The Blue and the Gray and Sherman March Song Origins
A historic note on Civil War songs The Blue and the Gray by Francis Miles Finch grew from a Columbus Mississippi cemetery gesture and a postal Atlantic Monthly publication The Sherman March to the Sea song by S H M Byers from a Confederate prison tale and a prison glee club audience.
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Francis Miles Finch
Sherman
Boston Herald
North
South
Columbus
Miss
The
New York Tribune
Baking Powders Varieties Compare Health Effects and Prices
An explainer on three baking powder ingredients Mineral Acid or Alum Bone Acid or Phosphate and Cream of Tartar from grapes notes health concerns and price ranges. It warns that powders priced 10 to 25 cents per pound use mineral acid alum while 20 to 30 cents per pound indicate bone acid phosphate and 40 to 50 cents per pound reflect cream of tartar derived powder.
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U. S
Taran
Smuggling by Automobile Draws Frontier Pursuit
A motor car used to smuggle duty goods across the French German frontier drew customs attention. After a night pursuit, a search found $275 worth of Moravian tobacco and both the car and its contents were confiscated per Brooklyn Eagle reporting.
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Europe
French
Berlin
Brooklyn Eagle
Simple Wall Decorations With New Material and Ideas
The article promotes Alabastine as a superior wall covering offering permanent color, easy application, and a clean renovation process. It contrasts mural fidelity with wallpaper and notes the material’s brush-on use, low fuss, and the potential for elevated home décor.
War fears stirry wit by Militia servant Pat
A Militia officer jokes about war with his coachman as Pat, his servant, weighs what he would do. Pat replies with humor that he would stay at home with his master, revealing a playful dynamic between servant and officer in a wartime mood.
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Pat
Suri
Decoration Day Plans in South Dakota to Honor Soldiers
South Dakota readies a Soldiers Sunday observance with Grand Army posts coordinating with the state and local groups. Memorial markers for enslaved and deceased soldiers are noted as part of the Dec oration Day program with a Sturgis parade planned led by marshal Henry Murray and including U S troops, school children, civic groups, veterans organizations, and citizens.
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South Dakota
Grand Army
Alwervanin
Homman
Marly
Anu
Joel Come
South
Dakota
Comminier Packard
Wayora
Plueg
Dae Kota
Jones
Sturgis
Henry Murray
United States
Port Mende
Sons of Veterans
Army and Navy Union
Grand Army of the Republic
Woman's Relief Corps
Citizens In Earring
Love Romance From Range Ends In Bull Fight Heroic Rescue
Tack Weston, a cowpuncher at the W bar ranch, is laid up with a broken collar bone and two cracked ribs after fighting a enraged bull to save Miss Mame Hilgers a Nebraska school teacher. Weston rode to protect her, fired his revolver, wrestled the bull with heroic effort and was saved when a friend shot the animal.
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Tack Weston
Mame Hilgers
Nebraska
Earling
Meilicine Creek
Miss Hilgers
Weston
CLASS FLAG ON TALL STACK AT RAPID CITY
Freshmen at the School of Mines Rapid City rig a flag atop the 166 foot National smelter smokestack after a week of rivalry with sophomores. Two freshmen braved the ascent with ropes to guard against wind as the flag stayed at the top. Sophomores failed to reclaim it. the day after, competition continued into the night with the flag still in place. Meanwhile Empress Victoria falls and is slightly injured, delaying the imperial party’s Berlin departure.
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School of Mines
Rapid City
Beye
Wiesbaden
May
Augusta Victoria
Berlin
Calumet Baking Powder Patents Listed by Northwestern Inventors
A report by patent lawyers Lothkey and Johnson lists patents issued last week to Northwestern inventors across Minnesota. Named residents include Nils Garbo of Minneapolis, George Hadinss of Wine Iskind, Peter McGrath of Hibbing, and William Nead of Mine a Teanolls, with various devices such as a window shade and cabinet fittings.
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Northwestern
Lothkey & Johnson
Milting
St. Paul
Ming
Crank Baler
St Cloud
Nils Garbo
Minneapolia
Mint
George Hasdinss
Iskind
Minn
Peter McGrath
Hibbing
Tome
William Nead
Mine
JourGin Diehl
Gartinge
Weene
Journey of Two Brothers and a Mystery Photograph
The wandering brother returns home and reveals a photo of a girl he fell in love with. He aims to win her, but the image turns out to be of Tom Robinson from an amateur dramatic club. The scene ends with a realization that the photo was of a man in a stage role rather than the desired woman.
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Jack
Fred
Tom Robinson
Change in Food Brain Health From Diet Change
A Buffalo housewife recounts a nervous stomach issue eased by Grape-Nuts. She credits improved digestion, weight gain, and calmer nerves to the cereal, claiming meals and mind stay steady, with fewer irritations from street noise. The ad links to nerve nutrition via phosphate-rich grain.
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Buffalo
Postumi Co
Battle Cr
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Atlantic Monthly
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the Atlantic
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Tribune
S. H. M. Byers
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Georgia
Lincoln
Columbia
South Carolina
Iman
Confederac
Savannah
Majorsett
Oficer
Rockwell
Tower
Ines
Grant
Carolinas
Ana
Thomas Tora Af Dosyille
Melionsy Wow
Fiave
Vissi
Aonlor
Tata
STEIN
Bach
el Deceritier
Glenson
Sarany
Wyatt
Kj, Cheney & CO
Tolocs
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