Ridgeway reveals past romance and espionage in Atlanta
In a continued chapter, Mollie Granger learns Miss Stevens once Mrs Ridgeway is John Ridgeway, an exiled lover of Colonel John. The scene shifts to Atlanta where Colonel John leads dismounted troops against a Confederate battery near Sherman’s siege, amid taunting dangers and shifting loyalties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyndhurst
John
Squire Granger
Mollie
Ridgeway
Sherman
Georgia City
Battle for the Hill: Colonel Ridgeway Leads Blue Line Assault
Colonel John Ridgeway orders a bold nighttime advance to dislodge Confederate guns and defend a battery. The blue regiments surge up the rocky slope, clash with Southern defenders, and force a retreat as Sharpshooters target the colonel. The engagement leaves Ridgeway wounded but victorious amid heavy combat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Sherman
John
Dixie Land
Ridgeway
Closer to the Exercises in a Box Office Tale
An Ohio matinee encounter shows a country man seeking a prime seat near the center aisle and close to the stage. Frank Daniels cites humor as a universal tool for reading audience desires at the ticket window.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Daniels
Opry-House
Ohio
Harper’. Weekly
Small Kansas items mix satire and scandal in brief notes
A Wichita or Topeka style column racks up quick items from across Kansas. Shooters burn gambling devices in Salina. towns comment on passion, politics, science, and society. Mentions Haviland Pratt Kingman Parsons Newton Cherokee Leavenworth Topeka and more with assorted quips and rumors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haviland
Kas
Meyer
Salina
Kingman Journal
Taffy
S. Young Dream
Pratt
Salvation Army
Kansas City
Parsons
Thomas M. Potter
Peabody
Newton
J. W. F. Hughes
Kansas
Cherokee
Roe Campbell
John Mammon
Eric
Highland University
Mississippi
Sol Metz
Sabetha
Cowley County
Kansas Civic League
Winfield
Jewell City
Topeka
Washburn College
Water Works Department
W. McClaughry
United States
Leavenworth
Europe
Sedgwick Pantograph
John MacDonald
Western School Journal
Emporia
Brown
Wichita
Chisholm Creek
A. S. Embree
John D. Rockefeller
Christ
Thomas E. Dewey
Abilene
Supreme Court
Alaska
Joe Rank
Congress
Haskel
State Penitentiary
Williard Caden
Downs
Central Branch
Ewing Herbert
Washington Register
Society For the Prevention of
the Register
Calumet Baking Powder promotes safety and value
An advertisement proclaims that Rochelle Salts Alum Lime or Ammonia are not used in Calumet Baking Powder. It presents Calumet as a high grade baking powder offered at a moderate price, and ends with a moral reflection on gratitude for safety.
Cure by Cuticura Remedies for Severe Eczema Impresses Reader
Emma E. Wilson of Liscomb Town reports a years long battle with terrible eczema affecting chest face neck arms and legs. She used Cuticura Remedies instead of a doctor and remained free of symptoms for five years. She asserts greater faith in Cuticura for skin diseases than anything she knows. The path of duty is through the custom house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma E. Wilson
Liscomb
Town
Custom House
Garfield Tea Ad Promotes Kidney and Liver Remedy
Garfield Tea offers a herbal remedy for kidney and liver trouble constipation and headaches. It claims to contain no harmful ingredients and is sold at all drug stores with free samples available from Garfield Tea Co Brooklyn NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garfield Tea Co
Brooklyn
N. Y
No Yell at Vassar Inspires Quiet Campus Debate
A group of Vassar students consider starting a college yell. One suggests all colleges have yells, another agrees, a third questions gum in mouths, and a fourth longs for restraint, concluding the yell may be unfeminine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vassar
Prediction Truths Told by Mrs
Mrs Muggles reflects on a foretelling nature and the death of her husband, while a Washington clerk is named Anna Gridley aged 80, mother of a captain connected to Dewey at Manila. The note also recalls the Monitor and Merrimac naval clash and reminds of a quip about scissors versus swords in piracy lore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Land Office
Washington
Anna Gridley
Dewey
Manila
Monitor
Merrimac
Postum Catches a Widow’s Tales on Coffee Cure
A testimonial from the president of the W C T U in the Northwest declares Postum Food Coffee freed her from daily nerve tonics and coffee’s grip. She describes inducing her husband to switch, reading The Road to Wellville, and reports winter health improvements and fewer headaches. The advertisement asserts the stronger the Postum, the more food, and the stronger coffee the more poison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postum
Northwest Bays
Wellville
Fostum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Also Mentioned on This Page
Biden Edwards
Napoleon
Moscow
John Idgeway
Lyndthurst
Shroman
Garfield
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!