The Ord Family Legacy of Courage and Tragedy
Lieutenant Jules Garesche Ord, son of General Edward O C Ord, fell before Santiago after a career beginning in 1887 with the Fourteenth Infantry and rising to first lieutenant in the Sixth Infantry. His death follows a storied family lineage tied to Maryland roots and Civil War valor, including Colonel Garesche, a friend of his father.
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Edward Otho Cresap Ord
Havana
Sherman
Jules Garesche Ord
Santiago
Cuba
Ord
Mexico
Maryland
General Ord
Michael Cresap
First
New York Rifles
Trinity Churchyard
Garry” Ord
Fourteenth Infantry
Eighteenth Infantry
Sixth Infantry
Tampa
Shafter
Spanish Troops Leave Havana to Reinforce Linares
The text recalls Lieutenant Ord and his Sixth Infantry unit during the Cuban campaign. It notes his heartache over a recruitment duty assignment and the General's reply allowing him to go to the front. Ord inspired deep loyalty among his men and was killed at San Juan while serving on General Hawkins's staff.
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Ord
Department of Texas
Trevino
Sixth Infantry
San Juan
Hawkins
Armor for Infantry and the Krag Jorgensen Bullet
Military discussion outlines use of lightweight armor for knapsacks and blankets, noting the Krag Jorgensen bullet’s deep penetration and limited stopping power, creating both advantages and risks for soldiers. An Irish ad warns Patrick O Flaherty to return and settle lodging arrears or face publication.
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Patrick O'Flaherty
Language and grammar in a Southern classroom exchange
A teacher questions improper phrasing while Patsy defends it. The exchange centers on the line you can't learn me nothing as a reflection of dialect and learning. Patsy asserts the phrase despite the teacher's disapproval.
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Patsy
Bachelor Women in English Thought Sparked by Spinster Fear
An English writer Stephen Gwynn argues against Signor Ferrero's alarm over increasing bachelor women in Anglo-Saxon society. He notes that educated women may marry while still influencing social conventions, and that independence risks shaping modern life, with working women pursuing art, journalism, or self sufficiency rather than marriage.
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London Contemporary Review
Stephen Gwynn
Cambridge
Radical Party
Girton
Bohemia
Paris
Signor Ferrero
From Toronto to Quebec Travel Guide by Richelieu and Ontario Navigation
A guidebook titled Niagara to the Sea offers a pleasure trip plan along the Richelieu and Ontario Navigation route. It highlights Toronto as a starting point, passage through Lake Ontario to Montreal and Quebec, and visits to the Thousand Islands. The journey includes Lachine and Long Sault Rapids, with contrasts between modern Montreal and historic Quebec.
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Richelieu and Ontario Navigation Company
St. Paul Street
Montreal
Canada
Lower Canada
Toronto
Niagara Falls
Lake Ontario
St. Lawrence River
Kingston
Brockville
Prescott
Cornwall
Quebec
Thousand Islands
Lachine
Sault
Saguenay River
Grafted Moths and Ultra Thin Gold Leaves Exhibition
At a New York Academy of Sciences reception an exhibit showed grafted cocoons creating tandem moths and other monstrosities. The display included cocoons joined across species and bizarre moth mutations. Also described is the Swan process producing 250000 gold leaves per inch by plating copper then dissolving it, leaving a continuous gold film.
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New York Academy of Sciences
Swan
Quip on heaven and brimstone mischief in fatherly chat
A playful exchange where a mother asks about heaven and matches made in heaven. The son retorts that the devil might go there to don brimstone, provoking a wry parental comment.
Fortune Hunter's Wooing and No-To-Bac Ad Parody
A satirical column on romance ends with a man’s blunt reply about finances. An advertisement for No-To-Bac presents a tobacco habit cure claiming strength and purity for fifty cents. The snippet closes with a rhetorical question about the average man’s ambitions.
Hall's Catarrh Cure and Americana Ads Sampler
A collage of patent medicines and household remedies with prices and claims. Includes Hall's Catarrh Cure at 75 cents, Coe's Cough Balsam touted as oldest and best, Cascarets Candy Cathartic, COSMO BUTTERMILK SOAP, and Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething. Also notes a cynical line about testimonials and a Cuban Havana remark. Time hangs heavy on a clock.
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Whsamdlei
Dranesville
J. I. B. Stewart
Reyneide
San Antonio
Garesche
Rosecran
Stone River
Guba
Linares
ARMOR
Hall
Price
Coe
Tne Piso Co
Warren, Pa
Uncle Sam
America
Hood
Bowles
Baird
Mass
Merling Remedy Company
Chicago
New York
Howe Scales
Borden & Selleck Co
Lake Street
Caman Caponize
Triumph
Aller- Alogue
TON Ccaponizer Manufacturing Company
Allerton
Iowa
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