Memorial Day at Gettysburg and the National Cemetery
President Taft attended Memorial Day ceremonies at Gettysburg while explaining the rise of national cemeteries. The piece traces Arlington and the first interments, notes Baker as originator of the idea, and outlines the expansion to 83 national cemeteries with over 350 900 burials.
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Taft
Gettysburg National Cemetery
Abraham Lincotin
Lingoin
Maomo
Lincoln
First National Cemetery
Congress
Arlington
Andrew C. Curtin
Pennsylvania
Washington, D. C
E. L. Hartz
Massachusetts Volunteers
Maker
Baker
Simon Cameron
Cameron
Stanton
Washington
Dettysburg
National Cemetery
John A. Logan
Old
Mexico
Enmity Forgotten by Civil War Tales of Water and Tent Humor
Captain S. F. Horrall recalls Perryville battle scenes and a Confederate hoarded water moment in which Corporal Allen Gentry shared his meager drink, uniting former foes. He also recounts Army of the Cumberland tent misadventure as a shell blast sent a tent tree top airborne.
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S. F. Horrall
Perryville
Horrall
Forty-second
Allen Gentry
Corporal Gentry
Army of the Cumberland
Chattanooga
Tenn
Lost post brings return to old job at department store
A man who had occupied a previous position within a department store has regained his former post after an apparent layoff. The move restores the employee to work, with details on timing not provided in the fragment.
Willing to Pay for Rammer in Desert Fight
At Abu Klea in the Nubian desert a British gunner is wounded as a dervish spear strikes and splits the rammer head. The next day the gunner explains he paid for the rammer, thinking soldiers are charged for broken government property.
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Abu Klea
You can tell me the names of the twelve apostles
A Sunday school teacher tests Sam with a classical question. Sam cannot name the apostles but offers a humorous spin naming all the pitchers in his league instead. The moment captures a child's clever deflection and innocent wit in Harper's Magazine tone.
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Sam
Harper's Magazine
The Quoter in a Senator Sorghum Exchange
The Quoter. "You never quote poetry in your speeches?" "No," replied Senator Sorghum, "quoting poetry is too often like sending an anonymous letter. A man resorts to it when he wants to say something and shift the responsibility of authorship."
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Senator Sorghum
Dialogue Excerpt From a Crime Tale Scene
In a tense exchange, Brown questions Jones about fear during a burglary with a revolver. Jones recalls feeling enormous in the moment, and the dialogue shifts to mentions of product names like Lewis' Single Binder cigar and an Original Tin Foil Smoker Package. The passage ends with a note about a mustard plaster.
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Lewis
Cascarets Promote Healthy Bowels For One Week Treatment
A tonic claim that liquid pills irritate and weaken the bowels, while Cascarets strengthen them and produce proper results. Each box contains 997 Cascarets for a week’s treatment and is sold by druggists as the world’s biggest seller with Mission boxes monthly.
W. L. Douglas Shoes Sold At Low Prices
Advertisement proclaims W L Douglas shoes priced at 5 4 3 50 3 2 50 and 2 dollars with claims of world leading value. It notes leather quality and skilled workmanship and compares 5 and 4 dollar models to custom bench work costing 6 to 8 dollars.
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L. Douglas
W. L. Douglas
Poker Player Builds Home on a Bluff
A wry remark notes a poker winner who celebrated victory by building a home he claimed was built on a bluff. The joke hinges on the double meaning of bluff as both bluffing in cards and a bluff feature in his house.
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Waldon Fawcett
Memorial Day Institution
Union
Sreina Sonar
Potomac
Montgomery C. Meigs
Army
Robert E. Lee
Jwlingt
Meigs
Astinga
Americats Gratest
Waldgw
Miss Verner
Mr. Sloman
George
Samuel
the Centaur Company
New York
Bears
Ise
Brown
Jones
Scott
Canada
Hill
United States
Peeates
Thiagrea Railroad
Westen Canada
Maitaba
Eien
Pernacre
Trimicratio
Ottawa
Government Ag
Crawford
Kansas City
Lean & Just Building
Chicago
Mlingis
Ise Aldrora
Dr. Pierce
Golden Medical Discovery
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