Tale of Winchester Battle Comrade. B M Clayton recalls a July fight near Winchester
Comrade B M Clayton of the Twenty-sixth Cavalry describes a clash near Winchester after the Monocacy Junction battle. He recounts Mulligan's brigade and First New York Cavalry skirmishes, a grave blow to Mulligan, retreat to Martinsburg, and a long night march under cover of darkness before rejoining comrades in Williamsburg, Maryland.
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B. M. Clayton
Winchester
Monocacy Junction
Frederick
Virginia
Shenandoah River
Snicker's Gap
C. Eckman
Atlantic City
N. di
National Tribune
Kernstown
Cole's Rangers
Link
First New York
Alry
Rebs
Cole
Colonel Mulligan
Captain Link
New York
Mulligan
Averill
Berryville
Mar
Tinsburg
Wesley Mann
Imboden
Martinsburg
Williamsburg
Children Obedience and Privilege in German Homes
In Mrs Alfred Sidgwick’s Home Life in Germany the author contrasts German childrearing with English norms. She notes strict obedience as a virtue, respect for elders, courteous greetings from girls, and boys who shake hands on arrivals, while praising orderly family life and shared fairy tales.
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Aare
Germany
Sorenet
Alfred Sidgwick
Not Smoking Any More Near Washington Fortifications
McCann, working on Washington fortifications, entered a magazine with a pipe in his mouth. His partner greeted Mrs. McCann and claimed McCann had stopped smoking. A wager followed about saving a dollar a month, while the man reportedly lit his pipe in a powder magazine an hour earlier.
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McCann
Washington
Phowder
Sear’s Whereabouts Recalled by Civil War Camp Scene
In a camp on the Rapidan a Doubleday officer questioned a soldier about Major Sears. The reply was terse and dry, noting Sears had sent men down to the creek to be washed, revealing the blunt wartime humor or absence of precise information in the field.
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Sear
Doubleday’s ‘Fourth N
the Rapidan
Major Sear
Th’ Creek
Life's Choice Between Two Goods Reflects Human Limits
The passage argues that in life people rarely choose the absolute best. Most decisions boil down to selecting one good option over another less ideal one, reflecting inherent limits on human discernment and freedom.
Rousseau Letter Reveals Love Views From 1759
An autograph letter by Jean Rousseau, published during the centenary, sheds light on his thoughts about love. He argues that ink differs not in faith, notes love makes children of philosophers, and warns that love is an illusion obscuring reality. The letter dates to Montmorency, written as Madame Depiney’s house stood nearby.
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Jean Rousseau
Deleyre
Trig
Rousseau
Montmorency
Madame Depiney
What He Might Have Said in a Fragmented Quote
A cryptic fragment asks readers to consider what might have been said and what was not spoken, hinting at withheld or alternative statements from a quoted figure. The text invites reflection on missing words and possible intentions behind the remark.
Rail Tariffs to Raise Rates Across Pacific Freight
Omaha dispatches report new freight tariffs to be enforced by transcontinental railroads in September subject to ICC suspension. Union Pacific officials deny universal increases noting reclassifications may raise some rates while others drop or stay the same. Some claims of broad 10 to 100 percent rises are deemed unfounded by UP officials.
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Omaha
Pacific Coast
Interstate
Ommerce Commission
Humber
Union Pacific
San_ Francisco
Callifornia
Woods
Chicago
Mr. Woods
San Francisco
Porter’s witty reply at campaign town hall
Washington reporter notesStephen G Porter of Pittsburg faced an awkward moment when a man introduced his wife to Porter. The woman questioned Porter about late nights, and Porter answered with deft diplomacy saying a wife with confidence does not mind her husband being out at night. The scene showed Porter's tactful campaigning.
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Congress
Stephen G. Porter
Pittsburg
Washington
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Porter
Fremont power canal project seen awaiting confirmation
A Fremont stock holder says it will take a fortnight or thirty days to know if the Fremont power canal is actually started. FA Nash of Omaha Electric Light and Power met in Fremont with L D Richards and confirmed that his company backs the Fremont plan in alliance with the Kountzes, favoring Fremont over Columbus.
