Notable Soldier Harrington Sheds Light On War’s Aftermath
An Illinois traveller and Civil War veteran recounts life after Libby Prison. He details years of debility, sleep loss, indigestion, and weight loss, then credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People with restoring health and ending a long smoking habit.
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Illinois
Peoria
Spall Cheater & Ats
Princeville
Harrington
Transript
Kewanee
Libby
Weber
G.A.R
Aleo
Wilama
Dr. Williams
Ciceren
Harrixaton
Cheater
Timrinrion
Ving
Cikeren 8
HaRmorox
Lincoln M. Coy
Williams
Willisme
Labor Poem Encourages Awake and Duty Now
A Victorian style verse urges readers to rise with the morning and work. It calls for upholding duties, bearing the standard bravely, and seizing the golden morrow before rest comes last. Attributed to J. H. A. Hicka in Golden Days.
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J. H. A. Hicka
Dave's Triumph in a Village Barhouse
A rural tale follows Dave after a drinking brawl at the White Lion inn where Rod taunts him over his alleged drinker heart. Dave's lover, a woodbound girl, confronts him beside autumn pines as fear of drink drives both apart. He returns home, battles thirst, and spirals toward self-destruction, ending with a pistol and bottle in moonlit woods.
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White Lion Inn
Chocbe
Josh Tuckett
Dave
Rod
Tom
Red
Dave Vint
Lane
Tie
Duran
Jase
Childer
Thoebe
Inet
Lfe
Zack
Ty Wodewood
Mageanne
Spain's Cuban Forces Described in Detail
The article catalogs Spanish troops in Cuba by unit, noting origins, roles, and morale. It portrays First Regular Infantry as young Spaniards, Second Cavalry with weak mounts, Third Guardia Civil infantry as capable, Fourth Guerrillas as disciplined yet despised, Fifth Volunteers infamous, Sixth Mobilizados as irregular guards, and Seventh Orden Publico infantry as city guards. It laments the fate of captured guerrillas and compares Mauser rifles to the Springfield.
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Spain
Cuba
Que
Lavan
Texas
Rosinante
Vilelage
Connecticut
Guardia Civil
Weyler
Orden Publico — Infantry
United States
Havana
New York National Guard
N.Y. Tribune
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