Missing Man Chapter XIX Continues in Court Drama
In a dramatic continuation the missing man case moves through writs and summons as Hamilton faces a court battle. Morley grounds the plaintiff’s claim on a years long mystery and a twin ruse, presenting testimony from Banderson and Ashley’s double, Henry Ashley, who impersonates the husband to shield the real culprit. The tale weaves abduction, bank heists, and a staged identity, with the jury urged to follow the trail to the truth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Supreme Court
Blohe & Ferguson
Morley & Stevens
Mire Hamilton
Morley
Linon
Victor Hamilton
Hue
Mir Morley
Gorge
Barmstead
Harnstead
Portland Depot
Hurd
Vane Hamilton
Te Pholkraph
Bich
Mr. Hamilton
Grovedale
Marnstead
Inmiow
Tore
Mamiton
Barnelead
Ptias
Henry Ashley
Mr. Blattson
Anstaunty
Ashley
Portland
Ney
Tony Osborn
Sret
Vine Hamilton
Seven Oelock
Suepleton
Vane Hamiton
Stevens
High but unfulfilled hopes and farm boy plans
A farm boy leaves for a sun eclipse expedition with grand dreams of wealth and fame. Parents cherish his virtues and expect future prominence, but the letter hints at silence and weathering unfulfilled expectations, underscoring the peril of overambition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. A. Fill
United States Naval Observatory
Per Hopper
Eich
Alan
Sieyes
Oge
Eleareth
New York
Harsh Lives of Arab Women Explored in Domestic Scenes
A travelogue portrays Arab women enduring daily drudgery for male heads of households. It describes a courtyard meal scene with a grandmotherly wife, explains customs around daughters, and condemns women as mere laborers and property. The writer notes a son favored for potential heirs and critiques gender roles within the family and broader society.
Summer Home for Chorus Women Project Named
Mise Kathering B Conway editor of the Bustos Pott acts as New England sponsor for Marie Cahill's summer home for chorus women of the American stage to be known as The Mary Anderson Guild.
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Mise Kathering B Conway
Bustos Pott
New England
Sponeer
Marie Cahill
Mary Anderson Guild
Parade Fever Loomed Over Grand Stand Detroit 1909
A garbled reminiscence describes a grand parade with 6,000 onlookers, 104 a m start, 2 17 p m end, 4 hour 13 minute total, 4 departments, 4 parts, 2500 bears represented, 16 mine members, 0 drum corps, 1400 music lines, and large state representations including Colorado 1860. It notes Confederate uniforms worn by William M. Witten and recalls the Leadville episode as a feature, alongside veterans stories and the old Leadville coven in a New York Press summary.
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Kateas
Musiclane
Evon
Colorado
John H. Boece
North Dakota
Tt. D. Neown
Massachusetts
William M. Witten
Glenwood Springs
Colo
Alliret
Leadville
New York Press
Gen J W Turchin hero of Chickamauga rear charge
The account recalls Gen J B Turpin leading a bold rear attack at Chickamauga. Je Ryan of Chicago aided two guns to clear the enemy from Cloud's Hill while McCook's men advanced. Turchin urged a final maneuver, earning high praise from Thomas as rebels fled toward the rear. Hoynton planned memorial tablets for McCloud's hill amid park commission debates.
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Chickamauga
Ryan
Chicago
Jot B. Turchin
Millana
Turchio
Aume
Lafayette Road
Cloud
Dan McCood
Turchin
Prion
McCook
Thomas
Turehin
Pension roll shows 898441 recipients nationwide
The adjutant general’s report to the Grand Army of the Republic encampment notes 898,441 pensioners with 684,608 survivors of the Civil War. In the year 1905, 45,883 pensioners joined the roll, including 30,024 Civil War survivors. The GAR report lists 292,455 members and 9,152 deaths, and details about home residences and age-based eligibility under Order No. 78. Comrades McKenzie and others visited various posts, while veterans recount regiment battles and numbers. The Sons of Veterans meet at Gettysburg with officers elected and Peoria chosen for 1906.
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Grand Army of the Republic
Denver
Sons of Veterans
Lone of Veterans
Gettysburg
Harley V. Speelman
Cincinnati
Arthur M. Soule
Portland
George H. Stebbina
Newport
James A. Sebert
Dwight, IL
Ralph Sheldon
Albany
Charles Tanman
H. H. Hammel
Reading
Peoria
Rare War Relics at Capt Buffum Museum in New Mexico
A visitor to the Capt F H Buffum museum in Winchester New Mexico views a vivid display of Civil War era artifacts. The exhibit includes a cannon shot fragment from a flag and a piece of John Brown’s blanket. It also features Confederate money collected by a long serving Grand Army member and battle chairs made from Cedar Creek timber. A Mosby photo and a Boston lecture link complete the display. A Denver Grand Army parade analysis shows wildly varying crowd estimates from 1200 to 32807 with differing newspaper tallies.
