Army reenlistment boosts and posts near Arlington
Edward B Clarkington reports congressional moves to reduce desertions by increasing pay and improving noncommissioned officer standing. The proposed measures aim to make army life attractive enough to encourage re enlistment and better conduct, with a Port River army post near Arlington across the Potomac from the capital.
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Hington
Congress
Suald
Jay
Ume
Port River
Arlington
Recruits endure Blizzard and Desertion at David's Island
The narrative details a harsh winter ordeal at David's Island New York harbor where a corporal recalls guardsmen braving a sam e storm in March 1888. A Black recruit stays at his post beside a morgue bier while a violent gale rages, and two deserters attempt to flee with a mule, leading to capture and a punishment debate.
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New Rochelle
Fort Myer
Ife
David's Island
New York Harbor
Long Island Sound
Ike
New York
Roscoe Conkling
United States Army
Atlantic
Arma
Tts
Ban Ob
Hospital Morgue
David's
Confinel
Nally
David
Wemerters
Porter Hired After Bath Prank Tale
A comical scene in Everybody's Magazine recounts a shabby applicant for a porter job at a large concern. The manager, doubtful at first, finally pays him half a dollar and orders a bath before reconsideration. The applicant departs, with the manager quipping to return for another bath if any change remains.
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Everybody's Magazine
Fragmented OCR text with stray ad phrases and quotes
A garbled OCR fragment mixes odd quotations, brand names, and unrelated dialogue. It references catarrh remedies, Wash called Defiance Starch, and various tired fragments about meals and humor, producing a collage of punctuation heavy, incomplete sentences with no clear coherent event or main subject.
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Victory Story
Mrs Ezra Donovan of Willimantic Connecticut credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring her health after doctors failed to help. The advertisement extols the remedy for displacements irregularities backache fatigue and nervous trouble noting decades of use and urging skeptical readers to try it.
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Ezra Donovan
Willimantic
Conn
Lydia E. Pinkham
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Liz
Sphinx
Dia E.pinkham
Ning Hirkness
Frieula
Warker Iey
Curhea
Teammenas Antes
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