Jackson's Big Capture at Manassas Revealed in Memoir
Allen C. Redwood, artist, recounts Jackson's march and the Second Manassas pursuit. He describes crossing Thoroughfare Gap, striking a north south railroad, and capturing stores and clothing at Manassas. The narrative notes barter for necessities, a keg of lager, and the burning remnant of Pope's supplies as they reached Centerville.
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Allen C. Redwood
Jackson
Manassas
Pope
Pennsylvania Cavalry
Gen. Pope
Centerville
Washington
Flag with history tied to Lincoln assassination relic
A silk United States flag in a glass case, once hung in Lincoln’s box the night of his murder, is described as a relic of the Civil War era. The flag bears a rent from Booth’s spur escape and was saved by custody of the Treasury building keeper for public memory.
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Treasury
Atlanta Constitution
Captain of the Watch
United States
Booth
Lincoln
Phil Cook
Georgia
Washington
District of Columbia
Frazier
Ford
Accommodating Sentinel in Rebel War Humor
An Alabama regiment colonel recalls a Grand Army Sentinel quip about sentinels during duty. The sentry jokes that keeping feet on the ground is outdated, and the colonel admits doubt before the sentinel promises a makeshift salute once his gun is reassembled.
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Alabama
Grand Army Sentinel
Sentinel
Night Raid Slaughters Ox Team for Rations
A Civil War scene near Bowling Green shows federal troops delaying to slaughter a frightened enslaved driver’s oxen for beef. Twenty soldiers butcher the beast as the battery advances, leaving eight quarters of meat for the caisson, while the man watches in fear.
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Bowling Green
Cleveland
Just Like Jim Retold by Hartwell Sun Story
A Hartwell Georgia tale recalls wartime kindness at Greensboro depot. A mother sends socks for her son Jim but a worker rewires the signal, returns the old socks, and the mother proclaims Jim always cheerful and saving. The piece honors such tender mothers and soldiers.
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Hartwell
Savannah
Greensboro
Jim
Jim’s
German Navy expands battleship and cruiser program
The Reichstag approved two new battleships of 18 000 tons and six more armored cruisers. The change to the two battleships already under construction follows the dreadnought era and signals a major shift in warship design and displacement.
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Reichstag
Starkenfels Tale of Love and Siege Revealed
A narrator recounts the attempted political marriage of Princess Yola to King Heinrich of Sachsenberg, a covert romance with a barbarous soldier of fortune, and a siege at Stark enfels. The princess wed Heinrich after a dramatic treachery and revelation ending with Heinrich as husband.
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Starkenfels
Yola
Anselm
Rittersaal
von Turgen
Heinrich
Vadus
Additional $500000 Needed for San Francisco Relief
Washington reports Secretary Taft urged Congress to appropriate another 500000 for San Francisco relief. Gen Greely notes supplies and clothing distribution to the homeless under Red Cross. five free kitchens to aid meals, with a transition to meal tickets. Counterfeit coins and liquor arrests also noted amid a recovering city.
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Washington
D. C
Congress
Taft
San Francisco
Gen. Greely
Greely
War Department
Red Cross
Maj. Febiger
Miners to Resume Work in Anthracite on Thursday
Scranton officials announce that mine workers across the anthracite field will return to duty Thursday morning. Repairmen and other preparatory staff must report today as the convention ratified Monday’s agreement made in New York. The meeting also condemned the state constabulary and urged miners to participate in political nominations and support of legislative candidates.
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Scranton
New York
Senate Hears Amendment On Coal Mining Rates
Congress sessions focus on the amendment to the railroad rate bill prohibiting common carriers from mining coal. The House meanwhile concentrates on the naval appropriation bill.
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Washington
Senate
House
Vesuvius Erupts Again With Smoke and Explosions
In Naples Italy Vesuvius bursts into renewed activity as a dense column of smoke rises from the crater and spreads outward. Detonations and electrical discharges accompany the eruption while the main crater emits sand and cinders.
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Vesuvius
Naples
Italy
Factory Collapse Kills Six in Havana
A rear section of a large new Havana cigarette factory collapsed Tuesday trapping about 20 workers beneath debris of stone brick and timber. Forty employees were in the area. six were killed and four injured as rescue operations began.
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Havana
Cuba
Famous Scout White Beaver Dies on Train
El Paso reports Dr. Frank Powell famed Indian scout known as White Beaver died of heart disease on an eastbound train from Los Angeles.
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el Paso
Tex
Frank Powell
White Beaver
Los Angeles
Pleasant Truths and the Pleasing Side of Truth
The passage urges speaking the pleasant truth to brighten burdens and share joy. It argues truths can have joyful sides, happiness comes from presenting the pleasing aspect, and one should consider multiple sides to any truth rather than always choosing the pleasant side.
City population growth in Krupp’s Essen and major nations
The article notes Essen’s population jumped 93 percent in five years. It states Cologne has 426,000 residents and that any city over 100,000 is a great city. Germany leads with 41 such cities, followed by Great Britain and the United States with 39 each, then Russia 16, France 15, Italy 12, and eight each for Japan and Austria-Hungary.
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Krupp
Essen
Cologne
Germany
Great Britain
United States
Russia
France
Italy
Japan
Austria-Hungary
South Carolina Senator Praises Peruna Remedy
A United States Senator from South Carolina extols Peruna noting dyspepsia often stems from stomach catarrh and that Peruna relieves catarrh of the stomach, serving as a remedy for dyspepsia.
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United States
South Carolina
Peruna
M. C. Butler
U. S
Washington, D. C
Peruna Medicine Co
Peruna Adds Laxative Quality in Revised Formula
Dr S B Hartman announces Peruna now includes a slight laxative quality to enhance its beneficial character for stomach catarrh. He notes dyspepsia responds to internal catarrh remedies and Peruna meets the indications.
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Friends of
Peruna
S. B. Hartman, M. D
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