Signal Corps Founder Describes First Bull Run Telegraph
In 1859 60 Dr Myer develops military signals and E P Alexander joins at West Point. At Manassas July 21 1861 the system delivers vital alerts revealing McDowell moving, warns Evans and Beauregard, aiding Confederate defense before the battle progresses.
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E. P. Alexander
Corps of Cadets
West Point
Albert J. Myer
Sonm
Myer
New York Harbor
Fort Hamilton
Narrows
Sandy Hook
Navesink Highlands
Washington
Signal Corps
A. J. Myer
Georgia
San Francisco
Panama
Richmond
West Virginia
Shenandoah Valley
Manassas Junction
Yorktown
Norfolk
Davis
Senate
Beauregard
McDowell
War Department
Manassas
Bull Run
Wilcoxen
Stone Bridge
Upper Bull Run
Wilcoxen Hill
Sudley
Evans
Johnston
Chicago Inter Ocean
Short Temperance Sermons Portray Saloon Suffering
A temperance address by John G Woolley portrays a city girl drawn into a saloon where she is drugged and ruined, and a Rahway wife driven to ruin and death by drink. The speaker argues the saloon corrupts families and burdens society.
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Rahway
N. J
New
Jerusalem
John G. Woolley, Ll, D
Temperance Tale and Warning on Beer Drinking
Benjamin Franklin's London experiences show beer drinkers at work and the idea that water grants strength. A temperance sermon warns that "only a glass of beer" leads to ruin, urging youths to abstain and condemning saloons as gateways to vice and misery.
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Franklin
Benjamin Franklin
London
Tie
Temperance Refreshment Rooms Plan Debated in Glasgow
A Glasgow meeting chaired by Lord Provost Bis approved forming facilities to support temperance refreshment rooms at licensed pubs. The plan runs on non profit lines with £1,500 pledged toward a £10,000 capital goal. The Scottish Reformer endorses broad farmer support and reformist aims.
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Bis
Icelandic abstinence utopia reported by travelers
Northern travelers describe Votal Abstinence Iceland as a model society with no jail or court, a single police officer, no liquor production or import, 78000 abstainers, universal literacy, perfect public schools, seminaries and colleges, several newspapers, and a prolific printing industry.
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Iceland
Missouri
Ram’s Horn
Kansan Prohibition Popular Statewide Support
Topeka Daily Capital notes Kansas shows strong popular endorsement for prohibition with broad statewide approval and a temperate political climate supporting the policy.
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Kansas
Topeka
Last Drop Refusal: Barkeeper Denies Drunken Man
A tavern owner denies service after a warning from a 28 year old patron who recalls a ruinous life shaped by drink. He begs the landlord not to sell to the younger men, fearing relapse, and promises to die if sold. The landlord vows never to sell again.
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Pear
Missionary Ridge
Point Lookout
Bragg
Sunnersell
Joe Hooker
Sram
Stall
Chattanooga
Chicka River
Stumpeue
Ife
Objections to the Barroom and its Damaging Effects
The document condemns the saloon as poison for cash that harms health and character, fuels crime, promotes self-indulgence, and corrupts lawmakers. It alleges saloons oppose law, undermine virtue, and threaten families, urging action against the South Dakota issue.
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South Dakota
Beit Not a Soft Drink Platform Advocated by Brewers
The Western Christian Advocate cites a temperance critique noting brewers push education on beer’s value as a temperance drink. It recalls ex Judge Stubbs of Indianapolis police court claiming 90 percent of city drunkenness stems from beer and dismisses absurd claims that beer is harmless.
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Stubbs
Indianapolis
Spurgeon's Litle Song
A fragmentary verse mocks reformers promising charity while taking from the poor. It claims they will rob the poor man of beer and replace it with a coat boots hat and clean water while he smiles at the better water. The tone satirizes benevolence and social improvement efforts.
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Spurgeon
French Submarine Lutin Missing Off Tunis Coast
The French submarine Lutin, built in 1891 and 135 tons with a nine-man crew, vanished after plunging during tests off Biserta. Torpedo boats searched the area. salvage efforts were hampered by heavy seas as tugs and ships hovered. The British consul discussed requesting aid from Malta to assist the salvage operation.
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Biserta
Tunis
Lutin
Sporeh Gt Marine
Marine of Steel
Batradory
Anderemand
Koepey
Admiral Beirue
Tunis Naval Divison
Ponepy
Malta
BiatribKhe County Court Complaints Over Bridge Contracts
Biatrickh Nebraska county court records show complaint filings against Johnsoan St Joseph Missouri over bridge projects in Holt township and Island Grove. Allegations include forged papers and fraud to secure county funds, with warrants issued and pending arrest via requisition papers.
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Biatrickh
Neb
Jorney Killen
Johnsoan St. Joseph Mo
Bridge Egg
Aes Sparks
Holt Township
Fire devastates farm buildings near Elmwood
News reaches Elmwood of a serious farm fire that destroyed a two story house a barn and a granary with about six hundred tons of hay plus a crib and wagon shed. A neighbor help saved the house and only about one thousand dollars in new barn value was insured. The cause is unknown and the farmer Henry Hausenfield is injured from a prior incident of a broken leg.
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Henry Fauselild
Eimwood
Roef
Hicken
Ile
Haus
Praised for Killing Vows in St Petersburg Prison
A fragmentary report notes a young medic confined in St Petersburg central prison cited for valor after alleged killings by a sentry. The article also mentions a miner shot at Mine Creek and arrests in a separate murder case involving John Fraser and Angeline Ross, with partial details and unclear sequence.
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ST. Petersburg
Milenova
Steet
Chinese minister in mourning resigns in Washington
News from China reports the Chinese minister in Washington is resigning immediately in line with mourning customs. The action follows the death in China and signals a diplomatic change as the government contemplates retirement from office during the mourning period.
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Washington
Chentune
China
Te Prt
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Captain Gilmore
Gilmore
Crook
Iselly
Army of the Cumberland
Cumberland
Crook Rmudt
General Crook
Sle
Chicago Record-Herald
New York City
John Herschell
Germany
France
Zolomache
Hunnesley
Lyonella Fredegunda Cuthberga
Ethelswytha Ideth Ysabel
Grace Monica de Orellana
Plantagenet
Bull Run Valley
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the Run
Bull Run Field
Temperance
National Advocate
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