Loss in our great battles compared with civil war losses
A recount of Civil War battle losses contrasts Santiago casualties with historic engagements. Using figures for Gettysburg, Spottsylvania, the Wilderness, Antietam, Chancellorsville, and others, it notes percentages of loss and forces engaged, alongside a brief medical advertisement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Santiago
Gettysburg
Spottsylvania
Wilderness
Antietam
Chancellorsville
AL Dee
Cold Harbor
Bredrburg
Manasens
Shiloh
Stone's River
Murfreesboro
Petersburg
N. Y. Sun
Eating the loons and a note on lampreys tastes
An eclectic, quippy essay contrasts prejudices about eating eels lampsreys and loons with a tale of a loon carcass containing a catfish. It meanders through hunting, fish cuisine, and a literary aside about Ch rump’s Chill Tonic. The column then jokes about a drug ad and ends with a promotional notice offering coin silver war memorial spoons to subscribers of the Star.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scotland
Connecticut
England
Thames
New York
Fred Mather
Real Remedy Not Elixir Or Syrup Says Doctor
The ad claims Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral cures chronic coughs by treating the cause, not merely soothing symptoms. It presents the product as the prescription of a practical physician, contrasting with untrustworthy elixirs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ayer
W. A. Coker
Allis, Ark
S. Hutter
Rolink
Steven
Wis
Ayers
Chas
Hull
Whortley Road
London
Ont
Spoons Memorial Offer from Quaker Valley Mfg Co
Readers invited to order a set of memorial spoons showing soldiers in Cuba Morro Castle and four U S battleships. Price 3 00 with 78 cents payable within 30 days. If unsatisfied return spoons. Address Quaker Valley Mfg Co 357 W Harrison St Chicago. Also note Oyster color causes from vegetable matter per National Fish Commission. Hant’s Lightning promises quick relief for aches with money refund if not satisfied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuba
Morro Castle
U. S
Quaker Valley Mfg. Co
Harrison Street
Chicago
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de Witt
Pipkin
Cheatham
Jackson Drug Co
Quaker Valley Manufacturing Co
Croup
la Grippe
van Buren
Ark
J E Wright
Chester, Ark
National Fish Commission
Hant
Jackson
Tim
THE
Mena Bottling Works
Lee and Soda Water
Fred Raush, Mer
Mena
G. B. Glendining
L. G. Baker
Little Rock
de Queen Street
Honert Avenue
UGH EX Pere
Shreveport
Hornbeck
Port Arthur
D. J
Presbyterian Church
New Church
Amsterdam
Zwolle
Hint
R. Schimertorn
M. E. Church South
Epworth League
Sp. m
J. Green
Baptist Church
Sunda
Sp.m
Ompere
Christian Church
G. P. Youn
Methodist Episcopal Church
Sune Day School
R. Stewart
A. F
A. M. Dallas Lodge No
Thad M. Carder
W M. Vsbertel
Mena Lodge
K.of P. No
Castle Hall
Blocksom
Knowlton
Haaliton
Woodmen of the World
Thoreday
J.C. Byers
Wibean
Matheny
Knights OF Equity
Thane
Mosonte Hall
Iron Mall
Hill
de Byehe
Erie
Buncksom
Sec
Mark Whasss
Jones
F.C. Savage
Department of the Interior
United States Land Office
Camden
Benjamin C. Pollock
Batry
Clyde
Ballard
Anid
KH. Poe
N. P
Grannis
Polk County
E. A. Scarchen
W. R Blocksom & CO
Undertakers
Hae
America
Senator John J. Ingalls
Kansar
N. D. Thompson Publishing
Louis, MO
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