The Veteran's Christmas Tale Relates a Civil War Christmas
J A K recounts a Christmas tale from detachment service in Virginia in 1862. Captain Hunt, his corporal, and an advancing Confederate force exchange shots near Gauley Bridge while a turkey dinner is interrupted, yielding a dramatic, improvised escape and parole scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christos
Virginia
General Cox
Gauley Bridge
Ralph Dune
Ralph
Susie
Wut
Ganley Bridge
Missippi
Uwunt
Polley
Hunt
Richmond
Brooklyn Eagle
The Christmas Story Bells Across Hills
Poem-like prose describes bells ringing warmly to warm hearts and stir faith. It pleads with doubters, admonishes the fearful to keep heart, and urges people of all ages to share the season’s message with joy.
Local remedies touted in family letters and notices
Mrs LD Gilkeson of Youngstown advocates Foley's Honey and Tar for a severe child cough saying one dose eased throat inflammation and a full bottle cured it. Jay Johnson & Co endorse Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as tested during influenza epidemics with no pneumonia cases. A will related hearing notice from Estherville and a district court item in IL mentions Heffelpinger with reference to a December date.
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LD. Gilkeson
Ingles
Ava
Youngstown
Ohio
Foley
Jay Johnson & Co
Chamberlain
S. H. Williame
Emmet County
Henry A. Bechtel
Samy
Estherville
Ila
Heffelpinger
Merk District Court
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Grant
Bunte Bros
America
Fides
Powille
August Kriebs
Furrier
Iowa
Estherville State Bank
BT. Sondrot
Vfard Gray BA
G. Zeeman Onehtar
Corporvert
Directora Juo. M
Howard Graves
VS. Jones
Estherville, Iowa
Jaslesr Kapere
Emmet County Land and Abstract Company
Baumet
Erative Y Lll State Bank
Loughborough
Swan
Bank of
F. HW. Rhodns
Byfield
H. A. Bechtel & Son
A. L. Taylor & Co
Scissor
Roger Brothers
the Provident, Savings Bank
Fatherville, Iowa
Kirby
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