The Volunteer Soldier Guards Duty With Courage
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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1899
Page
4
Dorothey and the Major face a land dispute in Alabama
Dorothy and Tom Hartwood witness tension between their family and Major Loudon over a small land boundary. Uncle Pete warns of spread of conflict as Dorothy discovers a forgotten battlefield grave with Captain Robert Percy Gordon and six others, symbolizing a costly legacy of dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom
Loudon
Kate
Tom Hartwood
Dorothy
Ieather
Alabama
New Hampshire
Delver
Major Loudon
Pete
Marie Loudon
Percy
Missy Kate
Marie Robbitt
London
Robert Percy Gordon
Lost Cause Honor in Old Soldiers' Home Cemetery
In Chattanooga at the Soldiers' Home a young woman lays seven azalea wreaths on sunken graves of seven soldiers, including Captain Robert Percy Gordon. Major Lodon learns the land dispute with Dororthy Hartwood is resolved as they reflect on neighbors and shared sacrifice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chattanooga
Dorothy
Robert Percy Gordon
Major Loudon
Lord Chesterfield
Hartwood
John Hartwood
Jeff Anderson
Jeit
John Martwood
Peter
Spade
Ladiez
Burial Corner Honors Maine Disaster Victims in Havana
A Havana cemetery corner marked for Maine disaster victims holds sacred ground amid rich monuments and Potter’s Field. Small gravel mounds cover the sailors and officers who perished, with a lone flag or emblem named Did Glory resting beside them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Maine
Cristobal Colon
Potter’s Field
Origin of the Day and Memorial Decoration Roots
The piece traces Memorial Day origins to an unremembered German suggestion and General Logan's 1868 order. It notes that grave decoration grew from Grand Army of the Republic efforts, not as its main purpose, and credits Dr. Benjamin Franklin Stephenson, surgeon of the 14th Illinois, with conceiving the idea of a preserving veterans’ fellowship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Grand Army of the Republic
Benjamin Franklin Stephenson
14Th Illinois Volunteer Regiment
Flowers For The Soldier's Grave A Memorial Day Tale
The piece traces Decoration Day origins from Major Stephenson forming Post No. 1 in Decatur Illinois in 1866 to the Grand Army of the Republic growing to 250000 members. It notes General Logan designating May 30 as Memorial Day in 1868 and contrasts Northern Decoration Day with Southern grave decoration traditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephenson
Decatur
Indianapolis
Grand Army of the Republic
John A. Logan
N. P. Chipman
Logan
Cincinnati
Washington
South
The Exchange of Graves on Decoration Day
A July 1863 Hanover encounter yields a grave beside rose bushes for an enemy soldier. Years later Captain Roland recalls the moral bond as Richmond sisters seek their brother Reed Lawrence Cramer, finding his initials, hair curl, and a double wreath symbolizing blue and gray soldiers laid to rest together.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roland
Hanover
Pleasanton
Stuart
Wa-al
Pennsylvania
McClellan
Johnny
Shaeter
Captain Roland
Richmond
Reed Lawrence Cramer
Captain Rowland
New Jersey Pioneered Move to Make Decoration Day a Holiday
Veterans in New Jersey led an early push to establish Decoration Day as a legal holiday. In 1874 the state G A R appointed a committee to seek legislative action, but the bill to create the holiday failed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Jersey
Veterans of
State Department
Palace at Madrid Costs Five Million Dollars
The Madrid royal palace, designed by an Italian architect in the early 1900s, was built at a cost of five million dollars and aimed to rival Versailles in grandeur and beauty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Palace
Madrid
Versailles
King Esxy to See
The Swedish king will receive subjects every second Tuesday by appointment. People must send in a visiting card and are admitted in arrival order when their turn arrives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King Esxy
Sweden
Extinction of Natal Hippopotamuses Sparks Government Action
The last hippo herd in Natal, kept on a government reserve near Durban, caused extensive damage to nearby sugar plantations, leading authorities to order the animals destroyed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Natal
Durban
Welsh Celtic Press Growth Surges With 39 Publications
The Celtic language shows unexpected vitality with at least thirty nine newspapers and periodicals published in Wales and elsewhere. Most titles are based in Wales, reflecting a robust regional press scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wales
Slow French tapestry work limits yearly output
A report notes that the manufacture of exquisite French tapestries proceeds so slowly that an artist cannot produce more than a quarter of a square yard in a single year.
