Grant, Cabinet Members Step Aboard Maine Coast Cutter
A 1873 voyage ending on North Haven Island near Bar Harbor left Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and cabinet officers as prisoners for a storm lit night. Deputy Collector Lewis B. Smith recalls the occupation aboard the revenue cutter McCulloch and a supper scene with Grant in a Maine island setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crete
Grant
Hannibal Mamlin
Gen. Babcock
Simon Cameron
Lot M. Morrill
James G. Blaine
Thomas B. Reed
Maine
Lewis B. Smith
Portland
Beny
Smith
United States Revenue
McCulloch
Bar Harbor
Rockland
Hanit
North Haven
Ashree
Mullins
Per Bonnell
Ulysaee S. Grant
United States
James G. Thine
Augusta
Congress
Eucene Mule
Ellaworth
Mitercas
Fifth Diatrict
O. EF. Bahework
Lot M. Morris
the Treasury
Mannibal Hamlin
Bangor
Lincoln
Song of Gladneas and Gettysburg Reflections
A fragmented poem opened with garbled lines about everlasting songs, followed by a detailed Civil War battlefield account. It highlights the 147th New York Regiment at Gettysburg, Gen. Harney’s leadership, and near-impossible retreat after heavy casualties. Also describes a postwar meeting between Gen. Grant and Gen. Lee and a plan for parole evidence and horse retention.
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Gettysburg
M7th New York
Cutler
F. C. Miller
George Harney
Mississippi
147Th
Ita
Fifty-Ninth
North Carolina
Larney
Ewell
Tyerson
Culp
Notable reunion details near Appomatter frontier meeting
Report describes Firont and Lee conversing on horseback near Appomatter as an opportunity to overhear their dialogue. The narrator notes not having seen Lee for six years and includes a description from a letter written the following day. Shortly after, General Laa arrived on horseback with only two attendants.
War era captain recalls brutal discipline method
A Chicago Inter Qeeun excerpt recounts a Twenty-second WWcaptain at Bird's Point in fall 1861 who used rough punishment to enforce discipline. He beat a private until satisfied, then calmly returned to smoking with a witness, justifying severe measures against insubordination among his largely country-born troops.
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Bird's Point
Sheridan Brother Echoes General Sheridan Look Alike
Brig Gen Michaello Sheridan resembles his brother Philip of Winches ter in appearance though taller. A friend of Gen Brooke recalls visiting Omaha during the Platte Department command and meeting many guests. A stocky man drew notice as a soldier like Sheridan and was revealed as related on their father's side, namely Phil Sheridan's brother.
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Sheridan
Michaello Sheridan
Philip
Winches
Brooke
Omaha
Broke
Department of the Platte
Orier
Phil
Grant’s Estimate of Jackson in a War Supplement
General Grant rated Stonewall Jackson as one of the world’s great generals. He said Jackson’s Walk ley campaign equaled Napoleon’s Italian campaign in significance. This remark appeared in May weekly supplement.
Thunder Mountain Idaho gold fields hailed as new mineral treasure
Thunder Mountain in central Idaho is described as a promising new gold region with surface indications of rich deposits. Reports note $7 to $24 per ton values in the Dewey mine, large placer yields, and a mountain district awaiting rail access and early summer rush. Routes via Ketchum Mackay Morse Weiser and Medrock Montana are outlined along with early supply shortages and high flour prices delaying prospectors.
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Idaho
Thunder Mountain
United States
W. H. Dewey
Dewey
Ketchum
Mackay
Morse
Weiser
Medrock
Montana
Pike's Peak
D. E. Burley
Oregon Short Line Railroad
Salt Lake City
Mameoos Model Henry Bustin Moves to Boston
Henry Bustin, longtime modeled figure for New York artists, has relocated to Boston. Once dubbed the “original Gibson old man” by producers like Mowe bray Low Caelaigne Wenzell Apple ton Clark Potter Meinhart Smedley Granville Smith and Charles Deana Gibson, he now lives in Boston after twenty years as a popular figure in the art scene.
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Mameoos
Henry Bustin
New York
Mowebray
Low, Caelaigne
Wenzell
Appleton Clark
Potter
Meinhart
Smedley
Granville Smith
Charles Deana Gibson
Boston
Hall's Catarrh Core touted as constitutional cure claim
A jumble of ad copy and quotes appears, mentioning Hall's Catarrh Core as a constitutional cure and including assorted phrases about idleness, teething remedies, Civil War letters, and social musings. The mixed text lacks a clear news item and reads like a miscellaneous column or advertisement fragment from an old paper.
Excursion Rates Announced by Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe
The Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railway publicizes first class excursion fares from Ogden and Salt Lake City to Missouri River and return with June 10 and 12 dates. Round trip to St. Louis listed at 52.00. other destinations shown with 44.50 to 500.00 ranges. Final return limit September 5, 1902. Information available from Gen’l Agent C F Warren, Salt Lake City.
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Ogden
Salt Lake City
Utah
Missouri River
St. Louis
Ecea
C.F. Warren
A. T
S. F. Ry
Dooly Bisel
Saltake City
Potatoes Dominate as World Crop Yield Claim
Potatoes form the world's greatest single crop with about 4,000,000 bushels produced annually, matching the bulk of wheat and corn crops in scale.
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Little
Maine Island
A.S. Washburn
Clarence Hale
W. T. Hildcup
Sidney Perham
Paris
John H. Burleigh
South Berwick
Pennsylvania
PRB Aloon
Kiya
Thomas H. Lay
Neal
Charles W. Goddard
Superior Court
Cumberland County
Col
Henry 8. Osgood
Alcusta
Eastern By Press Company
Blaine
MH. B. Brown
Ulysses Grant
W. GB. Calhan
N.G. Alden
Walker Blaine
3. G. Blaine
James P. Bacon
Stanley T. Pullen
Portland Press
Custom House
Neb
Mullin
Dinine
Mr. Mullin
Samuel G Wright
Samuel OC. Wright
Efren
Fitton
Lott
Pat
Nelson Allews Pegisto, Wils
Mofth Haven
Gladneas
Qournee
Ghudueda
Shime
Wme
Gen
Leili Williams
Lee
Williams
Military Academy
Gen. Grant
Pie
John Uitbon
Omcera
Thunger Eountain
Hall
Price, Tsa
Atasale
Crant
Davelle Migro
Deyt
Pursins
The
Atchises, Topeka & Santa Fe
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