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F. H. Buffum
Winchester
N. M
Buffum
John Brown
Harpers Ferry
Grand Army
Tuffuin
Cedar Creek
Sherman
Heauregard
Mosby
H. Kid Douglas
Boston
Lowell Institute
Stonewall Jackson
Douglas
Leestown
New England
Henton Post
Ladies of the G A R elect Denver officers
The Ladies of the G A R convention at Denver California elected officers including President Ruth B Fowte of Colorado Senior Vice President Margaret Stevens of New Jersey Junior Vice President Mincie Barnum of Minnesota Treasurer Elle Jones of Pennsylvania Treasurer Catherine Keys of Colorado Chaplain Anna Weaver of Iowa Council of Administration Mrs Abbie Krobes of San Francisco Chair Mrs Estevieve Langfell of Illinois and Mrs Elisabeth Griffin of New York The remark about grace before meals follows.
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Ladies of the
G A. R
Denver
Calo
Ruth B. Fowte
Colorado
Margaret Stevens
New Jersey
Mincie Barnum
Minnesota
Elle Jones
Pennsylvania
Catherine Keys
Anna Weaver
Iowa
Mra
Abbie Krobes
San Francisco
Cal
Esevieve Langfell
Pols
Eligabeth Griffin
New York
Mule Decide Gettysburg Battle As Mule Decides Thrust
A Confederate army anecdote claims a balky mule blocked a Southern advance at Gettysburg, allowing Northern troops to reach a key eminence. The tale spans both sides, noting the impact of a single animal on a pivotal moment.
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Gettysburg
Itching Scalp Humor Promotes Cuticura Cure
A reader from Jersey City recalls severe scalp itching and pimples driving constant scratching. After using hot water and Cuticura Soap followed by Cuticura Ointment, the scalp cleared and hair grew back, inspiring continued use of Cuticura products.
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Adam. Smith
Grand St
Jersey City
Real Daughter Dead in Bridgeport at 84
Mrs Caroline Pinto Hubbell daughter of William Pinto a New Haven militia private and Lauretta Packard of Dartmouth Mass, died in Bridgeport at age 84. The fragment mentions Indemnity Prizes and Japan’s indemnity claim of 10 to 50 million dollars plus mercantile gains from war prices. It notes Spiridion Gopcevic a versatile European writer from Lussinpiccolo who published 8,363 articles in 30 years across eight languages.
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Caroline Pinto Hubbell
Bridgeport
William Pinto
New Haven
Lauretta Packard
Dartmouth
Mass
Japan
Spiridion
Gopcevic
Lussinpiecola
Defiance Starch and old proverbs appear in notice text
The fragment references Important to Mothers and a Basle mention, plus a claim about Defiance Starch being unlike others, with a note about using more for 10 cents. It also strings in aphorisms about a wise man and a diplomat, creating a collage of ad like copy and sayings.
Croesus and the meal that fed Lydian kings
The seventh century BCE king Croesus of Lydia, famed for wealth, is remembered for a paradox of plenty. Despite vast riches, he could not buy food as wholesome and palatable as Pilebury's Vitos cereal, the leading cereal of the day.
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Croesus
Lydia
Asia Minor
Christ
Cyrus
Persia
Pilebury
Splendid Charity Gives Pleasure to 700 Plus Crippled Children
A benevolent New York City drive fund has since April employed stages to take crippled children on outings through Central Park and Riverside Drive. Each child travels with a trained nurse, picked up from all city districts. More than 700 children have enjoyed these drives, with several hundred from hospitals also taken along this season, a valued humanitarian effort of the city.
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New York City
Crippled Children's Driving Fund
Central Park
River Side Drive
East Side
West Side
Tablecloth from Russian surrender flag sent to Tokyo
The white flag hoisted on the destroyer Biedvoi after Admiral Rozhensteinsky surrender to the Japanese was sent to Tokyo to be displayed. Reportedly a wardroom tablecloth, the flag’s site was about six and it will be shown at the military museum in Tokyo.
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Biedvoi
Roentvensky
Tokio
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