Preservation of Civil War Battlefields Across United States
Congress has appropriated five thousand dollars to preserve the battlefield at Bali's Bini. The Chickamauga and Shiloh parks are highlighted among existing memorials. The Valley Forge region and Fredericksburg Chancellorsville area are noted for park plans and memorials.
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Congress
Bali
Bini
Gettysburg
Waite
Shiloh
Chickamauga
Vicksburg
Chickamauga National Military Park
Georgia
Tennessee
Fredericksburg
Chancellorsville
Snottsylvania Court House
Park Valley
Pennsylvania
Washington
Ferge
Conii
Government Helps Soldiers In Manslaughter Case
The War Department assigns Lieut Edwin M Stanton to assist the District Attorney in Pittsburgh for the defense of two soldiers charged with manslaughter. The case tests military authority over civilians on a post and government rights to punish. The accused are Lieut Drury and Privates Dowd. A copper theft sparked the shooting after an attempted stop across the post line.
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Wer
Edwin M. Stanton
Third Infantry
Judge Advocate General
Pittsburg
Ecourt
United States
Lieut
Drury
Privarce Dowd
Allegheny
Elewis
Dowd
Pennsylvania
Dolliver Attacks Sociologists At Atlantic City Meeting
Senator Dolliver condemned sociologists for seeking to shield society from effort and competition. He argued labor and capital clash must be resolved by character and public opinion, not by experts. Dolliver warned social science cannot settle questions of unemployment and race, urging a moral, leadership driven approach.
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Dolliver
Atlantic City
N. J
Teachers and education notes across states and nations
A garbled 19th century education digest references Maine teacher wages and weathered budgets, Massachusetts towns with teachers, Alabama licensing debates, New York City truancy on barges, Japanese English adoption, Newcomb recognition, Minnesota health bans on tubercular teachers, Moore on international arbitration, Alabama copying laws, Ohio wage figures, a quirky Princeton parents meeting, and a Mexican education congress proposal. many details are unclear but show broad education policy concerns and figures.
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New York City
Baron Takaki
Japan
Simon Newcomb
Illiam
State Board of Health of
Minnesota
John Dassett Moore
Columbia University
Alabama
Ohio
Princston
We. A. Haanbean
Wea Af Wasaasity
Mio
Tosiuhtl
Darwin
Congressional gridlock over immigration and tariffs described
The Senate and House debated immigration and tariff bills, with the Senate passing an immigration measure and the House wrangling over diplomatic and consular and other bills. Leadership clashes and filibusters marked sessions through Friday and into the weekend.
Henrik Ibsen Dies After Prolonged Illness at 78
Great Norwegian dramatist and poet Henrik Ibsen died in Christiania after months of illness. He was 78, never left his home since winter began. Ibsen's last drama Then We Read Awaken appeared in 1809, and he left a widow and a son, Dr Sigurd Ibsen, who wed the eldest daughter of Bjornsrjerne Bjornsen. His career earned world significance despite writing in a small language.
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Henrik Ibsen
Christiania
Ibsen
Sigurd Ibsen
Beveridge to introduce federal regulation bill in national cantinni
Senator Beveridge of Indiana will introduce a bill for stringent federal regulation of manufacturing business. House Democrats led by Williams of Missouri fought a brief but unsuccessful filibuster on a motion relating to Pennsylvania rail rebates to coal shippers before Interstate Commerce Committee testimony. The Senate received the nomination of Bernani Rodey of New Mexico as United States district judge.
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House of Representatives
Gardner
Massachusetts
Williams
House
Senate
McCumber m
New York
Committee On Privileges and Elections
Burton
Beveridge
Sannror McCumber
Crain
Shinnespolis
Philippines
Clapp
Fr. Cooper
Wis
Hepburn
Crowa
Indiana
Be Williams
Misori
Pennsylvania
Bernani
Rodey
New Mexico
United States District Jndce
Free Aid for San Francisco Earthquake by Southern Pacific Declares Record
The Southern Pacific, per its statistician, moved 1 635 cars of relief supplies to San Francisco through May 19 after the quake and fire. California cities and 67 towns contributed carloads. Nebraska led midwestern states with 23 towns sending provisions. Flour topped 6 000 tons. potatoes reached 127 cars. canned goods about ten pounds per person. total undesignated provisions exceeded 40 000 tons by May 10.
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Naation
Southern Pacific
San Francisco
California
Golden State
Shasta
Oregon
Nebraska
Harriman
Presbyterian Union Wins Merger Vote at Des Moines Assembly
Des Moines assembly of the Presbyterian Church voted to merge with the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. The book of forms will be published for voluntary use only and will lack any authority from the assembly. The action reverses earlier steps toward an authorized book of forms.
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Des Moines Assembly
Campberland
Cterian General Assembly
Des Moines
Wnien
Cumberland Presbyterian
Presbyterian General Assembly
General Assembly
War and Near Leaders Reported at Medical Congress
A garbled report lists Lewis William Washington ex vice president of a Sheet Steel firm in Nie France and mentions a national association meeting on tuberculosis prevention in Washington. It references Miss Conestta Rac Buchier and Franeeann Ferruilo leading a band in a convoluted, unclear account with misrepresented facts.
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Lewis William Washington
Sheet Steel Company
Nie
France
Szs
Whicaso
Association of American Physicians
Washington
Conestta Rac
Tiallan
la Louls
Bat
Yraneeann Ferruilo
Arf
Paty
Farnin
Soldiers at Home and in Camp Foraging Tales from Civil War
A veteran recalls camp life and battlefield episodes near Shelbyville and Chickamauga. George Marter of Illinois Light Artillery describes a woodside snake encounter and a nurse, plus a Georgia battle tale with a corproal and a brigadier. Another veteran recounts seeking a furlough to attend a military school and a tense meeting with Secretary Stanton that led to a commission, then return to frontline service.
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George Marter
Company 3
Tlois Light Artillery
Shelbyville
Tenn
Chickamauga
Aly Nurse
George Dalton
Dalton
Chicumauga
Dan McCook
Jonesboro
Barnett
Jeff Davis
Rilea
Company II
Fahnestock
Be Merer
Govil
Georgia
Akes
Tennessee
Canin
George Brindler
George
Ang Fingily
Doumas
Mensel
Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteers
Philadelphia
Washington
Kearney
Mr. Stanton
Air
Stanton
The Starvation Habit Humorous Battle With Hotel Beds
A humorous tale depicts soldiers unable to sleep in comfortable beds as they return from a southern march and a federal prison. They endure codfish balls and stale fare for nineteen months while hotel dining becomes a rare luxury.
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Che Ainner
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J. W Babcock
Wisconsin
Republican Committee
J. 5. Sherman
Sherman
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Theublic Printing Office
Hitchcock
W. H. Andrews
Pennsylvania Development Company
Andrews
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Perape
Persie
Teal Cement Mannufacturers
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Om Ce
Benetera
Ghia
Dolliver Grills
Sociologists
Maine
Mississippi
Charles B. Landis
Longworth
Charles A. Towne
John Dalzell
Tlonse
Rucker
Samuel W. Smith
Mich
Lamar
Derkins
Afr
Murphy
Statehood
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Missouri
Henrik
Bsen
Henrig Ibsen
Europe
America
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Aoki
Dian
Wien
Hay
Frisco
Presbyterian Union
Chicago
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