Indiana Monuments Dedicated at Shiloh Backed by Beveridge
Senator Beveridge and Indiana leaders attend the Shiloh National Park dedication in Pittsburg Landing Tennessee. Governor Durbin General Wallace and James Whitcomb Riley present monuments and address the crowd about Civil War history and national destiny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shiloh National Park
Pittsburg Landing
Tenn
Indiana
Shiloh Battlefield
Senator Beveridge
Durbin
Staf
Lew Wallace
James Whitcomb Riley
Frazier
Tennessee
William Cary Sanger
H. J. Norris
Winchester
Ind
Lewis Wallace
Mershon Famil
Marion
Winfield T. Durbin
James S. Wright
Indiana Shiloh National Park Commission
United States
Commission
Shakespeare
Shiloh
Republic
Pittsburg
Indiana Honors Shiloh Heroes With State Monuments
The speech honors Indiana soldiers who fought at Shiloh, praising their courage and sacrifice. Governor and war officials dedicate monuments at the battlefield, with remarks by U S Senator Albert Beveridge and other dignitaries. Indiana sought to inspire future generations while commemorating the war’s cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Shiloh
Germantown
King 'S Mountain
Manassas
Antietam
Fredericksburg
Stone’s River
Chancellorsville
Gettysburg
Chickamauga
the Wilderness
Cold Harbor
All America
Charleston Bay
Oliver P. Morton
Republic
Ben Hur
Daniel Webster
Col. Sanger
State of
United States
Sixty-second General Assembly of
Secretary of War
William Cary Sanger
Josiah Patterson
Memphis, Tenn
Shiloh National Park Commission
John B. Gordon
James B. Frazier
Tennessee
Albert J. Beveridge
Indiana Shiloh National Park Commission
Frederick A. Helling
Twenty-fifth
Calico the Farm Horse Joins a Wagon Show Night Act
A farm horse named Calico unexpectedly joins a wagon show circu it and endures a hard ride pulling the band wagon along country roads. He loves the main tent performance where the grand entry thrills him. The dressing tent chaos precedes a booming ring and a dizzying grand entry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calico
Candle Fish: The Eulachon of the North Pacific
The candle fish or eulachon is a 14 inch fish abundant along British Columbia shores. Caught Feb to Apr by west coast fishers, it is dried and smoked as warming food for harsh winters. Oil is pressed from it and stored in skin bags for Eskimo use. The fish earned its name from burning with a bright white flame when dried and is used by Columbia and Alaska coasters with or without a wick through its body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paacific
British Columbia
Eulachon
Columbia
Alaska
An Ancient Colt and Mrs. Grant’s Adirondack Tale
Mrs. Grant recalls a camp escape during her husband’s first term as president. A guide hires a washed up woman who recalls a dugout paddling behind a linen heap. The household mourns a colt who died after twenty years with the family.
The Cat and the Doughnuts Tale
A grandmother recalls a true story of her cat and doughnuts. The cat reaches the doughnut jar, steals a doughnut, and the dog swallows it while both animals look guilty after being caught.
Why Frenchmen Are Small
A historical essay attributing France’s small stature to Napoleonic era conscription draining able bodied men from the population. It argues that military service reduced domestic labor capacity and damaged the nation’s sinew, leaving France to recover slowly from the drain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Napoleon
France
Another Tender Heart Charity Plan Cited
Clara plans another charity effort with Dora to distribute cheap copies of Beethoven symphonies to the poor. The line teases music as an aid to digestion in a humorous New York Weekly tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara
Dora—Weare
Beethoven
New York Weekly
One Advantage in Snappy Exchange
A humorous exchange notes Mrs Kingsley saying colored servants are slower since they take longer to leave, Mrs Bingo replying it takes them longer to leave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingsley
Whit
Bingo
Longger
Even absurdity has a champion in defense of error
The line mulls the idea that defending absurdity is a contest of wit against error as Goldsmith notes talkative defenses. It frames argumentative zeal as a trait of those who cling to flawed notions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goldsmith
Blue Blazes the Michigan Man Eater Horse Chronicle
The Michigan roan Blue Blazes grows violent from cruel handling and a life of drift. He maims a driver, breaks bones, and earns the moniker man killer as he roams Muskegon to Alpena. Headlines nickname the outlaw horse in regional dispatches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sewell Ford
Perkins
Michigan
Blue Blazes
Muskegon
Manistee
Cadillac
Kaalaska
Alpena
Isister
The Barred Road and the Road to Success
A fable about an older man who earned his fortune and retirement guiding a hopeful youth. The mentor describes success as a path through adversity, marking a “No Trespassing” gate at a first right turn as the only true route to achievement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore News
Vocabulary Valued in Luxury Rooms of the Bullington Palace
Mrs Oldcastle admires her granddaughter's superior vocabulary while touring the newly finished Bullington Palace wing. The host notes Josiah planned a fine escritoire, but a large vocabulary suits the room better, even if costlier.
