The National Cemeteries of the United States
An overview of 84 national cemeteries, their origins in the Civil War, and stories from Arlington to Ball’s Bluff. Details cover foundations, key figures like Lincoln and Clara Barton, notable sites such as Andersonville, Chattanooga, and the Mexican War cemetery, and the system of headstones and unknown graves.
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Athens
Thucydides
Pericles
Kipling
Windsor
United States
God’s Acres
Secretary of War
Quartermaster General's Department
Congress
Gettysburg
Curtin
Pennsylvania
Lincoln
Antietam
Murfreesboro
Chattanooga
George H. Thomas
Thomas
Andersonville
James Moore
Clara Barton
Yas
Greenville
Tenn
Johnson
Arlington
Chalmette
Nashville
Corinth
Fredericksburg
Jefferson Barracks
Shiloh
Vicksburg
Robert E. Lee
Lee
George Washington Parke Custis
Martha Washington
Washington City
United States Army
Virginia
Potomac
Capital
Logan
Sheridan
Lawton
Bull Run
Rappahannock
Montana
Seventh Cavalry
Reno
Benteen
Fort Kearny
Old Fort Smith
Philippines
Ball’s Bluff
City of
Mexico
Spain
Cuba
Not a Stem Winder Sailor and passenger exchange questions
In a courtroom dialogue a sailor shows a winch crank and explains it is used to wind the dog watch while an inquisitive passenger questions the object. The judge observes the exchange and weighs the incident as part of the proceeding.
Carrier Pigeons Endure as Military Messengers
A French military pigeon system persists. Training starts at three or four months with staged flights. pigeons reach 100 miles in days and 300 miles in ten hours at five months. Best birds fly 600 to 700 miles at 4–5 years, at 20 mph and 450–500 feet, priced from four dollars to $250+ for prize winners.
Arm Reaches Sun, Pain Delayed for Thousands of Years
A speculative claim suggests if a limb could touch the sun, the resulting heat exposure would produce no pain for about 6,792 years due to an imaginary delay in nerve sensation.
Realism Carried To Excess In Garden Scene
A Worcester mother discovers two half naked boys acting out Adam and Eve with plants on the veranda and a younger child declaring himself the Lord God Almighty. The piece muses on whether genius is transmissible to offspring amid relics from Browning heirs.
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Worcester
Mass
Lord Dod Almighty
Reclamation plan for Eden region near Euphrates
English engineers have invaded the Euphrates area near Baghdad to build a great dam. Water will be carried over the land as in Egypt and India. The soil is described as exceedingly rich and the project aims to reclaim and fertilize the Garden of Eden location between the Euphrates and Tigris.
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Garden of Eden
Euphrates
Tigris
Bagdad
Egypt
India
Woman Renounces Coffee For Postum After Four Years
A Wisconsin woman describes heart palpitations and nervousness caused by coffee. After switching to Postum, her weight rose from 98 to 118 pounds and her heart trouble and nervous symptoms disappeared. Her family also prefers Postum.
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Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Castoria Safety Note Labeled with Signature Claim
A vintage notice urges careful inspection of Castoria bottles for infants and children. It emphasizes the signature of wruss SY FEMA and notes Castoria has been in use for over 50 years, highlighting its safety and reliability.
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Fletcher
Had to Think Quickly In Store Encounter
In a brief domestic scene Maud questions a stamp purchase while Ethel explains a detour to a drugstore for face powder where Jack appears. The encounter suggests a casual moment of everyday life and a surprising reunion.
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Maud
Ethel
Jack
Hidden Wisdom Revealed Again to Babes and Sucklings
A brief note reflecting on how truths that elude the wise continue to be disclosed to the simple. The passage emphasizes humility and receptivity over cleverness in understanding enduring mysteries.
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Zinations
Cplat Amphithlail AL
France
Paris
Chicago
North Western
C. A. Cairns
Passenge
Chicago and North Western Railway
W. Jackson St
Regia
Robert
Elizabeth Browning
Robert Weidemann Barrett Browning
Dean
Avery Pi
Minnesota
Anna Bossard
Sycamore St
St. Paul, Minn
Foster-Milburn CO
Buffalo, N
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co
The
Paxton Toilet Co
Boston
Asa
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