The Lee Surrender Reflections In Utica Observer
The Utica Observer reviews Civil War events and the looming surrender of Confederate General Robert E Lee. It traces Lincoln’s patience, Richmond’s fall, Petersburg evacuation, and later echoes in the Lee family’s Union service while contemplating reconciliation and national memory.
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Grant
Virginia
Lincoln
Richmond
Petersburg
Mitzhugh Lee
United States Army
Joe Wheeler
Robert EB. Lee
Utica
Flying Wedge Turchin Leads Charge at Missionary Ridge
Rilea recalls Sept 20 near Ringold Redhouse road where Granger and Steedman ordered movement. General Turchin led the brigade in a flying wedge against Confederate forces, his sword flash visible as his horse fell, before the Union lines withdrew to gaps in Missionary Ridge.
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Turchin
Chickamauga
Rilea
Ringold
Redhouse Bridge
Gordon Granger
Steedman
Granger
Dan McCook
McCook
Thomas
Missionary Ridge
Chicago Inter Ocean
His Last Smoke During the Vicksburg Siege
An Irish Confederate and an Irish Union soldier share a jest on picket duty near the stockade in Vicksburg. A water shell bursts nearby and ends the Confederate’s final smoke, prompting a fellow soldier to remark on his last smoke.
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Vicksburg
Messurguttery
Yazoo
Johnny
Yank
Missouri
Union
Designer of the Merrimac and Brooke’s enduring legacy
Captain John M. Brooke, emeritus physics professor at the Virginia Military Academy, designed the Merrimac, which spurred the Monitor era. Brooke, a Navy midshipman since 1841, left Annapolis in 1847 with the first Naval Academy class and earned fame for multiple inventions.
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John M. Brooke
Capt. Brooke
Virginia Military Academy
Brooke
United States Navy
Glasses as a joke during wartime parade
A Memphis Scimitar anecdote recalls two East Tennessee volunteers in Nashville during the late war. An officer from the city, near sighted and wearing glasses, passes by and prompts a quip that West Tennessee is windy, yet the soldiers joke about shelters for their eyes to keep rocks out.
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Tennessee
Nashville
East Tennessee
Bill
West Tennessee
Memphis
Klondike Claim Sold For A Dollar Twenty-Five
Dawson bought a gold mining claim in the Klondike for $1.25 and began digging. By the next day he struck a rich streak and, within a week, was offered $50,000 for the claim but declined the offer.
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Klondike
Dawson
Salt in the Sea: Vast Ocean Salt Layer Hypothesis
Thepiece argues that drying the entire ocean would leave salt sufficient to cover about five million square miles with a one mile thick layer. It presents a grand estimate of ocean salt content and its planetary surface impact.
Dangers of Liquor Traffic and Rising Per Capita Expenditure
The piece cites Waldron and Barrette with United States Bureau data showing 1900 liquor spending at 1.17 billion dollars, domestic and imported spirits and wines, and per capita expenditure of 15.38 dollars. It argues liquor consumption per person may fall as employers discipline drinkers, signaling temperance progress.
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George B. Waldron
Railway Gazette
FP. M. Barrett
American Grocer
United States
Temperance Talks urge signing the pledge against strong drink
Rev I B Meyer urges readers to sign the pledge in a temperance appeal. The article argues neutrality is impossible and that signing will protect families, health, and manners. It cites Paul and emphasizes personal and communal responsibility to abstain from alcohol.
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Paul
I. B. Meyer
Total Abstinence and the Temperance Reform Debate
A speaker contrasts the ruin of alcohol with the gains of total abstinence. He cites poverty crime and broken homes as drinking’s fruits, then praises the temperance movement as a divine, widespread good. The note ends with Mrs. Lincoln declining liquor and a donation redistributed to army hospitals.
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Royal Oak
Clifford
Is Their Claim True Arch bishop Ireland Quote
A quotation from Arch bishop Ireland denounces liquor merchants accusing them of wielding political power to sustain the alcohol trade. The speaker argues the liquor business fuels demand and profits by generating appetites in all, including the young.
