Romance of a Pink Gown Sparks a Paris Connection
Millie Currier receives a pink gown from her music teacher Miss Lester after a village party. Mr Darrah, an old friend of the Hancocks, recognizes Miss Lester and rekindles a past engagement, revealing a renewed future for Miss Lester and Millie.
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Mariv
Miltle
Wikim
Miss Lester
Mardwick
Tala
Harilwick
Agid
Grand Plano
Millie
Dadge Tan- Conk
Justicia Mille
Margaret
An Miltie
Paris
Apa
Mike
Mike Lotter
Tooker
Darkfell
Oxy
Myra
Hancock
Jorueslem
Millie Currier
Minn Lester
Darrah
Hancocks
Eastern Junction
Hardwick
Lester
Mile
Margaret Lester
Mr. Darrah
America
Mille
Mike Lester
Coffee on the March amid Civil War Nosh and Grit
Reprint recounts soldiers guarding coffee kettles under fire during a Civil War march. Describes coffee grinding by bayonet punch, tin cups, and shared fires as troops pressed on to battle, with a general noting the fighters still have fight in them.
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Chicago Inter Ocean
Lred
B. F. Taylor
George
Voting Telegraph Proposed by Siemens in Prussia
A 1869 motion in the Prussian lower house proposed a voting telegraph by Siemens and Holeke. Each member would have a landle and a personal key to vote yes or no, with seats turned by the member to whom they belonged. The plan aimed to shorten voting time but was rejected due to lack of need and value of oral voting.
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Velolstag
Landtag
Tem
Siemens & Holeke
London Chronicle
How He Walked in Drill to Define Smartly
A sergeant drill instructor drills recruits to walk smartly as he paces the square. When asked how he walked, a raw recruit blurts out the word Dowdegged, provoking a moment of shock in the regiment.
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Cruith
Civil War Band Visit to Lincoln Described by General
Brigadier General Abbott recalls May 1861 visit of West Michigan volunteer infantry to Washington. Lincoln greeted the band leader, the band played Hail to the Chief and Yankee Doodle, and the party toured the White House before departing amid cheers.
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Abbott
Washington Post
West Michigan
Washington
Lincoln
White Home
Eighee
C. J. Wilces
United States Army
Winter Scott
War Department
White Hote
Dent
Summer Gossip of Modes and Fashions in 19th Century Ink
Stonewall Jackson described as a religious fanatic by Lippincott sample notes. The piece recalls his battlefield prayers and a wartime anecdote with General Lawton, then shifts to a Chicago Chronicle society column on women’s dress, sleeves, bodices, skirts, and hats with vivid period detail and color references.
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Jackson
Napoleon
Weiter
Lippincottis
Stonewall Twhovn
Stonewall Jackson
Republic
Wis
Gen. Lawton
Cedar Hountain
Lawton
Panama
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Sething
Joeose
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Guinea Station
Virginia
Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac
Brea
OS. Lea D. Long
Elkhart
Ind
D. B. Long
Eighty Eighth India
J. 8. Long
Thirty-third Ohio
Sherman
Dentonville
N. C
J. G. Long
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Piges
Marguerite
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