New Commander Named In Rebel Army Leader
The New Orleans era notes General Black, born in Mississippi and raised in Danville, Illinois, rises as brevet general and top lawyer famed in the middle west. A former term in congress and pensions commissioner, he ran for commander in chief of the Grand Army last year but was defeated by General Thomas A. Stewart. At the recent encampment in San Francisco he was elected unanimously.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi
Danville
Middle West
Tenmis Congress
Black
Grand Army
Thomas A. Stewart
San Francisco
Congressman Wrestler Bird St McGuire of Oklahoma
The Hon. Bird St. McGuire Oklahoma’s new congressional delegate earned a reputation as a fearless plains wrestler in his youth. During 1884 at State Normal Emporia he claimed mastery over peers and a pro wrestler named Weber, gaining fame after defeating him and drawing challenges from professionals. His early athletic prowess contrasted with his dignified congressional position.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bird St. McGuire
Oklahoma
Congress
Plains
Duiuidle
Young McGuire
State Normal
Emposia
Kaule
Rooaninate
Oklahma
Tom B. Ferguson
Chauiat
McGuire
Sedan
Kum
Weber
Bed
Optimistic Cockran Projects Irish Prosperity Era
W Bourke Cockran the famed Irish American lawyer recently returned to New York after a long visit to Ireland and England He gave an interview expressing marked optimism about Ireland s future Saying Ireland is saved To Ue Trish and that an era of prosperity is about to set in after the unrest resolution and economic revival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cockran
W. Bourke Cockran
New York
Ireland
England
Ue Trish
A Smiling Magnate and the Old Sod Diet Rumor
A parliamentary debate references a plan to settle the old sod and release years of constraint. A railway magnate jokes on smiles to bypass gatekeepers, noting the power of a friendly gesture among officials and juries.
Dainty Bedspreads For The Busy Housewife
The article offers simple decorative bedspread designs using emery linen and fine circles of wreaths and flowers. It explains staining with fast dyes and outlining with zephyr worsted for a rope-like edge, plus matching bureau cover and screen panels to complete the look.
The Art of Draping For a Quiet Hall
A vintage style guide urges restraint in decorating halls and rooms. It stresses avoiding overfitting spaces with too many pieces and favoring fewer, higher quality furnishings. Harmonious color schemes and selective draping, such as an arched hall door to a library and a kazak covered couch, illustrate tasteful restraint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worth
Risian
Preserving Crab Apples and Roast Searing Tips
The article provides a method for preserving very ripe crab apples with precise sugar to fruit ratio and gentle cooking, plus jars for sealing. It then advocates sealing roasts by starting in a hot oven for crust formation before slower final cooking. Also notes brass and iron bed couches matching foot of bed with brass or iron pieces and a woven spring mattress.
Diverse global stats and notes from late era figures
A compendium of measurements and facts spans rail miles in canals to warship counts, crop yields, postal receipts, and global trade. It notes US imports from British India, Canadian military reserves, Germany's chemical industry, Harvard’s zoological link to Baron Beyet, and various scientific experiments from Marconi plans to chicken serum antitoxins, with scattered figures on tonnage, prices, and populations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Sam
Russia
Port Arthur
Afinitoba
Florida
Great Britain
Chile
Germany
British India
British Columbia
Thee
Sicily
United States
Tokyo
Harvard University
Baron de Beyet
Brussels
Carnegie
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mack
Tata
Ropu
John C. Black
Parliaaiemt
Cockrin
Edward Kiinunit
Bi WI
Lis
W. Bourke Cockban
Augustus C. Carey
Boston
Blairgowrie
Bahama Islands
Geographical Society of Baltimore
Waiting Island
San Salvador
Columbus
French Society of Musical Composers
Charles Rothschild
Jordan
Tring Park
Viguier de Miliane
France
Cornell University
Canada
Dominion
Wnard
Jobs & Leech
Indiana
Herrick Building
Court House
Pdav
Blaze
Philadelphia Street
Téievieka
J. Telford
Beyest Stewart
TE Forp & Stewart
Ofica
Sutton Building
Wood Clare
Parmera’ Hank
Jjanss L. Stewart
Buildin
Stewart & Clark, Philadel
MD. Watson
Verner Exewex
Watson & Keener
Attorneys-At-Law
Deposit Bank
H. Toms
Attorney-Atlaw
Farmers’ Bank
Hansa
Oen P. Elkin
Tadiane
J Attiorney-Atlaw
Elkin Building
Philadelphia
Atreet
Tadiana, Pa
Joan
Pihboe
3. M. Qunningham Building
Philadelphiastrest
Ian
N. Banes
Ps. J
Xldmr Prelor
George J. Feit
Pheloe & Ferr
Pat Attorneys
ATLA
Philadel
Street
Tf Ir Care
Samuel Curringham
Jonr A
Unningham & Fisher
Isiphis Street
Hans
Zeee, Ans, Pa
Wy M. Manan
Eera Tlaw
Court Place
Farmers Bank
N. Langham Indians
Farmers Bank Building
John L. Gerry
E F. Shaulis
Oakland Avenue
G. Miller
B. Bierl
Hatebbaugh
N. F. Ehrenfeld
South Sixth
st.cLam
Osion
South Street
Xis
Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburg Railway Co
Puntsutawney
Bonn
Ind
Juneau
Richmond Walton Center
Chambersville Creekside
ErnestLy
A. W. Jones
Pennsylvania Railroad
P.m
Weee Data
SusDays
Saliaburg
Fepiton
Eiskiminetag Junction
Freeport
Springdale
Allegheny City
Butler
Butler Branch
Smavi Blatrsvinle Drrneakerion
Altoona
Prrvneges
B. Watt
Pass
Apt
Western District
Fifth Avenue
Smithfeld Street
Pittsburg
W. W. Atterbury
J.R. Wood
Tadiana
Reed
Twolick
Homer
Graceton
Rugh
Blacklick
Blaireville
Blairaville Ly
Cokeville
P.m. A
Byrsv'leint
Eville
Blairayille
Smith
Graceton Homer
Oe Dpwolick
Iona
The
Pennsylvania Savings Fund & Loan Association
Fourth Ave
Joseph Caufeiel
Cor. Msin
Franklin Sts
Johnatown
Pittsburg Life and Trust CO
Pennsylvania
S. M. McHenry
Telephone No
Indiana, PA
Ekamitton
R. G. Spence
John G. Cameron
Life, Fire & Accident Insurance
Rossmayne
Rossmoyne
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!