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Ireland
Look After the Boys Moral Warning From Sunday School Club
Rev. A. B. Dunning recalls a boys class aged ten to twelve that formed a secret club for intellectual and moral improvement. They later hid liquor, saw a chaplain quit, and one member confess drink causing family distress. Others forged checks, left jobs, and died as drinkers, though the ten year olds seemed unlikely to face such temptation.
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A. EB. Dunning
Cme
Women and Drink at London Charity Meeting
Dr Heywood Smith warned London charity officials that British women are increasingly drawn to inebriety with the rich more affected than the poor. He faulted doctors for overprescribing wine to women and even infants and cited 10 166 court convictions for drunkenness in 1899, 4145 habitual cases.
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London
Heywood Smith
Smith
Nation Visit Sparks Patsy Remarks in Muscatine
A Muscatine Journal note recounts a woman overhearing two ragged boys discussing Carrie Nation’s visit. The exchange includes a child’s hopeful question about smashing saloons and a grim remark about a drunk father, reflecting local attitudes.
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Muscatine Journal
Carrie Nation
How to Take Wine, a Vicar and the Physician
A well known English vicar ill and seeking wine consults Sir William Gully. The physician declines intoxicants but allows wine if taken as prescribed. He advises the vicar to eat grapes instead of drinking wine to satisfy the wish safely.
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William Gully
The Curse of Curses and Its Drink Trade
The piece cites the trade in strong drink as a repeated curse from the last century into the new era, calling it the curse of curses at the beginning and end of the nineteenth century and again at the start of the new century.
Mr Oliver Is Lored Thinks President Changed His Mind
Mr Oliver believes the president suddenly reversed his stance on a commission seat. He expresses disappointment and says the shift affects his plans and prospects for joining the commission.
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MR. Oliver
Lored
Panama Canal reorganization details discussed at White House
President meets with Taft and Root on canal plan. Colonel Haines and Benjamin Warrod to retire. Admiral Endicott remains on commission. Goethals Gallard and Seibert to join with higher salaries. Stevens to stay until successor arrives. potential early April transfer. Oliver bid dispute stirs public statements. McDonald to assist with documentation. Panama note: Stevens departs for New York.
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Washington
White House
Taft
Root
Panama Canal
Haines
Benjamin Warrod
Endicott
Goethals, Gaillard and Seibert
Army
W. J. Oliver
Isthmian Canal Commission
Oliver
Panama‘ Canal
Panama
John B. McDonald
New York
Panama Canal Construction Company
House Debates Ship Subsidy Bill Face Amendments
General debate on the ship subsidy bill in the house ended at 2 15 p m and the bill was opened to amendments under the five minute rule. Between then and 60 o clock recess amendments were offered with leaders engaging in the debate. an amendment excluding the Sierra Sonoma and Ventura of the Oceanic line failed 112 to 127. Birdsall of Iowa closed the general debate for the opponents. Earlier the house agreed to the conference report on the military academy bill.
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Washington
House
Sierra
Sonoma
Ventura
Postmaster General
United States
Birdsall
Iowa
Three-Cornered Conflict Hits Central America
Official state department advices say fighting in Central America has grown more general with Nicaragua bearing the brunt of the struggle. Continuous clashes occur between Nicaragua and Honduras, with Nicaragua credited with early victories as it resists interference.
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Washington
State Department
Central America
Nicaragua
Honduras
Trial of August Kruger in Avoca shooting case
The state rested its case in the Kruger trial. August Kruger, a Hancock County farmer, is accused of firing on passersby starting September 1, 1908 near his home. Defense cites intoxication and insanity. experts are to examine him after he had been drinking heavily and driven his family away except for one son.
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Avoca
August Kruger
Hancock
Kruger
Nebraska Senate Acts On Charities Osteopathy Board and Birthday Plans
Nebraska senate approves a state board of osteopathy at no cost and retains the current state board of charities and corrections. A committee is to draw resolutions for Nebraska’s fortieth birthday. The anti pass measure passes 91 to 2. The railroad commission bill is referred after committee work.
