Miles and Young: Two American Soldiers in a Storied Career
A historical portrait recalls Lieut. Gen. Nelson A. Miles and Lieut. Gen. Young, tracing Miles from a 21-year-old Boston clerk to a famed Civil War and frontier commander who fought Cheyennes, Nez Perces, and Apaches, and Young from a Pennsylvania volunteer to army chief and presidential war veteran.
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Miles
America
Massachusetts
Washington Street
Boston
Calignac
Plains
Sitting Bull
Crazy Horse
Fifth Infantry
Twenty-second Infantry
Crook
Terry
Mississippi River
Joseph
Nez Perces
Liekt
Young
Army of the United States
Theodore Roosevelt
Pennsylvania Cavalry
Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry
Mechanicsville
Appomattox
Pennsylvania
United States
Sulphur Springs
Amelia Spring
Sailory Creek
Robert KE
Lee
Gaines Mills
Fourth Cavalry
Gen. Young
Chicago
Cincinnati
Genee
Cuba
Las Guasimas
George
Philippines
Gen. Miles
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Where They Learn Economy in Clergymen Homes
A New York Tribune note recounts a job inter view scene at an employment agency. A matron tests 14 maid applicants asking if they worked in ministers' households. She explains she seeks women who know how to economize, claiming clergymen's families teach that lesson.
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New York Tribune
Mentron
Quaker Oats Endorsed For Farm Hands Nutrition
A farmers wife praises Quaker Oats as the best breakfast to fuel farm workers. A big dish of porridge with sugar and cream or milk gives vigor for long days, with oats offering sustaining quality and economy. Large family packages are available.
Willie Suffered at Dentist and Heard Golden Text
A boy named Willie endures a toothache and dentist visit. His mother accompanies him while his father asks about pain. Willie says he kept repeating the golden text Suffer little children to come unto me from Sunday school, which helped him endure.
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Massachusetts
Miles
Chancellorsville
Congress
Second
Fredericksburg
Hancock
Hanagek
Pancock
Willie
Father
Poker Finance and Bank Run Suspends Deposits
Mose Coonley Abe Mokeby and Jefferson Yallerby each claim winnings in a poker game as Bill Bingy the banker suffers a major loss. The bank faces a run as patrons panic and the institution suspends operations until depositors calm.
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Mose Coonley
Abe Mokeby
Jefferson Yallerby
Bill Bingy
Mose
Playful mishearing ends with neighbor name mixup
A Matbush man recalls a humorous incident at home about a noise on the back porch. His son investigated and the wife asked whose cats were making the racket. The punchline reveals the cats were from two neighboring families, Ettenour and Feltenour.
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Matbush
Ettenour
Mbrary
Jim
Feltenour
Effect of Their Warm Drink in the Morning
A nurse reports coffee withdrawal improved health after switching to Postum for children and adults. A reader recalls initial failure with boiling, then success after longer boiling, noting better nerves and work ease in the classroom. The ad touts The Road to Wellville and promises genuine reader letters with improved well being.
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