Tablets mark Confederate dead at Chattanooga cemetery
Confed veterans and Captain J. F. Shipp completed iron tablets naming identified Confederate dead buried at Chattanooga's cemetery. Frances Fort Brown funded the project, with 25 tablets installed to honor soldiers from Alabama Tennessee Georgia and other states. General Annett Young praised the effort during a 1913 visit.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Ayler
J. F. Shipp
Emory
Captain Shipp
Capn Shipp
Washington
Frances Fort Brown
Joseph E Brown
Georgia
Confederacy
Murfredsboro
Chattaga
Confederé
Chickamauga
Mission Ridge
Ghattaga
Joseph H. Shipp
N. Forrest
Alabama
Tennessee
Missispi
Arkansas
Ida
Kentucky
Louisiana
Northlina
South Carolina
Texas
Annett H. Young
U.C. V
Jacksonville
Fla
Chatnooga
Kipp
S. A. Cuningham
Eteran
Bachman
Young
Neral Young
Rly
Centre Sexton
Civil War Heroes Remembered at Chattanooga Tablets
Commanders and civilians visit Confederate Chattanooga to view iron tablets bearing the names of identified dead. The 24 tablets honor soldiers including Capt. Rock, Capt. Milton, Capt. Shipp, and Gen. Young, with editors, daughters, and officials in attendance.
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Young
T. G
Chattanooga
Capt
Rock
Kentucky National Guard
Louisville
Chattanooga News
Sara Frazier
S. J. A. Frazier
Tennessee
S.A. Cunningham
Confederate Veteran
G. Fort Milton
Bennett H. Young
C. E. Buck
C. R. Hyde
J. W., Bachman
U. C
J. F P. Shipp
Acorns Boost Hogs as Corn Runs Short in Arkansas
In Lead Hill Arkansas dated December 13 acorns and wild nuts are plentiful in the Northwest Arkansas woods. Corn crops are poor so hogs fatten on acorns. Hog killing starts after drive in with meat shared among neighbors to prevent spoilage as weather remains uncertain.
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Lead Hill
Ark
Northwest
Arkansas Woods
Prentis Literary Society Presents Crowded Pascagoula Event
The Pascagoula High School Prentis Literary Society staged a crowded program at the public school house. Chopin selection by Elizabeth Gordon, papers by Marion Johnson and Leona Nelson, solos by Edith Morris and Leona Nelson, readings by Lewis Rose, a debate on annexation with Adda Curry and Sam Walker for the affirmative and Irma Fitzenreiter and John Chipman for the negative.
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Pascagoula
Prentis Literary Society
Pascagoula High School
F. Chopin
Elizabeth Gordon
Marion Johnson
Edith Morris
Leona Nelson
Edith Lloyd
Lewis Rosé
México
United States
Adda Curry
Sam Walker
Irma Fitzenreiter
John Chipman
Messrs
G.B. Chapman
W. J. Morris
Charles E. Chidsey
Dr James McAllister Dies Aboard Steamship CarriBean
Philadelphia report says Dr James McAllister longtime president of Drexel Institute died at sea Thursday aboard the CarriBean while en route from New York to Bermuda. He resigned last June due to illness. The educator aged 73 formerly lectured at Johns Hopkins and at the College of the City of New York and was elected an officer in Academic Paris in 1890. He wrote extensively on pedagogy.
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Philadelphia
James McAllister
Drexel Institute
CarriBean
New York
Bermuda
McAllister
Johns Hopkins College
College of the City of New York
Academic
Paris
L and N 1914 Calendars Distributed by Railroad
The Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company announces distribution of its 1914 calendars to the passenger department output. The release highlights timetable information and traveler guidance for the new year.
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The
Louisville &* Nashville Railroad Company
Valuable Find at Jasper Shows Colonial Secretary
Jasper Ale December 13. A remarkable discovery in Capt. Hendrick's home reveals an old handmade secretary in fine preservation. Believed to be over a century old, the piece is thought to have belonged to John T. Morgan famed as Father of the Isthmian Canal.
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Capt. Hendrick
John T. Morgan
Mobile Orange Belt Railroad Promises Satsuma Growth
L. Irvine argues Mobile must discover itself and boost the Satsuma industry via a Mobile Orange Belt Railway. He envisions seven miles of orange and pecan groves served by traction cars, enabling local canning, packing, and direct freight to the world, turning the Satsuma into Mobile's talisman to attract investment and settlement.
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Canada
Europe
Satsuma
Mobile
Orange Grove
Rockefeller Donation Bypasses Rules For St Vincent Fund
Rockefeller contributes 1000 to the St Vincent's Hospital fund despite Board of Benevolence rules. The board had signaled rules would be broken, enabling the gift to reach the $250,000 target. The move surprised hospital fund executives F H Goff and Virgil P Kline.
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Cleveland
Ohie
D. Rockefeller
St. Vincent's Hospital
F. H. Goff
Virgil P. Kline
Rockefelle Board of Benevolence
Goff
Rd Today
Rockefeller
Alfred H Smith rises from errand boy to New York Central president
Alfred H Smith, once a forty dollar a week errand boy for the Lake Shore system, climbs to lead a five hundred fifty million dollar New York Central rail line. His mother recalls her instinctive faith in his potential as he advances from elevator operator to division superintendent and senior vice president within thirty years.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Alfred H. Smith
New York Central Lines
Alfred
W. H. Rogers
Lake Shore
Smith
Rockwell School
Santa Claus in Black Hand Letter Case
Paul McHugh a sixteen year old resident of St Clairsville Ohio was charged in local court with sending a Black Hand letter to farmer George Duvall. The note demanded $25 and warned of violence if refused. Deputies halted the teen as he approached the grave where the money was to be placed. The report notes his misguided view of Christmas and materialist motives behind the threat.
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ST. Clairsville
Ohio
Paul McHugh
George Duvall
Sarnta’ Claus
Mr. Duvall
Morey
Wigle
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Shipp
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Northwest Arkansas
Great Hope
Prentis Society
DR. Jas. M’allister
Jasper
Mobile Orange Belt Railroad
L. ©. Irvine
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Florida
Lfornia
North
Los Angeles
Jon
Dawes
Develotroner Grove
Dawes Murnery
Mobile Orange Belt
Mobile Orange Belt Railway
Governament Street Loop
Matchiess
Tunity
New York Central
Santa Claus
BLACK
Buckeye
le Cree
Antoinette
Shoess
Gomfy’’ Skuffers
Silk Skuffers
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