Branding a Deserter in the Fourth Cavalry of 1866
An 1866 narrative recalls the branding of a deserter at Austin Texas by the Fourth United States Cavalry. The deserter, an Irishman about 25, endured the heated brand on his right thigh after a court martial. Citizens later treated the wound and funded the man’s care, ending a spree of desertions in the regiment.
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Fied
Santonio
John 4. Brooks
National Tribune
John P. Hutch
Reynolds
Austin
Tex
Thieman
Murphy
Fourth
United States Cavalry
Wienowna
Dreams of battle dreams guide a Civil War charge
In a Civil War account, Col. Dan McCook assigns leaders for a brigade at Kennesaw. Officers Harmon Fellows and Fahnestock discuss dreams of battle and fate before the assault. The charge fails to take the works. Harmon and Fellows are killed. McCook dies earlier in the fight.
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Chicago
Dan McCook
Keneaaw
Fahnestock
Dan
Addreas
Oscar F. Harmon
One Hundred and Twenty-fifth Illinois
C. J. Dilworth
Eighty-fifth Minors
McCook
Col. Harmon
Capt
Fellows
Copperheads
Capt. Fellows
Hils
Don McCook
Harmon
Col. Fahnestock
Peliefs
Shiloh remembered in Splendora exhibition
The piece recalls the 1862 Battle of Shiloh and its impact on history students. It highlights the bravery of American volunteers, the two days of fierce action, and the lasting memory of General Johnston’s troops amid Civil War reflections.
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Shiloh
Civil Mt
Sumter
Hiloh
Rej
Sidney Johnston
Pee
Apts Os
Mne
Detroit
Feee Breas
Tennessee Senate Passes Pension Bill for Disabled Veterans
The Tennessee senate approved a bill granting pensions to ex Confederate and federal soldiers over 70 who are disabled and indigent and not already drawing a pension. Pensions would be denied if disabilities stemmed from dissipation or immoral habit. In Gettysburg Park, monuments at Gettysburg National Park totaled 109 with about 310 monuments erected.
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Johnnson
Senate of Tennessee
Oganon
Gettysburg Park
Gettysburg National Park
Joe
2. Y
The Old Darky At School In Omaha
A Negro woman Mrs Jennie McCorkel aged 68 attends night school in Omaha with Mrs Linnie Copeland 60 and Benjamin Jones 55 as part of a colored colony on river bottoms. Forty pupils study reading from Bibles while avoiding writing arithmetic. they share ages from seven to sixty eight and mingle kindly. Mrs McCorker reads Psalms by memory and the group values education as a path to heaven while maintaining dignity and community spirit.
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Jennie McCorkel
Omaha
Neb
McCorkel
Linnie Copeland
Benjamin Jones
River Bottoms
Cass School
Mmes. McCorkell
Copeland
McCorker
Chicago Chronicle
Princess Victoria Sures a Quiet Life After Royal Love Story
Detroit Free Press recounts Princess Victoria of Wales as a reserved 32 year old who shuns society for books, dogs, and horses. Her ambitious romance with a wealthy Indian prince ended with his death from plague, leaving her with a ruby memento and a path to become a public figure in the queen’s stead if she remains unmarried.
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Princess Victoria
Land
Victoria
Charming
Sandringham
Prince of Wales
Lise
Pointlank
India
Prince George
Greece
Howard
Beatrice
Detroit Free Press
Germany’s Married Women Form Association to Control Husbands
A Berlin group named the Association of Married Women for the Control of Husbands draws speculation about its aims as German women seek to influence domestic life. The private organization, not yet published, signals a shift from traditional masculine authority while American club women dismiss the concept as unnecessary in the United States.
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Germany
Berlin
Ofcouras
Teutome Aistera’ Affort
Swiss fruit trees and world facts headline roundup
A rapid survey of global notes includes Switzerland cultivating 85 million fruit trees, Britain facing war costs above 732 million dollars, and a butter output of 1.4 billion pounds in the United States. Also mentioned are animal lifespans, a camel’s burden, a looming move of Tennessee's capital bill, and Vienna’s fascination with marriage ads.
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Switzerland
Great Britain
United States
South Africa
Helen J. Wilder Craft
Honolulu
Henry Bergh
Hawaiian Islands
Mississippi
Tennsylvania
Philadelphia
Alva Mand
Wirth
Allegany Co
Miehus
Countess of Warwick
Dandruff Cure Eludes Many By Harsh Scrub Habits
A reader warns that repeated scalp scrubbing fails to cure dandruff and urges using Herpicide and Pratt hair dressing. The piece notes women spend hours weekly washing, yet true cure requires eliminating the germ, not scrubbing away flakes.
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Alto
Fragmentary ditty about a dog and scientist misquoted
In a mangled fragment the Baltimore American hints at a scene with a dog named Johnny Wise-Paw and a pun about microbes. The garbled text suggests playful dialogue and domestic humor rather than a clear news event.
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Johnny Wise
Paw
Noah
Baltimore American
Hall's Catarrh Cure Advertisement Notice
One hundred dollars reward for catarrh cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. E J Cheney & Co Toledo proposers. The undersigned trust F J Cheney’s honorable business and financial standing. Nest & Truax and Walding, King & Marvin wholesale druggists Toledo endorse Hall's Catarrh Cure taken internally. Pride 75e and Hall's Family Pills advertised by druggists.
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Hall
E. J. Cheney & Co
Propa
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
Nest & Truax
Kinng & Marvin
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Testimonials
A collection of handwritten testimonials from women across the United States praising Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relief from menstrual pain irregular cycles and related symptoms. Letters from Richmond Brooklyn and Lynn describe improved health after using the remedy, with one author offering to share her testimonial to help others.
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Mars
Exua KvEnt
Trautman St
Brooklyn
E. D
N.Y
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