Playing a Part in a War Time Love Tale
A Southland family flees Nashville as Union troops advance. A daughter’s slave assumes mistress role to protect the home. A romance with Captain Harding unfolds until his return wounded, forcing truth and sacrifice on a wartime moral boundary.
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Nashville
Cumberland River
Ohio
Clarence
Arthur
Clarice
Bowling Green
Cumberland
Mother
Hegira
Albert Sidney Johnston
Missy Alice
Captain Harding
Murfreesboro
It Was Lincoln's Knife Laughs At His Own Expense
Lincoln loved retelling a tale from his circuit days about a stranger who claimed a knife belonged to Lincoln. The stranger said a jackknife was given to him to keep until he found someone uglier, and Lincoln himself was judged the rightful owner.
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Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
Family Repartee in Detroit Free Press Quotation
A short witty exchange appears in the Detroit Free Press with a husband and wife banter. The wife notes a good man is unnecessary for a good woman, and the husband concedes it is impossible to please one.
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Detroit Free Press
Safety First says avoiding perfect workers costs jobs
The Galveston News quotes that the reason we wouldn’t hire a man who never makes mistakes is because he would soon have our job, reflecting cautious hiring ideals.
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Galveston News
Wife Restores Iowa Man to Work After Prolonged Illness
W L Stoddard of Sioux City Iowa suffered stomach troubles and months of illness before taking Mayr's Wonderful Stomach Remedy. His wife reports one dose brought him back to work and praises the remedy for removing stones and matter, with continued use of the regulator. The ad touts the product as a thorough system cleanser and claims wide success across the United States.
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W. L. Stoddard
Lemon St
Sioux City
Iowa
Mayr
Mr. Stoddard
United States
W. W. Stickford
Guaranteed Asthmador Remedy For Monticello Sufferers
Dr Rudolph Schiffmann guarantees Asthmador or its cigarettes will relieve asthma hay fever and bronchial symptoms with instant relief. Buy a 50 cent package at Palmer Pharmacy and return for a full refund if unsatisfied. Drugstores or Dr Schiffmann in St Paul will supply elsewhere under the same guarantee.
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Palmer
Monticello
Rudolph Schiffmann
Palmer Pharmacy
R. Schiffmann
St. Paul
Minn
County Expenditures Paragraph Summary
Disjointed accounting fragment lists salaries for county officials and staff, including E J Hines and Anna Hanson, with travel allowances for several supervisors. It also records jail, medical, electric, telecommunication expenses and engineer stipends, naming W A Hogan, B F Curley, Clarence Finn, J F Whalen, and others.
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Earl Boyer
Margaret Boyer
Kate Maurice
B F Curley
D Easton
Clarence Finn
Iowa Tel Co
L E Mead
J F Whalen
Will and testament witnessed in Monticello Jones County
On April 1st 1005 John McDonald appeared in Monticello Jones County and signed the instrument declaring it his last will and testament in the presence of two witnesses who subscribed their names as witnesses.
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Jones County
John McDonald
William McDonald
Elizabeth McDonald Hurry
James McDonald
Auchterarder
Scotland
David McDonald
Jeannette Hunter
Seland
District Court
Towa
H. M. Carpenter
Herrick & Reed
J. W. Coxsee
Iowa
Center Junction
John A. McDonald
Andrew McDonald
Madison Township
Eliza Serbousek
Alexander Place
Midland
George McDonald
Scotch Grove
Louis McDonald
Maggie McDonald Davis
Sherrill Davis
Mary Ellen McDonald
Barbara Etta McDonald
Pertshire
Monticello
James
Andrew W. McDonald
Ellen
Ellen Smith
Peter C. Smith
Andrew
David
Town
Genter Junction
T.E. Canty
Milan
Hinois
Farwell
A. G. Bauder
Helen Smith
J. TL. McDonald
George D. McDonald
Frank Serbousek
T. E. Canty
Sarah J. Canty
Anna L. Canty
Blanche Canty
Mary Evelyn Canty
Illinois
Children’s Home Finding Association
Ottumwa
Children’s Home Society
Des Moines
Hopkinton
Henry M. Carpenter
Lown
Carpenter
John X McDonald
Mark G. A. Wiggins
Rockishind County
H. M. Sarpenter
G. A. Wiggins
District Court of
State of
Verin
Christ Tschants
Isaiah Williams
William Henderson
Lizzie B. Henderson
John S. Henderson
Etta Henderson
George Henderson
Emma Jane Sweesy
William Sweesy
J. d. Locher
Vstra
Clark
John L. Clark
Ella Clark
George Clark
Elizabeth, Clark
Eliza Jane Valentine Ami
Valentine
Harriet C. Shaffer
Thomas Shaffer
William W. Clark
Henry
Jones Couny
Feats With The Camera And The Moving Target
An expert with practice can capture a rapidly moving object at a fixed point, but decision and shutter lag make exact timing hard. Claudy notes success odds of about one in four for precise instant shots. A tennis ball speeds about a mile per minute, so tiny delays move the target several feet before the shot.
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Claudy
Greatest Song Writers and Their Occupations
The New York American surveys four famed writers Goethe Heine Burns and Beranger. Burns is named the most popular of the quartet. Goethe is described as a critical Olempian at heart Heine as a deep pessimistic cynic and Beranger as human yet overly critical. Burns is praised for democracy vast sympathy and immersion in common life with songs that endure.
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Goethe
Heine
Burns
Beranger
New York American
Execution methods vary across Europe
The article notes that in Europe the guillotine is the most common method of execution. It states Austria, Holland, and Portugal are among the few countries besides Great Britain that still use hanging. Oldenburg employs shooting, Brunswick uses beheading, and Spain uses garroting.
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Europe
Austria
Holand
Portugal
Great Britain
Oldenburg
Brunswick
Spain
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Hogan
Iowa Electric Co
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E Leach
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George Albery
Cedar Street
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Ima
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P. B. Counterman
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H. C. Bohlken
Ira B. Clark
J. B. Clark
Park Chamberlain
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Anamosa
Milo P. Smith
Lowa
District Court of the State of
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Nellie Varvel
Sarah Sleeper
J. M. Sleeper
Mary Stauffer
John Stauffer
William van Winkle
Belle van Winkle
Daniel van Winkle
Daniel Varvel
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H. D. Smith
J.J. Locher
Farwell, A. G. Bauder
Bexecutor
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A.D
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Alanson F. Bort
Cyrus C. Bort
W. Doxsee
Caroline RE
Howard
A. D
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Chambers
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