Forgotten Kansas Cavalry Honored for Civil War Service
Rep Edward C Little urges pension extension for Eighteenth and Nineteenth Kansas cavalry who served after the Civil War, praising their march from Fort Harker to Camp Supply, rescues of captive women, and hard campaigns against Cheyennes and Kiowas under Sheridan and Custer. He argues they deserve the same recognition as other militiamen and veterans.
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House
Edward C. Little
Kansas
Kansas Cavalry
Mr. Little
United States
Kentucky
Laungley
Litthe
George A. Custer
Texas
Sweetwater
Nineteenth
Custer
H. L. Moore
Congress of the United States
Topeka
Fort Hays
Ixuans
Secretary of War
William Tecumseh Sherman
Arkansas River
Wichita
Seventh United States Cavalry
Beaver Creek
North Canadian
Fort Dodge
Camp Supply
Cimarron
Sheridan
Buffalo
Washita
Santanta
Lone Wolf
Fort Cobb
Washita Mountains
Fort Sill
Medicine Bluff
Salt Fork
Llano Estacado
Sweetwater Creek
Sherdian
Moore
Tenth United States Cavalry
Texas Panhandle
Southwest
Logan County
Panhandle
John Q. A. Norton
Lawrence
Kan
Dumas
Nineteenth Kansas
H. C. Lindsey
Twenty-second Kansas
Norton
Great West
Child’s toy crab provokes a childhood question
A girl named Alice plays with a live crab, poking its eyes and discovering she can bend its movements. Her mother scolds her, prompting the child to claim the crab cannot feel pain because it makes no noise. The exchange reveals childhood assumptions and empathy.
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Alice
A Drive Victim Hears of Abroad Plans
A Drive victim is told by a close associate that the injured party plans to go abroad. The remark suggests a possible motive or timing linked to international travel. The record notes the statement as part of the investigation.
Um going to Albania says Grabcom
The Birmingham Age-Herald quotes Mr Grabcom declaring he would prefer being held up by a picturesque bandit in Albania to being pressured by a devoted group demanding donations. He mocks the idea of a virtuous “cause” threatening wealth.
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Albania
Grabcom
Birmingham Age-Herald
Dutch Colonial House Design Promotes Durability and Style
William A. Radford explains in a building advisory column the Dutch Colonial style with sun porch and open entry, highlighting stucco construction for long life and lower repair bills. The piece notes larger initial costs but overall value, interior layout, and three bedrooms in a well planned, durable home design.
Hoodoo on Wabash picnic ends with pie and bean salad mishap
Thirteen Edwardsport picnickers travel toward Mount Carmel on the Wabash for a government locks trip. Charles Adams, named No 13 by luck, serves as guard at lunch but topples into a dish of bean salad after a misstep chasing a rooster. The party returns home hungry.
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Edwardsport
Bicknell
Mount Carmel
Charles Adams
Mr. Adams
Charley
Democratic Party
No Harm Meant and Arson Charge in Versailles
A French tramp named Domi bought herrings at Versailles and attempted to cook them on straw near a farmhouse. Wind spread the fire, threatening the building until Versailles soldiers and fire brigade stopped it. Domi was arrested for arson but his claim of cooking herrings was supported on the charge sheet.
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Domi
Versailles
Cramps and Backache Relief Reported by St Louis Woman
Mrs Devon Schouz of St Louis credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with easing monthly cramps pains and backache enabling her to work through the month. She notes the remedy has helped and she recommends it to friends for female troubles. The ad touts the product as a fifty year old plant based remedy with restorative gentle efficacy.
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St. Louis
Lydia E. Pinkham
Devon ScHouz
Salisbury Street
Not to Notice It
Old Man questions John about nighttime flappers and flirts and urges settling down with a particular girl. The kid replies that none of the girls are especially particular anymore in this Richmond Times Dispatch excerpt.
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John
Old Man
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Ambitious Girl Settles For A Man, In Small Town
A young woman in a conservative community pursues personal achievement but ends up conforming to traditional expectations by marrying. Her path reflects societal pressures on women's aspirations during the era.
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Crab
William A. Radford
Prairie Avenue
Chicago
Ill
Doe&nn
Atchison Globe
Hoodoo
Indiana
Nu-Way
Adrian, Mich
Ban Harr
Essig- Ellis
Chimicts
Memphis
Toma
Finland
Helsingfors
Finnish Central Chamber of Commerce
Murine Eye Remedy Co
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