Bangor Erects Civil War Monument and Seeks New Tribute
Bangor Me honors Civil War dead with a $3600 Soldiers Cemetery Monument at Mt Hope. Col Stephen Decatur Carpenter of the Nineteenth Maine is interred there after his Murfreesboro death. A larger downtown Soldiers and Sailors monument is proposed with support from the Woman’s Relief Corps and G A R veterans.
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Mt. Hope
Boldlera
Stephen Decatur Carpenter
Maine
Murfreesboro
Hangor
Col
Carpenter
MS Hope Cemetery
Soldiers’ Cemetery Corporation
Col. Carpenter
S Oldiers
Esailors
Rallef Corps
G. A. R. Veterans
Oldest American Flag From Revolution to Maryland Lost to Time
A fragmentary narrative traces the Maryland regimental banner from the Long Island and Harlem Heights battles through Cowpens in 1778 and North Point in 1814. The flag remained in the Bachelor family until 1907 when presented to Maryland’s state collection. later loaned to the Old Defenders and finally to Annapolis. Also mentioned are match production statistics and vast industrial plants.
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Maryland
Long Island
Harlem Heights
New York
John E. Howard
Cowpens
S. C
William Bachelor
Bachelor
Baltimore
Bia
North Point
Willam
Twenty-seventh Regiment
Society of the
Annapolis
Heroic Telegraph Boy Who Helped Save India
The article recounts Brendish, a youth in Calcutta later known as a telegraph assistant, who at Delhi sent vital news from Meerut during the 1857 rebellion. Despite danger, he operated amid gunfire, enabling communications that helped avert broader collapse. He received a life pension for his services.
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Altiefeld
Calcutta
Thia
Delhi Wan Aohut
Meerut
Delhi
Hrondish
Pilkington
Todd
Brendish
St. Hunt
Brandish
Sir Edwards
Punjab
India
Never Seen the Flatiron or Brooklyn Bridge
A New York Press note recalls a long time book seller near Broadway who has never seen the Flatiron building in decades and has not crossed the Brooklyn Bridge. The piece notes many Manhattan residents lack civic pride and curiosity about local landmarks.
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St. Thomas’ Church
New York
Broadway
Twenty-third Street
Platiron
Forty-second Street
Manhattan
Brooklyn Bridge
New York City
New York Press
American Nobility for Home Marriage Inquiry
The Savannah News discusses the idea of creating American titles to keep wealth at home and boost marriage prospects for American millionaires, noting that foreign women seldom marry Americans and questioning the happiness tied to titles. It suggests a home titles industry as an alternative to foreign duchesses and princesses.
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America
Savannah
Chinese Officers Train Afloat On British Warships
Three Chinese navy officers are aboard British cruisers to enhance professional training with plans to expand the program. Other foreign officers including Japanese and Siamese have also been received or sent to ships for similar purposes.
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Ume
Practical Fashions Paris Pattern No 2222
Pattern No 2322 shows a jumper with collar in allover lace bound by velvet ribbon. Sizes small to large require specific amounts of lace edging and velvet ribbon. send name and address with pattern number to Pattern Editor.
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Paris
al Soaras
Thik Paper
Girls Jumper Dress with Guimpe Paris Pattern No 2290
Paris Pattern No 2290 describes a thin pretty blue and white checked chambray jumper dress worn over a white dotted Swiss guimpe. The guimpe features trimmed collar and cuffs in a delicate finish.
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Paris
Dress Pattern for Girls Age Ten in Valen ciennes Lace
Insertion and edging described for a girl’s dress with a box plaited waist and cross strap. Details include blue and white braid trim, mikado sleeves, and a plaited skirt attached to the waist under a belt. Material per size and yardage given, plus braid, gulmpe, insertion, and edging needs. Pattern costs 10 coins from Pattern Hollor. mail size and number.
New Shorthand System By Dr James A Craig
Dr James A Craig of Ann Arbor Mich invents a shorthand system while at McGill University and has used it constantly for 30 years, offering a compact writing method.
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James A. Craig
Ann Arbor, Mich
McGill University
Home for Needy Forty Niners Project Aimed by Blanche Bates
Actress Blanche Bates announces a plan to create a home for needy forty-niners in California. She contacts representatives across the state to assess support and determine funding and involvement for the project.
Fage Bring Big Lose
London street merchants face heavy losses as competition and economic pressures curtail trade. The article notes substantial declines in daily takings and uncertain prospects for small traders as markets shift and outsiders gain traction.
Kidney Cure Claim From Western Canada Remedy
A dubious tonic claims to cure kidney and bladder trouble using buchu balmwort and noradparitia with a German expert endorsement. The text includes a mock letter from a Dominion official praising Western Canada crops and homesteading, plus comic dialogues and ads, all mixed in a late 1900s style.
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Gant
Bright
Remarkable Seed Grants and Farm Seed Offers Highlighted
A pasted Washington Star fragment mixes seed company pitches with farm yields and literary anecdotes. It notes high value seed sales, extravagant crop claims, and a John A Salzer Seed Co promotional tease. It also cites Cyrus Townsend Brady at a Toledo dinner discussing charity and a jokey minister exchange about salvation and library funding.
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Cyrus Townsend Brady
Toledo
Dr. Brady
Fragmentary OCR notes from 19th century druggist ad
A garbled text fragment appears to be an OCR dump from a historic druggist or notices page. It mentions names like CHENEY and MARTIN and references medical items or preparations, with scattered phrases about blood tests and care. Reading is incomplete and lacks a coherent narrative.
Whispering Customer and Avuncilor Patriarch in a Curious Exchange
A fragment shows Modesty and a pawnbroker scene where a whispered claim of honesty is tested. The Avuncilor Patriarch alludes to someone trying to have fun with you as a warning or taunt. The text then shifts to a catalog of remedies and brand names, ending with a Lavater quote on patience.
Lydia Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Claims Mothers
A forwarded testimonial urges sick women to use Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for restoring health and aiding motherhood. It cites letters from Maggie Gilmer and Josephine Hall praising recovery and fertility after traditional medical help failed. The ad extols the product as a long standing remedy for menstrual and related female ailments.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Maggie Gilmer
West Union
8. C
Mrs. Pinkham
Lydia EB Pinkham
Strenuous Rescue From Wolf Hunt Ends With Harrowing Descent
Two officers hunting wolves on Dry mountain in central Servia lost their way during a jam. After 14 hours one man collapsed in the snow and his partner tied him upright with cords and rolled him down the slope. The roller reached the bottom unhurt. the other officer, injured, was found later by a peasant and rushed to hospital.
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Servia
Speedy
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