Mrs Pell’s Gift Brings Joy To Cemetery Graves
In a tenement yard story set around Decoration Day Mrs Pell saves 168 for white roses to adorn two graves. When a neighbor Sally sickens and faces death Mrs Pell must choose between funding flowers or helping a friend. She lends the money and, moved by charity, joins others to decorate the graves with white roses.
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Mrs. Pell
Mrs. Wilkes
Sallie
Edith
Berta
Mrs. Graham
Tom
Our Comrades Live Forever at Rest in Peace
In a quiet summer scene the line of fallen comrades is remembered with reverence. The verse honors Eva Katherine Gibson and others laid to rest, their memories lingering as flowers are laid on green graves.
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Eva Katherine Gibson
Passing of Osage Hedge
Illinois farms lose Osage hedges once popular as economical fences. Introduced by Prof J Turner of Jacksonville about fifty years ago it was favored by farmers lot owners and railroads. High fence post and lumber prices aided its rise but wire fencing overtook it as cheaper and more efficient. Railroads removed hedges first farmers followed. Today hedges survive mainly as wind breaks though now considered harmful to vegetation and likely to be abandoned.
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Illinois
Jacksonville
Becxime
Chicago Inter Ocean
Ribbons of Blue and Gray On Parade
A tender procession shows Grand Army of the Republic veterans in blue uniforms joined by young girls in white gowns. The pageant blends youth and age as ribbons and wreaths honor unknown dead, symbolizing spring campaigning and winter memory.
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An KR
Grand Army of the Republic
Union of Youth and Age
Alpha and Omega of Life
Psalm of the Old Soldier
A war era poem reflects on fading colors of the sky, bugle calls, and drums, mourning fallen soldiers. It contrasts blue and gray, notes sunrise and dew, and honors those who wore the blue with lilies, daisies, and rose luster over graves.
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W. D. Nesbit
Baltimore American
Old Soldier's Day Remembrance Links Civil War Vets
An 1865 grand review in Washington honored Union soldiers as 149,000 veterans passed the Capitol. Yearly, aging veterans assemble to decorate graves, a day that underscores a national debt we can never pay and honors both soldiers and civilians.
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Capitol
Memorial Day in the South Observed by Ladies Aid Society
The Ladies' Aid Society formed in 1861 cared for Confederate soldiers buried in Columbus hospitals. In 1866 Miss Lizzie Rutherford proposed a memorial day to decorate Confederate graves annually, leading to widespread observances on April 26. Floral displays honor Stuart, Pickett, and other figures in Richmond and beyond with cross‑regional tributes.
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Ladies’ Aid Society
Columbus
Lizzie Rutherford
Richmond
Hollywood
Stuart
Cavalier Pickett
Confederate States
Vermont
Plains
Texas
Change of Life Advice for Women in Transition
A timeless marketing blurb touts Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as relief for change of life symptoms. It cites testimonials including Mrs. Ross of Roslindale Massachusetts and claims numerous letters proving the medicine’s value for women facing menopause related issues.
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Lydia BE. Pinkham
Breria Ross
Montclair Ave
Roslindale
Mass
Vacation traffic to Colorado offered at special rate
The Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway promotes a Denver bound summer trip from Chicago for 25 dollars from July 1 to 10, with Colorado cooler and scenic Rocky Mountain beauty highlighted. A new book on Rocky Mountain scenes is available by mail for six cents postage, via I A Miller, General Passenger Agent.
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United
Chicago
Colorado
Rocky Mountain
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
Denver
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Union Pacific
I. A. Miller
Donn's Kidney Pills Endorsement Promises Nationwide Trial
A Concord North Carolina hardware store owner and justice of the peace testifies that Donn's Kidney Pills cured his disordered kidneys and backache after long trouble. He reports clearer secretions, stronger back, and improved health. A free trial offer is extended by Monster-Milburn Co. at Buffalo New York, with pills selling for 50 cents a box.
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Bright
W.C. T
Union Street
Concord
N. C
Justice of the Peace
Donn
Gigson
Till
United States
Monster-Milburn Co
Buflalo
N.Y
Build Up Strength with Ozomulsion for Health
A persuasive health ad argues illness stems from weakness and urges readers to use Ozomulsion, a concentrated cod liver oil vitalizing tonic. It promises blood-making benefits, internal rebuilding, and relief from chronic sickness for men women and children, claiming it cures consumption.
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Buna
A-Daiy
Alber
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Chicago Daily News
Boree
Buck
Lowell
New York Central
Riaam
Naty
Wain Wright
St. Touwis, Mop
Charles Lamb
Anakesis
Frag Suis
Anatichsis
Ribune
New Yorks
Mires Rootbeer
Olay
Mikes Hyegal
Charles Hy Hinka
CO. Malvern
Paxton
Qolumbun
Oromulsion Food Co
Pine Street
New York
Wrens
Aes
London
Paris
Berlin
Bantrant
City of Mexico
Havana
Santiago
Buenos Ayres
Rio de Janeiro
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Caracas
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