Desperate Civil War battle recounts and losses
An exhausted Confederate force under General Wilcox and General McCall fights at Frazier's Farm and Gaines' Mill near Richmond in 1862. The Eleventh Alabama suffers heavy casualties, with officers and men killed or wounded, including Judge Browne and Brett losing limbs. survivors recall intense bayonet charges and battery engagements.
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T Court
Richmond
George B. McClelland
Frasier’s Farm
Judge Browne
Brett
Judge
Alabama
J. P. Clark
Eutaw
Ala
Charles Galloway
Sydenham Moore
Seven Pines
Gaines’ Mill
Stephen F. Hale
Frazier
Eleventh
McCall
Wilcox
Conselurate Army
MecCillan
Wee
Jewely
Randall
Fouth Regie
Cooper
Lee
Bids Wanted for County Supplies in Mobile Alabama
Sealed bids for groceries grain hardware fresh clothing shoes harness and gravel will be received by the Revenue and Road Commissioners of Mobile County Alabama until 10:00 AM Monday May 31. Specifications and forms may be obtained at the office. The board reserves the right to reject all bids. Alvarez Clerk. 5 21 28 26 30.
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Ma Revenue and Road Commissioners
Mobile County
Ala
O. A. Alvarez
War Breeds War Says Zangwill Excerpt
Isreal Zangwill argues no generation avoids war and that nationalism fuels conflict. He warns seeds of war are scattered globally and eradication from human nature is needed, not diplomacy or finance. He asserts nationalism demands war as long as it is valued and borders are drawn in blood.
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Israel Zangwill
Isreal Zangwill
Austro German Front Attacks Fade on Galician Line
Petrograd reports weaker Austro German assaults on Galician fronts on May 20–21 as Russians push along the San and Vistula corridors. Russian forces seize several villages, take hundreds of prisoners, and repel counterattacks while the enemy concentrates near the Stryj and Tysmionica regions.
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Petrograd
Galician
Lower
San
Vistula
Krawtne
Rourji
Piehyshow
Kamerale
Nisko
Ignatze
Przemysl
Goussikow
Tysmionica
Stryj
Slonsko
Gawacow
Shavli
Courland
Narew
Opawow
Galicta
Mount Lassen Eruption Stuns Redding with Huge Plume
In Redding California on May 22 Mount Lassen erupted at 4 30 pm and lasted until 6 pm. The eruption produced a towering black cloud rising three times higher than prior events and a second blast sent a column over 20 000 feet high. The spectacle was described as surpassing all previous eruptions.
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Redding
Cal
Mount
Lassen
Roosevelt Delighted as Jury Clears Barnes Libel Case
Col. Roosevelt expresses gratitude after a Syracuse jury finds Barnes had no cause of action in the libel suit. The verdict ends a five week trial that cost over $100000 and involved a poll of jurors in private. Barnes may seek a new trial or appeal, per legal options mentioned.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Barnes
R. Barnes
Award Burns
Helly
Col. Roosevelt
Foreman
Bette
Barnum and
Mr. Bowers
Burns
Grain and Hogs Show Slightly Lower Prices
In Chicago on May 22 the wheat market closed with losses of about a penny, while corn and oats also fell amid weak cash demand. Hog prices slipped as packers and professional buyers reduced bids, with lard supplies rising in Chicago and meat holdings favorable to the bears.
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Chicago
St. Louis
Kansas City
Seaboard
Gulf
W. L. Gregson
Three Arctic Explorers and Eskimo Group Scene
The caption details Vilhjalmur Stefansson possibly alive far north of Alaska or Canada, with Ensign Fitzhugh Green and Donald B. MacMillan. Green and MacMillan were last heard from at Etah nine months earlier after westward 1914 expedition. Crocker Land proved a mirage. An expedition departs in July to bring them home. Burt M. McConnell leads an airborne hydro aeroplane effort to locate Stefansson.
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Esquimaux
Stefansson
Alaska
Canada
Vilhjailmur Stefansson
Fitzhugh Green
Donald B. MacMillan
Crocker Land
MacMillan
Green
Etah
United States
Burt M. McConnell
Harvard
Axis Becomes First Community to Seek Drainage District
Axis Alabama May 22 Special Axis is the first community to ask for a drainage district under a new law. The main ditch will run from Sako Lumber Company lands south to near Gunnison creek, draining about a thousand acres including Cypress pond with sufficient fall expected. The school board met to discuss centralized schooling with Axis as the district center for Cleveland Satsuma Creole and Bucks.
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Axis
Ala
Sako Lumber Company
Gunnison Creek
Charles Anderson
Cleveland
Satsuma
Creole
Sako
Bucks
Italians in Austria Forcibly Detained
Rome reports widespread persecution of Austro Italians in Trento with men aged 42 to 60 sent to unknown destinations in central Austria. Bosnians Croats and Slovaks called to the Italian border. Mass arrests and asset confiscations amid famine conditions. Dante statue dynamited.
