Making Bull Run Battlefield Park A Memorial Site
The article urges converting Bull Run into a national battlefield park to honor soldiers, noting decades of effort, the Lee highway route, and landmarks such as the stone house and Henry farm. It recounts the 1861 62 battles, theDead and dying fields, and the unfinished Manassas railroad cuts preserved today.
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Bull Run
Warrenton
Virginia
Gettysburg
Antietam
Congress
Manassas
Washington
Potomac River
Dumfries
Leesburg
Henry
Henry Farm
Dogan Farm
Stone Bridge
Sudley Springs
Jackson
Pike and Sudley
Ricketts
Henry House
Judith Henry
Warrenton Pike
Groveton
Dogan
Longstreet
Independent Railroad
Manassas Gap
Gainsville
Dogan House
Telegraphs Files of 24 Years Ago
Mrs Davies Mrs Dawson and Mrs Worden named as relief committee by the W R C to handle aid applications. Ed Sullivan passed exam at North Platte and assigned as brakeman on a Sidney Cheyenne run. Three high school girls Mattie Griffith Emilie Cunningham Grey Jones graduated with a class day program including a dust pan and broom relic transfer. A performance featured Miss Allen and Rushie Hart with a hillbilly song and encore. Sidney Oberfelder presented graduates bouquets. War news from the center reports the Spanish fleet bottled up and 75,000 volunteers sought. Stanton Ickes attended his grandmother Mrs E Smith's funeral. Mrs J J McIntosh honored at a wedding anniversary gathering.
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Ed Sullivan
North Platte
Brakeman
Sidney
Cheyenne
Mattie Griffith
Emilie Cunningham
Grey Jones
Guy Doran
Miss Allen
Rushie Hart
Hillaby
Sidney Oberfelder
Telegraphs 34 Years Ago May 25 1888 Weather and Social Notes
The issue notes a high 66 and low 43 degrees for May 25 1888. Mr and Mrs E V 8 Pomeroy hosted a large anniversary gathering on May 11 with dancing late into the night. The Knights of Pythias formed by a Kearney team and Valiant Lodge officers were installed. Sidney Gun Club announces a 1888 silver medal for season high percent and weekly wear for best records. The first shoot May 20 was rained out. High won the medal with Bush Gapen High and Wellington among shooters.
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Knights of Pythings
Kearney
Valiant Lodge
H. St. Rayner
C. C
L. B. Cary
V. C
Sidney Gun Club
High
Bush
Gapen
Wellington
Sidney Bakery Preserves Heritage With 12pound Loaf
The Telegraph notes week of small town commerce with $500 in gold dust shipped east by a banker, forty nine freight terms arriving from the hills, and Sidney Bakery owned by Mr and Mrs M Urbach producing a 12 pound loaf this week as they continue local trade and growth.
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Munn
Mra. al Kruse
Mrs. M. Urbach
Sidney Bakery
Portrait Keepsake Notice From Phelps Studio
A studio ad urges preserving school day memories with portraits. It highlights lasting value for friends and family, noting a turning point keepsake and requesting readers call phone 50 for an appointment.
Rudolph Valentino Stars In Rex Ingram Triple Feature
Rudolph Valentino, born in Italy 27 years ago, rides a varied career from farming to vaudeville to stardom in Rex Ingram films. He shines as Julio in The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse and as Charles Grandet in The Conquering Power, with Camille era work noted and a long screen resume highlighted. Cut flowers offered by Benham Brothers.
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Rudolph Valentino
Rex Ingram
Metro
Mr. Valentino
Italy
Royal Military College of Agriculture
Genoa
United States
Agricultural
Bonnie Glass
Rector
Winter Garden
Orpheum Circonit
Mae Murray
Clara Kimball Young
Dorothy Phillipe
Julio
the Four Horsemen
Madame Nazimova
Camille
Armand
June Mathis
Balzac
Eugenie Grandet
Charles Grandet
Careful Listeners in Church Hear Acute Hearing Claim
A London Opinion quote reports a medical authority advising increased hearing with closed eyes and notes people trying the experiment in church settings. The brief reflects a curiosity about sensory focus and suggests a public testing of the claim within religious gatherings.
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London
Mourning in Syrians Seen as Weakness Embraced in Dress
A historical note describes Syrians viewing grief as an effeminate act and adopting women’s clothing to symbolize weakness during mourning, reflecting cultural norms surrounding funerary rituals and gendered expression.
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National Cemetery
Arington
Bull Run Battlefield Park
Chleeete
Alexandria
Davis
Dawson
Worden
War Center
Stanton Ickes
Denver
E. Smith
J. J. McIntosh
Mesdames Hart, Gorham, Peterson
Hart Winkelman Stevenson
Dawson and Pierson
Telegraph
Benham Brothers
The
North Platte Floral Company
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Sidney Cash Grocery Co
Sidney, Nebraska
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