Grant the Soldier Genius of the Civil War
A portrait of Ulysses S. Grant from his Ohio birth to West Point education and Civil War campaigns. It highlights his quiet, methodical genius, pivotal Vicksburg strategy, Chattanooga success, and the final Appomattox campaigns, ending with his peace vision and "Let us have peace."
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ulysses Simpson Grant
Chance
Simpson
River Front
Point Pleasant
Ohio
Ohio River
Cincinnati
Tle
West Point
Jefferson Barracks
St. Louis
City of Mexico
Grant
Galena
Lincoln
Springfield
Iinois
Vicksburg
Chattanooga
Napoleon
Ender
Appomattox
Wilderness
Spottsylvania
Cold Harbor
Lee
Mount McGregor
Supreme Court
Hague Tribunal
Grants Tomb of thankfulness for peaceful era
The Kansas City Star quotes a figure expressing relief that peace has come and will endure. He notes readiness to answer God’s call if it must come, grateful for time to continue his work and to witness harmony after years of deadly conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City Star
Farmer uncovers hidden World War I dugout with seven bodies
In Champagne a farmer uncovered a chalk dugout after striking timbers with a plow. He found seven bodies, two American and five French, likely killed during a gas attack. The piece notes many missing soldiers remain unaccounted for and that early war burials created long lists of unresolved deaths.
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Champagne
France
Ministry of War
Brave Gettysburg heroine cared for wounded soldiers
A Pittsburgh Times reminiscence recalls Josephine Davis of Gettysburg who, at eighteen, kept a small stove burning during the first day of the battle. She baked bread from scarce flour and molasses for Union and Confederate soldiers, tended the wounded, and sheltered seventeen dead soldiers and many more wounded in her bloodstained cottage.
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Davis
Gettysburg
Josephine Davis
Josephine
Kansas City Times
Old Negro Singing Now Seldom Heard
Pathfinder Magazine notes the fading old plantation songs as industrial progress reshapes the South. Tuskegee Institute Fisk Hampton preservation efforts highlight the shift, with critics praising cotton field harmony and the unwritten, living rhythm of true negro song.
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Old South
New South
South
Alabama
Tuskegee Institute
Fisk
Hampton
Pathfinder Magazine
Theater of Marcellus A Roman Ruin Reimagined In Restoration Plans
The theater of Marcellus in Rome started by Julius Caesar and finished by Augustus, dedicated to Marcellus in 13 B C, seated about 30 000 and inspired the Colosseum. Over centuries it suffered damage, became a fortress in 1086, passed to the Savella and then Orsini families, with little remains except arcade shops. Mussolini’s plans include restoring Rome’s grandeur through reviving the theater.
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Marcellus
Rome
Julius Ceasar
Augustus
B. C
Savella
Orsini
Mussolini
Kansas City
Cars and Shoes linked in postwar economic shift
Shoe makers blame the car for a postwar decline in footwear demand. Rural areas show the sharpest drop as cars replace walking to villages and markets. Farmers who once wore separate work and Sunday shoes now mix purchases, using one pair for multiple chores.
Australia Holds Record at Flinders Street Station
The Melbourne terminal on Flinders Street, Australia, handles about 300 000 passengers daily making it among the busiest in the world. The British Railway Gazette measured London’s Liverpool Street and Waterloo and found 244 336 at Liverpool Street, Waterloo figures not specified.
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Melbourne
Australia
Flinders Street
London
British Railway Gazette
Liverpool Street
Waterloo
New York Herald Tribune
Women Enter Architecture Course at University of Illinois
Nine women enroll in a four year straight architecture program at the University of Illinois. The course mirrors the men’s curriculum and leads to a bachelor of science degree. Instructors say there is great opportunity for women in architecture, especially in domestic lines.
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University of Illinois
Readable ticket punches reveal railroad and conductor
The punches used by conductors on railway trains come in nearly twenty thousand designs. From the punchmark in the ticket one may identify the railroad the train, and the conductor who issued it.
Dates in Death Valley Date Growth Company Formed
A company has been organized to grow dates in Death Valley. The venture targets districts claimed to be especially suitable for date cultivation.
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Death Valley
Cuticura Toilet Trio Promises Clear Complexion
Cuticura Soap daily plus Cuticura Ointment as needed to keep the complexion clear scalp clean and hands soft and white. Add the fragrant Cuticura Talcum for a complete toilet trio as advertised. Plenty makes us poor.
COLOR IT NEW WITH DIAMOND DYES
Diamond Dyes promise easy coloring for delicate shades or rich permanent hues. Each 15 cent package includes simple directions for wool, silk, linen, cotton, and mixed fabrics, enabling tinting or dyeing of lingerie, garments, draperies, and home textiles.
Women in Brooklyn Seek Relief with Lydia E Pinkham Cure
Mrs G Hegmann of 35 Central Ave Brooklyn reports sleepless nights and inability to do housework. She credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Herb Medicine with relief and offers to supply letters from other women for information. The Pinkham Company in Lynn Massachusetts will provide more names on request.
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Brooklyn
New York
G. Fepemann
Central Ave
Mrs.Hegmann
Lydia I. Pinkham
Lydia EB. Pinkham
Pinkham Medicine Company
Lynn
Mass
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Atwater Kent Ignition
Atwater Kent
America
Atwater Kent Mfg. CO
A. Atwater Kent, President
Wissahickon Ave
Philadelphia, Pa
Toledo
S. S. Shean Optician
O Street
Lincoln, Nek
Pittsburgh
Bellans
Harold Somers
Brooklya
Allen
Cuticura
Cuticura Laboratories
Dept. M
Malden
BOY Scouts
Eury
Arbington National Cemetery
Foch
Chickahominy
James River
Wilcox Landing
McClellan
Rosecrans
Buell
General Grant
Cold Harbor VA
Grants
Quio River
Dryden
China
BAYER
Bacon
Bookles
GEO. Ghaul
Fourth Ave
Evansville
Ind
Aaa
St . Northwestern Yeast Co
North Ashland Ave
Chicago, Ill
G. Co. Ui
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