Would-Dickinson Have Altered Lincoln Era Vice Presidency
A 19th century interview with Thurlow Weed discusses the 1864 convention that nominated Lincoln and ponders how Daniel S Dickinson as vice president might have changed postwar U S history. Weed recalls Dickinson's oratory and his role in recruiting Union soldiers after the 1863 draft riots.
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Thurlow Weed
Daniel S. Dickinson
Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
Daniel Mickinson
Connecticcut
Goshen
Mr Weed
Daniel S Dickinson
Connecticut
Weed
Dickinson
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
New England
New York State
Andrew Johnson I
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First Colonel of Negroes Led Band Of Silent Valor
Fifty years ago Robert G Shaw, famed commander of the first state led negro regiment, the Seventh New York, and later Massachusetts colonel, rode to battle on Long Island and in South Carolina. Shaw’s path from private to colonel ended at Fort Wagner on July 18, with his father’s quiet pride and a wish to bury him with his mother.
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Robert G. Shaw
Massachusetts
Seventh
New York Regiment
Broadway
New York
Toincoin
Starenibe
Robert G Shaw
Shaw
Second Massachusetts
Famouus
New York City
George William Curtis
Colonel Shaw
Robert Shaw
Staten Island
Robert
Sion
Andrew
Boston
Harvard
Fort Warner
South Carolina
Makr
Bin
Logan Thinking He Was Thinking Senator Ingalls Recalls
A 191? article recounts Grant correcting Porter verdict at Bull Run and Logan pacing the Senate chamber. Ingalls of Kansas notes Logan’s visible thinking as he delivers a lengthy opposition speech that vindicates the senator's earlier remark.
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Kansan
Senator Logan
Arthur
Cleveland
Porter
United States
Fitzjohn -Porter
Senate
General Grant
Logan
Ingalls
Kansas
John Logan
Senator Ingalls
Ing Mig
Eopan
Galls
BE. J Edwards
Meteorology expert records raindrop sizes in storms
Mir Spencer C Russell described a method using plaster or flour in shallow trays to capture rain drops during six thunderstorms. A total of 164 drops were recorded: 25 at five millimeters, 40 at four, 48 at three, 85 at two, and 15 at one millimeter. Largest drops appeared at the storm start.
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Mir Spencer C. Russell
British
Royal Meteorological Society
Paris
Life Rings on Mountains on San Francisco Peaks
An article describes a mountain climate ladder in the San Francisco peaks showing successive ecological zones. It notes elevation bands from 6,500 feet to above 11,500 feet with yellow pine at mid elevations, Douglas fir and others higher, Engelmann spruce near the treeline.
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San Francisco
Laughing at Life in Sacred Tone and Social Warnings
A column contrasts views of Christ's humanity with humor and laughter, arguing laughter is not forbidden by faith. It cites a Portland sermon where a bishop mocks vacation religiously followed by a humor about keeping religion and collecting away. An unrelated wartime style ad for Allen’s antiseptic foot powder follows.
Avoid Disputation and Seek Peace in Friendship
In friendship, men seek peace concord and contentment. The inner life should be free of contention as the sanctuary of the heart. Disputatious folks hinder true friendship and undermine trust, while external battles already fill daily life.
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Hugh Black
Front Masked Man Denies Mosquito Presence
A man wearing a front mask cried that officials told him there were no mosquitoes in the area, expressing frustration at the assurance.
Beautiful post cards free offer from Topeka club
An old ad offers free five sample post cards by mail from the Art Post Card Club at 73 Jackson St Topeka Kansas. It quotes a quip about liver health by Thomas Gold Appleton and mentions Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children with playful puns about butter and geese.
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Art Post Card Club
Jackson St
Topeka
Kansas
Tuberculosis Care Lags for Insane Patients
A National Association report says out of 226 public insane hospitals with about 160000 patients only 70 provide any tuberculosis care. These 70 hospitals offer roughly 8350 beds for tuberculous inmates, while death rates from TB among the insane exceed those of the general population by a notable margin.
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National Association For the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis
Steins and Their Contents Spark Domestic Banter
Mrs Hake notes her husband is assembling a collection of steins while Mrs Booze A Lott comments her husband is gathering the contents of steins. The exchange humorously contrasts collecting vessels with collecting their contents.
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Hake
Booze A. Lott
Grape-Nuts Power Claim Highlights Health Recovery
A Missouri woman credits Grape-Nuts with relieving stomach trouble and bloating after a long illness. She reports weight gain from 98 to 116 pounds and restored strength, saying the product fit her body’s needs and digestion improved quickly. The ad cites Postum Co. Battle Creek Michigan and promotes a ten day trial and the booklet The Road to Wellville.
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Missouri
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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Calvary
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Ore
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le Roy
Thomas Gold Appleton
Winslow
Beppe
the Centaur Company
Oewn Infants and Children
Bears
Whittemore Bros. & CO
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Cambridge
Mas
Salt Lake City
W. L. Douglas
W.l.douglas
W. L Douglas
Brockton
Mass
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Spark St
Stockton
Remington
Theasw
Lesmok
Expet
Anhur Hubalek
EOD
Canseonars Baas
Breedway
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