Fitzhugh Lees Escape Amid Midnight Civil War Charge
In a Civil War memoir style reminiscence, a Confederate cavalry assault near a Virginia camp is thwarted by a vigilant picket. A night of thunder, dark skies, and sudden lightning leads to a brutal clash led by Fitzhugh Lee, with a narrowly saved life and a captured officer.
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Jenkins
Wiscon
Cowerasa
Pizbugh
Lee
Virginia
Loyad
McClellan
Toman
Washington
Tiany
Eareely
Hall T
Cap' N
Ile Devila
Tord
Firghugh Lee
Power of Song in Rebel Prison Parade
An old cavalry captain recalls captives at Libby Prison during Stoneman raids near Richmond Va. Prisoners sang The Star Spangled Banner as crowds cheered outside, showing enduring love for Old Glory amid hardship and hunger.
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Richmond
Chancellorsville
Libby
Axenange
Spear
Pennsylvania
Linby
A& Up
Saint
Perhips
Sone
Odd University Discoveries Cited By Buffalo Paper
A Buffalo newspaper ridicules University of Chicago findings as epoch making, listing absurd examples such as kissing causing lockjaw and Ireland once being a lake. It lampoons academic ventures funded by John D. Rockefeller, mocking the era of sensational discoveries and dubious claims.
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University of Chicago
Prisoners sing old flag as Libby crowd cheers
In Libby Prison Richmond officers sing patriotic songs after a barracks gathering. A New York regiment member displays a concealed silk flag while the chorus repeats the anthem amid laughter and riotous enthusiasm, as guards conduct searches.
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New York City
Tammany
Euttering
Pheece
The Canada Goose and its Flight Formations
The article describes Canadian geese migrations and hunting behavior. It notes geese form a wedge or V from their northern grounds, cruising at sunset to feed on eelgrass, sedges, and grains. Hunters use the wedge to time positions for shooting, and domestication or crossbreeding with domestic geese is mentioned. Wounded birds dive to escape, and the flock resumes flight with the honk call.
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Proacd
Lock
Fortunes For Base Players Rivalry In Two Great Leagues
A historical look at the pennant clash between the National and American Leagues. It recounts Ban Johnson leading the American League to attract star players through high salaries, legal battles over contracts, and notable transfers like Lajoie Delehanty Wolverton Townsend from Philadelphia to other clubs, with injunctions shaping where they could play.
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Toth
Pail
Ban Johnson
Chicago
St. Louis
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Thare
Lajoie
Delehanty
Wolverton
Oth
Townsend
Philadelphia Nationals
Cleveland
Washington
Peace and Harmony Rule Rival City Teams Rules
Circulation of trailed leagues through New Jersey led to rules calming player conduct and spring schedules to minimize conflicts. New York and Philadelphia parties in October highlighted supremacy races between city teams. Giants earned 60 percent of first four games gate share with big bonuses. Athletics took 25 percent. Philadelphia team division of their pennant gate receipts rewarded players.
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New Jersey
New York
Philadelphia
Nationael
Bnew York Giants
Achlatics
Tig
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Representative Jenkins
W. M. Wooster
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Opga
On, Joan J, Jenkiis
Libby Prison
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Chicago University
Columbus
George Washington
John D. Rockefeller
Shakespeare
Arabia
Bulgaria
Mr. Rockefeller
Coperniqus
Galileo
Mathewson
Western Wheeled Scraper Co
Aurora
Ull
Bard
Galzlog
Tal
Winte Sewina Macue Co
Ohio
Pensions
Pension Bureau
Taber & Whitman CO
Warder Bldg
Washington, D.C
Foster
Ernest Haskell
Eugene P. Lyle, Jr
John Dinwiddie Driscoll
Maximilian
Mexico
Jacqueline
Zias
St. Louis Republic
Times Saturday Review
Dowpaleday, Page & CO
East 16Th St
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