Sentinel Tales and Civil War Jokes From Old Dispatches
Recalled anecdotes from Civil War officers about sentinels at Rosecrans HQ Camp Gauley and Gen Cox, plus humor from Captains Blume and Porter. A German soldier’s gun misadventure, a Nashville post exchange joke, and lines from The Bride and Groom humor wrap the dispatches in a portrait of wartime life and newspaper quips.
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Second Kentucky Cavalry
Blume
Chicago Inter Ocean
Second Kentuck Infantry
Rosecrans
Mount Tompkins
Gauley Bridge
W. Va
Gen. Rosecrans
Camp Gauley
Frizzell
Gen. Cox
Col Frizzell
Man Who Never Surrenders A Civil War Veteran Ramsey
Madison Ramsey known as Matt, 67, a Civil War veteran of the Seventh South Carolina and later heavy artillery, survives a perilous 1863 showdown at Battery Wagon. He swam 10 miles to Fort Sumter amid shellfire, twice wounded, and refused to surrender even when urged to take parole. Ramsey now digss wells on a winter resort circuit and stays combative, claiming he will never surrender.
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Madison Ramsey
Aiken
S. C
Chicago Chronicle
Ant
Matt
Manassas
Seventh
South Carolina
Artill
Matthews
Battery Wagon
Charleston
Ramsey
Sumter
Fort Sumter
Virginia
Carolinas
Washington
Elizabeth
The Women of Ceylon in London Graphic Illustration
The article extols Ceylonese women noting graceful figures delicate features and musical voices. It claims they are affectionate domesticated and duteous wives when treated kindly, with a fondness for jewelry and household duties, contrasting with Punjabi and Pathan women.
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Ceylon
London Graphic
Maryland Chicken Recipe From Good Housekeeping
A Maryland fried chicken method details cleaning, salting, flour dredge, egg wash, bread crumbs, pan roasting with butter, and a cream sauce. Steps include basting, baking twenty minutes, and finishing with a cream gravy, parsley garnish.
Washing Fine Laces From The N Y Times
Instructions on cleaning and starching fine laces using an earthenware slab a perforated base muslin or bobbinet and a sequence of soaking washing boiling and drying steps. Specifics include water soap soap quantities starch ratios and drying guidance. The process is detailed for various lace types and stresses careful handling and drying without damage.
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N. Y
Lady Henry Somerset and Her Feminist Work in Britain
Isabel Somers, wife of Lord Henry Somerset, emerges as a leading figure in British feminism and temperance. She chairs the British Women's Temperance Association, serves as vice president of the World Christian Temperance Union, leads the International Women's Christian Temperance Union, and funds reforms including the Duxhurst Industrial Farm colony.
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Henry Somerset
Greatritain
Henry
Isabel Somers
Earl
Countess Somers
Jrst
Lord Henry Somerset
Mo 1
Duke of Beaufort
British Womens ‘Temperance Association
England
Frances Willard
International Association
Potts
Duxhurst
Hertfordshire
Waorcestshire
Surrey
Chinese Sandwiches and the Raw Meat Debate
A humorous column notes patrons call a dish a Chinese sandwich but the filling is raw meat on rye. It traces the idea to German, British, and continental tastes with hospital use of raw beef and raw roux en route. The piece ends with a quip about Rhode Island as the smallest state.
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Frome
England
Jime
Great Britain
Continent
New York
Liberties with the King whisky label dispute
The piece notes authorities refuse to copyright the King Edward VII whisky label claiming living names are private property and consent would be needed from the king. It juries a satirical scene of a bar toast and hints at travel prices from Chicago to western cities including Los Angeles and Seattle with maps and agents advertised.
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Edward VII
Edward
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Sharpe Recounts Cafe Remark About Self Harm
A Philadelphia report notes Sharpe recalls Realles Peayes confirming a remark that someone expected a person to cut themselves soon. The fragment includes unclear dialogue about an observed moment in a Bongtong cafe.
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Stingum
Sharpe
Philadelphia
Presa
Chicago to St Paul or Minneapolis Tourist Car Berths
Travel deals warn of weekly tourist sleeping car berths from Chicago to St Paul and Minneapolis on multiple trains. Advertisements promote reduced fares to California Oregon and Washington with discounted berths and guided excursions. Contact points include F A Miller and S A Hutchison for pamphlets and schedules.
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Chicago
St. Paul
Minneapoli
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
F. A. Miller
Chicago & Northwestern Ry
New England Illustrated
S. A Hutchison
Clark Street
Earliest Russian Millet Seed Ad and Misc Toothpaste Notes
An assortment of seed and patent medicine notices appears with grain millet pricing and hay production claims. The ad lists John A. Salter Seed Co offerings for millet and hay, alongside quotes praising various remedies and products from period newspapers, including Piso’s Cure, Hale’s Honey of Horehound, and Pike’s Toothache Drops, interspersed with witticisms.
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John A. Salter Seed Co
la Crosse
Wis
Hale
Tar Pike
Markets Update From New York And Midwest Bids
Flour and wheat prices move little as No 2 red and corn market figures show slight gains. Livestock markets vary with cattle and sheep steady to higher while hogs stay near firm. Regional quotes from Cleveland East Liberty and East Buffalo list varied steers calves hogs and lamb values.
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Cleveland
Hest Creamery
C. Ege
York State
Peruna Endorsements From Police Officers Across the Nation
Policemen praise Peruna in letters from Council Bluffs Iowa and Chicago Illinois. A. C. Swanson reports relief from kidney and pelvic pains after using Peruna. Michael O Halleran notes officers claim it cures colds and flu after exposure to rain. Both urge readers to write Dr Hartman for free advice.
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Peruna
A. C. Swanson
Michael O'Halloran
Sereant
Summerdale Station
Monroe Street
Chicago
Michael O'Halleran
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Amiom
Toke
Capt
Porter
Minnesota
A J. Smith
Nashville
Hood
Tennessee
Thomas
Eastport
Miss
Sherman Ton Smith
Gen. Smithts
Inter Ocean
Freddy
Ida
Chicago Daily News
Grasgrum
Union
Lincoln
Alfred Mathews
Jenny Cooke
Northern Pacific Railway
Mr. Cooke
Bates
Tennallytown
Chase
Gen McClethin
Pennsylvania Reserves
Mr. Bates
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
the Women OF Ceylon
Maryland Chicken
Lady Henry Somerset
Edith
Riliyr
Ita Fame
Rhode Island
United States
Pacific Comet
Northwestern Bay
Helena
Butte
Anaconda
Ogden
Salt Lake City
Spokane
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Portland
Seattle
Tacoma
Vancouver
Victoria
Pacific Coast
W. Es Kuakerie
Fifth Avenue
Ill
Mack
Biggs
Shelly
Chicago Daily
Ows
Clalifornia
Oregon
Philadelphia Bulletin
Putnam
Toledo
East Liberty
East Buffalo
Lalla
Canstian
F ‘Sj
Wender
John E. Ptacer
Iarrison Street
Council Bluffs, Iu
Hartman
Dr Hartman
Thellurtium Sanitarium
Columbus
Ohio
John E Ptacek
Chicago, Ill
Kent E. Ptacek
Police of
IIL
Akota
Ian
Sapir
John A. Salz
Seed Co
Imorin
Canata
Man
Ausinibon
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Thors
Western
Canada
Tmmigracian
Ottawa
Orto Jonemil Younge
Williams Toledu
Acants
Qulek Reef
Hot Springs
Homestead
Merch
Warren J. Lynch
Paso
Tekot
W. P. Deppe
Ast
UP &T.A
GQ & J Tire Company
Indianspolis
Ind
California
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