Woman's Club hears Civil War lecture by General Atkins
March 14 1908 noon the Women’s Club heard General Atkins discuss the Civil War’s causes and the three fifths compromise. He traced how slavery shaped constitutional power, Missouri Compromise, Dred Scott, Lincoln Douglas debates, secession, and Illinois regiments in the war.
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Supreme Court of the United States
Dred Scott
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Supreme Court
Supreme Cont
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
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Ragisas
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Digeolau
South
Charleston
South Carolina
Ort Moultrie
The flour proves best in baking, with recipe proof
The statement contrasts two lines about flour proof in baking, noting which line yields stronger confidence. It emphasizes baking outcomes as the test of flour quality and usefulness.
Stephenson county Civil War regiments and costs
The article recalls Stephenson County units in the Civil War, noting the 92nd Illinois and 98th Illinois were raised in Rockford and Freeport with local captains, their battles from Chattanooga to the Carolinas, and Col. Holden Putnam’s death at Missionary Ridge. It evaluates war costs, quoting figures from $6.19 billion in Civil War expenses to total costs around $13.0 trillion with pensions, bounties, and related outlays, and reflects on slavery's abolition as a byproduct of the war and the nation’s ultimate peace and progress.
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Richard J. Oglesby
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William HL. Ob. Wallace
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Giles A. Smith
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Dade
Thas Onmvinlen PY
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Tie Artiberat
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Stephenson County
Rock Crave Township
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Loran
Tlinois
William Hf. K. Wallace
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Fort Donelson
Col. Wallace
Shitoh
Ransom
Galesville
Georgia
James O. Churchill
St. Louis
Company A
16Th Regiment of
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James O. P. Burnside
Thomas J. Turner
Edward F. Ellis
Rockford
William I. Goddard
Lena
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Col. Turner
Esso
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William Polk
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John A. Davis
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Cony Butler
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Predherick Mrmitte
Philip Arua
Willigm Young
Tia Baithe
Robert Mauith
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Clare Tain
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92Nd Ilinois
Willam J. Bollinger
Harvey Timms
C. T. Dunham
William BR. Mayer
John M. Schermerhorn
Army of the Cumberland
Wilder
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Chickamauga
Atlanta
Sherman
Carolinas
Holden Putnam
Charles FE. Taggart
Cedarville
Joseph P. Reel
Vicksburg
Col. Putnam
Altoona Pass
Washington
Putnam
James Mitchel
Chickamauga and
Great Britain
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United States
Horace Greeley
Christian Commission
Armerica
Humphreys Veterinary Specifics Uses for Animals
An 19th century ad promotes Humphreys Veterinary Specifics curing diseases of horses cattle sheep dogs hogs and poultry by acting on the sick parts. It lists fevers lameness coughs dysentery skin ailments and miscarriages among conditions treated, and notes availability from Humphreys Medicine Co New York with a free booklet offer.
War One Flag And Destiny Ends With People’s Rule
A fragment extols a vision of liberty praising eighty four million free educated citizens and declares the government “of the people, by the people and for the people” shall not perish from the earth, signaling a vow to uphold democracy.
Modern Soup Stone And Treatment Of Ills Of Old Age
The Medical Times of New York profiles Dr Samuel Tracy claiming electric therapy can cure senility by energizing arteries. A hyfrex coil supposedly bombards the body with oscillations, paired with diet and hygiene. The Argonaut compares this to a soup stone tale, arguing skepticism about the method.
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Tracy
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Fracy
Argonaut
We Owe Coal to England and the United States Rise
The piece cites economist William Stanley Jevons and argues England will falter in coal after a prophecy. It contrasts Britain’s declining share with the United States overtaking in coal production since 1867 and notes major growth in U S output, with much of it from Pennsylvania.
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William Stanley Jerops
Odoacer
Augustus
Italy
United States
Magland
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Issohe
United Nugeldom
Iron leadership boosts U S in world output
The United States produced 26,000,010 tons of iron, surpassing the combined output of the United Kingdom Germany and France. In 1908 America’s wealth, valued at 120,000,000,000 dollars, exceeded that of the UK and France combined. Much of the nation’s industrial and financial dominance stems from anthracite use, which began on February 11, 2008, per Les He's Weekly.
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Germany
France
United States
Les He’s Weekly
A Sit by the Fire on New York Civic Pride
A New York Press piece reflects on Manhattan readers and shopkeepers who have never seen iconic landmarks. It cites a bookseller near Broadway and Twenty third Street who has not visited the Flatiron building or Brooklyn Bridge in years, highlighting limited civic engagement.
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King Snob undercuts German culture in Kunstwart
Richard Nordhausen in Kunstwart attacks a new monarchical power he calls King Snob who dominates fashion in theaters bookstores and even art exhibitions by wielding jury influence He argues this elitist control favors those with style over true talent and degrades culture urging resistance to snobismus and rule by the fashion driven few.
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Richard Nordhausen
Kunstwart
Germany
Elan
Hell
The Elopement
Muriel asks if a note was left when she eloped with George and Gabrielle replies that a note was unnecessary because their father would know where to send money, as illustrated in Tihistrated Bits.
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Muriel
George
Gabriele
Papa
Seated writer Fletcher 1716 quote on ballads and laws
Andrew Fletcher a Seated writer who died in 1716 wrote to the Marquis of Montrose and others that if no man were allowed to make all the ballads of a nation he need not care who should make the laws of a nation.
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Montrose
Rothes
Toonee
Doan's Kidney Pills Prove Best for Freeport Patient
Mrs. Scott Best of Ordway Street Freeport reports years of weak kidneys and dull headaches improved after using Doan's Kidney Pills from Emmett's drug store. She says she is getting steadily better and expects full recovery, praising the remedy as superior to all others. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole US agents. Remember the name Doan's.
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Dean
Freeport
Scott Best
Ordway Street
Emmett
Doan
foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
New Zealand Oddities and Natural Marvels
A compact survey of New Zealand peculiarities noting a crow’s harsh song in the woods, the robin’s lack of red breast, native hens as effective rat catchers, and metamorphic caterpillars. The piece suggests such curiosities, alongside the kangaroo and ornithology-related oddities, contribute to New Zealand’s marvelous exotic image.
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Zeahard
Australia
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