Gettysburg semi centennial to host 48000 veterans in peace
Gettysburg prepares a four day semi centennial reunio n with 48000 veterans from the North and South in a vast encampment. The U S Army has set up more than 6000 tents and medical, supply, and sanitation services for the event planned to begin Tuesday and end July 4.
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International News Service
Gettysburg
United States Army
Grand Army of the Republic
United Confederate Veterans
Army
Secretary of War
National Guard
Pennsylvania
James E. Normoyle
War Department
Slaton Is Inaugurated Governor of Georgia
Atlanta June 28 John M Slaton was inaugurated governor of Georgia succeeding Joseph M Brown. The ceremonies were held in the hall of the house of representatives before both branches of the legislature in joint session. In his inaugural address Governor Slaton advocated economy in state affairs.
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Atlanta
John M. Slaton
Georgia
Joseph M. Brown
House of Representatives
Slaton
Lee Lewis jailed in Amite for assault and theft links
In Kentwood Louisiana on June 28 Lee Lewis was jailed in Amite on $1500 bond after Sam Parnell filed a complaint. Parnell says his wife was dragged from her room and whipped weeks earlier and dogs traced tracks to Lewis’s home. No shoes matched the prints and no arrest followed until additional evidence tied Lewis to the attack. Lewis protests innocence and good name.
Gettysburg Remembrance Echoes Through Veteran Memories
The piece recalls Armistead's mortal wounding and the last stand of the gray line at Gettysburg. It notes aging leaders like Lee Longstreet Pickett Mead and Hancock fading from the anniversary events and mentions Sickles attending as a surviving Mead aide. The tale frames Gettysburg as memory the village and Lincoln's Gettysburg Address and postwar peace ties.
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Mnior
Army Engineers
Gettysburg
Big Roundtop
Little Roundtop
Cemetery Ridge
Wheatfield
Devil's den
Plum Run
Chambersburg Pike
Taneytown Road
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Pickett
Reynolds
Hancock
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Meade
Buford
Heth
Nolds
Doubleday
Howard
Cemetery Hill
Mead
Eace
Little Band
James Longstreet
Robert E. Lee
Daniel E. Sickles
O. Howerd
Armistead
New York
Abraham Lincoln
Temporary officers named for Arkansas University year
The University of Arkansas board of trustees elected Prof. J. C. Juliete as acting president for the coming year and named Prof. Martin Nelson acting dean of the state agricultural college in Fayetteville for the same period.
Anson Phelps Stokes Dies At Home In New York
International News Service reports Anson Phelps Stokes died at his home 2% Madison Avenue from apoplexy after a week long illness. The noted jinaneter was widely known and his death came as a shock to society and business circles.
Dixie Kid Roberts Dies in Impromptu Fight
Memphis telegram reports early morning June 28 that a negro prize fighter known as Dixie Kid Roberts was killed in the second round of an impromptu bout with another negro fighter named Kid Rumpton. The fight occurred last night in Memphis Tennessee.
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International News Service
Memphis
Tenn
Dixie Kid
Roberts
Kid" Rumpton
Jewelry Quality and Low Prices for the Market
The market offers a superb selection of novelties and late patterns in silverware and jewelry. Prices are at their lowest, with lines that please the fastidious buyer and deliver enduring quality.
Sceptic and Enthusiast by Jeannette Delande
Two women clash over faith in people and beauty in life. The younger vows to cling to ideals and love while the elder laments disillusion. A battle of perspectives ends with a call to restore youthful enthusiasm and face the sun.
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Olive Schreiner
Ture
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