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Rome
Trento
Austria
Trent
Dante
Milan
Germany
Marquis Devits de Marco
Etta Durham
Boston
Heiress to Million Charged by Mother as Incorrigible
Miss Eugenia Kelly a 19 year old heiress to more than one million dollars the estate of her financier grandfather Eugene Kelly was arraigned in Yorkville court on incorrigibility alleged by her mother Mrs Helen M Kelly Magistrate Housted adjourned the hearing until Monday afternoon with $1 000 bail posted by her sister Mrs Ralph R Thomas
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New York
Eugenia Kelly
Eugene Kelly
Ralph R. Thomas
Frank Gould
Yorkville Court
Helen M. Kelly
Bedford Reformatory
Housted
Thomas
Austria Is Painfully Surprised at Italy
Vienna May 22 Baron Stephen Burian von Rajenz Austro Hungarian foreign minister delivered to the Italian ambassador a note expressing painful surprise at Italy's abrupt termination of a treaty based on shared political interests that had guaranteed peace and security to their states.
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Vienna
Stephen Burian von Rajenz
Italy
Austrian Ambassador to Rome Plans Soon Departure
The Austrian ambassador to Rome is expected to leave the city soon amid a diplomatic reshuffle. Details remain sparse as officials prepare for the handover and review pending arrangements.
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Rome
Pennsylvania Crew Wins Regatta on Schuylkill Defeats Boston and Harvard
The University of Pennsylvania eight won the race for first eight-oared shells at the American Rowing Association regatta on the Schuylkill river beating the Union Club of Boston and Harvard University Club by six lengths amid a heavy rainstorm. Kelly of the Vespers set a single scull record, finishing in 7:52 2-5, while Undine led early in the University eight event before Pennsylvania surged to win.
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Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
Union Club of Boston
Harvard University Club
American Rowing Association
Schuylkill River
Pennsylvania
Union
Theeeight
Kelly
Ayer
Boston
Walter Smith
University Barge Club
New York
Undine
Syracuse
Osman
Jack Kelly
J. R. Ayer
Henry
University of Penneylvania
New Chicago Citizens to Show Their Loyalty
Chicago on May 22 reports that 10 000 new citizens swore allegiance to the United States in the past year. Judge Clarence N Goodwin of the superior court leads the naturalization department and heads the association planning the Decoration Day celebration at the Coliseum on May 30.
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Chicago
Coliseum
Clarence N. Goodwin
Superior Court
United States
Goodwin
Naturalization Department
Churchill Bids Farewell To Old Associates
London May 22 The coalition cabinet shaping up with Asquith and Unionists in charge. Churchill bade farewell to admiralty heads after clashes with Fisher and may not take a new post during the war. Lloyd George to stay chancellor and other leaders named for the ministry. Privy Council likely Tuesday as outgoing ministers transfer. Parliament to reconvene June 3 for confidence vote.
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London
Asquith
Winston Spencer Churchill
Admiralty
Baron Fisher
House of Commons
David Lloyd George
Exchequer
Reginald McKenna
Marquis of Crewe
A. J. Balfour
Andrew Bonar Law
J. Austen Chamberlain
Marquis of Lansdowne
Privy Council
Pew
Tires of Husband No 13 and Pines for New One
Evansville woman Polly Anne Strodes 74 seeks divorce from Harrison Strodes 82 her thirteenth husband. She accuses him of not bathing since their 1911 marriage and says he throws stones and bucksaws at her head while threatening to kill her. She states she wants another husband.
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Evansville
Ind
Boyden
George Boyden
Polly Anne Strodes
Harrison Strodes
Wall Street Gains Amid War Stock Revival and Profit-Taking
New York May 23 Wall Street shows renewed strength in war stocks with 1 to 3 point gains as short covering boosts standard railroads and industrials. Crucible Steel leads with a 4 point rise on war order rumors and Bethlehem Steel expectations. Westinghouse Electric and New York Air Brake rise over 2 points, while American Locomotive and Baldwin Locomotive inch higher. Missouri Pacific lags amid notes on a proposed permanent financing plan and stock assessment.
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New York
Wall Street
Berlin
Crucible Steel
Bethlehem Steel
Westinghom Electric
Baldwin
Steel
Missouri Pacific
Where Do You Buy Your Toilet Soaps Talcum Powder
A local grocer promotes a full line of toilet articles. Items include Colgate talcum powder in tins for 15c, Colgate Ribbon Dental Cream 25c, Palmolive and Pears soaps, Turkish Bath Soap 50c a dozen, and Lama Oil with assorted cake packs.
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Colgate
Golgate
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