First Decoration Day Origin and Arlington Tributes
General Logan orders designate May 30 1868 as Decoration Day to honor Union dead. The article recounts the first ceremonies at Arlington National Cemetery with Garfield speech, flower garlanding by orphans, and Lincoln's Gettysburg address read aloud. It notes widespread observances and a touching Civil War reunion between brothers.
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Logan
Union
Mason and Dixon
Washington
Yeapge
Grand Army OF the Republic
Adjutant General's Office
Fourteenth Street
Wasnixctos
Sowrades
Moes
John A. Logan
N. P. Cripan
National Cemetery
Arlington Heights
Washington City
Department of the Potomac
Arlington Mansion
W. T. Collins
J. G. Butler
Arion Club
Chas. Y. Kelley
Chicago
Herbert C. Pain
First Time Under Fire Impressions by a Soldier
A writer recalls his first experience under fire, mixing humor and bravado with self deprecation. He describes freezing fear, imagined heroics, and the contrast between wartime glory and his own cautious, reluctant stance. Memorial Day frames the piece as a reflective, staged account of battle nerves and survival.
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Heroas
Bern
Sullivan’s Troopers Fall and the Lament for a Brave Major
A Civil War style tale recalls Major Sullivan and his troopers at a river ford where bold charge and stubborn courage meet a deadly fate. Sullivan is slain by a wound as Jerry Sullivan falls, with a tribute to the dead and a note on the austere valour of the volunteers. An aside features Spinster Annie Maria von Schurmann, a learned Utrecht woman of the sixteenth century famed for languages, science and arts.
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Sullivan
Grand Guard
Charlestown
Mosby
Jerry
Cabletown
John Brown
Qld
Annie Maria von Schurmann
Utrecht
Richelieu
Anne
France
Elizabeth
Poland
Christine
Sweden
Visitors to the fair depots guide weary travelers
Chicago depots and lodgings for visitors to the Columbian Exposition are outlined. The piece lists six great depots, terminals, fares, baggage storage, and affordable lodging near the West Division, with practical advice for week or month stays and crossing routes to reach hotels off the fair grounds.
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Illinois
Iowa
Wisconsin
Chicago and Northwestern Railway
Wells Street
Union
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Missouri
Pan Handie
Indiana
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Memorial Day Assembly Reunites Brothers After Latent Rift
During a Memorial Day gathering in a Northern Territory, two men confronted each other by graves marked with renewed brotherhood symbols after the ceremonies ended. The scene recalled a past split among the brothers and ended in an unexpected reconciliation.
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Brothers Beuntiea
Northern Territories
Fragmented Human Body Facts From Historical Note
A historical excerpt lists human body statistics: 150 bones and 500 muscles, heart rate 70 per minute displacing 44 grams of blood per beat, blood circulating through the heart every three minutes, lungs holding 5 litres of air, and 1,200 breaths per hour. It claims 13 elements in the body with varied masses for oxygen hydrogen nitrogen chlorine fluorine carbon phosphorus sulfur calcium potassium iron and notes no precious metals.
The Chinese Question Cabinet Debates Deportation Funds
Cabinet members concentrate on the Chinese question with Chief Justice Fuller dissenting from the Supreme Court decision. They conclude the law cannot be enforced due to lack of funds, as only 100000 is appropriated and at most 16000 remains. deporting all noncompliant Chinese could cost over 6 million.
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Catcago
Chicago
State Building
Congress
W. W. Rockhill
State Department
Carliste
Supreme Court
Fuller
White House
Gresham
Carlisle
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Vox Populi
Vox Dei
Sweet Home
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Malltowa
Michigan
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Atchison, Topeka
Santa Fe
Polk and
Dearborn Streets
Grand Central
Harrion Street
Fifth Avenue
Northern Pacific
Baltimore and Ohio
Michigan Southern
van Buren
Clark Street
Fonts Island
Pacific Nes
South Division
State
Madison Streets
Depot Bureau of Information
Irco
Ariet
Fairgrounds
Minnesota
Asten
St. Louis
Pittsburg
Fort Wayne
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Canal Street
Adams
Illinois Central Depot
Lake Front
Madigan Street
Loris XIV
Mme. de Montesvan
William Waldorf Astor
Queen's
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Union Depot
Dearborn Station
Northwestern
Grand Central Depot
Michigan Southern Depot
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