Grant the Great Soldier and Honest Man in War
A long reminiscence recalls Ulysses S. Grant as a modest, dependable leader. It praises his courage at Shiloh and Appomattox era, his warm courtesy to colleagues, and his steadfast honesty. The narrative highlights his personal honor, restraint under fire, and influence on postwar reconciliation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Timi Corre
Grant
Tyrell
Sanode
Pheens
Gerais
Joy Horneginnahip
Bonscer
Ant Borer
Waraing
Fourth Infantry
Amnee Regiment
Port Jeferson
Mt. Louis
Kineronu
Sit
Sibatantial
Wort
Hiv
Fred
Jak
Tanaent
Chrinti
Texas
Sila
Histite
Hiecatap
Cadip
Donia
Alesscas
Thadodabiok
Appomattox
Washington
Orien
Bea
Johnson
Orleans
Porsar
Aakofmen
Lori
Longatrect
United States
Richmond
Lee
America
Haunted house tale stirs Heymour New England
In Heymour Vonn and nearby, residents fear a genuine haunted house linked to the death of John Sullivan and his wife found there last winter. Sightings and eerie noises at the brown house prompt talk of murder, specters, and supernatural events as locals debate the truth and the town’s future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Heymour
Vonn
Little Brown House
John Sullivan
Soine
Sullivan
Seymour
Ancial Serance
Detroit
The Snapper's Triumph on Ninth Street Bench
A hungry snapping turtle lay on a New York City bench near Ninth Street for days while children teased it with sticks and pebbles. A man named Joseph Maglin, 50, poked the creature with an umbrella revealing his finger was bitten off, then received medical care at Pennsylvania Hospital. The turtle remained on the bench, chewing the end of Maglin’s finger, and local authorities posted a Dangerous sign while Maglin endured pain overnight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hon Knapper
New York
Oyster House
Ninth Street
Philadelphia
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To
Pennsylvania Hospital
Joseph Maglin
Locust Atreet
Anapper
Toll
Mr. Maglin
Occurence & Fences
Mr. Muglin
General Johnston and Yale President Porter linked by edits
General Joseph E Johnston now 78, white hair and beard, black clothes, light bell crowned hat, medium height, erect and vigorous. Western reporter notes sorrowful reverence. Yale President Porter oversees a Webster's Dictionary revision from New Haven with Ralph Williams, Frederick Allen, and Dorsey Gardner assisting. Baignen months needed for completion with many additions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph E. Johnston
Cleveland
Porter
Yale College
New Haven
Ralph Williams
Frederick Allen
Yale
Dorsey Gardner
Baiigen
Edgy Opinions on Apache Raids and Indian Policy
A New Fork Tribune interview with Oliver Sumner Teall critiques sensational war reporting on Apache disturbances in New Mexico and Arizona. He argues growth of troop numbers fails to stop raids, cites reservation proximity to the border, and urges businesslike, humane Indian management with stronger civil and military coordination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Mexico
Arizona
Oliver Sumner Teall
Porter
Mexico
United Stats
Teall
Iara
Southeestern
New Fork Tribune
The Last Great Discoveries and a Surgeon’s Impact
A fragmented discussion on rapid inventions from the last fifty years highlights Koch and Pasteur in disease prevention and a leading professor, described as reshaping lifesaving progress. The piece references famine, starvation, and a somnologist professor whose work is praised as simple yet profound in altering human calamities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ah Tota
Koch and Pasteur
Spain
Ors
Riley
Qather
Famina
Mormons Consider Selling Out Under Edmunds Bill Pressure
New York reports indicate Mormon leaders face pressure from the Edmunds act come tax and property scrutiny. John W Young of Brigham Young and wife accompany investors as a plan to sell church holdings to eastern capitalists. The scheme aims to move followers to Mexico or other areas, reducing Utah influence and creating a dealer monopoly on trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Cincinnati
Ontette
Mexico
Utah
John W. Young
Brigham Young
Young
Hud
Hwe
Brisk Youth Seeks Writing Chance at Paper