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Fremont
Fremont Company
FA Nash
Omaha Electric Light. and Power Company
L. D. Richards
Nash
Columbus
Man Falls Under Freight Engine in Ashland
Fireman Or A Quackenbush lost his left foot when he slipped boarding a freight locomotive in the Burlington yards at Ashland. Surgeons amputated below the knee after the accident.
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Ashland
Burlington
Quackenbush
Edgar Wheat Harvest Reaches Peak Market Flow
Wheat from Edgar is at its height with Edgar-Wheat threshing now in full swing. The crop is the best ever marketed there and is moving into markets at about 4000 bushels per day. Tests show 62 to 64 pounds per bushel and an average yield near 25 bushels per acre.
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Edgar
Nebraskans Lose Father
Robert T Shirts aged 69 died yesterday at the soldiers' home in Marshalltown Iowa from chronic nephritis. He leaves a son Thomas Shirts in Omaha Nebraska and another son John C Shirts in Beatrice Nebraska.
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Marshalltown
Robert T Shirts
Yeater
Thomas Shirts
Omaha
John C
Beatrice
Neb
Freighter Stops as Crew Nets 50-Pound Catfish
A Northwestern freight train halted on a bridge six miles southwest of Fremont while crew members climbed down to net a large catfish stranded in shallow water on a sand bar. The fish weighed fifty pounds.
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Fremont
Northwestern
Lumber Car Crash Kills Tramp in North Platte
Theodore Mills a youthful tramp from Creston Iowa died in North Platte when lumber shifted in a box car crushing him. Local investigators said the accident occurred as the car was being unloaded with Mills trapped between lumber and car walls.
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North Platte
Theodore Mills
Creston
Auburn Stuns Foresters 6–0 in State Baseball News
Auburn turned the tables and handed the Foresters a 6 to 0 defeat. In Humboldt action, Humboldt shut out Falls City in the first game and then lost the second 4 to 3 to the visitors.
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Auburn
Foresters
Humboldt
Falls City
Scottish Fruit Lore Across Time and Taste
The article surveys huckleberries and whortleberries with references to bilberries eaten with milk and whisky flavored jelly. It notes cranberries grown worldwide with US berries prized and exported to Europe. It then covers the mulberry's ancient cultivation and literary fame, its Persian origins, Roman preference, 1548 English arrival, Stow House plantings, and James I's royal cultivation.
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United States
Europe
Ovid
Persia
England
Stow House
James I
Lengthy Stock in Trade at Railroad Station
The late Will McConnell, a Broadway character and advance agent, waited with Mel Stoltz in a railroad baggage room as a baggage handler moved a trunk about nine feet long. Stoltz wondered aloud at the trunk’s owner and value, while McConnell guessed by the shape that its contents might come from Dowling alleys.
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Will McConnell
Mel Stoltz
Toltz
Mike
McConnell
Dowling
Kansas City Times
Those Pleasant Questions
A passer-by asks about an accident as a man explains he only buried his old car in a mud filled field after skidding through a stone wall. He boasts of a new car and asks for tools to dig shallowly with his motor horn.
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Dubbleigh
Harper’s Weekly
Case for a Choice in a Kansas City Journal
A light quote notes a couple discussing flowers and a change in habits after marriage. The exchange mentions a daily bouquet and a playful reference to cutting out new asparagus. The item reflects domestic humor in a newspaper column style.
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George
Kansas City Journal
Duty to Love Always Inspires Gentle Resolve
A philosophical line emphasizes tireless patience and sympathy as duty to seek growth in others. It extols constant hopeful love and tender regard as lifelong responsibility, urging steady dedication to kindness and understanding.
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Amiel
Lydia E Pinkham Women’s Remedy Praised by Hooper Resident
Mrs SusizTem from Pleton Nebraska recounts relief from five years of female troubles after seven bottles of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She regained strength did washing for eighteen boarders and would not trade the medicine. The piece advocates the product as a proven remedy for women’s health issues.
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Hooper
Nebraska
Lydia E. Pinkham
Susiz
Pleton
Pinkham
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