The First Clock Unearthed In Early Record
The earliest complete clock with an accurate record is said to have been made in the thirteenth century by a Saracen mechanic.
Nick line of china pitchors from 9 to 17 canta
BLMAN BRos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nick Line
China
Blman Bros
Suicide Rates by Nation Highlighted in Study
The report shows that the most educated and emotionally driven groups have higher suicide rates. Germans lead in such deaths, with the French following. Americans rank third. The pattern notes that suicide is almost unknown among certain populations.
Pennsylvania R R Schedules to Harrisburg and New York
Eastward and westward train times listed for the P R R P and E division. Details include arrival times at Sheffield Harrisburg Philadelphia New York Erie Williamsport and Warren with through sleepers and coaches. Officials J R Hutchinson and J R Wood sign as general manager and general passenger agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Philadelphia
Washington
Baltimore
Harrisburg
Warren
Pullman
Erie
Williamsport
Phiadelphia
Kane
Sheffield
J. R. Hutchinson
J. R. Wood
Gen’l
Dunkirk Allegheny Valley & Pittsburgh Railroad Timetable
A dated May 14 1899 timetable for the Dunkirk Allegheny Valley and Pittsburgh Railroad lists stations from New York to Titusville and Oil City with route times for Sundays and weekdays. It notes train 5 on Sundays leaves Dunkirk at 5 03 pm, continues via Falconer Warren and Titusville arriving 8 15 pm, and names GEO W. Bartlett H Parry and Geo H Daniels as officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sun
Bouth
North
New York
Bostod
Aidany
Sytacuse
Rochester
Niagara Falls
Seeseeee Bumerio
Sevvere
Fentonville
Sasesesee Ackiey
Sesssseserussell
NO. Warren
Titusville
Oil City
Dunkirk
Falconer
Warren
Geo. W. Bartlett
N. Y
H. Parry
Exchange St
Buffalo
Geo. H. Daniels
New York City
Tionesta Valley Railroad Timetable June 1818
The timetable shows southward trains from Sheffield Junction to Lamona with three daily departures. No. 2 leaves 10.40 am, arrives 12.20 pm. No. 4 departs 7.05 pm, arrives 8.30 pm. No. 6 leaves 6.15 am, arrives 8.45 am.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren
Kinzua
Bradford
Salamanca
Olean
Olean Express
Pittsburg
Sheffield
Sheffield Junction
Lamona
Shef
Lamonia
Hef
Shefield
P.& Eecoins Avaid
Terry Crary
Several Warren County land parcels listed for sale in multiple townships
A long notice details numerous parcels in Warren County Pennsylvania seized and to be sold under executions. Properties include Pittsfield and Eldred townships with descriptions, bounds, acreage, improvements, and prior deed references to McCullough Nuttall Brown Hutchinson Rickerson Parker and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court of Common Pleas
Warren County
Borough of
Warren
Glade Township
Pennsylvania
Branchville
Hen ‘Obham
Recorder's Office
Nicholas
Hanson
Warren Homestead Loan and Trust
DeWitt
Mary Brasington
Ae Brasington
D. W. Beaty
Eldred
County of
State of
Orlando
Sanford
William Young
William H. White