A young man seeks an audition with the editor who mocks him and directs him to the cashier. The tale unfolds as the clerk wrestles with a Russian general name, the youth stumbles through a coal closet and wardrobe, and escapes with his money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joston Commercial Bulletin
The Hungarian Worm Bait Digging Camp Tale
A village scene shows a Hungarian worm digger with a spade and a can of worms, inviting a boy to witness a rough, communal cooking of worms baked with flour and lard. Nearby families and shanties frame a grimy mountain-hamlet setting near Vanderbilt’s proposed railroad route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vanderbilt
Rata
Mico
Anouher
Polonius Vanquet
Bit
Seamy
Shippensburg
Philadelphia
Oleomargarine Law Sparks Suit and Odd Provisions
The article notes the failure of a major oleomargarine company with $10,000,000 capital amid New York State bans on margarine manufacture. It discusses legal fees, revived claims, and constitutional questions, plus odd trout and timing laws affecting Long Island and Brooklyn commerce, quoting New York Cor and Detroit Free Press.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noonu
Oleomargarine
New York State
Conk- Tog
Ax-Dudge
Fullerton
Wullerton
Long Strand
Long Island
Brooklyn
East River
New York
Albaniy
Cor
Detroit
Bree Press
Mrs Logan and the Cranks Visit General Logan
Mrs Logan hosts a stranger who proclaims himself Jesus Christ at Town Circle home. She keeps composure, calls for a warrant, and a policeman removes him to the station. A later letter from New York claims vast Texas land wealth shared with General Logan, but proves another crank. Also notes Claus Spreckles employs about two thousand men in Hawaii.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesus Christ
Kimball A Town in Brule County South Dakota Highlighted
Kimball stands centrally in Brule County Dakota amid premier fuming stock country, presented as the best located town in the region. The text asserts this prominence with implied proofs and showcases the town as a model of location advantages for commerce and growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dakota
Brule County
AIMBALE On Main Line of Mounting Railroad Town
AIMBALE sits 48 miles west of Mitchell and 22 miles east of Chamberlain on the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Main Line. The town boasts a fine pat lie school builine road church es, a first class post office, banks, two hotels, a large grain elevator with room for another, three umber vans, several blacksmith shops, good livery stables, and growing establishments all described in the readable fragments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Mitchell
Chamberlain
Pat Lie
Beautiful Town Brule County Air Grounds Named
The Brule County site is described as a premier air ground with a notable air field and a national track, highlighting its value to the town and territory.
Platted Additions Offered for Sale in Dakota County
Proprietor promotes three adjoining additions in Dakota territory with reserved lots and favorable Main Street blocks for business. Emphasizes mild climate, plentiful water, and social advantages as reasons the county is ideal for settlement and growth. invites inquiries for particulars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Main Street
Dakota
Ohio
Indiana
Helinois
Eala
Local Doctor with Seventeen Years Experience
A City and County advert announces a physician with seventeen years of practice who studied at Ohio Medical College of Cincinnati and was affiliated with the State Medical Society of Town. The notice requests prompt replies at the corner of Tat and Main Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wtaien
Tat
Main St. Calla
Hus
Ohio Medical College of Cincinnati
State Medical Society of
Town
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Matias
Claus Spreckles
W. C. Morris
Jeweler & Optician
Kimball, Dakota
Emington Eafles
Lamberson, Furman & Co
E. Remington & Sons
Sporting Arms and Ammunition
Broadway
W York
Western Office
Sieve Tes DB
H. Lamberson & CO
TS State Strut
Chicago
Armory
Ilion
N.Y
Remington
Remington Te
F. E. Miller
Dalton
Danova
Bonanza
Fanning Mill
Ats
Empire M
Nein
Angouty
Dikenson & Gates, Gen. Agt’s
Scotland
Oak
Ochsner Bros
Kimball
Aimbale
Bair Groguils
Twarritory
D. Warner
Ross M. D
Phyaciax and
Serokon
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