Michigan Veteran Recalls Davis Capture Tale on Porch
Spencer May 12 The veteran Thomas Milehunter 79 recalls the 1865 capture of Jefferson Davis by Fourth Michigan Cavalry after a surprise attack near Irwinsville Ga He says he was among two survivors and describes Davis in plain clothes and the moments of surrender The troopers received a 3½ percent bounty in 1868 for the capture and transport to Washington D C
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Jefferson Davis
Fourth Chigan Cavalry
Irwinsville
Thomas Milehunter
Michigan
Hunter
Col. Pritchard
Davis
Macon
Washington
Miles
Henry Windsor
Warne, Mich
Davis Ramp
Treaty Maker Adolph Joffe dubbed soviet treaty master
Adolph Joffe, a leading member of the Soviet delegation at Genoa, is called The Treaty Maker of the Soviet government. He headed commissions that negotiated the Brest-Litovsk peace with Germany and the Treaty of Riga with Poland.
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Brest-Litovsk
Germany
Riga
Polard
Fire devastates Mandaly leaving many homeless
Bulletin from Rangoon May 13 reports a wide fire sweeping Mandalay causes heavy damage and leaves numerous residents homeless. Other dispatches note M Joffre and eight Russians traveling via Riga to Moscow to report to the all Russian central executive committee about a campaign tour with Carmi Thompson and Harvey Smith. In Chicago on May 12 a clergyman accuses U S district attorneys of being tampered with.
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India
Mandaly
Riga
M. Joffre
Genoa
Moscow
All Russian Central Executive Committee
Carmi Thomp
Cleveland
Harvey C. Smith
Columbus
Rupert R. Beetham
Cadiz
Ohio House of Representatives
Wendell’s Ambition Brand Pills Offer Quick Relief
Ad copy claims Van Gell's and Wendell's Ambition Brand pills cure nervousness and fatigue, boost mood, and aid sleep. It promises money back if not improved after three days, urging purchase at W Phillips' and advertising various ailments from nervous system issues to indigestion and insomnia.
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Ambition
Ambion
Adyt
Reform Bureau Chief Warns Against Blue Fight Film Showings
Wilbur F. Crafts of the International Reform Bureau accuses multiple states of violating the Rodenburg act by showing blue fight films, labeling the practice a menace to public scandal and a threat to moral standards.
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Wilbur FP. Crafts
International Reform Bureau
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