Monitor veteran recalls Civil War battles and fate of the ship
Capt. Louis N. Stodder of the United States revenue cutter service, the sole surviving officer from the Monitor, recounts its launch at Greenpoint, early trials, and the dramatic engagement with the Merrimac at Hampton Roads. He describes the ship’s design flaws, the action off Sewell’s Point, and the final sinking off Cape Hatteras while others were rescued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avery Schoolboy
Hampton Steads
Cape Hatteras
New York
Louis N. Stodder
United States Revenue Cutter Service
Monitor
Newtomb
Capt. Stodder
Rowland's
Greenpoint
Continental Iron Works
East River
Ericsson
Brookyh
Flere
Navy Yard
Fulton
Seth Low
Hampton Roads
Potomac
Washington
J. L. Worden
Chesapeake
Haington Roads
Fortress Monroe
Congress
Merrimac
Sewell’s Point
Elizabeth River
Worden
Greene
Minnesota
Mié
Lieut. Worden
Ation
Norfolk
Lincoln
Stanton
Miami
Liady Marchand
T Hey
Lynnhaven Bay
Fortress‘ Monroe
Nor- Polke
James River
Richmond
Rhode Island
Hatteras
William F. Church
Capt. Newfifi
Inter
Soldiers' Stories of Civil War Escapes and Encounters
Veterans recount close calls and bold charges from Atlanta to the James River. A chivalrous duel at a felled tree, a log shelter escape, a naked prisoner’s clever ruse, and a White House tale of Ellsworth resolutions illustrate peril, humor, and memory across battles and diplomats.
Unclear Historical Snippet on Tax and Memorial
Fragmentary note cites Worth Heading and Amazon valley, taxes in native towns, a London unoccupied houses count of 409,060, a memorial planned by public subscription at Stolp Germany for Blucher aiding Wellington, with stray garbled text on tea trade and merchants.
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Amazon
London
Stolp
Germany
Blucher
Wellington
Waterloo
Wartime memories and a plan to present resolutions
A Chicago memorial for Colonel Dilsworth led James A. Sexton and General Coates to the White House to deliver framed resolutions to President Lincoln. Coates arranged a personal audience, and Sexton waited in the carriage while the president was questioned by officials. The tale shifts to General Palmer’s 1863 Cumberland campaign and a rain soaked fight, ending with a cavalryman’s sweetheart moment and a lesson on duty over pleasure.
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Sexton
Lincoln
Coates
Chicago
Ellsworth
Milsworth
Weshington
White House
Nicolau
Big Bethel
U. S
Inter Ocean
Dilsworth
Tincoln
James A. Sexton
Washington
Palimec
Army of the Cumberland
Tullahoma
Palmers
Gen. Palmer
Trent
Murfreesboro
Temperance report links education to reduced drink bill
The forty ninth annual inland revenue report argues education lifts standards, reducing per capita alcohol use. It cites 1905 06 beer and spirits receipts over 156000 pounds lower despite more drinkers, asserting educated workers drink less and perform better.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miajestys Inland Revenue
London
Ly Dispatch
Ture
Ife
Prohibition Trends and Liquor Debates Across States
The notice reports declines in prohibition areas and rising liquor activity in several states. It notes Milne County, Indiana, and Illinois show sharp decreases, while Ohio, Kansas, and Chicago face organized campaigns and new ordinances. It cites 100,000 voters backing saloon support and sparse criminal cases in Kansas counties amid liquor fights.
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Ohio
Linois
Indiana
Chicago
Kansas
Liquor Traffic Foe Warns Against Dangers in Plowing Bowl
In a clipped excerpt from Champer S. Andrews in the New York Times Luther Burbank, famed horticulturist of Santa Rosa, argues stimulants harm work needing precise concentration. He cites his 20 man team and foreman observations that smokers and drinkers fail at delicate budding tasks and that even a single daily cigarette weakens performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luther Burbank
Vizia
Santa Rosa
Cal
Champer S. Andrews
New York Times
Patriotic Song and a Wedding Crisis Row
A fragment includes a patriotic movement song urging unity and defense of values, with references to fighting against perceived threats. It also recounts a wedding day mishap at Ocean Grove New Jersey where the groom cancels after learning his bride served wine with milk, citing his strong prohibitionist stance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ocean Grove
N. J
Ile
Hyrom
Amos
Christian
Tevald
Why He Runs a Saloon in a Western Town
A saloon keeper recounts how a customer shifted from cheap socks to alcohol after entering his store and buying socks at five to ten cents. The man later treated others inside the saloon, spending on booze, which the keeper says convinced him the saloon business was his path. The episode, relayed to the Omaha Republican, ties personal choice to entering the saloon trade.
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B. F. Bauman
Chiltleth
Iowa Infantry
Atlanta
Jonesboro
Johnny
John Overholt
Eighty-Fifth Pennsylvania Infantry
Benjamin F. Butler
Wier Bottom Church
James River
Dutch Gap
Chicago
Ocean
Omaha Republican
Lita
Toman
Ness
Vigorous temperance address in Dublin
Rev Father Paul told the Society of St. Vincent de Paul in Dublin that liquor causes poverty and unemployment. He cited figures claiming Dublin wastes about £1,000,000 yearly on drink, and that funds could start two factories or build mills if redirected. He urged saving for work and improvement rather than indulgence.
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Father Paul
Society of St. Vincent de Paul
Dublin
Ireland
Peasant Expulsions Rise as Moscow Fear Grips Russia
The article describes peasant communities in Daratotf and Samara using expulsion letters to oust alleged agitators and protect local order. It notes increased revolutionary agitation, monarchist threats, and Count Witte’s reengagement with political events in Moscow and Saratov as parties react to the unrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Petersburg
Samara
Bualuk
Daratotf
Wuich
Saratol
Aly Tors
No 4
Mutiny trial sentences and executions reported
The court martial at Fort Leavenworth and related trials dictate sentences for mutiny charges and embezzlement. Civilian Torovich and two gaile Koptorovich are executed or imprisoned for life, while others receive various terms including hard labor and pardons. The report notes a Steubenville incident where a glass worker was assaulted and set alight, with details of the victim’s recovery and a staged bridge event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pecali
Sebasto Paul
Novende
Lievimant Schmidt
Torovich
Gaile Koptorovich
Schmidt
Leavenworth
Lewis
Bors + STEUBENVILS
Ebter
Virginia
Joos
Bridge
Steubenville
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Galt
St. Louis
Republic
Charles Mohr
Wannemann College
Philadelphia
Wine Room
Cnorus
League of Mqir
Ixry
Sldep
Robley
Burlington
Humber
Henry
Heywood
Vest
Count Witte
Moscow
Ros
Count Wytte
Suchi
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