No Youth Without a Cetchar Grave in The Marshfield Times
The Marshfield Times surveys curiosities and oddities from a century past. It notes Jamaica’s new governor as democratic in tone, Twain’s Oxford degree, widows in Bowdoinham Maine, a physician’s roller skating advice, Swinburne’s tragedy, Carnegie’s wealth voyage, and a California inheritance tale. It mentions Dr Osler on hope, a physicist lecturer Miss Gertrude Waker, a purse theft misattributed to a jewelry motive, and a New York policeman fired for fatally slow action. It also covers a Boston trade school funded by Franklin and Carnegie, a 101 year old Alpine teacher, trolley plans to Gettysburg, and Philadelphia’s push to train women as baseball umpires.
Russian statesmen oppose rail links with Asia and Channel tunnel plans
The Youth's Companion notes Russian officials resist an American tunnel to connect Alaska with Asia and British opposition to a Channel rail link. It also cites the Russian cabinet rejection of a Bering Strait tunnel plan, and reports UK policing photos of prisoners post conviction remain debated. It adds London election news with Lord Michaelham and a Jewish aldermanic representative.
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America
Asis
England
France
English Channel
London
Paris
Bering Strait
Lord Michaelham
Herbert Stern
City of London
London Council
Ford
Mavar
Ambition, Love and War Across a Soldier's Rise
The narrative follows Bryant and Edwards from cadet rivalry at West Point through Civil War service. Edwards wins the cadetship, marries Blossom Nathan, while Bryant pursues law, joins state guards, and later rises in the cavalry. Both serve with distinction. Bryant reaches colonel and paces the Gettysburg field on Decoration Day 1878, recalling fallen comrades.
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Washington
Bob Bryant
Edwards
Bryant
Cluncer
Gettysburg
Cemetery HI
Lleutouart
Cav
Return to the Flag at the Soldier’s Grave
A veteran kneels at a grave of Lieut. Col. William Ed Edwards and salutes the flag. Blossom Nathan recognizes him, her long lost love, now a soldier’s widow as wind scatters her husband’s flag. They reunite briefly before she departs to life on an army post.
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William Edwards
Barsefield
Hope
When Columbia Crowns Her Dead
A memorial poem recalling veterans in blue uniforms and empty sleeves honoring fallen soldiers on a sacred day. The piece contrasts May’s blossoms with battlefield memories as veterans bow their heads in tribute to the dead.
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Columbia Cromuns
Armistice Remembrance Through Wartime Valor and Peace
The piece honors national sacrifice amid conflict. It recalls a commander leading battles across the land and rivers while cannon fire reshapes the South. It honors the fallen, with Peace spreading over the fields and a maternal Colombia welcoming the brave dead.
War poem fragment of battle memories and fallen soldiers
Fragmentary verse recalls the ramble of battle, flowers for the wounded, and a spirit singing near the dead. A butterfly and blooming roses frame the sacred camps as a marching parade passes by. Columbia bids all salute the dead with Ole Glory.
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Frele
Columbia
Steep on O spearers of the blue amid war’s shadow
Poetic tribute to fallen soldiers speaks of peaceful rest for Columbia and the nation. The verses mourn war’s echoes, honor the dead, and invoke children’s voices for a tranquil future. Nature’s bloom rests on the soldier’s breast as peace prevails.
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Columbia
Chidren
Civil War Army Statistics Highlight Massive Union Enlistments
Civil War figures show the Union Army reached about 2,895,904 enlistments. Confederate records are unreliable, but estimates place their forces at 600,000 to 700,000 men with roughly 204,000 deaths from battle wounds or disease.
Annulled Boy Prose cuted for Perjury in Wisconsin
Marinette news reports a young couple from New London eloping to Michigan, facing perjury charges after Donald Ramm testified the bride Delzins De Marias was 18 or older. Judge Hastiigge annulled the marriage. the groom appeared with his parents as proceedings closed.
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Wolverine Bate
Wisconsin
Ramm
Young Men's Christian association raises funds in week
La Crosse and several Wisconsin towns report fund drive results. The YMC A campaign collected 7100,000 from 2,200 contributors led by W. W. Cargill with 25,000. Funds will finance downtown building purchase and reconstruction.
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la Grogset
Young Men’s Christian Assigination
W. W. Cargill
Wisconsin English Lutheran synod convention set for June
The annual Wisconsin English Lutheran synod convention will be held in Janesville during June. Sixty parishes will be represented.
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Janesville
Wisconsin English Lutheran Synod
New Insurance Agent Promises Modern Life Policy Sales
The New Insurance Inn of New York opens a professional hiring drive for men and women with brains and energy to sell life insurance. New forms, no rebating, and higher standards elevate the business. Paul Morton of Equitable Life leads a vigorous agency expansion seeking energetic, truthful applicants nationwide.
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Ufs
Paul Marton
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Morton
Auccess
Return of the Prodigal and Umbrella Theft
A garbled anecdote recalls a penniless girl recounting a comic scene of stealing an umbrella from friends and hiding it in a closet. The text then shifts to advertise Defiance Starch as a chemical free, strong starch ideal for delicate fabrics and a superior finish.
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Ralm
A Dig at Her
Miss Muda asks about preserving her complexion in a humorous exchange with Odene. She wonders if keeping a box in a cool place will be effective, prompting a lighthearted wartime remark on beauty routines.
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Odene
Miss Muda
Garfield Tea health claim advert from Brooklyn firm
A promotional note urges daily Garfield Tea to purify the blood erase rheumatism and cure chronic ailments. It states the herbal tea is guaranteed under the Pure Food and Drugs Law and is manufactured by Garfield Tea Co in Brooklyn New York. Arthur Eugh Clough is listed as a recipient.
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Garfield Tea Co
Brooklyn
N. Y
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