Adolph von Menzel Turns 89 In Berlin
Telegrams report Prof Adolph von Menzel Berlin’s famed painter celebrates his 89th birthday. Other items note official attendance at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition 18 741 078, a fire destroying the Sisters of Mercy home at Loretto Pa and varied election tallies across states with Roosevelt Parker Debs Swallow Watson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adolph von Menzel
Berlin
Sisters of Mercy
Loretto
South Carolina
Parker
Roosevelt
Debs
Watson
Austria-Hungary
Germany
North Dakota
Swallow
Kentucky
Swallows
Shaw
Congress
Morrill
Pennsylvania
John E. Redmond
Irish Parliamentary Party
Dublin
Ireland
Robert Koch
South Africa
Treasury
Luzzatti
Rome
Chamber of Deputies
Canal
Panama
United States
Wagner
Department of Agriculture
Senate
House
House Committee On
W. Menzel
Cardiff
Richard Emory
Bank of
Buffalo
N. Y
Paul Werner
William P. Luedke
Federal
Moody
Charles Shelton
Joseph Hedges
Burton Snyder
Gwin Snyder
Kansas City
Missouri Pacific
Peoria
Henry C. Gibson
Francis W. Dickens
F. F. Wilde
Charles H. Davis
Charles J.pratn
George W. Pigeman
George A. Converse
Navy
Hitchcock
James Smith
Newark
N. J
United States Ship Building Company
George R. Shelton
Demnit
Carl Buwers
Luneberg
Sanborn
United States Circuit Court
Michael Doud
Denver
Supreme Court of Colorado
St. Louis
I Love It for the Flag and Freedom’s Call
A Baltimore American poem extols the flag with fervor and sacrifice. The witness recounts wartime scenes of patriot zeal and devotion to Old Glory, praising the stripes and stars as lessons in liberty and national unity. The piece blends literary tribute with a Civil War era memory from the Chicago Inter Ocean report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War
Francis Key
Sutlers Pay Tale From Loup Creek Camp
Dan R Anderson recounts a Civil War anecdote at Gauley Bridge where his unit First Kentucky infantry received two months pay in gold or ante-bellum money after resisting sutler demands for 50 cents an hour to unload goods. The tale covers crooked stream lore of Loup Creek and a tense captain sutler standoff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan R. Anderson
Loup Creek
Kanawha
Loup
Company H
First
Kentucky Infantry
Kentucky
Gauley Bridge
Army of West Virginia
Cahill
Suilers
Charleston
Kronk
The First Grand Army Badge and Its Evolution
The piece describes the origination of the Grand Army badge as a modest silver pin one by one inch in size featuring two crossed flags, an open Bible, crossed swords, anchor, rifles, and the initial G A R. It notes a 1868 redesign adding an eagle, laurel branch, arrows, and a rank circle, with badge contracts ranging from 40 cents to 25 dollars and varying metal composition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Army
National Council of Administration
Royal Hungarian Orchestra
E. Combia Smith
Omaha
C. C. Wright
W J. Stephens
Lincoln
Frank R. Robinson
Russia
Robinson
Benjamin L. D'Oage
D'Ooge
Michigan State Normal College
University of Michigan
Bonn
Adrian M. Newens
Ames
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps
New Carnegie Library Opens at Hastings
Nebraska brief notes announce Hastings libraries new Carnegie building now open to the public. Other items report death of Beatrice farmer George Fritzen after wagon runaway. Bank of Verdon incorporation. Seward bank deposits. Northwestern taxes. Elgin Elevator capital increase. fires at Plattsmouth barns and Ponca blocks. Lincoln high school principal offers Montana post. county mortgage figures. Waverly Prairie Home telephone co op. poultry exhibition plans. McCook grain shipping growth. Beatrice school attendance effort. December Sarpy mortgage data. Hastings indictment plea. etc.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hastings
George Fritzen
Beatrice
Bank of
Verdon
W. G
L. B. Cornall
Seward
Northwestern Railroad
Staton
Elgin Elevator Company of
Elgin
R. R. Livingston
Ed. Fitzgerald
Plattsmouth
H. K. Wolfe
Lincoln High School
University of Montana
Missoula
Mont
Ponca
J. Conor & Co
McBrien
Ed C. Bishop
Lincoln Business College
Bishop
YW. G. Hastings
Lincoln
Federal Grand Jury
Munger
Board of Education of
Sarpy
Waverly
Prairie Home
Mutual Telephone Company
H. C. Vanney
Sam Reitz
Havelock
Entitled to More. Gen. Dilworth and a Private's Wager
A Nebraska anecdote recalls Gen. Dilworth of Hastings who, during skirmishes near Lookout Mountain, tells private Jake Dew that he earns $240 a month for facing danger. A burst of shrapnel drives him to the ground, and Dew asks why the general lies prone. the general jokes that they do not pay enough.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Dilworth
Hastings
Lookout Mountain
Jake” Dew
Jake
Dew
Boy Pardoned After Two Year Forgery Sentence
Morris Hidy, age 18, freed from a two year forgery sentence after Governor Mickey commuted the term on Judge Grimes recommendation. Hidy, son of W. C Hidy of Nevada, Iowa, had been in Scott’s Bluff county jail for about a year of the sentence. The judge said the paroled duration could have been shorter if his knowledge of the youth’s prospects had been known.
