Calico for a Child Helps a Soldier in War Town
In a Tennessee town torn between Union and Confederate control, a 12 year old girl treasured calico meant for her dress. A Confederate cavalry detachment stole it, a Union officer recovered it after a neighbor called the theft, and a young officer presented the fabric to the grateful girl, a scene linked to the man who would become Gen. Joe Wheeler.
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Tennessee
Duff Davis
Lincoln
Gen
Joe" Wheeler
War nurse Mother Stewart of Ohio turns eighty four
Eliza J. Stewart of Springfield celebrated her eighty fourth birthday and remains a renowned temperance figure. She is praised as a powerful speaker likened to Wendell Phillips in petticoats and preserves Civil War memorabilia, including a signed certificate from Gen. Thomas and a copy of Sherman’s March to the Sea. Her temperance work began in 1858 and continued to London by invitation of Lady Aberdeen, with 1874 blue ribbon pledge efforts among Virginia’s colored people.
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Ohio
Stewart
Eliza J. Stewart
Springfield
Women's Christian Temperance
Wendell Phillips
Gen. Thomas
Sherman
Athens
British Woman's ‘Temperance Association
Mother Stewart
Virginia
Uatilaus
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
London
Lady Aberdeen
Concealing Movements in Civil War Siege Tactics
A Chicago Inter Ocean summary recounts Civil War era misdirection by Buell and Thomas. It describes a long deceptive march from Tennessee toward Kentucky, Bragg’s movements toward Nashville, and a decisive water supply episode at a spring near Murfreesboro. The tale notes troops’ hunger and fatigue, a stern Buell order at the spring, and the unheralded anticipation of imminent battle.
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Chicago Inter Ocean
Orange Free State
Buell
Toursville
Kentucky
Tennessee
Shiloh
Corinth
Mississippi
Alabama
Chattanooga
McMinnville
Bragg
Altimont
Murfreesboro
Gee
Nashville
Kent
Thomas
Altamont
Geb
Army of the Ohio
Mms Sorne
Young Miss Edith Rickel Shoots to Fame in Trap
Edith Rickel of Auburn Indiana, age 10, earns rapid acclaim as a trap shooter. Trains under Romeo Tarney, receives a Winchester, posts scores from January through February 1900, including 37 of 50 on January 24 and 30 of 50 later, with growing belief she may join America’s top women shooters. Also notes use of hot water bags for medical care and a nurse’s observation.
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Mins Edith
Rickel
Auburn
Ind
Mins Rickel
Miss Mollith
Winchester
Romeo Tarney
Ausburn
Miks Edith
W. R. Lyons
Piqua, O
Gentle Reproof In Slipper Sales Conversational Snippet
A brief dialogue where a salesman extols the slippers quality and a customer replies he spends evenings at home, implying no purchase. The exchange appears in Tit-Bits, capturing a domestic, genteel sales scene.
To Make Sweeping Easier and Broom Handle Design
A three section broom handle with a flat spring center relieves bristle strain. The design aims to lessen wear on brooms and improve sweeping efficiency. A fragment notes shoes conform to the foot, praised for beauty and fit.
St Louis Solves School Space Crisis With Moveable Schoolhouses
St Louis engineers devise portable 24 by 36 foot schoolhouses to reach scholars when rooms are scarce. Each unit splits into sections, assembles quickly, and provides 60 desks with indirect heating and safe ventilation. The design aims to relocate where needed to accommodate growing pupil numbers.
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St. Louis
Aacho
Ballroom Etiquette Rules From Ladies' Home Journal
Quoted etiquette guidance from Mrs Burton Kingeland advises proper dance manners for both genders. It covers introductions, engagement decisions, chaperon roles, acceptable physical contact, attention to mothers or chaperons, and keeping to agreed dance commitments. It also warns against double partners and repeated dances with the same person.
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Mra. Burton Kingeland
Ladies' Home Journal
Silly Skits and Snippets From a Lugubrious Page
A garbled collage of witty quips and brief skits from various papers. It mixes lines about engagement gifts a bicycle and a failed proposal, a Punch commentary on a late show, and jokes from Chicago Daily News and Detroit Free Press. Includes puns about Abel, a boarding house gag, and stray quips on society and misinterpretation.
Chatter and Quips From Various Papers on Domestic Wits
A collage of humorous clippings shows quick quips about listening, health fads, romance, and daily life. Observations range from a farmhand’s blunt remark to a joke about a horse named Love Letter and a playful jab at overeager gossip among acquaintances.
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Minch
Chicago Daily News
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Ihe
Puck
Ound
Indiaon
Mixteen
Pame
Edith Rickel
Seaven
St. Louis Fo
Mohammed
Brainbridge
Larkin
Gilroy
Helinda
Abe
Abel
Chicago Daily 3
Sandy Mikes
Billy
Billy Coalgate
Sandy Pikes
Chicagen Daily News
Ana
Yonkers Statesman
Boing Hha
Bette
N. ¥. Journal
Magee
Milas Magee
Philadelphia
North
Ereault
Detroit Free Press
Jack
Rowllg
Jane
Chicago Post
Powable
Indianapolia Press
Crash
Mrs. Cash
Duck
Slankins
Inet
Tom
Chicago Tribune
Ianapolie
Amn Alwayn
Chicago ‘Tribune
Annie
Anil
Filer
Alec
ChicaKo Daily News
Dewees
Crimsonbeck
Tommy
Herg
Cleveland
Awein
Agais
Tess
Hoe
Hin
Mage
Cleveland Plain
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