Secretary Stanton Rebukes Sheridan Over Troop Reports
The 1864 exchange shows Secretary Edwin M. Stanton sternly rebuking Maj. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan for insinuations about western Virginia commanders. Stanton emphasizes that reports from governors or others are not to drive military decisions and urges respect for the War Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miles
Stanton
Phil Sheridan
West Virginia
Sheridan
Wheeling
W. Va
E. M. Stanton
Higgins
New Creek
Rosser
Petersburg
Virginia
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Preston County
Grafton
A. L. Boreman
Gen. Sheridan
Gov. Boreman
Department of Western Virginia
Carabbottom
Crook
Beverly
Romney
P. H. Sheridan
WAR Department
Winchester
Department of Virginia
Boreman
Edwin M. Stanton
Secretary of War
The Incubator Baby Ada Worland Survives Despite Odds
Ada Worland born January 26 1899 weighed one and a half pounds at birth. She survived with rare success using an incubator devised by Dr. Conger at 865 Massachusetts Ave. The device used a water bath a glass top ventilation holes and a moist atmosphere kept at 90 degrees. Nourishment came by injection and she grew to 16 pounds and 28 inches tall. Her twin died at birth and her case became a remarkable record of incubator care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada Elizabeth Worland
Edward and
Nada Worland
Norwood
Conger
Massachusetts-ave
Cond
Purdue to open telephonic engineering department
Purdue University plans to inaugurate around February 1 a new department of instruction in telephonic engineering to meet rising demand from telephone industries for specialists in telephony. The item lists several local notes and incidents from Indiana towns and people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Purdue University
Portable schoolhouses touted to ease crowded districts
The article describes two portable schoolhouses nearly ready for use to test their effectiveness in relieving crowded districts. They measure 24 by 36 feet with 12 foot ceilings, are heated by a furnace with outside air intake, and can be moved and reassembled easily. Each building costs about $1,000.
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Cieland
St. Louis
Board of Education For
City of St. Louis
Num
Indianapolis
Trumpeter Hans Mueller Shows Courage in Scout Rescue
In the Wyoming Elkhorn region Hans Mueller, a Third cavalry trumpeter mocked for clumsiness, leads a desperate rescue under fire. He carries Ser gt Nelson and Private Dodds to safety, dies completing the act, leaving a headstone in the post cemetery memorializing his bravery.
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Hans Mueller
Hans
Peter Nelson
Roberts
Nelson
Brady
Third Cavalry
Wyoming
Elkhorn Creek
Hans’ Outfit
Capt
Sergt. Nelson
Mueller
Jim Crosby
Sam
Stick
Trumpet Footer
Sergt
Savage Valley
Seret
Dodds
Hell
Hans Mueller Trumpeter and Soldier
Memoriam notes honor Hans Mueller a trumpeter and soldier celebrated for courage under fire. The tribute recalls his service and steadfast bravery as a defender of duty.
Swirl of Society Hears News of Weddings and Visits
Dr Emerson Druley returns from a hunting trip while Mrs Frank D Carrico visits relatives in Rushville Ind Mrs E J Brennan plans a dinner for Miss Rosemary Brennan home from St Marys college Miss J L Griffiths hosts luncheon for niece Miss Foulke of Richmond Mrs Agnes McCullough to wed Hugh Hanna Jr Tuesday night Mabel Heller weds Edward Curtis at 2331 Talbott Ave Rev EH H Waddle off Columbus several Elwood Dublin and Chicago area weddings noted Plus local women to receive guests at 1719 North Illinois Street New Year’s Day 3 to 6 PM
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Frank D. Carrico
Rushville
Ind
E. J. Brennan
Rosemary Brennan
St. Mary’s College
J. L. Griffiths
Miss Foulke
Richmond
Agnes McCulloch
Hugh .H. Hanna, Jr
Mabel Heller
Edward Curtis
Talbott Ave
EH. H. Waddle
Columbus
Elwood
Leanie Behymer
George Livingston
Laura Larch
Daniel West
Dublin
Annie Huddleson
William B. Woodward
Alice Benton Scott
Mary Searle
Louise Reese
Edna Rexford
Ethel Reeves
N. Ilinois St
Nerve Pills Proclaimed a Revelation Quiet Sleep Aid
Mrs G B Terhune of Indianapolis endorses Dr A W Chase's Nerve Pills as an excellent nerve tonic that strengthens nerves and promotes natural rest at night. The medicine, sold for 50 cents a box, bears the doctor's portrait and signature on every package from Buffalo NY firm.
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A. W. Chase
G. B. Terhune
N. Capitol Ave
Indianapolis
Ind
Huder
Dr. A. W. Chase Medicine Co
Buffalo
N. Y
M. D
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Minneapolis Journal
Gen
Phil. Sheridan
EAU DE Cologne
Senses Gelequed
Ann St
H. P. Wasson & Co
Holliday
Hendricks County
Brownsburg
Pittsboro
Barcus
Terre Haute
Hanging Grove
Jasper County
O— Crowder Milling Company
Sullivan
Elizabethtown
Indiana
Liberty Review
Elbert Collins
Knightstown
Henry County
Bessie Collins
New Castle
O— Elmer Jackson
South Bend
Homer Fitzpatrick
Cloverdale Graphic
Richard Bright
Savannah
Caroline Rathbone
Evansville
New York
Bright
South Carolina
O— Huff
Spencer County
Cuba
Bahama Islands
Bluffton
Elwood Gordon
Fort Wayne
Gordon
J. E. Sedwick
Martinsville
Trixie
Michigan
St. Joseph
Sharpsville
Elmer Henderson
Sweetzer
Arthur D. Smith
Union Township
Huntington Democrat
Harry Remley
Wheatfield
George Marsh
Jones
Dr.pierces G
Discovery
West Washington Street
National Furniture CO
THE
Star Store
Sc Vonnegut
N. Penn
Chicago Record-Herald
Dr. Emerson Druley
H. Cohen
Ilinois St
Silk Wais Sale
Conrad’su
Field's Poems
Eugene Fiek
Eugene F
Pbuilding
Childs
Eugene Field
Clinton
Bou
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