Decoration Day Tribute and Civil War Remembrance
A composite reminiscence honors Major Anderson at Fort Sumter and the Civil War as veterans and widows pay tribute with violets on a soldier’s grave. It recalls Decoration Day origins, heroic mothers, and a sermon-like tribute to Union soldiers, with references to battles, quotas, and excerpts from Uncle Rufus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anderson
Fort Sumter
Chapin
Sumter
Lincoln
Shiloh
Antietam
Stone River
Chickamauga
McClellan
Peninsula
Grant
Sherman
Maine
Vermont
Indiana
Massachusetts
Michigan
Connecticut
Wisconsin
New York
Minnesota
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Missouri
Delaware
Kentucky
Maryland
West Virginia
Fortunes in Flowers and a Mother’s Resolve on Decoration Day
A widow named Mrs. Whitney pleads with a stern landlord for rent or rooms on Memorial Day. She vows to leave with her daughter Ethel to seek work in a large city, planning to honor a fallen grandpa with a final flower tribute. Born in a village, she is the daughter of a war veteran and six years married.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitney
Ethel
Mrs. Whitney
Molly
Bedford builds new city hall amid Indiana notes
A compilation from Indiana towns notes Bedford plans a new city hall while Shelbyville moves to curb gambling and Marion stops Sunday baseball. Other items cover Tipton crossing gates, a Boone Grove runaway fatality, Elwood dentist fall, and numerous tragedies, discoveries, and local quirks across the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedford
Shelbyville
Marion
Tipton
Gates
Anna Case
Boone Grove
D. C. Harold
Elwood
Lebanon
John Cumming
Edward Hipskind
James Savage
Muncie
Indianapolis
Wabash
Central Union Company
Crawfordsville
Dennis Dunn
Anderson
Big Four
Innis-Pearce Company
Rushville
Atv Vincennes
Henry Davis
Tith
Fayette County
Logansport
William Leonard
William Noftsker
Elwooi
Andrew Miller
Decatur
Miller
Harry Fort
Brice Fort
Knightestown
Frank Patterson
Roanes
Mexico
Joseph Wikel
Charles Ichards
Highlands
Vincennes
Richards
Jeremiah Musser
Missouri Cavalry
A. J. Musser
North Vernon
United States
William Galmeier
Germany
Eighth Illinois Infantry
Charles Taber
Ainsworth
Portland
Oregon
Gage Resents Midnight Interview Request
After a tiring meeting Lyman Gage retired to sleep when a voice knocked and asked for his opinion on a local issue. The next day he sent a note to the newspaper proprietor warning that if such midnight inquiries recur he will hire someone to awaken him at 1 am to pose questions. He was never disturbed in that manner again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yairth
Prate Sackfuss
Altah
Ouah
Kentry
Mudder
Battil
Alon
Deira
Lyman Gage
Mr. Gage
It Begins to Look Like a Rich Man's War and a Poor Man's Fight
A Confederate brigadier recalls a private's line late in the Civil War about class interests in the war. The private said it seemed a rich man's war and a poor man's fight, reflecting broader Southern resentment. A worldly man may fail to shift others' views, the brigadier notes.
Women Praise Pinkham Remedies In Campello Letter
Mrs M F Fozzy of Campello Massachusetts writes she suffered severe illness with stopped menstruation and body pains then used Lydia E Pinkhams Vegetable Compound Liver Pills and Sanative Wash. Relief came quickly and she is now well with regular periods and no backache, claiming cure of leucorrhea and bearing down pains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. F. Fozzy
Campello
Mass
Lydia E. Pinkeham
Appia
Pinkham
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Andy
Night
Pluto
Jess
Official Statistics
Martha
Kimball
George W. Childs
Philadelphia
Jin
Winchester
Sheridan
Mollineaux
G. W. Crofts
Rufus
Bre'r Johnaing
Indiana News
Matt
Tibbetts
Hood
T. Louis and
San Francisco Railway
Janod
C. E. Tibbetts
Monett, Mo
Drewer Walse Daly Sambed
Tiekal Serrery Werk
Mond
Bobbie Winder
Belt
Hippia
Mesbins
Attach
Omigabo
Sara
Orman
W.5th
Cle
JOCR
Pat Ales
Iglat
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