Remembering the Common Soldier by Anecdotes of the War
A wartime sketch and a lurid court scene recount the life of a common soldier and the melancholy end of a deserter in Virginia. The poem laments lost arm and honor, while the Johnson execution tale details a regiment, priests, firing party, and a dramatic last moment. The narrative closes with a reunion of two brothers after a court sentence turns into forgiveness and joy.
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Johnson
Virginia
Jolson
Fairfax Seminary
Father McAfee
Father Willett
Co. C
Lincoln Cavalry
Bood
Bill
Eighth New Hampshire
Col. Gray
Suncook
Joe
Corinth
Andersonville
Washington
Old Town
Accidents and Patriotism at Chester Town Speech
James A. Garfield faced an egg thrown by a treason sympathizer during a Chester Town speech. The crowd cheered his defiant remarks and administered rough justice to the wrong man, while Garfield praised patriotism and his past courage on the battlefield.
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James A. Garfield
Chestertown
Washington faces duplicate street names in city designations
A Baltimore Sun correspondent notes Washington now repeats street names like five King streets or places and eight Madison streets or alleys. The city also lists seven Grant thoroughfares, six Lincoln, Jackson, and Washington names, five Pierce sites, plus many duplicates of small resident names and other repeated titles such as Prospects Pleasant and T streets, totaling about 100 duplicates.
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Washington
Baltimore Sun
London
King
Madison
Grant
Lincoln
Jackson
Washinton
Pierce
Bracing Gate Posts and Farm Topics From Nevada Station
Practical tips cover bracing gate posts to prevent sagging with an N shaped brace and top wire tension, plus notes on Squirrel Tail Grass a weed hindering hay value and recommended pull and burn before seeding. Also discussed dark crates for ripening fruit and optimal timing for planting evergreens with cautions about late summer plantings.
Prevent Pneumonia and Tomato Seed Fermentation Guidance
The article warns against heavy clothing and overheated rooms as pneumonia risks. It advocates light, comfortable attire, daily cold sponge baths, and well ventilated rooms at about 65 degrees as best prevention. It also offers a method to ferment tomato pulp seeds, describing ripening, mashing, diluting with water, fermenting, washing, and drying to yield seed without surrounding tissue.
Canvas Frames And Dressings For Beds And Crops
The bulletin covers constructing a bed frame with canvas and a finish made from linseed oil sugar of lead and white rosin, applied in coats. It also discusses next year’s small fruit care weed control mulching strawberry crops and notes on measurement reforms and farming tips including cabbage white grub control and profitable hay. It mentions grafting tubes in Sweden and a USDA bulletin on peach yellows urging removal of diseased trees.
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Crawford County
Swedish Agricultural College
United States Department of Agriculture
Why Napoleon Won Battles Austerlitz Secret Explained
A San Francisco Chronicle analysis argues Napoleon's victory at Austerlitz stemmed from punctual obedience to orders, tight organization, and fearless morale. It contrasts 75,000 French against 200,000 allied troops, showing how disciplined troops and precise maneuvers enabled a decisive win.
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Austerlitz
San Francisco Chronicle
Napoleon
Russia
Austria
Germany
England
Greasing the Wheels at the Station Lesson in Duty
A narrator recalls a bustling railroad station and a man calmly greasing carriage wheels with a tin pan. The scene becomes a moral parable urging humility and integrity, serving as a model to perform one’s duties faithfully, regardless of status, until advancement comes by merit.
Maxim's Theory On Kite Flight And Wind Forces
The passage explains how wind under a kite raises it, with high wind speeds around thirty five miles per hour producing a lift varying from one to five pounds per square foot depending on the angle. It notes that a slight angle changes the required cord strain to hold the kite against the wind.
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Hiram S. Maxim
North American Review
Born a Fighter and a Quiet Auction House
The article blends tales of Napoleon era General Oudinot who loved war but feared horses and boasted of sacrificing troops, with a light note on Whistler and Wilde and their Oscar the cat, and ends describing a Japanese auction where bids are written on slips of paper and placed in a box for the highest offer.
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Ger
Oudinot
Napoleon
Bou-logne
Grenadiers
Qoudinot
Oudinut
Evolution of artificial eyes through history
The article traces early artificial eyes in Egypt made from gold and silver and later copper and ivory, notes sixteenth century European versions using porcelain with makers stamping their addresses on the eye, and closes with a moral line about death not repairing faults.
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Egypt
Europe
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Jones
Vemin
Ashe
Nevada
Nevada Station
Toma
American Farmer and Farm News
von Werner
Maxim's Theory
Whistler
Wilde
Oscar
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