Five Minute Chats About Our Presidents
James Morgan presents a concise biographical timeline of Ulysses S. Grant. Born 1822 at Point Pleasant, enrolled West Point 1839, Mexican War service, married Julia Dent 1848, Civil War rise to lieutenant general, victory at Vicksburg, commanded armies, Lee surrender at Appomattox 1865, 18th president inaugurated 1869, later scandals and retirement in 1877.
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Hiram Ulysses Grant
Point Pleasant
West Point Military Academy
Ulysses Simpson Grant
Julia Dent
Twenty-first
Hanols Volunteer
Shiroh
Vicksburg
Virginia
Lee
Appomattox Court House
Grant
Credit Mobilier
Belknap
Grant the Unyielding Soldier and Final Memoirs
The article chronicles Ulysses S. Grant from early disinclination for war to his rise as general and president. It notes his blunt honesty, battles from Mexico to Appomattox, scandals during his administration, world tour prestige, costly Wall Street collapse, and his creation of the Personal Memoirs finished amid illness and poverty.
Grant’s Later Years and Death Chronicle
Timeline tracks Ulysses S. Grant from his world tour in 1877 through political defeats in 1880, entry into Grant & Ward banking, 1884 collapse, his writing of Personal Memoirs, throat cancer, congressional revival of his General rank in 1885, to his death July 23 at Mt. McGregor New York aged ninety three.
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Hen Grant
White House
Nellie Sartoris
England
James Russell Lowell
London
Tokyo
Napoleon
New York
Wall Street
William H. Vanderbilt
Fifth Avenue
Grant & Ward
Grant
Tinally
Mt McGregor
Simon Bolivar Buckner
West Point
Foeman
Fort Donaldson
James Morgen
Congress
Mt. McGregor
N. Y
Brave American in Polish Army Trained at West Point
Brig. Gen. Charles Sweeny a veteran of West Point and the Argonne who bought a fortune to fight for Poland served in Mexico and South America before World War I. While recovering from wounds in Paris in 1919 he offered to recruit volunteers for Poland after consulting Premier Paderewski.
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New York
Charles Sweeny
Governor's Island
Sweeny
Poland
Padérewski
Irish American Polish general Sweeny’s wartime career detailed
The piece chronicles Colonel Sweeny, an Irish American Polish officer who joined the fight in Poland in 1915, earned brigadier general rank, and later served with the French forces and the U S Army. It notes his wounds, gas exposure, Legion of Honor, and roles training the Eightieth Division at Camp Lee before serving on the A B E F staff in France.
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America
France
Sweeny
Poland
West Point
Foreign Legion
Paris
United States
Ambassador Sharp
United States Army
Camp Lee
Argonne
A. BE. F
Uncle Sam promotes thrift across the nation
Washington reports a $1,000,000 government thrift drive this year to spur savings through Thrift and War Savings stamps and saving certificates. efforts focus on bank accounts budgets and home economy with school rooms organized and clubs joining the campaign as sales decline from wartime highs.
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Washington
Sam
Savings
Treasury Department
Federal Reserve District
Savings Division
Liberty
Poincare Urges French to Learn German in Alsace Plan
Paris reports former President Poincare urges French to learn German to dominate German science and keep French literature strong. He says German must be known by those administering occupied regions and in Alsace Lorraine. Army officers are urged to learn German as government reinstates the language in officers training schools.
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Paris
France
Poincare
Association of Language Professors
Germany
M. Poincare
Alsace- Lorraine
Jump in Immigration Baffles Officials in Washington
Washington officials report a sudden immigration rise near 20 000 people in a week with projections of 1 000 000 more in a year Louis F Post assistant secretary of labor says no explanation yet but offers a theory that many arrivals flee conditions at home or fear the war in Europe may still be active a typhus ship held at quarantine last week is cited as another possible driver
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Washington, D. C
Louis F. Post
Department of Labor
Post
Europe
Eggs Prove Frail Carriers of Whisky on West Virginia Run
Prohibition inspectors at a West Virginia station found three cases of doctored eggs. Each egg had been blown from the shell and filled with whisky before sealing the aperture with cement. These fragile carriers threaten delivery and require careful handling by station staff.
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West Virginia
Brooke
Boy defends man with brick in bull attack in Indianapolis
In Indianapolis a man faced a charging bull when a small boy threw a brick at the animal’s head. The strike killed the bull instantly and the boy fled in fright. No further details about injuries or aftermath are provided.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Robert Willams
NO SPORT IN HUNTING SEAL ON THE NEWFOUNDLAND COAST
A Spare Moments piece argues sealing on Newfoundland coasts is not sport but a harsh survival hunt. It describes the brutal gaffing of seals, the bitter weather driving ice floes, and the peril faced by hunters from harbor dawn to pack at sea, with lookouts watching for shifting ice and wind.
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Grant
Newfoundland
Lttle
Giant wombat skeleton found in Tasmanian marsh
A farmer Lovett unearthed a six foot long skeleton in Mowbray marsh Northwest Tasmania. Scott of Launceston museum calls it a giant wombat possibly 20 000 years old with elephantine legs and bulldog like head. Experts compare it to a colossal marsupial rivaling Brontosaurus in size and bearing bear like tusks.
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Tasmania
Mowbray
Lovett
Bir
Scott
Launceston Museum
London Daily Mall
Sugar Cane Growth and Harvest Process Described
Sugar cane needs abundant sun and water on deep fertile soil. In planting, stalks lie in furrows and shoots emerge from joints. When harvested, the field resembles a corn field with larger plants and no tassels or ears. Plants mature after about 12 months, turning reddish as lower leaves fall, and stalks are hand cut, stripped, and moved to the sugar mill.
Pellagra linked to dairy and meat shortage urged in South
Dr Joseph Goldberger notes new U S Public Health Service findings show deficiency of milk and fresh meat as the principal cause of pellagra. He urges increasing cattle in Southern regions with pellagra and establishing year round fresh meat markets.
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United States Public Health Service
Joseph Goldberger
Sunny Slide Rule Distinguishes Younger Shade by Handshake
A Bulwer-Lytton quip notes that in social greeting two aides flank every street the shady and the sunny. When two men shake and part, the one who takes the sunny side is the younger.
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Mark
Bulwer-Lytton
No Lack Amid Plenty Trouble Keeps People Busy
A reflective line notes that despite many seeking trouble, there remains ample conflict to occupy those inclined, implying a persistent social friction. The statement highlights ongoing tension and the constant presence of disruptive activity in society.
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James Morgan
Ulysses S. Grant
Quartermaster Department
Appomattox
Charles Sumner
Sweeny, Millionaire
Battles For Cause of Freedom
Mexico
South America
Harrow
Atlantic
Uncle Sam
David and Goliath
Chicago
Chicago Housing Association
Boyd Park
Main Street
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