Old Andersonville Prison becomes a southern beauty spot
The piece recalls the Andersonville prison's history and honors its prisoners. It notes the site now hosts the national cemetery and stockade remains, with monuments from New Jersey Maine Pennsylvania and a planned Wisconsin monument. It mentions the Flower Brigade and Wells dug by prisoners and the providence spring within the stockade.
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Andersonville
Netta C. Hall
Williamsport
Central of Georgia
Georgia
National Cemetery
James M. Moore
United States
New Jersey
Maine
Pennsylvania
National
Georgia Department G. A. R
Lizabeth Turner
Boston
Michigan
Wisconsin Monument Commission
Rhode Island
Williams
Iowa
Providence
Andersonville Cemetery Highlights and Memorial Features
Detailed description of Andersonville National Cemetery including headboards made from 120000 feet of lumber, twenty five acre grounds north of the prison site, brick walls, marble headstones with names and unknowns, and memorial structures funded by veterans groups. Also notes stockade site features, star fort remains, and memorial structures like a 115 foot flag staff donated by veterans associations.
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Andersonville National Cemetery
Stockade
Old Soldiers
Fitzgerald, Go
Cosme Paraguay Colony Embraces Bellamy Socialism
The Cosme settlement near Asuncion founded in 1894 by Austrian immigrants follows Edward Bellamy's Looking Backward with equality and communal wealth. Residents share homes and gardens while personal belongings stay with users, and entrants pay $25 per adult and half for children during a year probation. Under no circumstances are colored persons admitted.
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Edward Bellamy
Bellamy
Cosme
Asuncion
Paraguay
Wilhelm Lacmann
Herr Lacmann
Treasury
Buenos Ayres
Cat's Mirror Traps Birds Show Clever Pussy in Laconia
A Laconia New Hampshire Democrat report describes a cat that uses a jewelry store window reflection to lure English sparrows. The feline positions near the window’s edge and waits for a bird to approach, then pounces instantly.
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Laconia
Kitty
N. H
Democrat
Pugilist Appears as Local Physical Culture Advocate
A curious Daily Object Lesson describes a man called the Pugilist who runs a small rear ballroom with two heavy dumbbells used to prop the door and hang lithographs. He dreams of boxing fame, carries many challenges to press, and once drove a cab.
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Countries
Chicago
Also Mentioned on This Page
Andersonville Prison
Macon
Atlanta
Flower Brigade
Fitzgerald
Union
Star Fort
Old Soldiers’ Colony
Prisoners of War Association of
Connecticut
Kansas
No. 172
Massachusetts
Andersonville Prison Park
Grand Army
Illinois
Ohio
Angel
Rebecca Bracken
Michigan Central
Niles
Mich
Miss Bracken
Leonard Abrams
Telegraph
Mias Bracken
Providence Spring Today
ODD
Tabby
The
Columbia Pharmacy
Washington
Sheppard
Kennewick
J. J. Reed & Co
Animation
J. M. Hawkins
Kennewick, Wn
Kennewick Market
William Dircksen
Second Street
Stag
Sylvester & Roseman
Kennewick Club
C. C. Powell
Kennewick, Wash
McReynolds & McCane Contractors and Builders
Yakima Street
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