Battle of Wilsons Creek shaping Civil War courage lesson
The Aug. 10 1861 clash at Wilsons Creek Missouri pitted 11 600 Federals against 5400 Confederates. Brig Gen Nathaniel Lyon was killed. Maj Samuel D Sturgis took command and ordered retreat. Siegel misidentified troops, severe losses followed. Lyon died after leading a counterattack as McCulloch pressed. Casualties ran high for both sides, with Union losses 223 killed 721 wounded 291 missing and Confederates 381 killed 900 wounded 27 missing. Lyon's death led to posthumous honors and a Springfield orphan home funded by Congress.
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Nathaniel Lyon
Samuel D Sturgis
Lyon
St Loui
Missoun
Wilson's Creek
Wiliam M. Wherry
Irwin McDowell
Manassas
Franz Siegel
Skegg
Spmt
Siegel
Price
3Rd Louisiana
Springfield
Plummer
McCulloch
Iowa
McCullogh
Pring
Sturgis
N. B. Pearce
Springfeld
Mary Whitney Phelps
John S. Phelps
Ashford
Conn
Congress
Gordon Grangler
John M. Schofield
Wherry
Reminiscences of Elyria life in 1884 by May Ingersoll
Oral reminiscence recalls Elyria in 1884 including home life on Middle Avenue, lighting twists from oil lamps to gas and electricity, a new undertaker business on Broad Street, street paving, and a Methdist church upbringing. The narrative contrasts Berea childhood with Elyria growth and details daily routines.
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Middle Ave
Cleveland
Euclid Ave
Berea
Methodist Church
Natrrally
Elyria
Re. Elyria
William Swearer
Broad
Marshall's Drug Store
No. 927
Howe St
East Ave
Ninth
16Th Sts
Pasure
Trusting Teenagers in Tulsa Department Store Credit Plan
UPI reports Tulsa Frong's Department Store credit manager Bill Vance says a teen credit program limits co-signers and caps charges at thirty dollars to teach responsible credit use amid a growing national reliance on loans. The piece includes recollections of church pew behavior and odd town characters.
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Tulsa, Oka
UPI
Tulsa
Bill Vance
Frong’s Department Store
Bread Delivery Woes Stir Up Household Tales
A long local anecdote recounts a year of home bread deliveries followed by a billing dispute and a breakup with the delivery man over charges. The piece slides into family quarrels, a pubescent pregnancy reveal, a dog’s health saga, and a meta riff on newspaper ethics and accuracy in reporting deaths.
Go American Judge Advises Go American Judge Advises
EAST PROVIDENCE Rhode Island Judge Eugene J Sullivan Jr gives speeding defendant Robert A Anderson advice after he pleads guilty and pays a fine. Anderson cites a foreign car with a free wheeling device and says he must drive defensively against bigger vehicles. The judge tells him if foreign cars are hard to handle he should stop driving them.
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Providence
API
Eugene J. Sullivan Jr
Robert A. Anderson
Woodring On Education Future Of Teaching Looks Good
A discussion of teaching as a career argues salaries are rising and merit matters. It notes teachers can move between states, earn masters degrees, and secure salaries from 3000 to 10000 for ten months with experience. It cites higher pay in prosperous suburbs and lower pay in small towns.
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Fise
Maine
Hawaii
Florida
Alaska
Salares
Dellerome
Four new stamps announced for 1961 commemoration
The Post Office will issue four commemoratives in 1961. Naval Aviation marks its 50th anniversary with a San Diego ceremony, Labor Day honors Wisconsin Workmen’s Compensation law, Frederic Remington is celebrated with a multicolored issue in Washington, and nursing’s profession is recognized with a Park er designed stamp in Milwaukee.
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Post Office Department
Ciizens
Naval Aviation
Frederic Remington
Institute of Aerospace Sciences Navy
San’ Diego
Calif
Navy
Air Army
Milwaukee
Wis
Wisconsin
San Diego
United States
al Parkler
Bum jockey tale and Elyria memories intertwine
The column recalls Irving Wainwright a Franklin School principal who jockeyed without a win at several tracks. It shifts to All Star game chatter from 1961, notes on sportswriters’ NFL picks, and follows Grace H. Tulk’s sleuthing into Elyria alumni stories, including Gerry Martin and Joe Larkin bowling. The piece threads local figures, races, and community trivia with late 20th century sports lore.
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Irving
Dick) Wainwright
Franklin School
Wainwright
Randall
Detroit
Artington
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Merton T.akers
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Bison's Creek
Batte
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Bull Run
Ruiient
J. B. Plummer
Missouri Home Guards
Pelican Rifles
Louisiana
Ulysses &. Grant
Ironton, Mo
Battle of Wilson's Creek
The
Lorain County Historical Society
May Hamilton Ingersoll
Mary Ingersoll
Court and
Second Sts
Auditorum
Don Miller
Millers
Miller Mansion
Hgo
Sandy
Nher
Miortician
Woodring
Paul Woodring
America
Elton
Pamecu
Washington
Remington
Imne
Poe
Rustlin
Russ Davies
Boston
Fenway Park
Rocky Colavito
Tigers
Bob Purkey
Reds
Johnny Tempie
Indians
Mickey Mantle
Yankees
Luis Aparicio
White Sox
Temple
Frank Bolling
Maury Wills
Browns
St. Louis Cardinals
Pitts
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New York
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Mantle
Elston Howard
Roy Sievers
Kaline
Stu Miller
Giants
Howard
Sievers
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Sport Magnzne
Packers
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Serene
Washington Redskins
Dallas Cowboys
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Detroit Lions
San Francisco 45Ers
Chicago Bears
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Minnesota Vikings
Paul Hornung
Green Bay
John Jackson
Chronicle- Telegram
Guy Miller
Ed Lopat
Jackson
Lopat
Miller
Grace H. Tulk
J. G. Haynes
Elyrian
Church of St. John
Wilder-ness
White Lake Bear
Minnesota
Boreski
Elyrian High School
Dorothy Pitts
Ridgeville
Ohio
Ade
Diana
Ferri
Gerald Martin
Josie
Gerry
Second Street
Joe Cowden
Joe
Worls
Cleveland Indians
Bob
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Chronicle-Telestam
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Lew Mareague
Stoney’s
Rainbow Lanes
Sea Coeepae
Jack McDermott
Spring Valley Country Club
City
Columbus
Jack
McDermott
Brandtson Avenue
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Ridgeville High
Mary Ann Scheutzow
First Congregations
North Ridgeville
Grace
Don Massey
Ellis Dyer
Hugh Sweet
Gene Krugman
Leonard Smith
T. L. Sith
Lorain
Sullivan
San Francisco
Oscar Fraley
United Press International
Pedro Juan Vinales
Vinales
Fraley
San Juan
el Comandante
United Polish Club
Walt Boreski
City of Silence
Thanj
Harvey Fisher
Bel Open
Abderson
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