The Patriot Soldier and Civil War Hero Grant
A historical portrait traces Ulysses S. Grant from his Ohio birth in 1822 through West Point, Mexican War prowess, Civil War campaigns including Forts Henry Donelson Vicksburg and Petersburg, to two terms as president and later retirement. The piece notes his loyalty, leadership and the era’s memory, with a brief interlude on a Sudan battle and a French advocate’s courtroom tale.
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West Point Military Academy
Hiram Ulysses Grant
Ulysses S. Grant
Michael Agnolo Buonarotti
Michael Angelo
U.S. Infantry
McClellan
Ohio
Pope
Missouri
Paducah
Kentucky
Belmont
Henry and Donelson
Tenessee
Nashville
Grant
Pittsburg Landing
Shiloh
Albert Sidney Johnston
Vicksburg
Lee
Gettysburg
General Bragg
Mission Ridge
Lincoln
Meade
Sherman
Sheridan
Gant
Wilderness
Petersburg
Dannmile
Johnson
Horace Greely
Philadelphia
Royal Honore
San Francisco
Mexico
New York City
House of Grant and Ward
Congress
Gol Dier
Fragmented North American snippets and local notes
A mishmash of dialect speech about hunting a buck and a gun, cholera commentary on Jewish immunity, a new square-hole auger invention, satirical notes on love letters, and a Toledo man’s marriage decision, all drawn from a single OCR page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Hersid
Cleveland Machine Company
Cafes and Coffee Culture in Madrid Observed
The passage describes Madrid cafe life with long post meal coffees and social drinking at coffee houses. Spaniards drink wine for the lower classes and sweet strong liqueur priced cheaply, leading to frequent drunkenness among some Madrileños.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
Druker
Squadienta
Unite
Mammoth cheeses arrive in Liverpool from New York dairy
A London Agricultural Gazette report notes a cheese shipment weighing 8900 pounds plus two more 4000 pound cheeses from Whitesborough New York. Made by Dr L L Wright using milks from 1200 cows, the items are touted as the world’s largest cheese figures. Lipton also received four additional cheeses over 1200 pounds each from Cloverfield Cheese Factory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Agricultural Gazette
Berlin
Liverpool
Thomas J. Lipton
Clyde
Anchoria
L. L Wright
Whitesborough
New York
Lipton
Cloverfield Cheese Factory Company
Amens
Explorers’ Trip by Night on the Main River
Members of a Frankfort boat club resolved to row to Mayence by night. They set off at midnight in a Weir boat and rode through the quiet hours. At sunrise they realized they had forgotten to weigh anchor and remained fast to the starting float. They are called the explorers by locals.
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iArgonaut
Frankfort-on-the- Main
Mayence
Frankfort
Telegraph Lines Said To Drive Wolves From Norway
In Norway officials note a pending vote on a granite new line and a Storthing member claims telegraph wires repel wolves. The claim recalls that since the first telegraph line twenty years ago wolves have not appeared nearby, though some doubt remains about the effect.
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Popular Science News
Norway
Storthing
Posta
Doctors Should Pass Five Year Exam Before Practice
A satirical appeal argues doctors should be required to marry and pass a five year examination before practicing. It condemns physicians who ignore chronic ailments and claim high status, casting them as blind leaders of the blind amid medical mismanagement.
The Half-Breeds in Mani Toba and Pastor Wed to Garfield Widow
A Pittsburgh dispatched report notes Rev. William Taylor, a Lawrence County pastor aged about fifty, will marry Mrs. Garfield widow. They met through Mrs. Garfield’s late friend Miss Packer of Hiram, Ohio, and revisited Hiram after Mrs. Garfield’s initial support.
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Francis Markell
E. C. Markell
Frederick County
Gittinger & Son
North Market Stree
Garfield
Pythis Press
Pittaburg
W Field
Lawrence
Wm. Taylor
Sperkii
Taylor
Lawrence County
Mies Packer
Hiram
Olio
Gar Geld
Hiram College
Sop
Mr. Taylor
Ohio
Bismarck Birthday Celebrated by Empire Elite in Style
The German Chancellor marks his seventieth birthday as emperors and princes visit to offer congratulations. The Schoenhausen estate deed is presented as a birthday tribute, with rumors of favor from two Russian generals. In Cumberland, canal charges and coal transport updates surface, including rate changes and wharfage details.
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Prince Bismarck
Empire
Sperial
Bismarck
Een
Schoenhausen
Baughman
John T. Edwards
Annapolis
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Frepenicn
March
Sith
James H. Gambritl
Maryland Biscuits
L. Eadek
Frapmerie
L. M. Hudebrand
Fredericka
Parhamore
Fredericx
Samue
Waters - Dearein
Aroibery
Mas
Henry G. Dull
Farperice
James H. Gambeill
Tomers
W. Jarbob
J. H. Gambrill
Fesprnnce, MD
Matohard
J. M. Hilderbrand
Mus
WM. H. Brish
Fazpierce
Paiuel Waters
WM. Fisher
Paeorntee
Jarboe
Huuff
Fampertee
Samuel Waters
Gunloce
Reemuel Waere
David Toune
A. T
Baltimore Ouetuen
Cowamer & Went
Balimore
North Market
George Brust & Co
Gentiem
Mra. G
DeGrange
Edie
D. F.smith
Forth Market
Frederick
Imardidlw
Frederick Ui
Frederick City
Hartsock
South Market Street
C. C. Cartymarduder
East Patrick Street
B. F. Brown & Son
E. Patrick St
Lo Fohk
E. Patrick Street
Fred Ices
David H. Smith
Mardhilw
Smith
West Patrick Street
Torece
Geo. D. Moore
Contin Hguse
Jes. Ap. Wr
Frederick Ct Bond Heyries
James Pi Petry
Stone Barn
Evemere Field
Schaugat
Yakie’s
Zersey
Erick County Fair
D. C. Winebrewer
Juarzidiw
Erate
Farmers’ and Mechanics' Mai Bankoaf Frederick
Marcdlw
Mesers Rrnst & Co
Gents
Marken
Brown Brothers
Rochester
Marlldin
Mirt
Thomas
Court Street
Wm. Wilcoxon
Cariin
Ulock
W. Church Street
City Hotel
Fem
J_K. Sheppard
Hendrickson
Dome Veh Depeche Ee Sizwirman
the Patriot Soldier
Scaxi
Tamai
Zereba
Bun Franciecs Advake
Lackand
Ferenig
London Echo
Europe
Toulon
Chicago Times
Iwrooklyn Eagle
Toledo
Seropeans
Algeria
Plalatelphia Press
Eurone
Alxgeria
Garfield’s
Manitoba
Winnipto
Man
Battleford
Pas Fae
E. Applegarth
Indeatitate
Clark
Reb
63D Rifles
Halifax
N. 8
Themeslves
Northwest Territory
Cumberland
Wineport
Georgetown
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