Night raid on a Confederate cabin during Civil War
John Wessels of Company C recalls a midnight raid in 1861 near Paris Missouri. The unit stormed a Confederate lieutenant's cabin, battled indoors, and, after a chaotic misadventure with a scuttle hole, captured two black women mistaken for enemies, ending with their escape as the cabin was about to be burned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palmyra
Company C
Black
Paris
Sergt
Chas. Frost
Uncle Sam
Missouri
Front
John Wessels
Co. C
3D Mo
Cav
Quincy, Ill
Color and fashion advice for auburn haired women
The piece offers guidance on flattering colors for women with auburn hair, advising black for slender appearance and old look, blue clashing above the waist, green or white for certain effects, velvet and lace accents for stout or colorless figures, and cautions against pinks and stripes. It ends with a promotional plug for Hood's Sarsaparilla claiming to improve energy.
SHASIDE GOSSIP Hints at Summer and Sporting Pleasures
The piece highlights Saratoga Springs Lenox Mass Richfield Springs and Newport as summer social hubs with clam bakes musicales polo coaching parades and private balls. It notes deer hunting in the Adirondacks venison on hotel tables and outdoor dances in the Catskills while mentioning Dan Sully and Mrs Sully at Lake Hill and the home of Mrs Sully's mother Mrs G L Fox wife of pantomimist.
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Saratoga Springs
Lenox
Mass
Richfield Springs
Newport
America
Astors
Vanderbilts
New York
Adirondacks
Eays
New York Herald
Catskills
Dan Sully
Lake Hill
Overlook Mountain
Sully
Women's Gossip Reflects Shifts in Fashion and Labor
A column notes women’s changing interests from household tasks to fashion and jewelry, highlights a seamless Paris skirt, and recalls a Texas widow who sued an editor for 10000 and married him to keep the money. It also praises women in engineering support during Brooklyn Bridge work and profiles poised speaking women among royalty and peers.
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Texas
All England
Philip Newman
Telegram
St. Louis Globe
Brooklyn
Roebling
Shea
Princess of Wales
Princess Louise
Baroness Burdett-Coutts
Lady Randolph Churchill
Lady Aberdeen
Polite Salesman Teaches Jeweler Courtesy in Hard Handshake
A six foot Meiden lane salesman travels with calm manners and firm resolve. In a western store he faced insult after which he warned he would pitch the jeweler over his safe if not apologized. The jeweler complied, and the salesman became a regular customer.
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Meiden Lane
Multiple Disasters and Political Events Across 1920s Headlines
A laundry steam mangle exploded injuring sight girls and a man at 248 H 104th st New York. Rebels in Rio Grande do Sul beat government troops in interior clashes. BP H Weeks, the New York embezzler, flees toward Honduras as extradition papers fail to reach him. A striking miner in Pittsburg Kansas was shot dead by two black strikers. A Chicago rabbis conference completes a Hebrew prayer book revision. Cleveland banks consider lifting the sixty day notice rule amid improved finances. Pacific coast crop corner attempt by New York and London hop buyers costs $4080000 in Belt scheme failure. Western Brass Manufacturing works burn in St Louis as firemen are struck by a live electrical wire. Gov Atgeld’s Windmere Hotel residence in Chicago is attacked, but he assumes custodianship and sleeps there.
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Cleveland
New York
London
Western Brass Manufacturing Company
St. Louis
Windmere
Chicago
Atgeld
Ancient transport and rail car prices cited in quirky list
A dated catalog style piece notes prices for rail cars and supplies, listing car types such as first and second class coaches, Pullman cars, stock cars, hopper and gondola cars, and a fifty-foot mail car. It includes speculative prices from 330 to 15,000 with brief notes on features like power brakes and vertical plane counters.
Market Prices and Provisions From the Auguste Markets
Friday market notes show firm prices on canned goods and meats with scarce sugar and coffee. Detailed listings cover bacon, sausage, lard, dry salt meats, and various canned vegetables, fruits, and spices with regional quotes for Indiana California and New York suppliers.
