings in Muncie and a May birth rate drop in Indiana to 18.8 per 1000.
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Indiana
Bloomington
William Lowe Bryan
Ora Hopper
Salem
Hea
Greathouse
Z. M. Smith
Purdue University
W. F. Book
Homer L. Cook
Marion County
Western Association
State Board of Health
Basia
Old World Garden and Salad Recipes Featured in Brillat-Savarin Quote
In an era menu notes describe chafing dish prep for a dinner, including French dressing, creamed butter spreads, and layered loaf sandwiches. Recipes cover mint butter, red pepper paste, Eggs a la Creole with beef, tomatoes, and cheese, plus hot potato salad with oil and vinegar. Brillat-Savarin quote closes the piece.
The Practical Banana Delights and Dishes
A concise guide to cooking bananas with methods for baking fillets of beef with bananas a banana sponge dessert and a banana salad with peas and French dressing. Includes banana fritters and serving tips with butter sugar lemon juice and vanilla.
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United States
Contagious manners corrupt a partygoer in jest
A young man mutters that evil communications corrupt good manners after a night out. He jokes that after being surrounded by tumblers at the party he has become a tumbler himself, reflecting on the social fog of drink and behavior.
News to Him about pictures of Hving men on motes
Fragmentary quote reflects debate over images in media as some writers gain wealth. The text hints at questions about why photographs of living men are not shown, while a few authors profit from writing. No clear event or entities identified.
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Indiana
W. E B. Longley
Longley
Hving
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Gettsburg
Twenty-eighth Infantry
Columbus
MAN Heads Jewelers
H. Arnold
Indiana A8&sociation
Laporte Ia
A. M. E. Zion Conference
A.M. HE. Zion Conference
Missouri
Jones’ Tabernacle
G. L. Blackwell
Philadelphia
Alexander Walters
New York
J. M. Caldwell
John M. Dancy
Washington
D. C
Blackwell
Jones Tabernacle
A. M. E. Zion
R. L. Brokenbur
Methodist
T. A. Smythe
G. W Ward
W. H. Weaver
Gurley Brewer
J. M. Holt
Christian Endeavor Societies
R. L. Bailey
Woman's Home and Foreign Missionary Societies
Belle Street
Shank
Crawfordville
C. Be, Tarkington
Lea
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