Battle of the Wilderness from Grant to Lee
J Russell Wright recounts Grant the new commander facing Lee and plans to crush the rebellion with a sledgehammer strategy. He details May 1864 movements across the Rapidan, the Wilderness terrain, formations, and the first day clash as both sides collide in a brutal engagement.
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Lee
Recinrenard
Rapidan
Petersburg
Lincoln
Army of the United States
Tee
Napoleon
Virginia
Low
Grone
Viited
Rieh
Medora
Loe
Les
Orange Court House
Frederickaburg
Fredericksburg
Court House
Wilderness
Tavert
Wallen Wouth
J, Russell Wright
WIL Appeal in Kirk Case
Aiken board of health plans to appeal Miss Misa Kirk’s alleged leper case to the Supreme Court. The injunction keeping Kirk at her Muir street home remains in force until further order, while attorneys for both sides prepare briefs for the high court.
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Board of Health of
City of Aiken
Misa Kirk
Supreme Court
Hendersons
Board of Health
Croft & Croft
Sawyer & Owens
Mixx Kok
Aiken Board of Health
Miss Kirk
Elie
Aldrich
Barnwell
Muir Street
Religious Author Recommends Maloy's Kidney Remedy
Jonney Wosperman of Salisbury writes of years with kidney trouble and severe pain confining him to bed eight days. He states his urine contained thick white sediment and later normalized after starting Maloy's Kidney Remedy, which he cheerfully endorses.
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Ney
Jon
Wosperman
Salisbury
N.C
Wight
Valoy
Maloy
J. W. Bell
Walinal Stonecypher Pharmaoy
Weaiininasiar
Snow Slide Tragedy Buries 100 Children at Sanford
Snow from a building roof collapsed onto a group of about 100 children in Sanford Mo. on February 18. Several children were killed or seriously injured with four in critical condition. Authorities report one ton of snow fell, trapping students in the grounds.
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Sanford
Lincoln
Byringdele
Titty
Wreck of Penguin claims many lives in New Zealand voyage
Rescue teams recover two bodies from the Penguin steamer wreck near Wollington New Zealand. About 100 aboard the Union Steamship Company vessel are accounted for. six passengers and crew remain unaccounted for amid the disaster at Pri dey Mehta Verawhil.
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Wollington
Union Steamship Company
Well Inston
Penguin
Deans Kidney Pills Proclaimed Reliable Remedy
Walhalla resident Mrs. R. D. Colkers testifies kidney disease pain headaches backache and urinary trouble improved after using Deans Kidney Pills. She bought at Dr J W Bell’s drug store and found relief. price 50 cents, Poyer-Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole US agents. Remember the name Doans and take to others.
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Dean
Walhalla
Mm. R. D. Colkers
W. Mainstreet Walhaile
J. W. Bell
Pouter-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Doana
Record Announces Hoyt Purchase of Control in Columbia
The Record reports that James A. Hoyt and associates will take control of the paper next Monday. Ownership fills stock held by George R. Koester & associates as management shifts, ending the rival newspaper war expected to begin with Hoyt's group.
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Columbia
James A. Hoyt
Aspoen
Jeorke KR
Koester
Foley Kidney Core and Berlin Terror Capture Report
An ad notes Foley's Kidney Core claims to treat kidney and bladder disease with 50c and 1 dollar bottles. Berlin reports a terror suspect captured after an attempted dagger attack on a woman, with a second piece noting James A. Reed being shot during a land dispute near an Orangeburg trip.
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Norway
James A. Reed
Reed
Carter
Ware
Orangeburg
Isu Wincellip
Whigh
Dam across Savannah river proposed in Stevens Creek mouth
Savannah River dam plan proposed near Stevens Creek mouth between Holgefield Bath Carolina and Columbia counties. Lawmakers and interest groups include Gear ela and N. B,ial. public details to follow. Million Dollar Endowment signals Virginia University funding talks as Andrew Carnegie pledges five hundred thousand dollars conditional on a ske rise. Pounders' Day public note to come. Worthless check misdemeanor bill advances in Columbia, while a playful verse from New York papers recalls domestic life and clockwork humor.
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Whallig
Alkonin
Savannah River
Stevens Creuk
Holgefield
Bath Carolina
Columbia
Gearela
J. By
Maukiowon
N. B
Ial
Charletonville
University of Virginia
Brio Dotalla
Alderman
Andrew Carnegie
New York
Golden Medical Discovery Adverts for Liver Trouble
An old advertisement extols Dr. Pierce s Golden Medical Discovery as a remedy for torpid liver and digestive issues. It claims to restore stomach function, increase gland secretions, and relieve bilious symptoms through a non secret formulation of native medical roots. It warns against substitutes and urges regular use to gain vigor and health.
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Wien
Pierce
Tillman scorns Cram reappointment in Charleston job dispute
Washington reports Senator Tillman rejected removing W D Cram from customs collector post in Charleston. He demanded a white successor and warned that Cram could be moved within the Treasury or cushioned elsewhere. Tillman scorned President-elect Taft and used racial slurs, saying officials prefer whites in jobs.
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Washington
Pet
Tillman
Rxport
W. D. Cram
Charlen
Fatt
Cram
The Preacher in Politics at Penn on Washington's Birthday
A historical summary discusses how ministers influenced early New England society, noting a shift from clerical authority to education and independent thought. It cites Mr. Tart on the minister’s evolving role in politics and public conscience, and recalls the 1790 Constitution’s oath for ministers serving in government to uphold duties without forsaking spiritual leadership.
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News and Courier
University of Pennsylvania
Washington
Shomitnfatey
Hie
New Enghland
Ongland
Almont
Lie Pro
Tart
New York
Patt
South Carolina
Robbery on Southern Railway Train Near Ararat
In Mount Airy North Carolina on February 20 a posse searches for three robbers after a failed hold up of a Southern Railway passenger train near Ararat nine miles south of town. Express Messenger Tom Hubbard exchanged shots with the robbers who fled. Two passengers fled the car during the attack. Hubbard fired at the robbers but was unharmed. The gunfight occurred near a water tank and a bluff opposite the Ararat river in the Blue Ridge region.
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Mount Airy
Shevif Haynes
Surry County
Uiree Robbera
Southern Railway
Arasvil
Here
Express
Tom Hubbard
Win Tandy
Wiegun
Vegin
Hubbard
Legislative veto on Confederate veterans home funding
The Port MIM Timer reports the Legislature refused a $12,000 appropriation to maintain a Confederate veterans home in Columbia, arguing insufficient veteran numbers. Critics call the stance a disgrace, noting many veterans live in poverty without means or relatives to aid them. The piece frames the veto as political posturing to avoid approval.
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Home
Columbia
Geo
Charleston Plans Sea Wall At The Battery
Mayor Rhett seeks state approval to build a sea wall off the Battery and to reclaim part of the Ashley River channel for concrete foundations. He plans to hire forty men to dig mud pods and begin building the 400 foot wall, with a city test of financing totaling about $250000.
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Charleston
Rhett
Bin
Ashley River
Aleo
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Thawall
Lydia Dominia
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O& Blacksmith and Repair Shop
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C. L. Reid
Atand
W. M. Brown
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