Song of the Mystic and Civil War Reflections
Fr Thomas Ryan presents a poem on silence and peace as a counterpoint to war. The latter portion recounts Civil War recollections near Richmond, a battlefield encounter, a Federal officer's daring escape, and Southern loyalty remarks at a Boston monument unveiling. It muses on wounded veterans and where they ended up in life.
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Thomas Ryan
Fremont
Cross Keys
Shields
Port Republic
Brown's Cove
Staunton
Stonewall Jackson
Lee
Richmond
Baltimore Battery
Maryland
Mechanicsville Road
Mc €Lellan
Jackson
Boston
Gen. Hooker
Gen. Rosser
Virginia
United States
Astor
Southland
South
Robert E. Lee
Gen. Henderson
Iowa
Congressman Castle
Wisconsin
Gen. Rice
Census Department
Beavers
Pennsylvania
Sickles
Howard
Chicago
Inter Ocean
Soldier Reunion Reveals Businessman Missing Leg
A veteran recalls a businessmen attendee at a soldiers reunion who arrived on crutches and revealed he had lost a leg at Chickamauga, a detail unnoticed by many who knew him for years and saw him perform daily tasks without suspicion.
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Chickamauga
Old Soldiers Free From Taint In Post Office Inquiry
A dispatch declares no veteran was harmed by exposure in the Post Office department. It states the implicated individuals are civilians who believed the “old soldier business was played out” and the veterans escaped involvement.
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Post Office Department
Poking Fun at Governor's Staff Provokes Media Critique
A Boston Globe item satirically mocks Massachusetts governor staff amid outrage over a sacrilegious drawing. The New York Sun quotes with strong language criticizing the piece and questioning journalistic propriety and taste.
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Boston Globe
Fany
Massachusetts
Boston
New York Sun
Auto House In Sections For Traveling
Inventor from Speingfeld Mass presents a ventrally modular automobile house in pine with a pressed steel duck roof. Sections are easy to assemble and dismantle in minutes, waterproof and fireproof. Priced under 100 dollars, the mobile dwelling suits owners who need temporary lodging while touring. Hermit Of New England.
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Speingfeld
Mass
Baron Wallburg Works as a Budapest Waiter
Austrian Archduke Ernest's eldest son Baron Wallburg, stripped of rank after a morganatic marriage, loses fortune and status. He takes a waiter job in Budapest to support his wife and children, living in hardship while his story draws curiosity and charity. Meanwhile a distant rail project across the Andes and a hermit tale in New Hampshire punctuate the era's exotic curiosities.
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Francis Joseph
Wallburg
Archduke Ernest
Francis Joseph of
Austria
Budapest
Carinthia
Baron Wallburg
Baron
Francisi Joseph of
Budast
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Campfiretales
Song of the
Joe’ Hooker
Leading Journal
Euch
Hermit OF
New. England
Andes
Guayaquil
Quito
Ecuador
Man of
Fred Willet
New Hampshire
Gilead
Willet
Bui
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