The Conscripts and the Signal Spy Snow
In the Confederate campaign near Tennessee and Kentucky, Snow, a deserter who read southern signals, is tracked by Union and Confederate leaders. He bonds with Coleman, believes salvation lies with reaching Union lines, and plans a late escape through Bragg’s camp near Laverne as night falls in heavy rain.
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Vate
Thirty-third Ohio
Sill
Snow
McCook
Kentucky
Massachusetts
Coleman
Bragg
Chattanooga
Nashville
Stone River
Rosecrans
Buell
Army of the Cumberland
Laverne
Michigan Engineers
Spy in the Barn The Snow Escape and Capture
Snow, moving in a rain soaked night, hides in a barn near Union lines. A Pennsylvanian soldier recognizes him, and Snow is captured and identified as a deserter and spy. He is sent to Murfreesboro for trial as a spy by the provost marshal.
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Union
Snow
Seventy-seventh Pennsylvania
Wharton
Eighth
Texas Cavalry
Texas Rangers
Bragg
Murfreesboro
Telegraph and
Signal Corps
Murfrees'boro
Army
Coleman
Spy Snow on Trial at Murfreesboro Drumhead Court Martial
The stake is Snow accused of acting as a spy for the enemy while in Confederate service. James Coleman testifies, detailing Snow's background and his meeting in Corinth. The Confederate court, distrustful of Union testimony, convicts amid wartime tension and a harsh Kentucky campaign backdrop.
London Tax Flower Trade and Tall Tales Reveal Era
A collage of anecdotes notes London flower trade earnings at about 25 000 dollars a day and a torn down old tavern once owned by John Harvard. It cites lower city death rates due to industrial housing efforts and weaves in humorous vignettes from Truth and Texas Siftings about society life and manners.
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London
Southwark
John Harvard
America
London Times
Parenta
E. D.C
Utica
N. Y
Fred Hunt
Glenville
Dr. Pierce
Playing for Safety Umbrella Quip Cited in Cartoon
In a New York World cartoon a humor exchange shows Mrs Hicks asking for an umbrella during heavy rain and Hicks replying to use Dick's baseball mask to keep others' umbrellas away from his eyes. The gag highlights practical rain mishaps and a playful debate over protective gear.
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Mrs. Hicks
Hicks
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Warren Mail
Warren, PA
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Conscripts
Alfred B. Calhoun
Press Associaon
James Coleman
Portsmouth
Cincinnati
Hamilton
Dayton
Restaint
Atlanta
Sumter
Gate City
South
Richmond
Confederacy
Brown
Beauregard
Corinth
Shiloh
Albert Sidney Johnston
Tupalo
Miss
Mississippi
Natchez
Kirby Smith
Blue Country
Perryville
Danville
Johnny
Telegraph and Signal Corps
Drumhead
Transville
New England
Pitcher’s Castoria
London Town
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Upper Fifth Avenue
Theodore
Her Majesty's Ce
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Stevedore
Vanaster
Vincerbilt
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Mrs. Vanderbillion
Louise
Long Branch
Mabel
Papa
Mamma
Texas
Detroit News-Tribune
Brickrow
George
Tommy
Chicago
N. Y. Herald
Jack
Harry
N. Y. World
Consumer
Kopf & Henry
Grocers
Water Street
American Tobacco
Go's
Cornell
Lafayette
Yale
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Imperial
Oxford
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Piccadilly
Fehlman Bros
Milicent
Puck
Medical Department
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Tammany Times
National School
Lancashire
Flower
Sam
de Saussenetien
Gues
Charleston
New Orleans
Philadelphia Times
Siegfried & CO
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Asain
Wel
Dalle Acme Cycle Company
Elkhart
Ind
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Frazer Axle
Elder Berry
Thirdly
Mrs. Berry
the de Jarrs
de Jarr
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Smith
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Atate
World's Dispensary Medical Association
Main St
Buffalo, N. Y
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J. K. Ronne
Merchant Tailor
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Hickory St
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Dunkirk, Allegheny Valley & Pittsburgh Railroad
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Hudson River R Rk, Co
Lessee
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Sun. Alisity
Boston
Teow Sypachee
Ceee
Bodao
Ceeeee
Rochester
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Seseeeseeses Bumtaio
Dunkirk
Fredonia
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Wabinelairville
Kaleoner
Paleoner
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Ackley
Pittsfield
Iarland
Torpedo
Grand Valley
Titusville
Oil City
Pittsburg
Falconer
B. M. Epson J. Weeks
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Exchange St
Buffalo
N.Y. C
Kerena
N. VY
H. Daniels
Gene
New York City
GC. Moon
New York and
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Olean Express
Kinzua
Bradford
Salamanca
Olean
Irvington
Tidioute
Tionesta
W.S. Leffard
R. Bec
J. A. Fellows
N, Y
Tionesta Valley Railroad
Barnes
Brookston
Sheffield Junction
Arives
Howland
Jerry Crary
St. Louis
East
West
Iarfield
Jamestown
W. H. DrveEn
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