Prisoner memories spur Georgia Iowa dispute over Andersonville history
Ivory H. Pike of Bloomington Illinois and Comrade of the Sheridan Post analyzes prison camps and the death toll at Andersonville. Georgia State School Commissioner Merritt replies with arithmetic corrections highlighting disparities and urging balanced history for Illinois and Georgia students.
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Bloomington
Iu) Pantograph
Ivory H. Pike
Phil. Sheridan Post
Oak Park
Iil
Andersonville
Pike
South
Andersonville Prison Memoir of Confederate Prison Life
Ivory H. Pikes reply to state school commissioner Merritt defends his figures on Andersonville deaths and prison conditions. He cites 1864 starvation, stockade layout, guards firing on prisoners, and discrepancies in Union reports while contrasting Confederate and Federal actions. He urges accuracy and condemns mistreatment of prisoners.
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Alfred Bayliss
Bloomington
Department of Ilinois Grand Army of the Republic
Andersonville
Pike
Calcutta
Bayliss
Merritt
Ore Twory H. Pikee
Sixty-eighth Infantry
Sixteenth
Illinois Cavalry
Department of Illinois
Illinois
Georgia
Confederate Congress
Corporal Pike
Jefferson Davis
Gen
Miles
Savannah
Anderson
Benjamin HH. Hill
House of Representatives
William B. Merritt
Ivory H. Pike
Wm. B. Mergitt
State of Georgia
Alfred Bayless
Ilinois
Rock Island
Sumter Co
Macon
Alabama
John H. Winder
Wm. H. Winder
Bladenburg
Washington
Confederacy
Henry Wire
Wirt
Annapolis
South
Judas Iscariot
Rockford
Proclamation on Fireworks Use in Oak Park
The President proclaims that fireworks may be used only on the Fourth of July from 4 A M to midnight in the Village of Oak Park. Cannons guns pistols and dynamite crackers are prohibited with a ten dollar penalty for violations. Police will enforce the order to preserve peace and quiet. Signed.
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Oak Park
Excursion Train to Lake Geneva Stops at McHenry
The excursion train to Lake Geneva will stop at McHenry both ways next Wednesday. Friends of the High School Cadets may visit the boys and spend the day with them. It promises to be a very enjoyable trip.
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Lake Geneva
McHenry
New Store Offers Trip Essentials At Low Resort Prices
Visit The New Store before traveling for needed trip items. Stock up at the trunk with lower prices than at resorts. Miller's ice cream is praised as perfection and a sign of the store’s quality.
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H. C. Hansen
Jesse A. Baldwin
A. W. Bryant
T.S. Rattle
HI. C. Wansen
George Eckart
Dr. J. W. Torr
Northwestern Gas Light and Coke CO
North Oak Park Ave
W. W. Neice’s
N. Oak Park Ave
Oak Park Road
George Baldwin
A. L. Caron
William St
Oak Park, Il
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Chicago
C. E. Bolles
Wm. Einfeldt
John D. Ross George Walker Sampson Rogers
O. W. Herrick
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S. P. Nissen
E. A. Cummings
Jacob Mortenson Willis
Herrick
Camp Douglas
Alton
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Camp Butler
Emira
N. Yy
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Joseph Jones
United Confederate Veterans’ Association
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