Gettysburg turning point battle described in vivid detail
A sprawling account of the 1863 Gettysburg clash, detailing Lee's invasion, the Grand defense on Cemetery Hill, the failed Culp's Hill and Little Round Top efforts, and Pickett's Charge. It notes Meade's stand, Warren's crucial warnings, and the Confederate toll of about 30,000 dead or wounded amid a Union victory that marked a turning point in the Civil War.
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Gettysburg
United States of America
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
Lee
A. P. Hill
Buford
Reynolds
Cemetery Hill
Jubal
Ewell
Meade
Longstreet
Napoleon
Waterloo
Culp’s Hill
Peach Orchard
Dan Sickles
Round Top
Little Round Top
G. K. Warren
Warren
Maine
Hill
Hwell
Culp
Dwell
Pickett
Virginia
Alexander
Balaklava
Kemper
Gibbon
Second Corps
Hancock
Cushing
Webb
Garnett
Babylon on Long Island Town Turns South Shore Clam Village
Ralph Barton in Cartoons Magazine derides Babylon Long Island a south shore village behind Fire Island lighthouse. He mocks its name origins and notes its gardens and once famous daughters are gone as Babylonian women pursue wealth and leave town at 11 04 to seek richer husbands.
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New York
Berlin
Fire Island
United States
Rue de la Paix
Babylon
Ralph Barton
Cartoons Magazine
Long Island
Aerial Shepherd Yak A Milk Bird Guard Of Venezuela
A London Tit Bits item describes a remarkable bird called the yak-a-milk in Venezuela. The bird is trained to tend flocks and guard its owner’s home, performing watchdog duties and obeying its master’s voice. It reportedly defends livestock from wild animals and can waltz and pirouette when moving.
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Republic of
Venezuela
London
Test of Endurance Among Chinese Postal Messengers
Postal messengers between Peking and Lhassa endure extreme travel covering 4500 miles in 86 days. Riders change horses every few miles, wear a yellow bag with letters, and sleep only four hours daily while maintaining strict diet rules.
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Peking
Lhassa
Review of War Congress Ends With Broad Administrations Victory
A six month war session concluded October 6 marking the most sweeping wartime legislation in history. The record includes $21.89 billion in appropriations and a $2.585 billion war tax, with over 10,000 military nominations confirmed and major bills on defense, finance, and food control enacted without wide dissent.
Most Important Measures Passed in War Session
The document lists key actions by Congress in a special war session including declaration of war on Germany on April 6, war bond issues totaling 15.538 billion dollars, war appropriations and contract authorizations totaling 14.39 billion dollars, war loans of 7 billion dollars to the Allies, the selective draft raising 10 million men, the espionage and embargo provisions, the 2.235 billion dollar war revenue bill, the food control bill, the trading with the enemy act, and the soldiers and sailors insurance bill.
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Washington
Germany
Congress
Reichstag
Taft Weds Miss Chase At Rose Hill Home
Eleanor Chase daughter of Irving H. Chase married Sergt. Maj. Charles Phelps Taft II of New Haven at Rose Hill Waterbury. The ceremony was conducted by Rev. Robert B. Brown with the bride given away by her father as flags decorated the home.
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Waterbury
Conn
Misa Eleanor
Irving H. Chase
Charles Phelps Taft II
William H. Taft
Mrs. Taft
New Haven
Rose Hill
Chase
Robert B. Brown
Belgium Claims 50 000 Homes Destroyed in War
Havre reports the Belgian government issued a gray book denying German accusations of Belgian civilian attacks and citing German destruction of between 40 000 and 50 000 houses in the early days of World War I.
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Havre
Belgium
Capital Crowded by War Population Surge in Washington
The article notes Washington's population swelling to about 400,000 after Congress adjourned, driven by war demand rather than normal growth. Hotels fearFULL capacity, with New Willard Raleigh and Shoreham unable to promise rooms until midweek, while visitors face scarce lodging and high costs.
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Stone
New Willard
Congress
Raleigh
Shoreham
Words Lost Their Force
A banker recalls Charles M. Schwab then president of Bethlehem Steel and his forceful dinner remarks in New York. Schwab wrote down his utterances for Ping Fisk to ensure accuracy after the bonds deal. Fisk later scolds him for not recording them on a phonograph as promised.
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Charles M. Schwab
Bethlehem Steelworks
Schwab
Bethlehem Steel
Ping Fisk
New York
Fisk
Mr. Fisk
Woman Teaches Seamanship at Charleston Navigation School
When an instructor at the Charleston government navigation school left, Mrs. Charlotte Patten of Maine took the helm. She now teaches beginners in nautical science and is the widow of a sea captain who lived aboard a ship for fifteen years. after her husband’s death she continued afloat aboard a ship captained by her son-in-law.
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Government Navigation School
Charleston
8. C
Charlotte 8, Patten
Maine
Patten
Where Nerve Is Needed Dialogue Between Lovers
A witty exchange about courage and marriage, with a judge noting that truthfulness can falter when one stammers. The line theatre-tinged banter contrasts romantic pressure and personal flaw in a concise dialogue.
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McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Senate
Pershing
France
Bliss
Carl Reichmann
Great Britain
Italy
Russia
Japan
Atlantic
House
Navy and
Military Academy
States
District of
Lumbia
Signal Corps
Interstate Commerce Commission
Oreneene Neeene
Defense
Seeeedeneeenee
Food and Fuel Control
C. P. Taft
Miss Chase
Waterbury, Conn
National Capital
Chicago
BAKER
Walter Baker & CO
U.S
Dorchester
Mass
Wesl
Une la Cincinnati.clay CO. Union, Trust Building
Cincinnati, Ohio
Rowe Sanitary Mfg, CO
6Th St
Detroit
Mich
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