Field of Battle Reflections On Civil War Commanders
A veteran recounts private impressions of generals like McClellan Grant Sherman Rosecrans Thomas and Palmer. He notes soldiers’ loyalties depend on leaders’ conduct and style, including acts of bravery and kindness, with anecdotes from Chickamauga Shiloh and Stone River.
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McClellan
Grant
Vicksburg
Sherman
Hancock
Rosseau
Logan
Rosecrans
Rabbit
Thomius
Pap
Chickamauga
Crittenden
Twenty-first Corps
Reggiment
Ogs
Thomas
Fourth Division
Gen
Nelson
Shiloh
Buell
Stone River
Andrigade
John M. Palmer
Palmer
Chicago
Inter Ocean
Brave Confederate Girl Guides Forrest to River Ford
In Dabney Maury's Civil War recollections a fourteen year old country girl signals Gen Nathan Forrest under pursuit near Oostanaula Georgia. She guides Forrest to a ford a mile upstream, allowing his party to locate and confront Federal troops at the river crossing.
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Forrest
Maury
Gen. Grant
Dabney Maury
Straight
Georgia
Oostanaula
Afraid of the Girl's Eye Defends Flag in Knoxville
Miss Brownlow, a 24 year old Knoxville woman, confronts two armed secessionists who came to haul down the Stars and Stripes. She threatens them with a revolver, they retreat, return with ninety men but withdraw after seeing the house full of armed defenders loyal to the flag.
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Brown
Knoxville
Brownlow
Wartime reunion at the Ebbitt over old battles
In a Washington lobby, Gen James R O Beirne and Maj Bell of New York, once comrades in the Thirty seventh New York, renew longtime friendship. Bell saved O Beirne at Chancellorsville. later O Beirne aided Bell after a misconduct case and extended his leave before Bell rejoined his regiment.
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The
Ebbitt
James R. O’beirne
O’beirne
Maj. Bell
New York
Chancellorsville
Thirty-seventh
New York Regiment
Bell
Lincoln
District of Columbia
Capitol
Washington
Washington Star
Manila in the South A Filipino colony along Louisiana shores
The article describes a dispersed Filipino fishing community in Louisiana centered on Barataria and Grand Isle. It notes as many as fifteen hundred people, Mannilamen men without Manila women, marriages with creoles and some blacks, makeshift palmetto homes, no church or school, and a street named Dewey Avenue. It also recalls storms and evacuations shaping their settlement.
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United States
Louisiana
Mississippi River
Barataria
Grand Isle
Orient
Lake Borgne
Clarkcheniere
Barataria Bay
Lafitte
Last Isle
Cheniere Caminado
Cheniero Caminado
South Seas
Manila
Spain
Dewey Avenue
New Orleans
Ivory rush in Siberia for mammoth ivory supply
A report notes looming Africa ivory exhaustion and a Siberian influx of mammoth tusk material from numerous frozen carcasses found in crowded spots. The piece briefly contrasts practical iron nutrition myths with calls for sane salt purchases.
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Siberia
Africa
Alaska Canada boundary set by modus vivendi
The provisional boundary line in the Porcupine district along the Chilkoot and White passes is drawn to prevent miners' conflicts while both governments claim jurisdiction. Canadian customs at the passes mark the boundary and gate the routes to the gold fields, amid a border dispute over the Russian cession treaty.
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Chilkoot
United States
Canada
Chilkoot and
White
Dalton’s Trail
Malton
Lynn Canal
Chilkoot Inlet
Chilkat Inlet
Mehini
Klehini
Porcupine
Chilkoot Passes
Sliding down a volcano on Indian petate toboggans
An article recounts a dramatic descent down Popocatepetl by Indian guides using woven petate mats as sleds. The narrator faces fear and vertigo as they speed past snow and clouds, ending in a jolting crash and mixed reactions from riders. Pearson's Magazine.
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Popocatepetl
Pearson’s
Westinghouse Forging Seals Fourteen Ton Wheel
The Westinghouse Company forged a 14 ton nickel steel wheel for a 5000 HP generator at Niagara Falls without a weld. Weighing 28 840 pounds, it has an outside diameter of 189 inches and was too large to reheat once roughing out was complete. The nickel steel field ring showcases new armor plate grade steel adopted globally.
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Niagara Ialls
Magician in New Zealand Button Prank Ends With Cough
A famed mind reader once tested by Maoris in New Zealand failed to locate a hidden article in the King’s mouth. The king refused to open, then coughed up the missing button after the magician pressed the challenge, drawing uproarious laughter from the crowd per London Tit-Bits.
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New Zealand
London
Cost of Raising Wheat and Corn in Wisconsin
A Wisconsin study shows average wheat cost 54 cents per bushel and corn 27 cents per bushel. Both figures include land value interest, plus costs for implements and horses.
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Wisconsin
The Meanest Man in the World Pranks Wife with Mouse Trap
A husband sets a purse in a mouse trap to stop his wife from waking early to claim it. The cruel stunt highlights a bizarre domestic feud and exposes the man as mean spirited.
Proverb on marriage ends in impossibility
The old saying about marrying off children is stated as hypothetical but ends up impossible to fulfill. It presents a paradox about parental expectations and social pressures without endorsing any concrete action.
Collision Destroys Horse Car In Tempelhof Balloon Incident
A military captive balloon broke loose in a squall and drifted over Tempelhof field dragging soldiers. It crossed a street, tore telegraph wires, and struck a horse car, upsetting it and injuring two soldiers who held on.
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Berim
Tempelhof Field
Thorite Marks Breakthrough Against Steel Plate
Thorite, the new explosive, passed through a 414 inch steel plate, hailed as a milestone in military use. The report compares its potential impact to Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters in medicine for stomach liver and kidney diseases.
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Hostetter
Mother Seal’s Harrowing 80 Mile Pursuit
A young seal is captured near Anacapa Island by Ernest Whitehead and kept aboard a ship toward Santa Barbara. The mother seal bays and dives after the vessel, tearing open a ripped jute sack to free her pup after swimming eighty miles.
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Ernest Whitehead
Anacapa Island
California
Santa Barbara
Nickel Plate Road Round Trip Fare to Philadelphia
The Nickel Plate Road offers a single fare for a round trip to Philadelphia on November 14 and 25 for the National Export Exposition. Tickets are valid for travel only on sale date and return within ten days from issue. Choose a Peerless Trip of Daily Express Trains with early sleeping car reservations.
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Nickel Plate Road
Philadelphia
Shamrock Color in a Fable of Irish American Speech
Dialect humor features Larry asking what the United States has for the Irish and Dinny noting the paper money was made green on one side. The snippet hints at immigrant era satire and language play.
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Larry
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