Drowns Herself in Well Near Blair Farm
Mrs Peter Jensen aged 62 of Blair area, living on a farm about a mile from the city, drowned herself in a well according to local report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blair
Peter Jensen
Enrollment Rise at State Farm In Lincoln
The Lincoln campus State Farm reports an enrollment increase of twelve over last year with 124 in the present term. More students are expected and the agricultural school may reach 140 before term end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
State Farm
Agricultural School
Drowned Man at County Farm Reported
OGALLALA Enoch Griffith about 70 committed suicide at the county farm by climbing a ladder and jumping into a large water tank where his body was found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ogallala
Enoch Griffith
Premiums for Lincoln Poultry Show Announced
Secretary Ludden of the State Poultry Association sends the list of premiums for the Lincoln poultry show to be held January 16 for five days. The premiums aggregate a large amount and cover multiple classes for competing fanciers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska State Poultry Association
Lincoln Auditorium
State University
Ludden
The
State Poultry Association
Lincoln
Witness Swears On Faith In New York Court
Ali Ahmet, an Arab in the New York court of special sessions, refused the Christian oath and took a vow swearing by the beard of the prophet the kasba the black stone and his harem to tell the truth all the truth and only the truth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ali Ahmet
New York
Pearl Boat Crafted by Turin Jeweler
A Turin jeweler shapes a tiny boat from a single pearl with a gold sail and diamond studs. The ruby binnacle light and emerald rudder complement an ivory stand. Weighing under an ounce, it reportedly cost $5,000 and could inspire a racing sloop model.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turin
Singing Insects of Japan Beetle Named Susumushii
Japan features singing insects with the prized black beetle Susumushii meaning insect bell. Its call sounds like a tiny silver bell with a sweet delicate tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Susumushii
Reads Like a Miracle in Moravia Diabetes Cure
Mrs. Benj. Wilson of Moravia New York weighed 200 pounds at onset and dropped to 130 from sugar diabetes. Dodd's Kidney Pills cured her delivering relief from pain and restoring health. her husband credits five boxes as the God Sent remedy and urges others with kidney disease to try it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moravia
N. Y
Benj. Wilson
Dodd
Bright
Brer Williams Remembered in Warm Welcome Across the Settlement
The Ate lanta Constitution recalls a preacher’s tale of Brer Williams with a warm, welcoming sendoff across the settlement. The voice hints at communal celebration and expected fees as part of the farewell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atelanta Constitution
Wall's Catarrh Cure and Hall's Catarrh Cure Ad
Patent medicines claim internal remedies cure catarrh by acting on mucous surfaces. Hall's Catarrh Cure advertised as a physician prescribed tonic for years with blood purifiers. Includes testimonials and dealer details. Also mentions a constipation remedy and social commentary on appearances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wall
Hall
Allen's Foot-Ease and Other 1900s Remedies Ad Endorsements
Endorsements from Mrs W J Walker and N W Sambury promote Allen's Foot-Ease for foot issues and Piso's Cure for consumption. Claims include cure for itching burning feet and coughs with guaranteed refunds if not effective. Advertisements also mock hypocritical piety and warn against gossips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen
W.J Walker
Camden
N. J
N. W. Sambury
Ocean Grove
Color Effects on Eyes and Plants from a Night Habit and Glass
A note claims sleeping earlier darkens eye color by facing a dark curtain and waking gradual. It also states red grass makes plants grow tall and spindly while green has a similar effect. Blue glass is said to dwarf plant growth.
Also Mentioned on This Page
von Buelow
Reichstag
Baltimore American
Rosecrans
Cincinnati
Chicago
Inter Ocean
News IN
Fowler
West Point
Welcome Davidson
Pierce County
Foster
Nebraska Oil Company
Lincoln Oil Company
Charles T. Boggs
S. A. D. Shilling
Allen W. Field
Indian Territory
State Teachers' Association
Nebraska State Teachers’ Association
Millard Hotel
First Methodist Church
Twentieth
Davenport Streets
Sarah Louise Arnold
Boston
Simmons’ College
Z. Sweeney
Victoria Institute
London
Institute of Christian Philosophy
National Geographical Society
M. P. Dowling
Mary H. Hunt
Temperance Education
W. M. Davidson
Father Dowling
Creighton University
Davidson
Heaven
Earth
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!