Sheridan Ride and Civil War Reminiscences Unearthed
The article recalls General Sheridan’s famous ride from Winchester to Cedar Creek and details his leadership style. It includes anecdotes of infantry and cavalry attitudes, a Seneca Indian wager capture, a perilous volunteer ride, and relics from Gettysburg notably Warner Miller’s Devil's Den cane.
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EN. Cook
Missouri
Shas
Sheridan
Sother
Phil
West Point
Texas
Fourth Infantry
Pacific Coast
Hood
Cavalry
Second Cavalry
Cascade Range
Army of the Cumberland
Winchester
Cedar Creek
Middletown
Gen. Sheridan
General Crook
Wright
Sixth Corps
Fourteenth
New York Artillery
Virginia
Warner Miller
New York
Delicate Question About Divorce Fees After Accidental Death
A woman at the editorial desk explains she paid a lawyer five dollars in advance for a divorce. After her husband was fatally struck by a coal cart, she asks if the lawyer can keep the money or contribute to funeral expenses. The editor avoids a direct answer.
Delicate Prothesis Operation by French Surgeon
The French Academy reports a delicate prothesis operation by Dr. Michaels to replace a humerus segment with vulcanite and metal joints. The artificial pieces allowed rotation and circumduction with secure fixation to bone and scapula, improving the patient's condition despite small abscesses.
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Michaels
M. Michaels
Brief Bench Wit in Case Over Ten Guineas
Erskine represents the plaintiff seeking ten guineas from his former lover. The judge, Buller, nonsuits after a witty exchange where the defendant signs a letter reading I despise you. The piece recalls era of short opinions and quick speeches plus a Waterbury social setback for a belle joining the Salvation Army.
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Erskine
Love
Catharine Keeling
Hearcroft
Bearcroft
Justice Buller
Taunton
Garden tools and storage house for the yard
The article promotes a compact garden tool and storage house placed near the garden to hold hoes, rakes, shovels, fertilizers, plant protectors, bean poles and stakes. It notes harvest use as a sorting and storage space for market crops and emphasizes practicality for rural households and urban poultry keepers. A portable fowl yard designed for city keeping is also illustrated.
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Will
Building frame and profits from truck farming noted
The article describes farm frame construction using mortised joints and wire fencing, plus movable yards. It reports Kent County Maryland farmers studying truck farming in Lancaster County with farms from 20 to 90 acres yielding $8,000 to $16,000 yearly and urges shifting from peach culture to market gardening, signaling social changes in land use.
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Kent County
Maryland
Lancaster County
Jongin
Cure for inebriety: oranges create distaste for alcohol
Louisville Courier Journal cites experts calling drunkenness a disease and urges total abstinence with actionable steps. They emphasize body purification and willpower, promote diet and avoidance of heavy foods, and prescribe orange doses at set times daily to reduce craving.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Tension Check-Rein A Humane Invention to Lessen Dis Comforts
A stark critique argues that the tension check rein is an instrument of torture to control horses. The piece condemns its keeping for fashionable style and calls for abolition, noting the cruel discomfort it inflicts on animals.
Little Girl Finds Hidden Money on Dumping Ground
A Germantown girl, six, proudly shows her mother a $400 treasure trove of greenbacks and coins found on a lot at Duval and Green streets. Police note the money's origin is unknown, likely discarded from ashes and dropped on the dumping ground.
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Henry Hill
Johnston Street
Germantown
Quiet Chicago Lawyer Not In
A vivid anecdote portrays a prominent Chicago attorney as quiet and serene with a perpetual smile. Emery Storrs of Chicago recounts a witty exchange about whether the lawyer is in, ending with a quip about an elephant in Central Park and a baby fed on elephant milk.
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Chicago
Emery Storrs
Mr. Storrs
Central Park
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Warherd
Blue
Gen. Butler
South Carolina
Brown
Waterbury
Salvation Army
OUR Rural Readers
Heny Leffman
Philadelphia
United States
Canada
France
Germany
England
Agricultural Students
Ohio State University
New Jersey
Massachusetts
Ohio
Vermont
Wisconsin
Clod Crusher
Providence
Niagara
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