Poor Man's motor to transform daily life and schooling
The piece argues that cheap, lightweight motor cars will popularize personal transport and backward essential services. It links declining costs to broader adoption in England and cites potential use of moving pictures to educate and recruit for the military, medicine, and schools. It highlights 30,000 annual army needs and the educational value of cinema.
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Otto
England
United States Army
Yankee saves Confederate at Bloody Angle
A Union soldier Albert N. Hamilton of the Seventy second Pennsylvania carries a wounded Confederate, A C G Smith of the Fifty sixth Virginia, to safety during heavy crossfire. Hamilton's actions mirror the Confederate’s later recognition of the same act amid Civil War battle chaos.
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A. C G. Smith
Fifty-sixth
Virginia
Garnett
Albert N. Hamilton
Seventy-second
Pennsylvania
Hamilton
Smith
Gettysburg Fifty Year Observance Recreates Bloody Angle Moment
During the fiftieth anniversary commemoration at Gettysburg old veterans in Confederate gray and Union soldiers recall a moment at the Bloody Angle on Cemetery Ridge. A Confederate leader who fought at Pickett's charge and was wounded there recounts how two Union soldiers saved his life. The exchange highlights shared memories and lingering recognition of past peril.
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Gettysburg
Cemetery Ridge
Pickett
Seminary Ridge
New York Times
Tfve
Fraud confession claims 73000 forged names in Ohio petition drive
William Martin reports that 73000 of 77000 signatures for a referendum on the Workingmen's Compensation Act were faked by the Ohio Equity Association to defeat the law. He describes loiterer recruited signers and copied poll books, with perjury charges filed against him.
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Ohio
William Martin
Cincinnati
Martin
Hogan
Green
Highland
Brown
Clark
Delaware
Miami
Champaign
Ohio Equity Association
Lord Abinger
England
Europe
Germany
Austria
Norway
Spain
Sweden
Australia
South Africa
Netherlands
Greece
Free America
Supreme Court
America
A Kindly Scheme for Old Army Sabers
A witty plan questions disposal of surplus sabers. The government cannot sell them and suggests scattering the blades on battlefields for tourists to collect. The quote mocks bureaucratic cleverness and public interest.
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Hershey’s Weekly
Walter T. Bradley
S. E. Corner
Ninth and Thompson Streets
Philadelphia
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