The Mouse That Unintentionally Fired Fort Sumter
A Charleston tale recounts how a deserting sergeant and a mouse in a gunroom unintentionally fired the first shot at Fort Sumter. The incident sparked the Civil War, as Beauregard sought to control the ceremony and prevent a North triggered war.
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Fort Sumter
Anderson
Sumter
United Sates Army
Charleston
Beauregard
Lincoln
Sumer
Besdes
the Generes
Confedracy
May 30 Remembering Fallen Heroes Tradition Urged
Quote from Gen. John A. Logan calls for annual floral offerings to decorate tombs of fallen heroes as a grateful nation dedicates May thirtieth to remembrance and freedom. The message urges a lasting custom and historical significance.
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John A. Logan
Youngest Union Soldier Runaway Drummer Boy
William B. Miller of Bath New York contends he was the union army’s youngest recruit. At eleven he fled home to join the first North Carolina volunteers as a drummer. He later served five months then as a drummer with the tenth New York after which he was discharged at fourteen during the 1865 grand review in Washington.
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William B. Miller
Bath
N. Y
First
North Carolina Volunteers
Tenth
New York Volunteer Infantry
Washington
The Nation's Obligation on Memorial Day
This note honors Memorial Day with patriotic sentiment and devotion to the ideals for which heroes fought and died. It calls Americans to observe the day in a manner worthy of life, liberty, and happiness.
Indiana crops and public notices spread across the state
The dispatch reports fruit prospects in Floyd and southern Indiana with peach and grape yields and a bumper apple crop in the north. It notes Indiana National Guard policy, Odd Fellows officers, Rebekah assembly leaders, and various local items from East Chicago to Fort Wayne including hospital funding, feral incidents, and school age enumeration.
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New Albany
Floyd County
Indianapolis
Chicago
Seymour
Roland P. Hofmann
Paoli
Indiana
Washington, D. C
Adjt
Harry B. Smith
National Guard
Army
Guard
Otto A. Beyer
South Bend
Grand Lodge
Independent Order of Odd Fellows of
George EB. Hershman
Crown Point
Emma W. Wilson
Jasper
Rebakah Assembly of Indiana
Eva L. McDaniel
Shelbyville
Emily Wedgewood
East Chicago
Valetta Kimmel
Kendallville
Laura M Morris
Frankfort
Police Department
Desk Seargents
Floyd Weathers
Richard Weathers
Marengo
Terre Haute
Willam Wood Parsons
Indiana State Normals School
Lafayette
Tippecanoe County
Purdue University Union
University
Clyde E. Titus
Indiana Funeral Directors’ Association
Indianapols
Huntington
Huntington County
Clifford Funderburg
Gary
Ruth Harriet Windlad
Ephran Windlad
Clinton
Vermilion County
Freezone Corn Remedy Promises Instant Pain Relief
Ad proclaims Freezone as a cheap corn remedy that instantly relieves ache and lets you lift corn away with fingers. It claims harmless, painless results and marketing notes credit a Cincinnati genius with the discovery.
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Cincinnati
Measuring Time Taught by a Child’s Insight
A child named Ernest learns clock numbers but confuses the minute hand. When the minute hand points to five minutes of 12, he pauses then says it is “just an inch to 12.” The exchange highlights early misperceptions of time.
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Ernest
Not Nowadays Would You Say Two Can Live as Cheap as One
Witty exchange contrasts two life costs with high prices reflecting hardship. The dialogue hints at budget strains and social mood without naming people or places, capturing a period voice in a brief humorous snapshot.
The Language. I tell you, young Smith is a coming man
A quoted exchange notes that Smith is maturing and gaining recognition. The phrase suggests his noted progress and rising status within the community. The brief dialogue captures a hopeful assessment of his growing prominence.
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Smith
Change of Life Helped Woman By Vegetable Compound
Mrs. R. E. Deming of Syracuse says Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound eased her fainting spells and poor appetite during Change of Life after two to three years of suffering. She took about twelve bottles and felt relief, urging others to try the remedy which contains herbal extracts and no narcotics.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Lydia E. Pinkham
R. E. Deming
Lafayette Ave
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Memory of
Moultrie
Richmond
Free States
Confederacy
Western Newspaper Union
Mitchel Thell
Fort Wayne
St. Joseph’s State League
Otto Kreuzberger
Evarsville
Thomas R. Marshall
League of Nations
Marshall
Thomas Taggart
Ralston
Alice Foster McCulloch
Bessie Lauenstein
Evansville
Mary K. McNutt
Hortense Tapp Moore
Rockville
Mason J. Niblack
United States
French Lick
Carleton B. McCulloch
Samuel M. Foster
Indiana Federation of Farmers’ Associations
Madison
Henry
Delaware
Randolph
Muncie
Delaine
Madison County
James Burns
Boards of Safety, Public Works
Park Commissioners
Indiana Woman’s Association of Commerce
Vincennes
Churches of Christ of Indiana
Tipton
State Brotherhood
D. S. Shields
Kokomo
Roy Deadman
Lebanon
EB. H. Clifford
Mount Vernon
Valparaiso
Edgar Dean Crumpacker
Congress
Crumpacker
Albert J. Beveridge
Greencastle
DePauw
DePauw University
Jeffersonville
Clark County
Crawfordsville
Montgomery County
Karl CG. James
Wabash
Waltz Township
Wabash County
Arie E
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