Reprieve Story From Harper's Ferry Telegraph Office
In Washington, Dan Ludwig and Jesse Sarvis recall a tense 1861 event at Harper's Ferry. A chaplain urged mercy for deserters Shea and Doane after a failed wire, as the sentencd execution neared. A message to Lincoln arrived, delaying the death until the Dry Tortugas.
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Dan Ludwig
Jesse M. Sarvis
Cin Cinnatii Enquirer
Saul
Ludwig
Sarvis
Harper’s Ferry
West Virginia
United States Telegraph Office
Shea
Doane
Lincoln
War Department
Washington
Big Half
Waglington
Garly
Ief
Shenandoah Street
New York Heavy Artillers
Bolivar
Lattimore
Dredarick City
Tnt
Laltimore
Harper's
Perry
Harper's Ferry
Deans
Frank
Prank
Healarad
Ivan Pray
Brank
Gale
Maryland
Bolivar Hotel
Liautenant
Tion
Pricets
Atl
Ander
Lake Aim
Sani
Water and Capture Tale from a Massachusetts Regiment
R PEPWORTH, chaplain to a Massachusetts regiment, recounts a humorous yet perilous capture tale near a water spring. A sick man seeks a drink and is lured by a sharpshooter who calls out Yank prompting the captive to reveal his location under guard, then cleverly commands him to walk toward the enemy while the shooter laughs at the momentary ruse.
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R. Pepworth
Massachusetts
Eham
Jengilt
Fragmented Civil War Memoir Excerpt Recounted in Rocky Mountain Herald
An anonymized veteran narrative from a Civil War era moment describes a close firefight at Fair Oaka where a fellow soldier faced a dangerous confrontation. The speaker recalls a Johnny firing a gun at his face and being forced to retaliate, leaving a scorched scar and a tense recollection of the incident.
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Joo Ai Lim
Oaka
Anil Ald
Rocky Mountain Herald
Grim camp humor and grim humor in war tale from camp
A fragmentary reminiscence recounts camp life with grim humor and absurd prayers. General Gordon is parodied by a soldier’s quip about battle outcomes and a tale of a Federal soldier delivering last orders to a Confederate, illustrating wartime absurdity and strain.
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Grima Warner
Despondencey
Gordon
Suerd
Vietory
Cener
Agnan
Mirgy
Qea
Lamoroasty
Stonewall Jackson Letter Found in Charleston Confederate Soldier Tale
A last-deter letter by Stonewall Jackson is described as penned after his Chancellorsville wounds. The note appears in Charleston with Mrs. Margaret Preston, sister of his first wife, as recipient. Closing lines express gratitude to Tom and reference personal time, signed “Your brother, Thomas Jamison.”
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Stonewall Jackson
Charleston
Jackson
Chancellorsville
Margaret Preston
Tom
Thomas Jamison
Children’s Column of Cute Tales and Quips
A children oriented page features Gretchen and Katchen in a playful scene with cherries and a garden arbor, plus snippets like Little Johnny’s jaw breaking name Corbett and a rhyme about two boastful little men who race to outdo each other with their hats nearly meeting.
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Gretchen
Katchen
Forge
Boa
Johnny
Johnny—Corbett
Judge
Fa Oden Tynia
Nicholan
Alphabet party marks a child’s alphabet mastery
A ribbon of memory recalls a toy soldier tale and a father’s dream with a child’s longing. The article describes a first countrywide alphabet party, hosted by a minister’s wife, to honor a child’s mastery of the alphabet. Mothers in the host country rival over the right age for the celebration. Decorations feature home crafted boxes and alphabet shaped treats.
Alphabet Balloon and a London Newsboy Tale
A fragment from a children’s section describes a game with an alphabet book tied to a balloon and a tiny performer proving mastery. It shifts to a London tale where a benevolent gentleman tries to place a newsboy in steadier work, the boy’s sharp reply about pay revealing his family needs.
