Brave Boy Bates Lifts Colors at Final Battle
In the Civil War tale a sixteen year old named Johnny Bates, part of ily S company, endures fear in a night march and later charges a breached line. He steadies the fallen flag rather than flee, inspiring comrades as the regiment breaks through enemy works.
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Ily
Johnny Bates
Bates
Pup
Lethumner
Ltd
Johnny Bags
Johny Bates
Chicago
Dally Néwetan
The Field of Battle and the Rise of Grant
An account ties Civil War heroism to the Forty Niners era militia and the early career of Ulysses S. Grant. It recalls the Merrimac rescue with black soldiers, Louisville to New Orleans journeys, and the morale of troops. Also notes Grant’s path from a Janesville visit to future presidency and Washburne's influence in supporting his rise.
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The
Magazine of American History
Orleans
New York
Martha Washington's Bible Restored to Miss Lee
The Bible once belonging to General Robert E. Lee and the Custis family was restored to Miss Mary Lee. It was stolen by Union soldiers in 1861 and later bought by a Philadelphia man who planned to donate it to Mount Vernon but instead gave it to Miss Lee. The volume includes Custis family birth and marriage records and the birth record of General Lee.
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Masta Washington
Mary Lee
Robert E. Lee
General Lee
Custis
Philadelphia
Mount Vernon Society
Sihtfon
Lee
Coal output in Great Britain rises in 1905 by 8.7 million tons
The 1905 coal production in Great Britain reached 236,128,936 tons, up 8,700,664 tons from 1904. A Paris shop fire caused by sunlit glass igniting celluloid combs in a window shows hazards of glare.
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Great Britain
Paris
Man credits Black soldier with saving life at San Juan
A Chicago dining room tale recalls a Rough Rider wounded on San Juan Hill who was saved by a Black fellow soldier. The man credits the bravery across racial lines and urges readers to judge by character, not color.
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San Juan
Chicago & Northwestern
Cuba
Roosevelt
Rough Riders
San Juan Hill
Chicago
Grand Army
Galena bankers eye Milwaukee line to Janesville
In 1860 a Galena group led by banker Henry Corwith toured Janesville to inspect the country for a proposed rail link from Milton Junction. They planned talks with A Hyatt Smith and local leaders to secure a Milwaukee line connection, with a wag to travel and assess readiness for the venture.
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Grant
Galena
Janesville
Miwaukee
Mississippi
Chicago, Milwaukee and
Henry Corwith
Wisconsin
A. Hyatt Smith
Brave soldiers praised by Grand Army chief at Gettysburg
Corporal James Tanner lauds a fallen private and all ranks for bravery. He recalls a Greek general and a grateful survivor who credits a life saved during a terrible engagement, noting loyalty and prudence in wartime service.
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James Tanner
Grand Army of the Republic
Gettysburg
Turkey
Horace Quotation Echoes as Praise Masks Faults
A compact reflection notes that praising a rascal makes his faults seem like ones own. The line emphasizes how admiration can blur moral judgment and excuse misdeeds.
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Rascal
Horace
The Liquor Traffic and the Coffin of Gin
A Kansas City depot tale tells how an Irishman sat on a coffin heard a voice pleading to be freed. Neighbors opened the coffin lid amid a widow’s protest and found gin and whisky inside. The incident highlights illicit liquor smuggling into prohibition Kansas.
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Kansas City
Erin
Kansas
National Grange to Drop Members Over Liquor Traffic
The National Grange condemns the liquor trade and orders subordinate granges to expel any member who uses or sells spirituous liquor. The secretary must report violators to other granges statewide. The piece cites census figures on liquor production costs and argues prohibition would boost farmers’ prosperity.
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Farang
National Grange
United States
Jersey City
Public sentiment shifts against the barroom in city debates
A Nebraska correspondent cites growing opposition to liquor, quoting a leading Chicago attorney who supports prohibition and notes the temperance movement is broadening. He claims in two generations no saloon will remain in America as crowds avoid alcohol.
