Past Recalled as Decoration Day Memory Echoes War
A reflective piece recalling Decoration Day rituals with veterans in uniform, old flags, and lists of the fallen. It honors the Union cause and the shared memory across former foes while urging peace and mutual goodwill. Mentions of Confederate veterans and civil war battles contrast with a call for harmony.
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Anneration
Warnold
Fredericksburg
Gettysburg
Union
Jukes
Gulf
Love of Country and Memorial Day Reflections
A Christian Work editorial urges honoring Memorial Day and Independence Day as true holidays for youth. It warns against unnecessary toil that dampens patriotism, stresses that holidays should honor history, and recalls the sacrifice of young soldiers who defended unity, freedom, and justice.
Free Sample Pills Ad and Memorial Day Reflection
Send address to H E Bucklen Co for Dr King’s New Life Pills free sample box. Pills aid constipation and sick headache, with malaria and liver benefits, guaranteed vegetable and non weakening. Sold by Hildebrand in Indiana and Moore in Homer City Blairsville Miller. Arlington Heights graves honored with flowers, inviting national cemeteries to decorate and cherish the unknown soldier.
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H. E. Bucklen & Co
Chicago
Dr. King
T. E. Hildebrand
Indiana
W. S. Moore
Homer City
M. G. Miller
Blairsville
Georgia farmer joins regiment with reaping hook joke
A Philadelphia Times excerpt recalls a Georgia farmer who joined the Twenty-fifth Georgia Regiment armed with a long reaping hook. He jokes he cannot handle a gun but could “cut ’em down” if the Yankees hold still, then quips about his age and sons when told they would not.
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Georgia
Twenty
Philadelphia Times
Baron Hirsch Dies in Hungary After Gala Night
Baron Hirsch died of syncope at 8 AM in O Gyalla near Comorn Hungary while guest of Herr Ehrenfeld. He had been enjoying champagne at a festive gathering and retired to bed at 1 AM. A benefactor of Jewish causes, he spoke of death and legacy duties, hoping to fund foundations, and desired a sudden end without illness. London Letter.
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Baron Hirsch
O Gyalla
Comorn
Hungary
Herr Ehrenfeld
St. Johann
Austria-Hungary
Prince Hohenlohe
Cardinal Vuaszary
Ehrenfelds
Carlsbad
Lis Galician Foundation
London
Emperor rewards German schoolchildren who petition him
Berlin correspondence reports that Kaiser Wilhelm II asked teachers to curb letters from pupils seeking gifts. Four Berlin children wrote him recently: money for coal, a new violin, a sewing machine, and cash. An officer assessed each case. coal was sent to a widow’s daughter, the violin cost funded lessons with a professor, a sewing machine was denied to a child from a wealthy family, and another was promised a machine after proving merit in school. The emperor could exhaust funds if all petitions were granted.
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Germany
Berlin
Kaiser
William II
Ex Governors Spread in Literature and Law Across West
Ex-Governor Lew Wallace gains enduring fame and wealth as author of The Fair God Ben Hur and The Prince of India Ex-Governor William G Ritch thrives as a stock grower and ranchman in southern New Mexico Ex-Governor Lionel A Sheldon ranks high as a lawyer journalist and politician in Los Angeles Ex-Governor Edmund G Ross promotes literature in New Mexico as secretary of immigration and may spark national politics with a new history of the Andrew Johnson impeachment Ex-Governor L Bradford Prince grows and beautifies his Espanola fruit farm writes for the press and supports the white metal at lectures Santa Fe New Mexican.
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Lew Wallace
New Mexico
Bureau of Immigration
Andrew Johnson
L. Bradford Prince
Espanola
Santa Fe New Mexican
Dr Bull's Pills Promoted As Quick Dyspepsia Cure
An elderly advertisement proclaims Dr Bull's Pills swiftly cure dyspepsia bilious trouble and liver and kidney issues. A testimonial from J Burke of Davenport Iowa endorses the remedy. Fifty pills cost 25 cents with a free sample by A C Meyer & Co Baltimore Maryland. Take no substitute.
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J. W. Bull
Baltimore
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