A Gift By the Way-Side
Silas Miller longs for his returning son Lawrence a wounded veteran. Sybil quietly helps a wandering soldier by gifting a blue ribbon with a gold token. The stranger is revealed to be Captain Allen Leslie, who saved Lawrence and admires Sybil’s honesty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crandall’s
Arnett & Galligan’s
Warren
Silas Miller
Sybil
New England
Sybil Miller
Lawrence
United States
Silas
Potomac
Boston
Nat
Capt
Leslie
Allen
Allen Leslie
Fire safety lessons and a eulogistic Civil War obituary
A reforming piece urges calm action in fires, outlining floor-level air, minimal door use, and improvised masking against smoke. It also recounts Gen Michael Corcoran’s death, his bravery and prison endurance, and notes the dangerous toll of the war on its veterans with brief biographical detail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Fire Department
Hunl
Boston
Congressional thanks to Grant and officers marked by medal
Congress resolves to thank Major General Ulysses S. Grant and his commanded forces for gallantry in battle, requests a gold medal be struck, and directs a parchment copy and medal presentation. It authorizes funding from the treasury to carry out the resolution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grant
Congress
Senate
House of Representatives
United States of America
Ulysses S. Grant
United States
Majjor General Grant
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LEGAL
Charles Dinsmoor
Scofield
Parmlee & Henry’s
Joseph A. Neill
Johnson’s Exchange
Warren, Pa
Barnett W. Lacy
Warren, Penna
Jerome Davis
Brown & M’kelvy
Liberty Street
G. W. Scofield
WM. D. Brown
M.kelvy
Brown & Jamieson
Johnson's Exchange
Penna
R. Brown
A Jamieson
Second Street
Johnson & Brown's
L. D. Wetmore
J. R. Clark
Hotels
Hackney
Second and
Liberty Streets
Joan Rousseau
George Sailor
Reed
Erie, Penna
A. M. Geno
Pittsfield House
Pittsfield
Warren Co
Tidioute
Pexpherox
Brown’s Hotel
State House and
Public Square
Erie
Philadelphia
Ni. L. Brown
Medical
D. V. Stranahan
Front Street
Postoffice
Hazeltine & Co
M. Shaeffer & Co
Yankee Nations, &c
Bysecker Block
P. J. Trushel & Co
Warren Pa
Randall's Drug Store
Beecher & Colman
R. Coleman
Dunkirk
M. Beecher, JR
BK. M. Pierce
Third
Hickory Streets
Brown Brothers
N. W. Brown
Thos, Brown
Jonn Brown
Nesmith & Keller
Exchange Building
Big Bend
William Siggins
Youngsville
Kirberger
Efonse
Greenland Brothers
Water Street
George Ball
Central Clothing
O. H. Hunter
M. Carpenter
DR. Sweet
Liniment
Stephen Sweet
Connecticut
The
Mr. Sweet
Sweets
DR. Sweets
Sweet
Richardson & CO
Norwich
Conn
Morgan & Allen
Clif’ Street
New York
Webster
Corcoran
Carrowhill
Sligo County
City
Theresident
Sumter
Bull Run
Richmond
Charleston
Columbus
Salisbury
N. C
Cn Man
Boston Traveller
Manilla
Binondi Church
Holloway
Denmark
England
Greece
Cinapuli
T Chicago Post
Post Court
T Police Court
Bryan Hall
T City
Ge Vie Mobile Advertiser
Peters
van Dorn
Mississippi
Dixie
Gwar
Uni
Maine
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