Grant Brings Pie Prank On Indiana Lieutenant
A staff account recounts August 1861 near Southern Missouri where Lieut Wickfield of an Indiana Cavalry patrol, posing as Gen Grant, extorted food from a farmhouse. Grant later visited the same house and teased the tavern-keeper by asking to keep the last pumpkin pie, provoking laughter when the order about a pie raid is read at parade.
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Grant
Missouri
Jeff Thompson
Lieut
Wickfield
Indiana cavalry
Gen. Grant
Brig
Selvidge
Fiecp
Trenton
Pocahontas
Black River
Capa Giardeau
VA. S. Grant
Boston
Bugle Hoax at Gibraltar Sparks Inquiry and Dinner Resolve
An officer in Gibraltar once mimicked a bugle call with remarkable skill, causing alarms and confusion among guards and donkeys in the streets. The governor sought confessions, but the culprit was revealed only when a fellow commander offered to explain, leading to a dinner where the officer played a tune and the matter ended. The tale highlights discipline and honor.
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Gibraltar
ami
Tobaccs
Antinala Stories From Odd Animal Tales
A collection of curious anecdotes from atlases and newspapers about domestic cats nursing fox cubs, polecats storing prey, an owl trained by a physician, otters aiding their young, and a London Globe note on animal conduct. Includes a humorous exchange about cosmetics after marriage.
Editor's Tribute to King's New Discovery Cough Cure
Theron P. Keator editor of Ft Wayne Gazette extols King's New Discovery for severe and mild coughs and colds. He claims it cures quickly, recommends Osburn & Shoemaker's drugstore for a free trial bottle, and notes a large size option for $1.00.
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Theron P. Keator
Ft. Wayne
Ind
Gazette
Dr. King
ILapeak
Osburn & Shoemaker
The Baldvin Opens in Elite Hotel Setting
On the American plan the Baldvin hotel debuts with ite construction and furnishings costing over 3,500,000. It claims to be the most elegant hotel in the world, with front doors to light streetcar lines and easy access to steamer depots. Special accommodations for families and travelers, with rates at 2.50 per day, matching other first class hotels.
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New York
America
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