Chickamauga Ballad and Grant Matchbox Tale
A fragmentary item blends a Civil War era ballad about Chickamauga with a San Francisco Chronicle note on Officer C Gould preserving a Grant era matchbox made from two rifle shells. The piece mentions generals, battles, and a commemorative artifact kept by the officer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Gould
A. 8
Grant
San Francisco Chronicle
Gould
General Grant
San Francisco
Palace Hotel
Gene. Grant
Omcer Gould
Omicer Gould
Snake War in Hancock 1863 and Civil War Hero Tales
A fragmented 19th century reminiscence recalls a 1863 snake attack on a West Virginia battery near Hancock, describing soldiers fighting swarms with lines, sabers, and canister fire. It also recounts General Kearny’s death at Chantilly and Highlanders’ rally, plus praise for the Constitution’s enduring service and sailors’ wartime memory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ami Lyon
Department of West Virginia
Cumberland
Harper's Ferry
Hancock
Washington Post
Washington
Chantilly
Centreville
Fairfax
Pope
Manassas
Phil Kearny
Isaac J. Stevens
Kearney
Stevens
Mexico
Kearny
Seventy-ninth Highlanders
Highlanders
Kittery Navy Yard
Portsmouth
N. H
Holmes
Boston
French cabinet pledges inquiry and reforms in policy
Paris November 6 The ministerial declaration read in the chamber of deputies promises further inquiry into the Southern railway scandal and the fullest information obtainable. It outlines planned measures including an income tax bill and a bill on supervision of directors of financial and commercial undertakings. The government also supports reforms in criminal law and related governance. In Nebraska, Dr George McCandress and E R Vining elope with Misses Alleler and Ward, both 18, from prominent local families, with one leaving for Lincoln.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Waveney
Nebraska
George McCandress
E.R. Vining
Alieler
Margaret Ward
Miller
Lincoln
McCandress
Waverly
Wavert
Arrotte
Pope's Succession Vote in Conclave With Foreign Cardinals
Reports claim a three to two edge for Italian cardinals in the looming papal conclave, as only three cardinal hats remain vacant, securing Italian influence over foreign candidates. Health updates on the pope remain contradictory, with indications he tires easily and suffers fainting fits, causing alarm among attendants.
Brazil Faces Monarchist Plot in Several Cities
A Brazilian government report cites a plot to restore the monarchy. Telegrams to Europe point to Comte D'Ea and other imperialists, with Henry Lowndes and Comte Leopoldian named. Arrest orders issued as raids target San Paulo Rio Janeiro Bahai and other urban centers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rio Janeino
Europe
Brazil
San Paulo
Rio Janeiro
Bahai
Comte D'Ea
Henry Lowndes
Comte Leopoldian
Durant Convicted of First Degree Murder in San Francisco
Theo dore Durant, assistant superintendent of Emanuel Baptist Church Sunday school, was found guilty of murder in the first degree for killing Itlaudhe Lamont. The jury deliberated twenty minutes, returned the verdict on the first ballot, and fixed the death sentence with no mercy recommendation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Theodore Durant
Emanuel Baptist Church
Itlaudhe Lamont
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A. Metcalfe
A. R. Gorreles
Metcalfe & Sorrell, Jorneys-At-Law
Clark
J. R. Correll, M. D
Gorrell
Newton
Towa
H. S. Winslow
Offces
I Block
Frank E. Northup
Telroy & Northup
Jasper County Bank
E. J. Salmon
Ee - At - Law
Fidelity Rooms
Skilock
South
J.W. Allfree
Justice of the Peace
Hunter & x
A. M. Harrah
Lowa
Oath Sie
Public Square
Low
Royal Union Life Insurance Co
D.jackson
Sidney A. Foster
Jar
Lambert
Lambert Bros. & Bewyer
Churchill, Or
U. S
Sloanaker
Chas. Jasper
Erwyt
J. W. Long
Uwa
Veterans
Dod
Chickamauga
God of Slaughter
Brage
Negley
Buckner
Brannan
Pat Cleburne
Lytle
Walthart
Old Taylor's Ridge
Pigeon Mountain
Helm
McCook
van Cleve
Hood
Breckinridge
Rosecrans
Thomas
Longstreet
Nent
San Luis
Potosi
Santa Catarina
Chicago University
F.J. Gates
John Rockefeller
Iowa
Patent Office Report
United States
Thomas G. & J. Ralprorwin
Solicitors of Patents
Durant
Maytag & Emerson
Miller Bros
Jagper
The
New York Weekly Tribune
Cience
George W Best
Ing
New York City
H.J
Anna H. Joy
Fehleisen
Pullman Barret
ST. Paul
Minneapolis
Northwest
ST. Louis
Kansas City, South
Peoria
M.martin
Thos. P. Barry
Coc Wasn
Marshalltown
Morgan & Hunter
Patty
Davis Sewing Machine Co
Davie Sewine
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