Ammunition car fire halts Ninth at Conewago Junction
At Conewago Junction the baggage car with 12,000 rounds of ammunition and officers' personal baggage was cut loose after a fire started in the car. Some cartridges exploded, bullets flew across the area, and a soldier named Hinconk was treated on a stretcher. The Ninth and other regiments prepared for departure with Eighth to follow. plans include forming a brigade for capital guard with HQ at Munson Hill near Washington.
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United States
Brelieve
Conewago Junction
Bigguee
Cohewige
Deoltek
Chickimavuen
Privite Hinconk
Canning FL
le Tien
Howe
Was
Courren
Falls Church
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
New Jersey
Capital Guard
Munson Hill
Washington
Virginia
Arlington
T. J. Duffy
Ninth Regiment's Loss Believed Serious Fire Destroys Baggage
Harrisburg May 17 The Ninth Pennsylvania volunteers from Wilkes Barre and vicinity suffered heavy losses when a car carrying personal effects caught fire near Conewago on the way to Chickamauga. Officers lose baggage money and muster rolls. total loss about 5000 dollars with per officer losses around 100 dollars. Governor Hastings and staff greeted troops at Harrisburg as they traveled in Pullman coaches and first class cars.
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Harrisburg
Ninth Regiment
Pennsylvania Volunteers
Wilkes-Duire
Chickamauga
Conewaggo
Hastings
Gobin
Wiley
Bnowden
Elliott
Coamben Wealth
Martin
Beltier
Stave
Haywood
Moh
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Coursen
EmmettcDermot
Company I
Brigeant Reed P Very
H. K. Cox
L. T. Mattes
Coronel Coursen
Stillwell
Mutton
Cox
Parke
Gunster
Suporvision
Matter
Wood
Chaplin Stahf
Keller and
Mianchard
Sword for Colonel Dougherty
The Fifth and Ninth regiments head to Chickamauga with Col Dougherty honored by Wilkes-Barre officials. Major Paning, Surgeon Jones and Adjutant Buses received gold medals for service as men drill, fatigue tasks, and guard duties continue at Camp Hastings.
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Mount Gretna
Chickamauga
Dougherty
Chickommagé
Paning
Jones
Rumors on Gobin Brigadier Bid and Pennsylvania Quotas
From Camp Hastings Hastings Mt Grotna May gossip notes indicate possible consideration of Brigadier General Gobin for Pennsylvania’s brigade command. The War Department may place a brigadier appointment on the next general list while debates continue over filling quotas and recruiting officers to manage vacancies.
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Daniel
Hastings
Mt. Grotna
May
Coursen
Alver
Third Brigade
Gobin
War Department
Washington, D.C
Alaydi
Pennsylvania
T. A. Alper
Henry A. Coursen
Camp Mastings
Spain's naval decline and rise of Anglo power warned
A Rochester column argues Spain's naval defeats from Drake to Nelson signaled imperial decline. It credits English and Dutch victories, cites the Armada threat, and predicts Spain must match modern science and engineering to survive a future reverse.
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Rochester Pont Raptors
Manila
Bpantan
Huval Reyvorme
Spain
Aaa
Caatile
Arragon
Tsubdila
Ferdinand
Thera Monchohs
America
Columbus
Columbiw
bin Salvador
Alesander VI
Penge de Laon
Florida
Barbia
Cortes
Mexico
Pigarro
Peru
Mendosa
Bueno Ayred
Chill
Central
South
Ameria
England
France
Portugal
Drake
Cadie
English
Daya
Thone
Neiwom
Pwteh Admira
Rail
Malacca
Ceylon
Dova
Efaht Sears
Downs
de Haghind
Trafalgar
Friagne
Devar
Alec
Hawkine
Phoward
Oae
Siam
Fragmented Recipe Fails To Read Like Usual Card
Incoherent OCR text from a cooking item includes garbled phrases about steaming shells with water, cooling and freezing steps, and inaccurate terms. The fragment hints at a stew pan, a bulking powder can, and juice that dilutes, but the overall meaning is unclear and incomplete.
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Houston
Tweed Mixtures Offered in Six Colors
About twenty pieces of beautiful tweed mixtures come in six colors and are full 38 inches wide. They're priced at 10c but have sold readily at 47c.
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Sec
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Conewago
Daniel H. Hastings
Mt. Gretna
Washington Camp
Penneylvania
Somuel Martin
Commny F
Honesdale
Companies Co
Hhe
Scrinton
Fiele
Stover
United States Army
E. DB. Fellows
W. F F. Deloe
Warry Smith
Mwany Chan
Albert Foster
Simith
B. H. Hipps
Con
T. J. Dufty
Hood
Hoods
Eine
Hood & Co
Lowell, Masa
Hood's
Colonel Dougherty
Quay
Lowal
Ccana
Cunema
David M. Sae
Huston
Horsford
Dickson M'F'g
Scranton and Wilkes-Barre, Pa
General Office
Scranton, Pa
Jonas Long's
Rsonas Longs Sons
The
Daghestan
Shirvan
Teheran
Bokhara
Kindistan
Royal Sinai
H. M. Dagistanlian
Ormair
Mcanulty
Theresa
Gurmrate
Lackawanna Avenue
Olives
Bank
Chanton
Hank Aince Decremee
Mercereau & Connell
Dole
Wyoming Avenue
Eatarket
Adams Avenue
Everrything
Lord
Rte
Boston
Dental Parlors
New York
Paultless Dentistry
Lackawanna and
Wlyoming Aves
Newark
Wolf & Wenzel
Adams Ave
Richardson-Boynton's
Wery
NEA
DR. Shimberg
Gillette Bros
New Loan Office
Washington Ave
Court
Eighmie
Hari
Conrad
Lacka. Ave
Hunt & Connell CO
Lackawanna Ava
Pilsner
Scranton
Ainelle
Walington
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