The Amazing Young Pelham and His Horse Battery
A detailed portrait of John Pelham, West Point cadet turned Confederate major, famed for leading Stuart’s Horse Artillery. The article recounts Pelham’s daring feats from Bull Run to Fredericksburg, his French Creole troops, and his death at Kelly’s Ford while defending the Confederate line.
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American Press Association
London Times
John Pelham
Stuart's Horse Artillery
Pelham
Stoneman
Prince of Wales
Academy
West Point
United States Army
Janiform
United States
New Albany
Ind
Sander
Louisville
Jeffersonville
Kentucky
Montgomery
Confederacy
Lynchburg
Jebn Stuart
Virginia Cavalry
Alabama
Pelham Him
Mobile
Napoleon
Stuart
Gaines Mill
Stonewall Jackson
Jackson
Jackes
Lee
Potomac
Rappahannock
Antietam
Peclham
Fredericksburg
Hamilton’s Heights
epdEe Y
Wagrthun
Dorps
Confederate Congress
Guoraz Ll. Kuaerr
Novel Napkin Ring Ornaments Spark Home Decoration
A woman devises two layered round thread napkin rings with square and pointed ends, embroidered initials or floral letters, and jeweled accents. Rings are easily removable for laundry, using odd buttons or tape ties, and larger versions suit music rolls and handkerchief holders. The piece praises affordable, decorative home embellishment.
Yaghum: A New Tramp Class Emerges In Pittsburg Police Lingo
Pittsburg police describe a new term for a brutal tramp type after arrests at a cheap lodging house. Nine tramps were seized in a raid while a car-yard killer, the yaghum, stalks box cars and preys on fellow wanderers, often with fatal results.
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Pittsburg
McTighe
Slippery elm bark trade expands from East to South
A Memphis man uncovers a ready demand for slippery elm bark used in medicine. He notes Eastern mills seek 100,000 to 200,000 pounds annually and that rural workers in Mississippi, Arkansas, Tennessee, and Alabama can profit by gathering the bark without harming trees. The system pays 3.5 cents per dry pound with shipments from Northern Alabama to Grenada, Mississippi.
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Allen Asher
Memphis
Asher
Tennessee
Mr. Asher
Mississippi
Arkansas
Alabama
Crittenden County
Ark
Illinois Central Railway
Grenada
Miss
Physician Proposes Private Vaccination Method
Dr. John B. Read of Tuscaloosa Alabama a longtime physician and county health officer describes a simple vaccination technique using a fine needle and thread dipped in vaccine matter. He claims the method which he devised in early practice has never before been publicized and that the thread carries the virus beneath the skin.
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John B. Read
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Read
Emperor Cuts Court Perquisites In Vienna
Emperor Francis Joseph trims royal household expenses ending wood wine venison allowances and wax candles seasonally. Servants lose private liveries and cannot sell leftover cold victuals from daily meals and state banquets.
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Francis Joseph
Maria Theresa
Poetry of the Africans in bright expressions
A missionary notes striking African expressions illustrating poetic ideas. The Moongues call thunder the sky's gun and morning the day's child. The Zulus name twilight the eye lashes of the sun. An African visitor in America calls ice water fast asleep.
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America
Massive Sturgeon Draws Crowd at Portland Wharf
A huge crowd gathered at Alder street wharf Portland to view a record sturgeon caught near Megler's cannery Brookfield by a Russian Finn who lacked English and sent a youth to sell the fish. The monster measured 11 feet 6 inches and weighed nearly 700 pounds selling for about $20. Its age and its many wrinkles on the horns were noted.
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Alder Street
Portland
Oregon
Megler
Brookfield
Earrings Out of Date in Fashion Notes
A fashion column notes earrings are out of date though many trifles remain to decorate women. Long chains with watches or lorgnettes and jeweled bracelets gain popularity as stylish accessories in the current trend.
Tropical disease Beribert noted in Dublin asylum outbreak
The term berri-berri long tied to sailors in southern seas is said to have broken out in the Richmond Asylum in Dublin, Ireland, due to overcrowding.
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Richmond Asylum
Dublin
Ireland
Woman asks police to allow whipping husband
A Lewiston police station received a call from a woman seeking permission to whip her husband after he scolded her. Officers suggested the woman handle the whipping herself and she left saying she could do it.
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Lewiston
Where Did the Author Come In
A literary bureau manager notes the fee for manuscript examination as ten dollars. He announces the project has been placed and presents the editor's check for two dollars and seventy five cents.
Lawsuit Over a Pebble in a Bun
A bakery faces a lawsuit after a pebble dropped into a bun allegedly injured a buyer who broke two teeth and endured pain while eating. The baker denies responsibility for the accidental inclusion of the stone in the dough.
Legal challenge to underage elopement in Indiana case
A Kentucky woman sues the Clark county clerk and a local justice of the peace over a marriage license and ceremony for her underage daughter. She alleges both were informed that neither bride nor groom was of legal age, seeking accountability for the elopement.
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Kentucky
Clark County
Indiana
Justice of the Peace
Klondike Beggar Requests 10000 Yet Receives Caution
In the Klondike a beggar pleads for ten thousand dollars but the man refuses saying it would be spent on cheap beer. The scene shows how chatty locals show sympathy yet stay prudent amid hardship.
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Klondike
Odd Designs in Jewelry Highlight Nature Motifs
The piece notes insects birds and reptiles as dominant themes in new jewelry. It describes five to six stone set rings with pearls sapphires and diamonds, large gold rings for scarfing with turquoise, gold safety pins with amethyst and diamonds, silver basket brooches, and colored enamel or jewel topped chain purses with four leaf clover motifs.
The Rascal Won
A clerk quotes a price for gloves at a dollar seventy five and offers to order an extra small size while a purchaser, seeking a smaller fit, agrees to buy three pairs.
Personal Property Sale By Wm. M. Helvie
Tipton township resident Wm. M. Helvie will conduct a public sale of his personal property on February 24 as he prepares to move his residence to Logansport.
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Wm. M. Helvie
Tipton Township
Logansport
Cure-all remedies and local notices fill the page
Readers learn of Hall's Catarrh Cure claiming a $100 reward for any failure. Advertisements push Hood's Sarsaparilla and Hood's Pills for blood purification and digestion. Mentions include a new office counter at the New Murdock hotel and local residents preparing to travel to Klondike.
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Sdia
Hall
Travel guidance for Klondike gold seekers by Pennsylvania Lines
Klondike prospectors are advised to contact Pennsylvania Lines Ticket Agents for free information on rates routes and preliminaries. If local agents are unavailable send name address start date party size and travel questions to W W Richardson D PF Agt Indianapolis Indiana for prompt guidance.
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Alaska
Pennsylvania Lines
Pennsylvania
W.w.richardson
D, PF. Agt
Indianapolis
Ind
Hot Springs Resort Hotels Open This Winter
All three great hotels at Hot Springs Arkansas will reopen this winter. The Arlington never closed Park opens January 6 Eastman January 25. Fifty hotels and three hundred boarding homes supply accommodations at reasonable rates under direct Government control. Surgeon General endorses curative waters. request illustrated matter and Vandalia Line ninety day round trip excursion rates from local agents.
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Arlington
Park
Eastman
United States
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