Fragmented Exchange Highlights Language Gap
Brief quirky exchange shows Mr Precise correcting a grocer over language. The fragment hints at a humorous miscommunication and the idea of precise speech clashing with everyday dialogue.
Railroad Men in Topeka Plan National Conference
Some 1200 railroad workers and Young Men’s Christian Association delegates will meet in Topeka Kansas with free travel and special favors from railroads and the Pullman company. Speakers include Colonel John J Mc Cook and Wabash President Ramsey as the conference aims to promote temperance and efficiency. The Railroad Association of Topeka funds a new building and runs educational programs for its 887 members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young. Men's Christian Association
Topeka
Kan
Pullman Company
John J. McCook
Ramsey
The
Wabash
Railroad Association of
Santa Fe Railroad
Railroad Men’s Conference
Philadelphia
Electric cattle baths spark new disease cure idea
Secretary Wilson reports a new outbreak of foot and mouth disease south of Boston. A novel project proposes curing cattle ailments by subjecting cows horses and sheep to electric baths in copper lined chambers with AC current and acetic acid to boost conductivity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Boston
Taft
Philippines
Washington
Newark Tribune
Agricultural Department
Bureau of Animal Industry
Chicago Declared Superior Babel City in Buck Study
University of Chicago professor Carl Buck ranks Chicago as the most cosmopolitan city, noting fourteen languages besides English spoken by communities of 10,000 each and about twenty languages used in church services. He contrasts Chicago with Constantinople and Cairo, detailing multilingual districts and immigrant generations fluent in English.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constantinople
Chicago
Chicago Tribune
University of Chicago
Carl Darling Buck
Buck
Cairo
Orient
New York
Novel type of warships with ducklike hulls
Berlin reports Emperor William's navy has adopted a new vessel design by Professor Wheretzschmer that copies a surface moving aquatic bird. The hull aims to cut wave resistance, boost screw power by about 50 percent, and reduce wake while increasing speed and efficiency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emperor William's Navy
Berlin
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Wheretzschmer
Imperial Navy
Keretzschmer
Typhoid Cure Experiment at Ann Arbor University
An experiment at Ann Arbor University Michigan aims to find a cure for typhoid fever. Six large tanks with a gelatin layer are used to grow fever germs in squares of one square feet. The living germs are scraped off as part of the process.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Arbor University
Michigan
Robins studied for winter migration experiment
Mrs A C Clas of Milwaukee conducts experiments to see if Robins migrate south for warmth or due to food scarcity. She shows birds can endure cold with proper food and released about twenty, but a banded rob in Jacksonville, Florida was recently shot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robina
A. C. Clas
Milwaukee
North
Philadelphia
A.C. C
Mik’ A
Jacksonville
Fila
Prospect of Coal in Egypt Sparks Economic Debate
In a speech delivered the other day at Khartum Egypt Lord Cromer made striking observations on the future of the upper Sudan. He cited the high price of coal as a major obstruction to developing Egyptian industry and growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Egypt
Khartum
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ndiana
Beveridge
Beran
Precise
the New Babel
Windy City
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!