Childish Memorial Day Tales From Two Wisely Tired Women
Two elderly neighbors share memories of Memorial day and wartime kindness. A pretty matron recalls local parade fuss over work horses while a gray haired widow reflects on long lives, losing a husband, and a Civil War veteran who stood alone at taps before passing away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Will
Thirty-fifth Street
Aha
Husband
York State
Adam
Appomattox
John
Pennsylvania
Ofd
Sheppard Butler
Chicago Record-Herald
Belong to Page of History on Decoration Day
A historic meditation on Decoration Day reflecting on national memory and the meaning of memorial practices. The piece honors fallen soldiers and all missing, urging reverence over ostentation and noting time has softened sorrow while history weaves laurels for the dead.
Stranger in Town Engaged During War Time
A woman recalls a stranger in town who proposed during wartime. With men away, she was confined at home and spoke through a rain barrel pipe. They became engaged before he left to fight. He was captured once and rumor spread about his fate in Andersonville.
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Andersonvilie
Paraise
Yotil
Lessons From Patriotism And Tenderness On Memorial Day
A reflective exhortation to honor memories with kindness and practical care. It urges expressing appreciation to family and neighbors, seizing shared joy now, and notes the Grand Army of the Republic tradition of sending flowers and aid to sick or destitute veterans, as a tribute to fallen comrades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Army
Grand Army of the Republic
Memorial Day Origins Uniting Blue and Gray Memorial Thoughts
In 1866 Mrs Mary A W Howard proposed a day to place flowers on Confederate graves, leading to April 26 observances. By 1868 General Lozan set May 30 as Memorial Day for Union soldiers, with cross‑tone aim to unite Blues and Grays in tribute and future hope.
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Mary A. W. Howard
North
John A. Lozan
Grand Army
Fauie
Col. M. A. al
Notice of Probate Court Confirmation Hearing
Notice that the following accounts were filed in the probate office Todlang Pa and will be presented to the court for confirmation on Monday June 8, 191% at 10 a.m. Unless exceptions are filed within ten days the accounts will be confirmed as unopposed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Strohber
Stroines
Strohder
Rusk
Jume
Strether Piano Co
Chienago
Milwaukee
Sthohber Piano CO
Smithfield ST
Pettsburgh, PA
Washington Township
Phim Creek
Kelly Schoolhouse
Creekelde
Arlington
Wm. Kelly
BF. W. Buhite
T. W. Buhite
Willet
M. Meming
M. Wlem Ing
Bupervigors
John J. Potts
Plumming
Creekaide
Creakwide
Todlang Pa
Ndey
Pas
Big Ware
Leroy Cunningham
J. M. Stewart & CO
Big Hardware
Indiana
Paeler & Felt
Warle L. Grimes
Harry A. Bweeney
Dorothy
BF. Sweeney
Paul Bweenay
Ry Winar
Edward L. Bweene
Alleghany County
Orphans’ Court
Indiana County
Pennsylvania
Ind 6Borough
Indison County
David C. Browh
D. N. Daugherty
John Frick
Eleventh Street
Minora
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God's Acre
Memoriam
Ford Automobile
Bargere
Flora Automobile
BAER
Fenoarator
Tampa
Grand Strohber
Paris
Boggs & Buhl
Pitteburgh, PA
B. M
E. R. Lumsden
Philadelphia St
Elk
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