Parade of Grand Army veterans awe crowds in Washington
Drums and bugles fill the day as 15 000 Pennsylvania veterans lead a vast Grand Army parade. Spectators pack Capitol Hill and Treasury fronts, cheering Hayes Butler and other generals while Western posts display symbols and flags. The article praises the common soldier and notes Pennsylvania as banner state with 6 bands and 15 000 marchers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Grand Army of the Republic
Grand Oldeystone
Washington
Grant
Sherman
Sheridan
Dar
Capitol Hill
Treasury
Treasury Building
Fifteenth Street
United States
War
Navy
White House
Northwestern Association
J. B. Maitland
Oil City
Washington Circle
Alleheny
Smoky City
Keystone State
Classifieds for Hardware and Household Goods
Old style sale listing offering Electric Silicon best silver polish per box 7c Stove Polish warranted best quality Gas Stoves limited stock at 39c Genuine Putz Pomade per large box Toilet Paper best tissue 3 packages Curtain Pins per dozen Sc Match Scratchers protect wallpaper 3c Solid Brass Bird Cages with spring 75c Handy Nails full assortment nails Genine Page’s Glue with brush per bottle Extra strong Cloth Basket Asbestos Ironholders do not burn your hand 8c
History of the G. A. R. Its Birth and Purpose
A condensed history tracing the Grand Army of the Republic from its 1866 beginnings near St. Louis to Indianapolis, detailing founders Surgeon Stephenson and Chaplain Rutledge, its constitution's pacific mandate, and aims to honor Union dead, aid widows and orphans, and teach loyalty to Young America.
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D. C
St. Louis
F. Stephenson
Fourteenth Illinois Infantry
W. T. Rutledge
Mississippi
Sherman
Springfield
Til
Grand Army of the Republic
Decstur
Inl
Stephenson
Todianapolis
Ind
S. A. Hurlburt
G. A.B
Philadelphia
John A. Logan
Chick
Congress
Ihs
Order
P. F. Steph
Pennsylvanians Hold Caucus on Commander in Chief Choice
A Pennsylvania delegate meeting at department headquarters debated the election of a commander in chief for the year and the encampment site but made no decision. Captain A. G. Weissert leads for chief, with S. H. Murst and Colonel Lincoln as candidates. Indiana’s capital favored for the encampment.
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Washington
Department
A. G. Weissert
Milwaukee
Pennsyylvania
Friends
S. H. Murst
Ohio
Lincoln
Bureau of Pensions
Pension Bureau
Indiana
Trade Outlook Doubtful for England and Colonies
At Newport the Chamber of Commerce annual meeting heard Sir Albert Kay Rollit condemn current trade prospects. He cited dull coal iron and steel, tariff pressures on textiles, shipbuilding decline, cholera impacts on shipping, and a drop in exports despite higher import value. A motion for universal free trade with the Colonies was defeated 41 to 33 after debate on free vs fair trade.
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Rollit
Chamber of Commerce
Lonxpox
Newport
Albert Kay Rollit
Associated Chambers of Commerce
United Kingdom
Sheffield
Bradford
Sir Albert
England
Great Britain
South Scotland
French Forces Repulse Dahomey Attack at Dogha
Paris reports Colonel Dodds' dispatch from DahoMe by 4 000 Dahomeyans attacking near Oboa. French column repelled them after fierce fighting from 5 to 9 am, with one third of the attackers killed. French losses were four killed and 15 wounded including Sub Lieutenant Badair and two privates. Major Fanrax died later at Porto Novo from battle wounds.
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Paris
Dodds
Dahomey
Behanzin
Oboa
Dogha
Badair
Fanrax
Porto Novo
Washington Parade Brings 50,000 Veterans to Street March
Vice President Morton reviews a vast G A R parade in Washington marching 50,000 veterans. Thousands of bands and posts from Pennsylvania to New York fill Fifteenth Street with patriotic tunes and flags led by Carter Band of Boston and the Sixth Massachusetts.
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Washington
Morton
Charles Foster
Miller
Noble
Halstead
Rusk
Tracy
Wilmerding
John W. Foster
Wanamaker
Schofield
Grant
Palmer
Scott
Russell Harrison
Manderson
Gibson
Vincent
Boutelle
Mitchell
Wisconsin
Rockwell
New York
Carborrow
Illinois
Greenland
D. Seeley
W. D. Wilson
S Bradley
R. Wilber
Snowden
Pennsylvania
Charles S Green
Coloniel D. Bownaffon, Jr
Citizens’ Local Committee
Fifteenth Street
Duffield
Detroit
W. H. Finn
Navy
Fred F. Phisteree
Thomas Osborn, Jr
J. 8. Thorn
Aspen
M. 5
Hotchkiss
Colorado
Wyoming Woman's Relief Corps
F. L. Freeman
Citizens’ Committee
Pennsylvania Avenue
Treasury Building
America
Old Gunn
Albany
Carter
Boston
Massachusetts
Hmlinois
Wyoming Band
Philadelphia
Lewis Post
Scranton
Erie
Ohio
B. Hayes
Hayes
Buckeye
Liliputians
Ninety-ninth
Empire State
Sickles
Slocum
Michigan
Wyoming
Leadville
Rockies
Indiana
Iowa
Georgia
G. A. KR
Race War in Arkansas Church Occupation Sparks Violence
Reports from Champagnolle township describe a white ex-convict leading a mixed group to seize a church, shoot at a sheriff’s posse, and kill two negroes while several were wounded or captured. The organized group aims to kill prominent citizens and spans the county.
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Thorn Tos
Ark
Champagonelle Township
Ausill
Jim Harris
The
Pees
Tomlinson
Means
Unsill
Cone
Cure for Scrofula Promises New Hope in Coticura Remedies
The letter from Lewis W. Katoun of Larkaville Pa states years of scrofula with head sores, facial dryness, red spots, and social shame. After four doctors and failed remedies, he reports relief using Coticura Remedies and sends a portrait.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam
Lewis W. Katoun
Larkaville, Pa
Cuticura Remedies at Battle Creek Advertises Skincare Cure
An 19th century advertisement touts Cuticura Remedies including Cuticuna RPSoLyert and Cuthria CURA as blood purifiers and skin beautifiers. It claims to cleanse blood of impurities, cure skin scalp diseases, restore hair, and treat a range from pimples to scrofula, even when physicians and hospitals fail.
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Union
Butler
Hss
Burnside
Devina
Harteneke
B. F. Stephenson
A. Horlburt
Iinois
Joan A. Logan
Uiinois
William Ernshaw
Louis Wagner
George 5
A van der Voort
Nebraska
Pittsburgers
Keystone Posts
Department of Pennsylvania
Robert B. Beath
John S. Kouitz
S&s
Walnut
Page
BOM
Slaw
Mason’s
Genuine Brooks
Platt’s
Dover
Bemler
Market Street
History OF the
Beysione
Associated Press
Nineteenth
Illinois Veteran Club
Columbia Post
G. W. Cook
Denver
Chicago
Wisconsin Degestae
Badger
Abe
Keystone
Ore
Sons of Thunder
Somerset County
Grable Post
John Brown
Owl's Post
Reading
Arkansas
Corravou Lac
Quebec
Richelieu and Ontario Navigation Company
Corinthian
Hamilton
Montreal
Scrofula
Cadlenia
Cura
Ste
Hesolvent
Porras
Huston
Ala
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