The Yazoo RiverWreaths and a Confederate Love Story
A Union veteran recalls a Memorial Day ritual on the Yazoo where he casts wreaths over water in memory of John Douglas. He recounts his Civil War ordeal after being wounded near Vicksburg, his rescue by Olympia Le Moyne and her father, and his eventual return to his regiment after a month of secluded romance in a whitewashed cottage by the bayou.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neil Macdonald
John Douglas
Pennsylvania Regiment of Volunteers
Pennsylvania
Sherman
Vicksburg
Yazoo
Murillo
Olympia le Moyne
Francis le Moyne
New Orleans
Olympia
le Moyne
Myself
I Saw a Tall Beautiful Girl at Yazoo River Battle
A Confederate pursuit scene unfolds on the Yazoo riverbank as a Union survivor recalls a desperate escape. The narrator, wounded by a long-range shot, is carried by a heroic comrade to a riverbank plank and a rescue boat. Memorial Day memories and a flower wreath conclude the tale.
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Shades
Yazoo River
Union
Dinah
The
Yazoo
Patriot Saints and Heroes Remembrance Message
Quotes from General Anderson Judge Richards Yates Benjamin Harrison and Webster Davis honor American soldiers. The text urges pride in bravery and the duty of youth to know names and places linked to courage and sacrifice at Arlington and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Anderson
Richards Yates
Benjamin Harrison
Webster Davis
Arlington
August Flower Claims World’s Largest Medicine Sale
An old advertisement extols Green’s August Flower as the leading medicine worldwide for indigestion biliousness and related ailments. It touts liver regulation nervous system support and headache relief, urging a few liquid doses to reassure buyers nothing serious is wrong. Sample bottles sold by Joseph Emmert's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Emmert’s
Emmert & Burrell
Settlers Buy American Machinery Amid Siberian Rail Route
Druggist A W Sawtelle of Hartford endorses Chamberlain s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. A customer credits it with saving her life at the shore, and a man who suffered colic pains recovered after a dose. Sold by Jos Emmert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
A. W. Sawtelle
Hartford
Conn
Jos, Emmert
Typewriting Experts Replace Handwriting Experts in New York Trial
In a New York trial the court introduced typewriting experts instead of handwriting specialists to evaluate documents. The change aims to speed up evidence assessment and set new standards for document authentication.
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New York
Healing Tonics Promoted By Advertisers For Ills
A wartime style advertisement extols Foley's Honey and Tar for lung recovery from lagrippe or heavy colds. It also touts Foley's kidney cure as a remedy for rheumatism by excreting uric acid, claiming healthy kidneys prevent rheumatic illness. Names H. J. Moogh and W. F. Jungkunz appear as endorsers.
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Foley
H. J. Moogh
W. F. Jungkunz
H. J. Moogk
W. F. Jungunz
Flowers as memorial ritual at veterans’ graves
In a Memorial Day ceremony, 1861 and 1865 veterans gather amid blooming hills as a child recites a tribute. Major Mason and family assign symbolic flowers to virtues like thought, courage, and innocence, with roses for valor, laurel for victory, and evergreens for memory, while others offer wreaths and a cedar branch for strength.
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Agnes
Alice
Mason
Jennie
Cough Cure Praised. Leans on Immediate Results
W W Mayhew of Merton Wisconsin lauds One Minute Cough Cure as a quick safe remedy. It claims to cure coughs colds croup bronchitis grippe whooping cough pneumonia and throat and lung diseases. Early use said to prevent consumption. children and mothers endorse it. A Leeds England man leaves £100 for his eldest son if he stays 100 miles from Leeds town hall.
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W. W. Mayhew
Merton, Wis
H. J. Moogh
Leeds
England
Leeds Town Hall
Atwater man cured by Foley's Kidney Cure
Chas Replogle of Atwater Ohio was unable to work due to kidney trouble. After four days with Foley's Kidney Cure he was completely well. H. J. Moogh and W. F. Jungkunz note sales outside major prize places draw suspicion from colleagues.
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Chas. Replogle
Atwater, O
Foley
H. J. Moogh
W. F. Jungkunz
London
Liverpool
Paris
Hamburg
Bremens
Banner Salve credited for breast sore cure, man says
Henry H Richards of Willseyville New York reports a year long breast sore vanished after using Banner Salve. He praises it highly and says he will keep it in the house. Nearby Lompoc California growers cultivate wastard seed on 2000 acres involving about 200 farmers in the region.
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Henry H. Richards
Willseyville
N. Y
H. J. Moogk
W.F. Jungkunz
Lompoc
Santa Barbara County
Cal
Miss Florence Newman Endorses Pain Balm Relief
Gray village resident Miss Florence Newman suffers muscular rheumatism and says Chamberlain's Pain Balm is the only remedy that gives relief. The liniment is sold by Jos Emmert for others afflicted.
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Florence Newman
Chamberlain
Newman
Gray
N. Y
Jos. Emmert
Grain-O food drink replaces coffee for all ages
Try Grain O. Ask your grocer to show you Grain O the new food drink that takes the place of coffee. Children may drink it without injury and adults like it. Grain O has rich seal brown color like Mocha and Java but is made from pure grains and agrees with delicate stomachs. Priced 4 the price of coffee 1d c and 25cts per package sold by all grocers.
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Java
Annual Meeting of German Baptiste Dunkards in Indiana
Northern Manchester Indiana hosts the annual meeting for German Baptist Dunkards from May 29 to June 8, 1900. Excursion tickets by the Chicago Goat Western By offer travel to Northagrotecten Indiana with return by June 9 or June 5 with a 50 cent payment. Inquiries directed to C G We Ry or F H Lord G P T A 113 Adams St Chicago.
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First Church of Christ, Scientist
Boston
Mass
Chicago Great Western Ry
F. H. Lord
G. P
T. A
Adams Sr
Chicago
East St. Louis
North-Western Line
Illinois
Chicago & North Western By
Dunkards
Manchester
Ind
Chicago Goat Western
C. G. We
H. Lord
Adams St
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Sweden
Belgium
Turkey
Flora
R. C. Eichorn
Alice Mason
Longfellow
Earth
Robert Shaw
Flere
Katie Hyde
Robert
Florence
Papa
Leigh ST Lunt
Mark
Ford
Henderson
C. M. Henderson & CO
Phleats
Weat
Freeport Light & Fuel C
Madison, Wis
Freeport
Illinois Central Railroad
Madison
Joseph Emmert
H. J. Moog Swarts & Fleck
Wagner's
MTA
California
Oregon
Union Pacific
North-Western
Chicago & North-Western Railway
Milwark
Chicago & Otras Fe
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