Belle of Battles Lucinda Dogan and Groveton War Tales
Ninety year old Groveton resident Mrs Lucinda Dogan known as the Belle of Battles recalls the Second Bull Run fighting near Groveton Virginia with vivid details of Confederate and Union troop movements, battlefield conditions, and neighbors aiding wounded comrades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Groveton
Prince William County
Virginia
Bull Run
Grveton
Warrenton
Centreville
Galinesville
Manassas
Sudley
Republic
Indy
Potomac
Lucinda Degan
Hedmond
Gainesville
Wperfer
Dawkin
Longstreet
Jackson
Making Maple Sugar Through the Ages and Innovations
A historical overview of maple sugar production from indigenous methods using bark troughs and hot stones to modern evaporators and iron pans. It notes shifts in equipment, method, and scale, the rise of sugar houses, and the role of New England and Vermont in national production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Vermont
United States
Ugg
Department of Agriculture
Fragmented musings on canal debate and satire from Palmer era texts
The piece surveys debating the Panama Canal project with mock technical jargon and colonial era rhetoric. It weaves in satirical references to figures like Morgan and Alger, and shifts to a regional dialect poem about Miss Katydid and Miss Mistah Locus as a humorous aside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Deaves
Mistah
Farm Hand Wanted in Wimbledon England Gazette Ad
Advertisement seeks a versatile farm hand in Wimbledon for 20 shillings weekly, must drive cart, assist in stable and garden, milk cows, tend pigs, handle camels and cucumbers, wait at table, be well educated, early riser, teetotaler, with good references. Wages include lodging and meals except dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Wimbledon
Engeland, Gazette
New Waterways Canals Through Michigan and Wisconsin Peninsulas
The article discusses possible 135 mile waterway linking Lakes Superior and Michigan via the White Fish River, with about 16 miles needing dredging. It argues canals save time and money, noting historic precedents and the vast Great Lakes commerce that would benefit from shorter routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
Wisconsin Peninsulas
Mediterranean
Red Sea
Sues
Europe
Orient
de Lesseps
Atlantic
Trudson
Manchester
Wiel
Prospect
Mississippi River
Muand
Farecom
Lakes Superior
Sault Ste. Marie
de Noquette
Chicago
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Bee
Bartow
Johnston
Buck Hill
Henry Place
Beauregard
Henry Farm
Counirs
Chinn Qpdace
Sydney
Nhu
Judith Pwenurr
Finel
Pearnin
eThe Yaniv
Ball Denn
Ties
Pater
Unieap
Cocke
Livan
Lucley
Wands
Winter
Sudher
Matthews Farm
Boson
Sachs
Spanseadl
Saat
Pawsy
Yaeferre
Peirties
Siuide
Lex
Taro
Mosebys Men
Helln
Ballee
Bys
Edmond
Des Moines Register
Adirondacks
Onderneathera
Payne
Morgan
Algericas
NEW Waterways
Snow
Boston
Washington Street
Mass
H. T
Waite Sewwne Machine Co
Cleveland, Ohio
Pensions
Philliam
Pension Bureau
Taber & Whitman Co., Warder Bid’g
Washington, D.C
A.J. Root Co
Medina, Ohio
Masons Hamlin Pianos and Organs
Standard OF
Foster
Aurora
Ile
Bend
National Photographic Chemical Company
St. and Penn Ave
Washington, D. C
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