Voices of War and Reunion Across Civil War Echoes
A fragmented collage from the Atlanta Constitution Minneapolis Journal Salt Lake Tribune voices recount Civil War memories between North and South. Old soldiers urge unity, duty, and readiness to fight a new foe while recalling battles at Vicksburg Bull Run and Stonewall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iain Freer
Nila
Ehpink
Ein
Manassas
Jackson
Paritihis
Lee
Atlanta Constitution
Vickesburg
Bull Run
Aonthland
Minneapolis Journal
Message on Banknote Sparks Rescue Mystery
A Liverpool merchant’s cashier found brown marks on a Bank of England note that, when acid exposed, revealed a message claiming John Dean of Longhillmar would learn his brother languished in Algiers. Dean sought help from authorities, paying a ransom to free his imprisoned brother after eleven years. The prisoner used wood and his blood to inscribe the message, hoping it would be noticed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool
Bank of England
John Dean
Longhillmar
Algiers
Patriotism Among Tramps in Portland Box Car Meeting
A Portland railroad man reports twenty five tramps held a meeting in a suburban box car. After an animated patriotic discussion they resolved to offer their services as soldiers in a war with Spain and urged other Americans to do the same. He states they call themselves soldiers not soldiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Ore
Spain
Co operative Colony Forming West of Willow Springs
A Southwest City Missouri Leader report describes a cooperative colony in Douglas County near Indian Creek west of Willow Springs. Sixteen families have bought 1000 acres with more to come. they aim to clear land, farm, and produce fruit and other crops while living industriously and peacefully.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas County
Wmit Wiles
Willow Speingson Indian Creek
Religious voters and cautions on poisoning foods emerge
The piece notes a religious group with a capable preacher who may influence about 200 votes, mentions labor among railroad workers, and counters claims of free love. It warns against acid taints in canned fruit and urges safe handling, citing Popular Science News and DeWitt’s remedies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wring
Popular Science
Hidden Identities In New York Men Use New Names
A New York detective says many men assume new names after age 21 to escape past crimes. He estimates at least 1,000 city residents live under altered names to start afresh, while noting Adolph Fisher of Zanesville Ohio used three boxes of De Witts Witch Hazel Salve for piles over 35 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Adolph Fisher
Zanesville, C
de Witts
German Outspoken On Spain Question In Wisconsin Letter
A German resident in Wisconsin sent a congressman a pointed letter about the Spanish question. He urged support for Spain and included a bold, forceful threat against the Bolldossing, claiming Copan has suffered no offense from them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
Congress
Badger
Copan
Spain
Little Early Risers cure constipation and biliousness
A brief notice praises Little Early Risers as superior to old fashioned blue mass and nauseous physics for curing constipation sick headache and biliousness by Pipkin and Hanes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeWitt
Pipkin & Hanes
One Minute Cough Cure Promoted by Pipkin & Hanes
Gladstones Remedy advocates bed rest for colds and claims swift recovery. The ad touts One Minute Cough Cure as the infallible remedy for coughs, colds, croup, bronchitis, grippe, and throat and lung troubles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pipkin & Hanes
Frisco Line Through Route To Southwest States
The St. Louis & San Francisco railroad is the direct through car route to Southwest Missouri Southern Kansas Arkansas Indian Territory and Texas. It is the most direct route to St. Louis and the East with double daily vestibuled trains free reclining chair cars observation and drawing room sleepers. Inquiries may be made to the nearest ticket agent or write Geo. T Nicotson, Gen. Pass. Agt., St. Louis, Mo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
San Francisco
Missouri
Kansas
Arkansas
Indian Territory
Texas
East
Harvey
Nicnotsox
Agt
Feminine rights, tales, and a Gypsy elopement
A jumble of anecdotes on women rights and roles, from labor to prayer to comfort in distress. It mentions a Kansas girl kidnapped by a Gypsy band and rescued by Sugar Mason, who she then eloped with. Notes on Australian women, a successful teacher, and Minnie Windhorst, a St. Louis businesswoman. Ends with a grocery ad for Johnson & Hellopeter on De Queen Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gussie Schwarts
Kansas
Sugar Mason
Minnie Windhorst
St. Louis
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Awaden of the Frog
Sherman
Teall
Hell
Metropolae
Reds
Salt Lake Tribune
Pipkin & Tlanes
Gladstone
Mr. Gladstone
Frisco
Wiel
New York Times
Johnson & Hellopeter
Queen Street
Freicwr
Wkrre
Lanoksr
E. T. Burrows Co
Maine
New York Life
Aetna Life and Accident Insurance Company
T. E. Beck
R. R
W. S. Pryor
G. W. Pultz
Sherwood Avenue
Oposite
J. C. Byers
Attorney At Law
State
Federal
Sureme Courts
Deven Street
Honert Avenue
Rochester, N.Y
Mena Star
Vick’s
Dean
Vicks Magazine
STAR
Advantare
Vick's
the Star
Mena, Arkansas
the New Time the Great Reform Magazine
B. O. Flower Frederik Cpham Adams Eove
Fifth Ave
Chicaco
The
New Time
Mena Weekly Star
Mena
Ark
de Queen Street
Sherwood and
Janssen Avenues
Fred Salyers
Vine Hill Nursery
Iit
Pleasant, Tesras
Black Bros., Proprietors
R. P. Cook
Prop’r
Mena Produce CO
Hudgins-Carder Block
Mena, Ark
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