A Sad Mixture of Love and Law
Two young lawyers in Breezeland chase a widow Mrs. Bonamy who seeks legal help after uncovering her husband’s presumed death may be a sham. Warren proves the man alive is a mistaken identity, Bristol’s jealousy nearly derails a romance, and a legal partnership forms from the scandal.
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Alexander Bristol
H. Hamilton Warren
Ham
Bristol
Warren
Madame
Colorado
Mr. Bonamy
California
Santa Barbara
Boulder
Liv
Mrs. Bonamy
Cloudland
Bonamy
Marian
Warren & Bristol
Ciara Doty Bates
Ten Domestic Notes of More than Ordinary Interest
A sanitarium publication lists ten practical household tips. Salt curdles milk, clear boiling water lifts tea and fruit stains, ripe tomatoes remove ink, turpentine helps whiten whites, boiled starch improves with additives, beeswax salt cleans rusty irons, blue ointment kerosene cures bedbugs, kerosene softens waterlogged boots, kerosene brightens tin kettles and hides stains, and soda with rain-water removes machine grease from washable fabrics.
Serpent of War Strikes Our Company at Fair Oaks
Nineteenth-century memoir recounts grave losses from disease and combat after marching to battle. The survivor notes how fever, madness, and desertion felled soldiers even when gunfire was distant, detailing shifts in ranks from 104 initial men to only five remaining by Petersburg, with several captains and lieutenants lost along the way.
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Fair Oaks
Antietam
Harper's Ferry
Charleston
Washington
McClellan
Burnside
Fredericksburg
Petersburg
Eae Csive
N. Y. Sun
Apple Picking Rescue in Civil War Orchard
In East Tennessee during fall 1863 Corporal Ed Everett of the Ninth Michigan Cavalry volunteers to climb an apple tree to harvest fruit. He is hoisted by fellow soldiers but falls, landing on the ground with a broken rib implied. He grins and shares apples with his comrades, saying he is not hurt.
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Everett
Grand Rapids
E. M. Watson, Co. L
Mich
Cav
Marquette, Mich
National Tribune
Ninth Michigan Cavalry
East Tennessee
Ed. Everett
Ohio
Tennessee
Bill Morrison
Bill
Horrible war memories from Chickamauga battle
Corroborated memoirs recount the Chattanooga and Chickamauga fighting horrors. Soldiers describe flames sweeping parched woods, delayed medical aid, and many wounded starving for water as fires leap between lines. The account highlights widows, burned houses, and gruesome scenes of death and suffering.
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Chickamauga
Ector
Wilson
Asault
L.ck
Baird
Glenn
Rosecrans
Lytle
Chattanooga
Atlanta
Foreign Gossip Highlights Leaders and Oddities Across Nations
Kaid McLean leads the Moroccan Sultan’s army while Italian expatriates in France number near 500,000. Oldest peer Lord Teynham nears 91, Russian leprosy rises, and police power chills Baltic Russia. English women smoke tea cigarettes, China’s emperor sleeps undisturbed, and Spain's Queen Regent games whist with cabinet members. Siberian convict tale and Belgrade notes on King Alexander and ex king Milan follow. Indian Bassia latifolia yields fragrant flowers used for sugar spirit, with large harvests and limited English market uptake.
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Kaid McLean
Morocco
France
Lord Teynham
London
Russia
St. Petersburg
Baltic
China
Pekin
Spain
Cavendish
Siberia
Kovno
Dream of a church foretelling a battlefield fate
In 1861 at Prairie Grove Arkansas, Joe Williams shared a dream of crossing a river and a church in a wood where a battle would ensue. During the pursuit, a ball struck Williams near the heart just as he claimed the dream’s warning proved true, a moment observed by nearby soldiers.
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Joe Williams
Prairie Grove
Arkansas
Williams
Journal of Health
Grand Army erects Hamilton hall as veterans meet
The Thirty-third Indiana Volunteers list 2875 on rolls with 449 veteranized. A Grand Army hall and Woman's Relief Corps dedication occurs at Hamilton Indiana. General Lucius Faircentto assigned to National G A R pension committee replacing James Tanner. Seventeenth Illinois Cavalry to hold eighth annual reunion August 28 1889 at Liederkranz Hall Milwaukee Wisconsin I M Mallory secretary Nunda Illinois.
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Indiana
Grand Army
Hamilton
Ind
Grand Army and Woman's Relief Corps
Lucius Faircentto
G. A. R. Pension Committee
James Tanner
Seventeenth Illinois Cavalry
Liederkranz Hall
Fifth Street
G. A
Vegetable Butter from West Africa and Its Uses
A study of plant based butter from West Africa detailing the Bassi Parkti source, fruit collection from May to September, processing methods, and native uses for food medicine and skin care. The text contrasts the term butter with its oleaginous nature and notes limited yield of about ten to twelve percent.
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West Africa
India
Mungo Park
Bambarra
Teak Wood Properties and Curative Oil Noted
The passage notes African teak weighs forty two to fifty two pounds per cubic foot and cuts easily but dulls tools quickly due to high silex content. It also says the wood contains an oil that prevents iron from rusting when in contact.
Professors Insight on Language Learning for Youth
Prof. John Stuary Blackie argues in the Forum that youths should be immersed in languages like dogs learn to swim, tossed into the water to splash. He contends this approach ensures learners do not sink and gain practical fluency through immersion.
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Prof
John Stuary Blackie
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John A. Arnold & CO
Tsang
Lieutenant Schwatka
Mexico
Schwatka
Chihuahua
Arizona
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Barraneca del Cobre
Sierra Madres
United States
Corporal Everett
Milan
Belgrade
Alexander I
Sasha
Alexander
England
Chambers’ Journal
Reaper, Death
Sage
Alexander Philologus
Tyou
Nebraska State Journal
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