Lincoln and Army Deserters and Lincoln’s Pardon Policy
Horatio King recounts an incident about deserters during the Civil War. He claims President Lincoln declined to sign death warrants for soldiers who faltered in battle, instead consigning many cases to the war department pigeon holes without his signature. The anecdote asserts Lincoln favored mercy over executions for cowardice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Army
Horatio King
Magazine of American History of
President Lincoln
War Department
Leviathan Locomotives From Schenectady for Colorado Midland
The Schenectady locomotive works built two massive engines numbered 1 and 2 for the Colorado Midland Railroad to run between Colorado Springs and Leadville. The boilers use Otis steel nine sixteenths of an inch thick with sixty inch diameter and 234 tubes, cylinders 20 by 24 inches, four driving wheels per side 51 inches diameter, weight sixty two tons without tender, fifty six tons on driving wheels, and a St Louis steam brake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany Argus
Schenectady
New York Central
St. Louis
Market notes and cures from distant notes and ads
Markets across Minneapolis Duluth Milwaukee St Paul report grain prices including wheat corn oats and rye with varying grades and prices for No 1 hard No 1 Northern No 2 Northern No 2 white and No 2 mixed. Market chatter includes pork lard butter eggs and hay plus a flood of patent medicines and local notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Milwaukee
St. Paul
A Georgia Drummer Negotiates With A Preferred Creditor
A Telegraph anecdote from the town ofacon Georgia shows a merchant and a drummer negotiating a forty cent on the dollar settlement to wind up a business. The merchant explains that other creditors will not recover full value for a year, revealing the rough logic of preferred status in debt settlements.
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Acon
Georgia
President to Ax Arizona Headquarters Move to Los Angeles
An imminent presidential order will transfer Southern California to the department of Arizona under General Nelson A. Miles and relocate headquarters from Prescott Arizona to Los Angeles adjusting regional command in the southwest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern California
Department of Arizona
Ger. Nelson A. Miles
Prescott, Ariz
Los Angeles
Hostetter's Almanac 1887 Ready for Free Distribution
The 1887 Hostetter’s Almanac, a medical annual, is ready and available free from druggists and country dealers across the United States and beyond. It blends health guidance with calendars and curiosities, claiming to be the largest medical edition yet published. Proponents, Messrs. Hostetter & Co. of Pittsburgh, offer mail copies for a two cent stamp. The text also notes a typographical union opposing Benedict’s confirmation as public printer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sterling Medical Annual
Hostetter’s Almanac
United States
Mexico
Western Hemisphere
Hostetter
Messrs
Hostetter & Co
Pittsburgh
Benedict
Opinionated Juries and a Woman's Cure All
A columnist notes juries show dissent, while women unanimously praise Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as the best remedy for female ailments transforming health and happiness at home. Senator Fair of Nevada will not reach Washington until next month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senator Fair
Nevada
Washington
Roeuerster
Parpee Medicine Co
Also Mentioned on This Page
Leviathan
Jacob Froehlich
Cincinnati, C
St. Jacobs
Pierce
von Fries
Weisbaden
Minnesota
Albert A. Larson
Kirkman
Allen
Nelson
Hamline
Minn
Brown
Wetherell & Kent
Kimball, Oak
Hall
Ayer
Napiersville
Québec
J. P. Allen
Pisos
Cts
Warner
Caswell Hazard & Co
New York
Lyon
Hood
Anens
Emerald Avenue
Chicago
Henry Ransom
Mr. Vernon
I. Hood & CO. Apothecaries
Lowell
Mass
Sone
Dave Anpd Chemical Co
Bostos
Seth Thomas
America
Isecount
Beas Coe
Catarri
Ely
Georgie
Judson
Hartford
Conn
Ry Saotrena Ora Drogen
Oaklaw
Wayne
DuPage Co
Lilinole
Bryant
Butta
Pals
M. Sites & Co
Wash
CIA
R. B
A. P. Lack, Paten
Washington, D. CO
Paten
M Orkalte
Louis Bagger
Abe Gimanners
Scandinavian Ui
Uxce
Mitte
Ross LA
Ledo
Ohio
Woodbury
Pearl St
Albany
N.Y
Wilson
Wilson Brosr
Easton
Joseph Gillotts
Isaac Thompson
Mather
John L
Thompson, Sons & CO
Troy
N. Y
More Tansil
Pynest
Tansill
DRU R.w.tans LL & CO
State St
Rae Jora
Geary St
San Francisco
Cal
Murray Hill
Rene
Mason & Ares Organ and ‘Piano Co
Boston
Medical Review
Tutt
Ase Olmmaas
Tufts
Lydia E. Pinkham
General Barringer
Winston
N. C
Richmond
Winston, N. C
Jane A. Fai
Jefferson Avenue
Rochester
Dr. Pardee
Ompr Pard Dicine Co
Roches
Montgom
Wayward & Co
Wabash Avenue
Frost King
Winter Carnival
Hotel Ryan
Woodward & Company
Corn Exchange
Minneapo
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