J. H. Hamilton
Recorder’s Office
Vanee
John Walton
James H. Hamilton
Orland O. Sanford
Augustus W. Franklin
de Bonis Non
Pittsfield
H. White
Patrick Jordon
W. H. White
Houser Farm
Patrick Jordan
J.B. Moore
Archie McCullough
A. S. McCullough
A. McCullough
E. L. Wilson
Acer Grove
Harvey Messenger
N. B. Langdon
D. S. Bull
P. W. Nuttall
Ellen Nuttall
A. D. Carr
Jane Brown
Elijah Braley
Eldred Township
Township of
Pleasant
Yeagle
William J. Kline
Conenango Building Loan Association
Dora Widdifield
Ed Thompson
Russell Chemical Company
Chas. Herrick
Stephen Akeley
Margret Bieler
Andrew Randall
DeWitt Collins
C. A. Wilbur
N. Francis
Ieee
Bel
Philadelphia and Railroad
Philadelphia and Erie Railroad
Philadelphia and Erie Railroad Company
Windsor Rothers
Philadelphia and Erie
A. Wilbur
F.S. Wilbur
Francis and
North Warren
Conewango Township
Sugar Grove
James Harvey Smith
Kramer Wagon Company
Alson Rogers
James Roy
Elk Township
Bloom Halberg
Anderson, Halberg, Sampson and Johnson
Anderson
Johnson Halberg, Olsen
D.S. Randall
C. Dinsmoor
Morrison and Walker and
Williams
Sarah F. Morrison
Bloom Hagberg
Isaac Hain
C. Norton
C. W. Stone and Company
Conewango
G. R. Starr
Conewango Creek
Kinnear Siggins
S. Easton
John Reese
Paul Blackmer
John R. Russell
T. O. Hutchinson
Chas. B
D. O. Hutchinson
Mary M. Hazeltine
William Hazeltine
D. I. Ball
Sue R. Stranahan
Warren Borough
Guy C. Irvine
W.D. Todd
Recorder’s
Main Street
E. C. Inderlied
Inderlied
Pers
Aoint
E. C. Inderjed
Recreation Park Association Limited
E. W. Thompson
E. T. Hazeltine
Spring Creek
McKitterick
Greeley
W.A. Irvine
John Jones
Fuller
Nelson E. Rickerson
F. J. Jones
Lewis Stoddard
Farmington Township
Andrew Dorn
Fred Putnam
Nathan Porter
J. Em. Braley
Christian Gander
William Miller
J. Miller
State of Pennsylvania
Charles Parker
Robert Miller
Latteen Parker
John Lyons
Said Lyons
John Lyon
Aaron Scranton Jr
Jackson Run
Farmington Centre
Schoo
Casin
E. A. Lyon
Parker
Ramah C. Parker
RK. C. Parker
Isaac W. Cramer
John Ff. Babcock
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Federal Army of Invason
Ndfather
Dorothy and the Major
O'Hara
The
Rss. A -Ee
Dr. Pierce
James B. Ambrose
Ifflin St
Huntingdon
Phantom Army
Malvern Hill
Gettysburg
Chancellorsville
Pillow
Bret Hart
Mu' Co
Aiwm A
Johnny Lyin
Lm A
New York Weekly Tribune
York Weekly Tribune
Ees
Sunbury
Lancaster
Dunkirk, Allegheny Valley & Pittsburgh Railroad
New York Central & Hudson River
R. R. Co
Irvington
Tidtoute
Tionesta
Buffalo Express
Oil City Express
Lareane
Warren. R. Bell
Su . A. Fellows
Mooney-Brisbane
Main
Clinton Streets
Buffalo N
Tionesta Valley Railroad
Central State Normal School
Lock Havens
Clinten Co
Ana
Philadelphia Weekly
Adance
Sheriff’s Sales
Mead
Nancy L. Hoffman
A. H. Ludlow
Mathias Sigwailt
H. W. Clark
Citiame National Bank
Allegheny River
William Schatzler
Schuyler
Schatzler
Mchatzier
Schuylers
Henry Cobham
Sam Vertig
Bam Vertig
C. F. Hoffman
Leas
Shipman
Purdon’s Digest
John H. Fuellbart
Boston
Chicago
Cincinnati St. Louis
East
West
F. H. Garfield
Pas
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