Incoming Immigrants and Desirability Shift at Ellis Island
The article surveys immigration to the United States with figures on annual arrivals and national origins. It notes a 160000 increase from the prior year, details Ellis Island processing and questions of who travels, and compares relative merits of European nationalities among newcomers.
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Europe
United States
Germany
Ireland
Great Britain
Scandinavia
Austria Hungary
Bohemia
Italy
New York Flats and Federal Workplace Pranks
A Pittsburgh Dispatch insight notes on apartment life shows how maids and servants influence theft risks and neighbor harmony in flats. Lively Washington office gag features a birthday locket prank with a message reading Die on your curiosity.
This Dog Bum Guards Colorado Reformatory
A stray mongrel named Bum becomes the night captain at the Colorado reformatory. He patrols grounds after dark, warning towers and ensuring no one enters or leaves without his stamp of approval. The photographer notes Bum’s strong bloodhound instinct, though his daytime role remains that of an exceptionally busy official.
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Colorado Reformatory
Bum
Child’s bold chickenpox scarecard spooks town
A health board warns of contagious disease and a mother explains it to her child. Weeks later the child falls ill with chickenpox, yet the house draws stares and laughter as a girl’s placards declare I HAVE Got CHICKEN-POX BAD in the front windows.
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Board of Health
Obstacles Shrink Burglary In Modern Flats
Sociologists note electric lighting and skyscraper apartments deter crime and hinder porch climbing. They say house breaking is less reported in socialist style flats as burglars face new challenges in securing surreptitious entry in dense urban buildings. Miscegenation laws vary by state, banning interracial marriages in several states. restrictions also apply to whites and Indians or Chinese in other states.
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Pittsburg Dispatch
New York
Surprising Deaths in Bible Tales Questioned
A reflection on biblical deaths where the main figure is not a society leader, noting that names gain prominence only when widely advertised. The piece challenges assumptions about fame and notoriety in historical narratives.
Button Repair Sparks Profit at Sailor's Shop
A Chestnut street sailor's shop sews on a stray button for 25 cents. The salesman explains that strangers who visit for small repairs bring in 7 to 12 dollars weekly, while regular customers receive free service, encouraging drop ins for any button work.
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Chestnut Street
Philadelphia Record
Absent Minded Professor Fumbles Speech in Courtroom
A courtroom exchange shows an absent minded young professor discoursing vaguely for fifteen minutes then asking for pardon from Miss de. He confesses he wandered from the subject and cannot pick up the thread of his argument as the maiden protests.
Miss Pilthers Draws Compliment For Doll Like Beauty
Two young men discuss Miss Pilthers praising her doll like beauty and wax like complexion. One recalls admiring her, another notes a sly squeeze prompting a surprised call of mamma. The judge is not clearly linked to the scene.
Silent Phantom Army Rises in Dawn’s Gate
Poetic tribute to fallen soldiers and living comrades praising resilience. The verses honor brave ranks slowly fading yet surrounded by the mighty dead as bright spirits await at dawn. It speaks of unity and steadfast duty amid remembrance.
About face at Gettysburg veteran the old man Wadsworth
A group of boys mock a limping veteran, Barton Wadsworth, selling medicines. Herbert Page intervenes, helps cover the damage, and urges respect for living soldiers. The boys repay and reform, leading to better pension support and renewed civic regard.
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Waddy
Herbert Page
Charlie
Herbert
Old Waddy
Barton Wadsworth
Gettysburg
Fellows
Wadsworth
Charlie Page
Memorial Day Ode From Des Moines Comrades
The piece recalls Memorial Day in the City of Silence with veterans and citizens honoring dead heroes. It speaks of flags, flowers, and taps, noting soldiers who fought abroad and those who returned home, while expressing enduring gratitude to the Red, White and blue and the Grand Army veterans.
When Antietam Was Red with Blood
Dramatic veteran tale recalls the Antietam campaign from Hagerstown to Sharpsburg. It highlights Illinois cavalry units and Michigan Indiana Wisconsin infantry roles in the 16th and 17th of September 1862 battles. The piece notes preserved relics like a found arm and the mill site beside the stone bridge where Federals defended the town, amid intense cavalry clashes.
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Antietam
Highth
Illinois
Michigan Infantry
Indiana ‘ Volunteers
Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry
Hagéretown
Sharpsburg
Bedgwick
Cornfield
Ker
Feld
Drs. D.fabrney
Hagerstown
Stone Bridge
Memory of Hagerstown Skirmishes Stirs Local Echoes
A Chicago businessman and former Federal major served as provost marshal of Hagers town during the fighting. Confederate sharpshooters fired from a female academy balcony above the square near Washington and Potomac streets. Musket balls remain wedged in walls as the Eighth Indiana cavalry under Col. W. Gamble clashed in the town.
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Eighth Irindy Cavalry
Col. W. Gamble
Desertion figures in Civil War era records
The record and pension office estimates that about 117 247 soldiers deserted at the close of the Civil War after allowances for misreported cases. Many desertion charges were removed by the War Department under 1884 1886 and 1889 acts, but no complete tally exists without reviewing period records.
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United States Army
Record and Pension Office
War Department
Department
Origin of Memorial Day in the South
The Ladies' Aid Society organized in 1961 cared for soldiers buried in Columbus hospitals and beautified graves. In January 1866 Miss Lizzie Rutherford proposed a memorial service to decorate Confederate graves annually, prompting letters to other chapters in March 1866 and leading to observances on April 26 as Memorial Day for Confederate dead in Southern states.
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South
Ladies’ Aid Society
Columbus
Lizzie Rutherford
Hoosier Regiment at Fort Monroe and Newport News
The Twentieth Indiana Infantry engaged Confederate forces in a winter camp at Fort Monroe and Newport News. They endured hostile fire to prevent the enemy from gaining the Merrimac prize, then moved to Norfolk in May 1862.
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Merrini
Indiana
Fort Monras
Newport
Merrimac
Congress
Norfolk
Memorial Day Tribute to Valor of 1898 Veterans
A memorial note honors soldiers and sailors who served in 1898. It urges the nation to remember their noble sacrifices and keep their heroic deeds present in every memory as part of patriotic duty.
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