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America
London
New York
Trafalgar Square
Harpers
Ancient Roman Frontier Marks Found in German Alps
Archaeologists from the German Triperial Commission report a discovery near the Tramus Mountains north of Frankfurt Mainz. A trench parallel to the Tim es Fransilin ianus reveals the original frontier markers buried about two feet deep, with stakes and guards marks indicating Roman defense lines and black earth markers.
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Tramus
Frankfortegn-Mainz
Triprrial Commission For the Investigation of Antiquities
Fransilinianus
Alaut
AL Hunheim
Bavaria
Mommenen
Indigance
Vicrr Jaeghi
London
Bustle Smuggling Case Stuns Port Townsend
A Port Townsend woman was arrested by customs officers for wearing a bustle, seized as contraband. The case alleges the bustle concealed smuggled goods, with authorities asserting modern ridicule of such attire justified legal action.
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Port Townsend
Sax Reform Studies Opinion Request For Buffalo Readers
A reader solicitation invites opinions on Sax Reform Studies aimed at broad social questions and tax systems. It notes landowners may benefit from improvements increasing land value and asks residents to submit thoughts to the office or P O Box 88 Buffalo New York.
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P.O. Box
Buffalo
Tax Conference Report on Pennsylvania Taxation Ideas
A Cincinnati Tribune summary reports Zen Weeks's address before a Manufacturers association on Pennsylvania tax policy. It covers dissatisfaction with current methods, calls for fair contributions, practical limits on full value taxation, and the need for fact gathering before proposing reforms. The piece notes state and local funding debates and the role of the Tax Conference of Pennsylvania.
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Pennsylvania
the Tribune
Zen
Joseph D. Weeks
Manufacturers’ Association
Association
Grand Hotel
Gto
Grane
Knighta of
Inbar
Nani Gamated Association
Boy
Iembere Remceri
Fier
Ingen
Tin State
Fing Nemgty
Stato
United Staties
Secretary of State
Ohio
Seventieth General Assembly of
Ita
Cincinnati
Pribane
Tax shifts by capital and the burden on incomes
Julga Maguire from California argues that taxes on income will be shifted to consumers by merchants bankers and investors. He warns landlords and capital owners will shift burdens through higher prices while taxes on personal earnings cannot be shifted. He laments that financial markets optimize net returns and resist taxation of capital, predicting capital will move or burden shift under new income tax plans.
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Julga Maguire
MM. GC
California
What is the single tax and why tax land values
Christian Patrick outlines the single tax concept arguing it shifts tax from labor and industry to land values. He claims land value taxation reduces prices, prevents fraud, and encourages work by removing taxes from buildings and goods while taxing land wealth.
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Lans
Singia
Farmers Union Leader Presses Organization at Methlehem
President Unewell of the Farmers Union League urged local farmers to unite for action at Methlehem. He argued the local option tax bill, defeated three sessions, would ruin thousands of farmers if enacted and criticized Assemblyman Wray's mortgage tax exemption proposal as opposed by the league.
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Unewell
Farmers* Union League
Methlehem
Farmers League
Wray
Martin Mulet tax bill passed by Republicans in House
The House approved the Martin Mulet tax bill by 55 to 45 with all affirmative votes from Republicans. It imposes a $000 real estate tax on properties selling liquor and, upon petition support, enables tax payment to bar prosecutions under the prohibitory law in cities meeting size thresholds and general populations.
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House of Representatives
Martin Mulet
Folly and Whekeshies tax on personal property
The piece critiques taxation on personal property noting a twenty year assessment drop of 870 0 000 while wealth grows. Names Mer Stead, Mare shall Field, Marsh Field Jr, Atawarr, Goo ML Pullman, Potter Valier appear with tax amounts cited. It warns of corrupt contracts and inflation harming productive power, implying potential losses of millions annually.
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Chicarro
Mer. Stead
Mareshall Field
Marsh Field, Jr
Atawarr
Pullman
Potter Valier
Christian Patbog
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SAX Reform Studies
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