Imboden Recalls Pickett's Charge and Williamsport Fight
General Imboden recounts his Gettysburg night ride to meet Lee, describes Lee's fatigue and Pickett's doomed assault, and chronicles the perilous Williamsport retreat. He details wagoners defending 10,000 animals, improvised troops, and the critical ammunition train arrival that saved Lee's trains and possibly the war.
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J. D. Imboden
Lee
Blue Ridge
Rapidan
Winchester
Potomac
Baltimore and Ohio
Gettysburg
Lieut. McPhail
Gen. Lee
Pickett
Virginia
Chambersburg
Williamsport
Davis
Richmon
Greencastle
Frederick
Confederate States
Whitworth
Buford
Kilpatrick
J. K. B. Stuart
Hagerstown
Boonsborough
Baltimore
Washington
North
Hir Patrick
Iichmond
Old Havana mausoleum and Columbus castle visit
The narrator describes the Cathedral at Havana housing Columbus and Don Bartholomew’s remains, noting the stone Gothic church begun in 1852 and finished in 1540, built as Rome’s model, and resistant to earthquakes. The Castle of Columbus near the riverbank, once protecting Diego Columbus’s home, now lies in decay but remains a picturesque historic site in San Domingo.
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Columbus
Havana
New World
Spain
Don Bartholomew
Rome
Walla
House of Colon
San Domingo City
Unswaddled Opinion on the Innocence of Infants
A satirical compilation mocks babies as unimpressive when enlarged to adult size, cites a Portland anecdote about a one legged veteran’s marriage, recounts a church fundraising hat incident, and ends with a Indianapolis doctor’s anecdote about a baby’s security payment.
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Portland
Phil Sheriden
Shenandoah
James
Christendom
Mass horse counts and oddities in a scattered era
A stream of miscellaneous items notes Massachusetts breeding with 410 horses and Bonner valued at 8 million. It cites diverse tidbits: Philadelphia firm seeks large boy to fire under a boiler, Victoria Woodhull whiskey, Boston population 250,526 with 87,986 foreigners, and various humorous quips about poetry, horses, and newspapers.
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Phildelphia
Victoria Woodhull
Pittsburgh
Dover
Hampshire
Boston
Mass
Planting fruit trees with careful soil prep advised
The sale of fruit trees began earlier this year and a large trade is expected. Planting early gives roots time to establish before summer heat. Medium trees are best. plant shallowly with well prepared, drained ground and rich soil. Choose true-to-name varieties from reputable nurseries.mani rea specially adapted for fruit trees should be applied to the soil at the time of planting.
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Tipton Badvertiser
Mulford & Longley
Ingman & Bagley
Court House Square
Manitou Lodge
D. Clap
Ance
Bpar Lodge
A. FP
A. M
Tipton
AL Fount Lodge
I. C
Iowa
Good Templars
Wim
Dean's
A. R. Starrett
W. C.T. A. P. FineMina
W. Sec’y
New York
Chiqu
England
Ireland
Ani Bank
York
Philadelphia
Chicago
Liverpool
London- Gerry
Glasgow
Clarence
Tuthile
Town
William P. Wolf
Sanford Y. Landt
Wolf & Landt
Attorneys AT Law
S. L. Smith
LAW
Rehmacker’s
Joseph W. Bcl
ATR Law
Post Office
Sweet, Ace ‘of the Peace, Notary Public, Co
Gies
Reiehert & Lro
Abe Adler
Goss
County Recorder
Tirton
J W Bull
Jesse James
IT Pound
Court House
H. H. Maynard
Towa
Stuckeye House
Nls
Reigart
J. D. Mice
J. F. Kennedy
Methodist Church
Tipton Town
Nityl
Fociit
Pennsylvania House
City Drug Store
Chie Ttenden
Mi. D
Stan Wood
Low
A. Wi. Gillette
Iawa
Morrow Landt
Rigby
Dion Tis
Pietos
Diece
Culbertsonn's
U. 1
Chambers
M. D
Maynard
M.D
HT. Smith
Thomas Costes
B.D. Yule
D.clarence
Nisin
Palmer House
Mary Palmer
Cedar Street
Tawa
Zor
J Post
Clatience
Liroizhont
Ss. KE. Dearborn
Alden
Scott & Cals
Tipton Jowa
A.D. Young
Coe
WM. M. Knott
Ictionerie
Trevos Aoverti- Ker
Conway
Lilia
PVAF
Nand Aml
H.C. Torn
AVING
Court Square
Confectionery & Toys
Lang Ias
Thenteason
To&e
Cedar County Agr’s Society
Reuben Swartzlander
Per Rom Kirk
Ife
Northwestern
Pacific Express
Clinton
Stanwood
Cedar Rapids
Boone
Council Bluffs
EAS
DeWitt
Loudon
Mechanicsville
Mt. Vernon
Blairstown
Belle Plaine
Tama
Marshall
Mongolia
Grane Junction
Carroll
Denison
Dunlap
Valley Junction
Cornell Bluffs
J.B
Watikins
H. P. Stanwood
Pass
Sth
Tom
WM. HW. Hammond
Fred Herschfields
Besure Andeniiat
South Side Court House Square
H.D. Brown
Q. W. Porter
Culbertson & Jack
TEVIS
Mirence
Union House
Néy
WM. H. Shwammond’s
Wherry & Banks
Loudon, Lowa
Ave
London
LD Ant
Sam
Wirick
Boot & Shoe Shop
Cedar St
Virgin Block
Cc. F
Wickerbham
Sam, Wirick’s
Hoopland
Hoofland
Koors
Ileres
Germany
Santa Cruz
Luuhs
Dr. Hoofland
Sun
Geran Medicine Store
Akah Street
Charles M.evans
C. M. Jackson & Co
Tee
Teaching Country School
General Imboden
Pennsylvania
Indianapolis
Massachusetts
Bonner
Denver
Congressional Library
Amy Richardson
Bigeg
Adan
Eve
Tree of Knowledge
John
Niagara Falls
T “Schichagough
Tigoldstad
Fler
Cresar
Julius
Kentucky
Indiana
Carlo
Sally
Thaddeus
New Haven
National House of Representasives
Johnson
Omaha
Fayette County
Ohio
Cincinnati
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