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Lincoln
Neb
Senate
State Board of Charities and Correction
Nebraska
House
Railroad Commission
Bailey Attack Sparks Texas House Debate
Members of the Texas House denounced Senator Joseph W. Bailey after his hostile address to his political enemies. Rep Samuel Johnson called him a wilful malicious liar while Rep R M Brown offered to fund any member traveling to Mississippi to verify Bailey’s record. Other legislators defended Bailey as leaders pledged future candidacies against him.
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Bailey
Linrt
Austin
Tex
Texas House of Representatives
Joseph W. Bailey
Samuel Johnson
R. M. Brown
Beattie
Mississippi
Meade
Smith County
Driggus
Dodd
Davidson
House
Clothes Line on Pulley For Windy Snowy Days
A compact note describes a pulley clothes line spanning between buildings to hang laundry when dooryards lack space. It explains running the rope over pulleys, tightening, and splicing the ends so suds run smoothly, highlighting convenience in swapping between porch and post setups.
Train Wreck Near Indian Creek Claims Engineer Life
Baltimore and Ohio No. 49, westbound, derailed near Indian Creek seven miles east of Connellsville as it sped to catch up. Engineer Wylie Irwin was killed, several rail staff injured, and about thirty passengers bruised or burned as cars burned after the wreck.
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Connellsville
Baltimore & Ohio
Indian Creek
Here
Robert J. Finney
Pittsburg
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Wylie Irwin
Firmen
Irwin
Frederick Douglass the minister and statesman
The slave who rose to prominence, Frederick Douglass, was sold in 1832 to a Baltimore ship-builder. He later served as Marshal of the District of Columbia under President Hayes and as Minister to Hayti under President Harrison.
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Frederick Douglass
Baltimore
Marshall
District of Columbia
Hayes
Hayti
Benjamin Harrison
Three Thousand Men Idle in Coal Fields
About 3,000 miners and key personnel are idle due to the union demand for higher wages in May. One thousand additional workers were laid off, bringing total reductions to three thousand. Companies plan to pay the scale but employ only half as many workers henceforth.
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Idie Butyie
Sacramento considers anti Japanese immigration measure
A bill introduced in the California Senate by Senator Keane seeks a statewide expression on Asiatic immigration. The proposal calls for a gubernatorial proclamation to obtain public sentiment and aims to rush through the legislature before the session ends.
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Cano
Sacramento
Cal
Senate
Keane
San Francisco
Legacy Fruit Mince and Sponge Cake Recipe Recounted
A grandmother’s kitchen note lists fruit mince for a rich preserve and a traditional two egg sponge. It details boiled lean beef and fruit fillings with sherry and brandy, then a flour batter with soda and sour milk, butter, eggs, and lumpy beating steps.
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Wiffies
Texas inventor markets non explosive gasoline stove
A Texas man has designed a gasoline stove claimed to be non explosive. The device uses two tanks for water and gasoline with piping that keeps the gasoline reservoir full and directs oil to the burner while water pressure keeps fuel from exploding.
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Texas
Glacen Nuts Preparation Instructions
Roil 4 pounds of granulated sugar with a milk of water in a porcelain lined saucepan. Do not stir. test by dipping a fork into the liquid. When a drop in cold water is brittle, add lemon juice and remove from heat. Shell the nuts, coat each with sugar using sugar tongs or a pin, and lay on waxed paper to dry.
Larded Halibut Recipe Tip From Old Cuisine Note
A historical cooking note describes salting and larding a halibut steak with matchlike strips of salt pork. Fry the meat turning once, then serve hot with lemon juice and a butter parsley spread for flavor.
Celery and Apple Salad in Red Pepper Cups
Select tart apples and crisp white celery cut into thin slices. Moisten with mayonnaise dressing. Serve in red pepper cups atop blanched lettuce leaves.
Cooking Tips and Household Tricks Across Frugal Edges
A fragmented column offers practical kitchen hacks from warming jars with a flatiron to toasting bread thinly and drying salt for cellar use. It mentions smoothed griddles with raw turns, boiling grease from mutton shanks for coring apples, and seasoning soups with long pepper. It ends with a humorous interlude about chorus girls and a joke about a foreign nobleman.
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