Farragut Breaks Blockade At New Orleans Mississippi Mission
Admiral Farragut launches a night passage toward New Orleans on April 24 1862 with 192 guns aboard seventeen wooden ships while facing 166 guns on Forts Jackson and Philip and floating hulks chained to block the river. A French and British force had warned passage was impossible but Farragut’s fleet pushed through under heavy fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. L. Kilmer
Arragut
Mississippi River
Fort Jackson
Fort Philip
Farragut
Brooklyn Battles: Iroquois Forces Save Sloop and McRae
In dark smoke on the river, the Brooklyn endures multiple blows from ram Manassas and a Confederate shot. A near miss from the Iroquois spares the gunboat McRae as a warning not to fire. Brooklyn sustains seventeen hull hits and thirty five dead as federal ships retreat.
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Brooklyn
McRae
Local notes and notices from Decatur County
Miss Pearhbaw of Sardinia hosts Mrs. J. T. Alexander. Grace Murphy visits friends at Vevay and Rising Sun. Dr. C. H. Parsons of Rushville dines with Mrs. Anna Parsons. Benjamin Miller receives Masonic degrees. Jehile Davis dies aged 69. funeral this afternoon. Marriage licenses issued for several couples. City Board reelects officers. Ice cream festival planned. Big Four rail line upgrades near town. John H. Ford, 77, dies. survivors listed. funeral tomorrow.
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Grace Murphy
Vevay
Rising Sun
C. H. Parsons
Rushville
Anna Parsons
Mary Hamilton
S. H
Pinson
Clinton
W. M. Robbins
Kokomo
W. A. Robbins
Alexander
Greensburg
William Miller
Burney
Jehile F
Davis
Smith’s Crossing
Edward
Frank
Joseph
Logansport
William
Indianapolis
T. G. Power
Augustus Miller
The Night Fire Buffalo Painting in Japanese Art
A famous Japanese painting in Washington from the Japanese legation shows a hidden nocturnal luminous water buffalo painted with phosphorescent pigment from mollusks. The glow appears only at night, while daylight reveals only a plain landscape. The secret pigment died with the artist, and priests claim the buffalo hides in the shade by day and comes out at night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Legation
Europe
America
Japan
Washington Post
Farragut’s Bold Night Dash Past Forts at New Orleans
The lead division under Captain Bailey moved past Fort Jackson to Fort Philip while Confederate gunners fired fiercely. Hartford and Brooklyn endured fire as they pressed toward the Louisiana, Manassas, and ironclads, with Porter's bombardment continuing until Duncan surrendered. The Harriet Lane witnessed capitulation as Louisiana exploded moments after signing. Farragut’s nighttime passage shocked both defenders and the world.
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Farragut
Mississippi
Manassas
Porter
New Orleans
Fort Jackson
Dooncan
Duncan
Harriet Lane
Fort Sumter
Wainwright
Louisiana
Moore
Beverly Kennon
United States Navy
Quick Belief for Asthma
Miss Maude Dickens of Parsons Kansas reports eight years of severe asthma with deadly attacks. She says Foley's Honey and Tar gave immediate relief and never failed.
Local notices of visits deliveries and weather effects
A series of brief items record visits by Mrs. Nora Moberly and Mrs. Felix Gartin, deliveries by Robbins Sons and Robison Davis, painting at Lara Doles residence, travel by J G Davis family, improvements by C and W Robbins, a festival disruption at Liberty, frequent sightings of Dock Taylor's son, and a lightning strike at the depot with no further damage. James Cook’s sister-in-law visits Lara Doles and is called to her bedside.
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W. V. Macy
American Bicycle Co
Pacific Coast
Chicago
Logansport
ENE Medicine CO
Union City
Ind
Robison & Davis
Greensburg
Queen City
Will Price
Middlebranch
Lara Doies
Felix Gartin
Near Burney
John Robbins
J. G. Davis
Mr. Stapp
Terkeo
W. Robbins
James Cook
Pennington
Lara Doles
Monday
Women and Men Suffer Kidney Trouble Alike
The ad asserts kidney and bladder disease affect both women and men, causing mind decline, loss of ambition and cheer, and bed wetting in children. It touts Swamp Root as a remedy with sample offers and a pamphlet from Dr Kilmer Co in Binghamton New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swaum
Local Social Notes From Greensburg and Waldron
Laura Crist visits Milroy friends while Minnie Sharp slowly improves. Greensburg residents Ann Hindman and Ida M. Wray visit local relatives and D W Hazelrigg. Mary Weidner guests Roxie Lowe in Waldron. Baptist Aid meets Henry Kirby home. Strawberries and cake enjoyed by Lowe family visitors John Lowe and kin Elisha English Lyda Logan.
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Laura Crist
Milroy
Minnie Sharp
Ida M. Wray
Greensburg
D. W. Hazelrigg
Mary Weidner
Waldron
Roxie Lowe
John Lowe
Eon
Topeka
Kansas
Elisha English
Lyte Logan
Lowe
Lemon and Vanilla Sample Offer Mentioned
The notice invites trying a sample of Alexander’s lemon and vanilla extracts with free samples available.
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Alexander
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W. R. Pieak
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Nellie
Frank Oldham
Moores Hill
Albert R. Coy
Mona Nation
George Deiwert
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Jono Teewaus
Marys Stohlman
Shirl Vaughter
Anna
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Frank Self
Fairmount
Mary Rankin
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Leon
Bernice Silberberg
Purdue University
O. G. Miller
A. C. Shewey
James
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John Carroll
Millhousen
A. M. Willoughby
Euchre Club
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Harris City
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Big Four
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Alice Dowden
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F. C. Hazelrigg
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Carson Mission
A. H Talbott
F. P. Monfort
G. M. Ewing
Sam Bonner
J.G. Robbins & Sons
Horace
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Ontario
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Estherville
Iowa
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William Woodard
Decatur
Foley
Alexander& Co
Henry Dravis
Newpoint
T. L. Creath
Indiana
A. 8. King
Mr. Creath
Ripley County
Thomas
Joe Styers
Winfield
Will
Ralph Buckley
Sammonds
Old Decatur
Literary Club
C. T. Powner
West Walnut Street
A. H. Talbott
Aston Howard
T. E. Hamilton
L. D. Braden
D. A. Ardery
Henry Nordmaier
Sarah Wooden
Theodorus Bailey
Hartford
Bailey
Varuna
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Enk
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Alexander &Co
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Wood
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Ela Douglas
Robbins’ Sons
P. G. Capper
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Henry Short
W. J. Russell
Philip and
R. T. McGee
Adams
Ann Hindman
Lyda Logan
Forest
Thomas Shields
Dot
Nell Hamnon
George Logan
The
Baptist Aid Society
Henry Kirby
Reel Estate
Margaret E. Doggett
Adams Township
John EF. Mull
Marion Township
Sach Township
Freehold
Virgil L. Alexander
M &R
I. Ezet Nole
Amys
Circuit Court
Maet E. Doggett
Said
Creath & Parker
Fur EK
Eureka
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