Veterans Memory and a Confederate Roster Call to Action
The Bartow philosopher argues that Georgia regiments should be cataloged before they fade from memory. He notes the rapid changes in commands and the difficulty of reconstruction from available records, urging swift compilation and distribution in book form. He highlights Mrs. Elizabeth Gabbett’s push for badges of honor and promotes Dr Catching’s proposed Confederate memories volume to preserve veterans' stories for future generations.
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Georgia
Bartow
Major Fonte
Avery
Georgia Regulars
H. D. D. Twiggs
Reginat
Eighth Cavalry
Elizabeth Gabbett
Atlanta
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Doston
Lexington
Dr. Catching
Jeremiah
Grandpa
Grandma
Jenks
DeFoe
Robinson Crusoe
Dr. Goulding
Jos Jacobs
Atlanta Constitution
Height of Soldiers Drops as Armies Grow
The Tageblatt Berlin notes average soldier height falls with army size due to conscription. German height 60.63 inches, British 64.96, Italians 61, Austrians 61, Russians 61.54, US 63.78. 1860 figures show longer statures then, Sweden later rising. contrast peaceful nations with standing armies.
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Tageblatt
Berlin
Austria
United States
Europe
Sweden
Empress Tuen of China Rises to Supreme Power at Sixty
The tale traces Empress Dowager Tuen, once a slave, who, after becoming Empress consort and regent, now again seizes control as ruler of China. It highlights her rise, her link to Li Hung Chang, and the wartime context that shaded her birthday celebrations.
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Li Hung Chang
Catharine
Russia
China
Tuen
Pekin
Bishop Galloway
Clear Case of Nemesis in Times Agony Column
For seven years a London Times agony column reprinted an in memoriam note about a Scottish murder circa 1890 with vengeance quotes. The alleged killer, once acquitted for lack of evidence, has now been convicted of forgery and fraud and sentenced to long penal servitude.
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London Times
Scotland
Boston Herald
Religion in Japan Demands Daily Soil Worship
The article states that Japanese religion requires daily soil worship. Princes and wealthy individuals avoid full compliance by sprinkling dirt in a corner of a room on a cement square set aside for the purpose.
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Japan
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Dowager Empress OF China
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T. L. Strindfellow
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Merchants’ and Farmers’ Bank
Texas ST
L.M. Carter
B. Rand
Victoria Lumber Company, Limited
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Bf Dreyfus & the
Corner Spring and
Crockett Streets
Herman Loeb
Commerce
Cor. Crockett St
Vicksburg
St. Louis
New Orleans
Galveston
Houston
M. Hicks
B, Hicks
W. F. Chase, Leo.Treas
F. M. Hicks
B. Hicks
F. H. Gosman
W. F. Chase
T. I. Scovel
Drew
the Hicks Company
Shreveport
Warehouse Corner Spring
Travia and Commerce
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