Memorial Day Honors for Confederate Graves on Johnson's Island
The Johnson's Island cemetery near Sandusky Ohio holds 206 Confederate officers buried as prisoners of war from 1862 to 1865. A 1905 chapter purchase secured the plots, a 1910 monument by Moses Ezekiel honors the dead, and Senator Foraker helped secure title and federal markers.
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Johnson'a
Sandusky Hay
Sandusky
Ohio
Confederacy of the
Isaac Foster Mack
Johnson's Islind
Johnson's Island
Lonely Island Asd
Coy
J. BD
Cragg
Scruggs
Yugales
Georgia Infantry
Southland
Martha Patton
United Daughters of the Confederacy of Cineinnati
Louisiana
Johnson's Island Cemetery
Miseiseippi
Grand Lodge of
Masong
Mississipp
Winnsboro
Foraker
United States
Joseph Benson Foraker
The
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Senator Foraker
Robert Patton
First Interment at Arlington 1864
Arlington National Cemetery was established by Congress for interment of soldiers and sailors who died in service. The first interment occurred May 18, 1864, for a Confederate soldier at Lincoln's request.
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Arlington National Cemetery
United States
Arlington
Abraham Lincoln
Reminiscence of a Pvt. Hagged Digging in War Memory
Frank B. Hayes recalls a dusty private digging scene, heavy with memory and lost comrades. A shell burst, a buddy was fallen, and a hushed Chicago Tribune echo frames the grim cost of night combat in stark personal terms.
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Frank &. Hayes
Chicago Tribune
Counter Irritant Dupont What is Wrong My Friend
A translated La Figaro item from Paris printed in the Kansas City Star features Courand and Dupont discussing misery at home. Dupont complains of a harsh wife mother-in-law and ruined finances while insisting his painful shoes are his only solace.
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Dupont
Courand
la Figaro
Paris
The
Kansas City Star
Moone's Emerald Oil Promised to Ease Corn Pain
An advertisement touts Moone's Emerald Oil as a remedy for painful corns and bunions with a money back guarantee if it fails to relieve pain and soreness. It claims the oil penetrates deeply to restore foot health and enable comfortable movement, noting widespread druggist sales.
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Money Back
Moone
Old saying and delivery boy solve a mystery
In a note from Los Angeles Imiman, Max Cohen moves to Lanker shim and asks a delivery boy about nearby residents. The boy deciphers clues about people up the street, revealing a playful riddle linking food hints to a political party.
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Max Cohen
Lankershim
Los Angeles
I'iman
Bell-Ans Indigestion Relief Adverts
A vintage advertisement proclaims Bell-Ans Halts over acidity and digestive discomfort. It touts a harmless relief for gas belching heartburn nausea and headache, claiming 80 years of testing and urging readers to order Bell and Company in Orangeburg for a free pamphlet.
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Bell & Go, Inc
Orangeburg
Wheat Little Changed in Ancient Systems
A fragment suggests wheat prices hold steady as modern farming echoes ancient methods. Text references ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia with speculative notes about 5500 year old specimens found, and mentions Popular Mechanics Magazine in a brief, faded context.
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Egypt
Mesopotamia
Anya Popular
Mechanics Magazine
Women Need a Mild Laxative Not a Physic
Fragments promote Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a gentle, non griping laxative for women and girls. Claims it restores natural bowel regularity without upsetting the stomach. Advertises a 60 cent bottle and a free sample offer from Monticello Illinois.
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Galdweil
Caldwell
Medicina
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Wissahickon Ave
Philadelphia
Makers of
RADIO
Irene
Heath Murdoch & Co
New York
Gettysburg
Robert EB. Lee
North
George W. Gordon
United Confederate Veterana
South
Mary Patton Hudson
Cincinnati
Robert W. Patton
West Virginia
Moses Ezekiel
Lee
Arlington i
J. Reynolds Tobacco
Peterman
Ania
Petenman
Peuarman’s
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