Commodore Montgomery Ex Confederate Leader Dies in Chicago
Commodore Joseph F. E. Montgomery, once a Confederate navy figure, died at his son Dr James Montgomery's home in Chicago at 85. He is survived by his son, a daughter Mia, C. M. White, and six grandchildren. buried in New Albany, Indiana. He aided Jefferson Davis, commanded gunboats, and sank ships in Mobile Bay before being pardoned by President Johnson.
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Chicago
Joseph FE. Montgomery
James Montgomery
Casastreet
New Albany
Ind
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Commodore
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Mia
C. M. White
Carrollton
Stovta
Belmont
Gen. Grant
Montgomery
Jefferson Davin
Mississippi River
Fort Pil
Angel of the Tombs Dies in New York
Rebecca Salome Foster, known as the Angel of the Tombs, died in New York. Her funeral drew unprecedented court suspensions and many judges, lawyers, and prisoners attended, honoring a gentle activist who tended prisoners without fame or monuments.
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New York
Rebecca Salome Foster
Aimple
Naval School to be Established on Great Lakes Site
Rear Admiral Taylor heads a commission to inspect the great lakes shores for a suitable naval school and training station. He is a senior figure in the Bureau of Navigation and renowned in the Navy. Previously he led the Newport naval school as a top staff aide to the secretary of the navy and commanded battleships in the Spanish war.
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Taylor
Great Lakes
Naval School
Bureau of Navigation
Naval School At
Newport
Secretary of the Navy
Navy
Daughter of Employer Forces Strike End With Wedding Delay
Miss Mead, daughter of Dr. John A Mead of Howe scale works in Ruland VI, leveraged her stance to aid 500 striking workers. She vowed not to marry until workers’ demands were met, and the plant resumed operations with ten hour pay for the days of the stoppage, ending weeks of idle families.
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Mary Sherman Mead
John A Mead
Ruland, VI
Miss Mead
Dr. Moad
Would Be Tammany Leader William Devery Campaigns
Independent candidate William Devery, former New York police officer under Tammany Croker, launches a personal bid for Croker's seat with free vaudeville shows and river excursions. Born about 45, he rose to patrolman in 1878 and is said to have saved between 200000 and 600000 dollars, claiming he can spend money for the people.
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Devery
Tammany
York
Croker
Preparing the Mouth For Medicine With Citrus Or Pepper
A Washington Star note suggests chewing orange peel or biting cayenne pepper to prepare the mouth for nauseating medicines. It claims this can make most draughts tasteless and harmless, even allowing essential almond oil or castor oil to be swallowed quickly without altering medicinal effect.
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The
Washington Star
Canadian Statesman on Visit by Joseph Israel Tarte
Joseph Israel Tarte, a leading Canadian statesman and minister of public works, is visiting Chicago during his lake harbor observation tour. A member of the French party, he began as a farmer, studied at L Assumption College, and entered Parliament in 1877. He once edited the Cultivateur and has long promoted Canada's commerce and industry.
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Joseph Israel Tarte
Chicago
Lake Harbors
Dominion
Tarté
Canada
L’assumption College
Mn Ely
Felix Michaud
Counting Stars: Patient Work at Pennsylvanias Observatory
A Philadelphia Record summary recalls a young man at the University of Pennsylvania observatory counting stars through a microscope and eyeplate, repeating numbers as he gazes at the night sky photograph. The piece notes such patient counting yields lasting value in astronomy and mentions Greenwich recording 230000 stars photographed this year.
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Pennsylvant Astronomical Observatory
Philadelphia Record
Greenwich
Name of Archbishop Croke Revered Irish Prelate Dies
Rt Rev Thomas W. Croke archbishop of Cashel a leading Irish Catholic prelate and figure in Land League days died. Once a familiar household name in Ireland and in American papers, he broke with the Land League over the no rent manifesto and later supported a public testimonial fund for Charles Stewart Parnell and defended some League policies before Leo XIII.
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Thomas W. Croke
Cashel
Ireland
Land League
League
Croke
Parnell
Leo XIII
Returning Explorer Telle Reports Arctic Depot Work
From the frozen north explorer Telle returns to Honningavang Norway due to food shortages and damaged sledges. He records a successful year of establishing food depots for the final dash for the pole. Sheffield's Wonderful Knife impresses Lewantka the Barotse chief with a £920 piece featuring seventy five steel blades and royal etchings.
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Baldwin “Legler
North Pole
Arctica
Honningavang
Norway
Sheffield
Lewantka
Barotse
Queen Victoria
Prince Consort
London
Lamp Oil for Spiders in Java Cathedral Tale
A fragmentary historical item describes oversized spiders in Java forests and a four-pound spider living in a Munich cathedral enjoying lamp oil. It mentions a Texas spider weaver balloon four feet by two feet, tethered to a tree by a single thread, launching a flying ship with its offspring across the prairie.
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Java
Munich
Bitter rot threat to Illinois apple orchards warned
An article warns Illinois apple growers to watch for bitter rot the disease appears on cankered limbs and fruit. It advises delaying infections by systematic tree inspection, removing infected limbs and fruit, using Bordeaux mixture, and ensuring footwear prevents bark damage during inspection.
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Ilinois
University of Illinois
Engineer’s Remarkable Pension Record Trekking 1.4 Million Miles
An American railway engineer recently placed on the pension list has a remarkable career. For forty two consecutive years he kept an exact log of miles traveled totaling 1 402 287 miles.
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Amer
How to iron shirt waists at home for emergencies
Directions from the Philadelphia Inquirer explain folding starching and ironing shirt waists by hand when a laundryman or servant is unavailable. Begin with back, front, sides, sleeves, neckband and cuffs. Use Defiance starch, damp cloth, and air the garment before storing.
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Raya
Philadelphia Inquirer
Women’s Plant Based Remedy Praised by Patient
In a testimonial from Fond du Lac Wisconsin Elizabeth Caine details life with suppressed menstruation and prolonged weakness. After a few weeks on Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound she reports relief, fewer pains, and renewed vitality. Mrs Pinkham offers free advice to young women at her Lynn Massachusetts address.
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Elizabeth Caine
Pinkham
Fond di Lac
Wis
Lydia E. Pinkham
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