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Eured
Indiana
California
Empire
Morgan & Gray
Welnar
Tierces
Tiercas
Izige
Wie
Siza
Johnsons
Johnson’s
Alayke
Altria
Choice
Timothy
Yaney
Hed Ton
Wal
Neal
Columbia
Sacramento
Poubottry
Creksu
New York
Limaburg
Comon Lake
Yarmouth
Lion
Cordoba
Banner
Java
Timothy Hay
Passenger Train Schedules From Indianapolis Union Station
A timetable lists multiple daily departures from Indianapolis Union Station to cities including Kankakee Chicago Lafayette Louisville Louisville Cincinnati and Cincinnati routes to St Louis and Terre Haute with trains to Anderson Muncie Elkhart Benton Harbor Marion Wabash Crawfordsville Danville Champaign and Columbus Ohio. Ticket offices are at East Washington Street Jackson Place Massachusetts Avenue and Union Station.
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Indianapolis Union Station
Kankakee
Chicago
Lafayette
Louisville
Lawrenceburg
Cincinnati
Aim
Shelbyville
Greensburg
Kaibam
Cleveland
Buffalo
Albany
New York
Anderson and Muncie
Elkhart
Benton Harbor
Marion and
Wabash
ST. Louis
Greencastle
Terre Haute
Mautgon
Bloom Malon
Pekin
Peoria
Crawfordsville
Danville
Chatpaign
Dayton
Shangrielg
Columbus
Ohio
East Washington St
Jackson Place
Massachuets Ave
Union Station
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Pye
Ty Dear
Tom Mrsson
Hood
Shaside Gossip
Pennsylvania Hospital
Philadelphia
Papa
Pittsburg Dispatch
Tae Son
the News
Thomas Betson
Pittsburg
Kas
Conference of Jewish Rabbis
Russia
City Markets
Erens Stames
S.meridian
Erie
E. J. Martin
Tennessee Streets
H. C. Castor
Aflics and
Resicerca
Fiassachusetts Aveniwte
tsrTelephore
Atiusements
DARK
Perkins D. Fisher
M'Lle
Texarkarsas
Jean Delmas
Ponnlaur
CLE
Watines
Land's
L United
Minstrels and European Vaudeville Company
Vrices
Fairview Park
Clark
Eixth
Geelock
Misa Edith Lark
Geo. W. Vernon
W. Uhio
BASE
Irvington
John B. Morrison
Centest
Offica
DR. M. Hishnbeiss
St. Heures
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Carl Barnes
DR. Young
East Washington Street
William N. Bowmar
Archiprul
Indianapolis
Herod & Herod
Fletcher’s Bank
William Pirtee Herod
Fletcher's Bank B’l'g
BOA Sacral
Business Universit Lending College of Taninessek Shardianmd
Bryant & Stratton
Mansy Payments
Inter Now
Niegant
Heeb & Osborn
North
Illinois
General Assembly
State of
Travelers’ Register
Uiion Station
Illinois Street
Cnnsylvania la Lambs
Central
Ficket
Ct Station
Kingis and
Washington Streets
Vernon
Ant Madson
Logansport
Martinsville
Vincenne
Pitsburra
Ant Rags
Aonia
Ind
Louisvill Logegspors
Chicero
Annie
Sats Meas
Borra SS
Noose
al Iwdianapolis
Union Atest
Tintus
Terre
Hvansville Glooper
Praing
St. Weuls
Terre Hauts and Graon
Castis
Tras
Culene & St. Louis
Ohio-St
Wan
VIA
South Illinois-st
Massachusette-ave
Henry Runy
Biddeford
Lancaster
Grates
Delaware St
David Krescio
Humber
Glenn & Schott
Ealt Seventh Street
and. O. Moore
Sss
Tai Sun
Siy
Tar Sun
Rhach
Tne Sun
Tuc Son
Ohiost
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