Bridges and Bold Cavalry Deeds in Civil War Tales
The Chicago Inter Ocean recounts Civil War memories of Sherman’s bridges and a dramatic Wheeler raid. It details preplanned bridge plans, a tooting locomotive symbolizing resilience, Polk's death, and a regiment that re enlisted and served to the war’s end.
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Africa
Oscar Ludwig
Comerce
Sherman
Atlanta
Chicago
Chattanooga
Construction Department of
Joe Johnston
Joe Wheeler
Kenesaw Mountain
Thattanooga
Wheeler
Leonidas Polk
Bishop Polk
Inter Ocean
Resaca
John Morgan
Kentucky
Muster Row and Worden’s Feat On Monitor Recalled
The report recalls a 1864 muster out dispute within the regiment and a captain’s note on Admiral Worden’s Monitor service. Capt. Stodder discusses Worden’s calm leadership, the fight, and Worden’s popular command during the Monitor Merrimac engagement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worden
Admiral Worden
Louis N. Stodder
United States Revenue Cutter Service
United States Supervisor
Anchorages
New York
Baige
Stodder
Monitor
Cape Hatteras
Stodders
Battery Park
Ericsson
Washington
Merchant Marine Service
Merchant Marine
Congress
Lieut. Worden
Tey
Merrimac
Troy
Brace's Retreat After Bragg's Men Rally
The piece reports Gen. Bragg's retreat through Telmessie with discouraged Confederate troops claiming they were not whipped. A caricatured exchange describes a planned horse trade and a joke about Bragg's cavalry driving them toward the Yankees toward Cuba if a bridge to Florida were built.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brace
Bragg
Telmessie
Cuba
Old Bragg
Florida
Bragey
St. Louis Republic
Georgia poet's struggle sparks pine table quip
A Georgia spring poet says he writes his best verses on an old pine table reflecting frugal habits. A tall verse writer replies that only economy keeps him from composing on that table due to the postage needed to send it to an editor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Spurcon
Charles G. Spurgeon
Busines
Spurgeon
Fashionable young girls garments and home sewing trends
The article notes preferred coat styles with light shades and melton cloth, simple trimming, and stitched edges. It highlights home made delaine frocks with matching belts for girls up to 14 or 15 and remarks on the rise of home sewing. It also cites a 1899 copyright and mentions 10 000 UK girls employed in pubs and bars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alaska
Dimity
Ulster
Melton
Delaine
United Kingdom
Notable Religious Thought Heads and Fraternity Wealth.
A survey of religious quotes from Rev. Ward to Rev. Ray mond and others discusses the highest blessing of knowing God, the Bible as spiritual light, science, Christ’s crucifixion, and the churchs role. It notes a shift in ideas on God and immortality and highlights the growing wealth of college Greek letter fraternities led by Cornell and Williams College with multi million dollar values and plans for grand chapter houses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. R. Rose
Universalist
Auburn
D. V. Bowen
San Francisco
Cal
Felix Hill
Methodist
Louisville
Ikay
J. J. Wiliams
R. C
Boston
Mass
A. V. Raymond
Congregationalist
Schenectady
New York
Behrends
Brooklyn
N. Y
A. A. Jennings
Toledo
Ohio
Dr. Patton
Presbyterian
Princeton, N. J
Kappa Alpha
Cornell
Williams College
Yale
Amherst
Wesleyan
Harvard
Columbia
New York Sun
Long joke over a square meal and a long one
A humorous exchange features a housewife asking for a square meal and Sandy Pikes replying he prefers a long one. He jokes the length would require a telescope to see the end. The dialogue captures playful rural banter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandy Pikes
Hood's Sarsaparilla Ad Claims Best and Cheapest Cure
An advertisement asserts Hood's Sarsaparilla as the best and cheapest medicine, promising it cures where others fail and proclaiming superior clothing, food, and medicine. The message emphasizes reliability and value across life’s needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hood
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Meny
Tireaome
Red Clay
Aete Zee AY
God
E. H. Ward
Episcopalian
Pittsburg
W. D. Thatcher
Baptist
Philadelphia
John Wanamaker
Christ
G. H. Combs
Independant
Ansas City
J. L. Barton
Bangor
Joseph Stolz
Greece
Conaty
Washington, D. C
Annie M. Knott
Christian Scientist
Kansas City, Mo
William Rainsford
New York City
Lester Bradner
California
Kansas City
St. Paul
Minneapolis
St. Louis
T. A. Grady
California Tourist Service
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway
Adams Street
Ely
ELY Brothers
Warren Street
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