The King of the Street and the San Francisco Mystery
Giles Dudley arrives in San Francisco to aid his enigmatic friend Henry Wilton. A crash of events follows as a violent turf war in stock trading, disguises, and a dangerous errand unfold. Dudley impersonates Wilton to uncover the truth, while a stern broker Doddridge Knapp maneuvers behind the scenes.
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Giles Dudley
San Francisco
Henry Wilton
Dudley
Wilton
Giles
Henry
Knapp
Dicky
Mother Borton
Dicky” Nahl
Doddridge Knapp
Borton den
Terril
Navada Bank
Aed
Black Regiment Tribute to Courage at Petersburg
A poem by George H. Baker honors the Shirtleth regiment United States colored troops at Petersburg. It depicts their march into battle their cry for freedom and their sacrifice with vivid imagery of bayonets drums and bloodied ground praising their fight for liberty and urging lasting respect for their comrades.
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George H. Baker
Shirtleth
United States Colored Troops
Petersburg
Black
Two Soldiers Meet On Front Line In Civil War Rain
A Union writer describes a quiet moment on the Opequan front where a Yankee and a Confederate Johnny share dry shelter and a wary friendly contact. They part with mutual trust, and a week later the narrator finds the man among the dead at Perryville.
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Sheridan
Opequan
Johnny
Yank
Perryville Pike
Slaughter at Antietam described by Evansville veteran
Charles H. Myerhoff of Evansville Indiana explains his eyewitness view of the battle of Antietam after capture by Confederates. He recounts Richardson's division entering the fight to support French's brigade and details the action around the Sunken Road and Roulette house during the Sept. 17 1862 engagement.
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Charles H. Myerhoff
Evansville
Ind
National Tribune
Antietam
Richardson
French
Leutenant
Kimball
Sedgwick
Fourteenth Indiana
Sharpsburg
Sunken Road
Harrisburg
Hill
Face on Millions Is Poor in New York Village Tale
Mrs Caroline Williams an 80 year old destitute woman claims her face is on all Uncle Sam's silver dollars. A Binghamton correspondent reports she has been taken to the Broome county almshouse and says she never received any payment or recognition for the alleged homage and has been robbed of the honor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Horace H. Plymire
Plymire
Doddridge Knapp
Pine Street
Beckstein
Eppner
Bockstein
Caroline Williams
Uncle Sam
Broome County
Binghamton
N. Y
How to Test a Restaurant
A man praises a restaurant he found as the best in months calling it first class and urging a friend to try it. The friend questions the tester’s hunger noting that hunger can make any meal taste good and advises returning when not ravenous to form a truer judgment.
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Eppner
Bogkstein
Bockstein
Doddridge Knapp
Omega
Nevada
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Mises Sonnet
THE
Black Regiment
Trump
Drum
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