Navigational history and river commerce notes from old papers
A collage of archival passages recounts early Mississippi navigation from the Renommee and Gi Fonde in 1700 to white settlement vessels in 1541, with dangers from Indians and pirates, mob action against river pests, and steam era improvements. It cites losses, disasters, and eye witness accounts from Nashville Herald, plus stray notes on trains, medicines, and theater observations.
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Melacippi
Mississippi
Renomnee
de Soto
Crows’ Nest
Stock Island
New Orleans
Ohio
Pittsburg
Louisville
Gould
Nashville Herald
War Echo: Veteran Shares Cure For Paralysis Tone
Samuel R. Jordan recalls service in Twenty-eighth Maine Volunteers and a decades long fight with locomotor ataxia. He credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People with restoring strength and mobility, allowing him to walk without crutches again. Pills sold by medicine company and druggists.
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Lewiston
Samuel R. Jordan
New Portland
Maine
All. Parlin
Madison
Dr. Williams
Domestic hints and kitchen tips from old magazine pages
A collage of household instructions covers preserving fruit and juice canning, pie making with sugar and starch, silver cleaning with tartar and salt, boiling and cooling techniques, lamp cleaning, walnut stair care, decorative crafts, eyeglass polishing, pork preparation, and pest control. Names and places are not specified.
Veterans Corner on the Flag and West Point Cadet Hope
The article recalls Grand Army of the Republic resolve to defend the flag and rights, cites a 1895 letter seeking a West Point cadetship for A. S. Grant II, and notes Col. Fred Grant’s plans to present the petition to the President. It covers Grant II’s birth, boyhood toy soldiers, and schooling in Vienna during 1889–1893.
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Grant
West Point
Sixty-sixth Street
Col. Gr
United States
Military Academy
White House
Col. Grant
Grant II
Chicago
Vienna
Austria
Soldier left to beg as Homes for veterans run out
An elderly former private of the regular army sits in Jersey City waiting for a West Shore train to Albany. He has a $8 a month pension, no relatives able to help, and all Soldiers' Homes in New York and New Jersey are full. He fears ending in the poorhouse as he cannot find shelter or care.
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Jersey City
Pennsylvania Railroad
West Shore
Albany
United States
Govd
New York State
Newark
New Jersey
United States of America
Carr
Troy
Big Bethel
No title provided about aged and army blue duty
A fragment ponders whether a republic can endure ingratitude toward the needy. It questions the sight of army blue in the alms house as a blot on the flag and urges citizens to relieve the elderly rather than ignore their suffering.
An Ignorant Enemy Down in Tennessee 1962
A Civil War tale from Indiana field artillery camp in Tennessee recounts a wagon driver selling watermelons using sutler checks as payment. When locals discovered the checks were worthless, the driver pursued by upending his wagon whip and fled, never returning to the camp.
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Tennessee
Indiana Field Artillery
Nickels and a Heroic Ride Echoed in Old City Car Tale
An Indianapolis Journal retells a westward streetcar scene where a passenger named Mr. Harrison offers his seat and a nickel is exchanged amid a stranger's generosity. The piece also recalls General Carr’s wartime courage at Big Bethel, with his cry that his regiment faced enemy fire and needed action.
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Murrion
Harrison
Mr. Harrison
Indianapolis Journal
Widows of Revolutionary War Reach Final Pension Roll
On June 30 1804 the pension commission record lists nine living widows of American Revolution soldiers. Names and ages include Mary Brown Knoxville Tennessee Nancy Cloud Chum Virginia Esther man Plymouth Vermont Nancy Jonesboro Tennessee Rebecca Mayo Newbern Virginia Patty Richardson East Bethel Vermont Sena Tui Mana 78 Nancy Weatherman Lindback Tennessee with postoffice addresses.
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Commissioner of Pensions
Mary Brown
Knoxville
Tenn
Nancy Cloud
Chum
Estherman
Plymouth
Nancy
Jonesboro
Rebecca Mayo
Newbern
Patty Richardson
East Bethel
Sena Tui Mana
Ploks
Nancy Weatherman
Lindback
Emperor of Russia Named Colonel in Chief of Royal Scots Greys
A Tit-Bits item notes the accession of the Russian emperor to the throne and his appointment as colonel in chief of the Royal Scots Greys. A dining-room quip recalls a subaltern asking a soldier servant if the emperor can hold both posts, prompting amused reply about the dual roles.
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Iperor
Russia
Royal Scots Greys
Donald
Marengo battle cited as Napoleon's greatest victory
The report notes that about 58 000 men fought at Marengo with around 13 000 killed or wounded, a loss rate near 22 percent. It states Napoleon kept his worn uniform all his life, and mentions provincial divisions and area figures for China Germany France and Britain.
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Battle of
Marengo
Napoleon
Gray Morven the Host and church plans noted
Gray Morven the Host reports the Russian war office will use exclusively gray horses for military use citing superior strength and endurance. The Fourth Congregational Church of Hartford Conn plans a new building on the Institutional church model.
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Russian War Office
Fourth Congregational Church
Hartford, Conn
Strange Cat Instructions and Odd Washbowl Inventions
A fragmentary column mixes a bizarre advice tale about trapping a cat and burying its tail with musings on invention. It cites a Washington woman Alindy, mentions Maum Becky, and describes an odd method to control a cat. The piece shifts to reflections on carpentry progress from screws to nails and then notes a 114 year old Wichita voter Harriet McMurray. It ends with a tease about a Spanish self acting photographic machine.
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Washington
Delp
Jim
Firs
London
Remarkable Elf Series Draws Notable Fans
A concise report notes strong audience interest in a famed elf themed series. It highlights widespread appeal among fans and mentions prominent supporters, while suggesting mixed views about its approach to familiar Pharisee figures.
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Milwattios
Paul Faiway
Welivedera
Faiiway
Ying
Otto Ber
Jowal
Medicina
Axe
Geu
C Fornia Fig Syrup Co
Chicago’ Scale Co
Rome
Dr. Pierce
Ely
Alfred Stevens
Gaiatecht
Schrage
Chiaago
Veterans’ Corner
Wisters
the Grand Army
Boys In Blue
Grand Army
China
German Empire
French Republic
British Isles
Wonderla
Portland Transcript
Wichita, Kansas
Harriet McMurray
God
Inperia Fair Ue Granue
Rae
Seve’ Roopd
Gurerl
Joan Dante&Sons
Newy
St. Jacobs
Penna, Salt Mfg Co, Gen. Agents
Phila, Pa
Otte Journal Anoth Pasar Roe
Msrfacturers
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