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Chidlgh
Nebraska Neves
Iie
Chicago
America
Kansas
Salvation Army Leader Evangeline Booth Ends a Drunkard's Hold
Evangeline Booth recounts a London drunkenness story in which a man who abused a mother and pawned a baby’s clothes is confronted by Booth. She rescues two children, cleans and shelters them, and the man undergoes a sober awakening, reportedly never drinking again.
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Evangeline Booth
Salvation Army
America
Miss Booth
London
Western Pennsylvania Coal Firms Move Against Saloon Trade
A Summerset dispatch reports major Western Pennsylvania coal firms plan to crack down on saloons in bituminous districts. They warn licensing harms property rights and fuels drunken idleness as miners are paid and alcohol travels from dealers to homes. The action aims to create a thorough prohibition district around their operations.
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Summerset
Pennsylvania
Agro
Liquor Consumption in Germany 1900 04 Report
The five year period shows per capita wine beer and brandy use. Inhabitants drank six and a half quarts of wine annually and 12914 quarts of beer plus nine quarts of brandy. Per capita cost was 11 dollars, while men over 15 averaged 37 dollars. With 60 million people expenditure totaled 672.585 million dollars. Public school and military spending figures between 2004 and earlier are cited as far below the total alcohol bill.
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Germany
Empire
Army
Navy
Britain Sees Sharp Fall in Drink Bill Over Six Years
The London Times cites statistics from Dr. Dawson Burns showing Britain’s drink bill declined by nearly 130 million dollars in six years. Despite the drop, total outlays remained high at about 1 billion dollars in IWS terms, averaging roughly 20 dollars per person.
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Great Britain
London Times
Dawson Burns
IWS
Cleveland Bank Enforces Liquor-Listing Agreement
A Cleveland bank requires employees to sign an agreement not to enter any place selling liquor. Two employees were recently discharged after entering a liquor selling restaurant following a theater.
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Cleveland
Massacre Hits Siedlce as Terrorist Attacks Kill and Wound
Reports from War cell describe a brutal assault in Siedlce, Poland, with soldiers killed and civilians, including Jews and Christians, targeted. A riot followed as attackers moved through Jewish quarters, destroying homes and shops while authorities sent reinforcements to restore order.
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Warsaw
Gvernment
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Wong
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I Flanes
Diela
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Cire
Tragic Train Accident Claims Life Of Farm Hand
In Stella Nebraska Aloy Briss a young farm hand was fatally mangled beneath a Missouri Pacific freight train at the depot area. He died four hours after the collision with limbs severely injured requiring multiple amputations.
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Stella
Aloy Briss
Missouri
Kotu
Mr. Brisby
Auburn
War Veteran Ends Life Over Family Bank Scandal
A St Paul veteran killed himself by swallowing strychnine after a public administrator’s report on his son’s defalcations tied the man to scandal surrounding the Real Estate and Savings Bank of Anaconda. G. F. Wisner, his son, faces multiple charges linked to the failure, while the veteran had urged G A R friends to invest.
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G. FE. S. Wisner
the & Wisner
Civy
Anaconda
Suicide by razor ends Clarence K Wooster’s life in Chicago
Clarence K Wooster vice president of People Light & Coke is reported to have killed himself at his home with a razor after recent heat prostration and mental strain. A doctor had been treating him and witnesses say he entered a room and shortly after fell with a deep throat gash.
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George B. McClellan
Chicago
Crimea
Light Guard
Crack
Northwest
S Razor Chicago
Clarence K
People É Light & Coke Company
Mr. Wooster
Escaped Warders Arrested After 1901 Penitentiary Escape
Report from Fort Leavenworth confirms W. R. Murray and others linked to the Panes penitentiary break in November 1901. Ringleaders fled after killing a guard and were later arrested in Nebraska traveling under the name G. Stark. He awaits trial.
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Fort Leavenworth
W. R. Murra
Panes Penitentiary
Nebraska
G. Stark
Adel
Ile
Three Die in Interstate Rampage and Shootout
A man opened fire in a crowded east side street area, fatally shooting his wife and a man before being killed himself as police and bystanders attempted to intervene. A second victim named Johnson is identified among the dead. authorities say the shooter acted alone and died by self-inflicted gunfire during the confrontation.
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East Side
Stantly
Johnson
Tandler
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