White roses and sacrifice cover two graves on Decoration Day
In a tenement district Mrs. Pell saves 1.68 to buy white roses for Decoration Day. When a neighbor needs money for a dying sister, Pell gives away the fund and joins a circle to place blooms on two lonely graves. The act fulfills Teddy's dream and comforts both families.
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Mrs. Pell
Mrs. Wilkes
Chicago
Teddy
Sally
Mas. Pell
Sallie
Edith
Berta
Mrs. Graham
Tom
Old Soldiers Day Remembrance From Civil War to Present
A Civil War veterans day reflection notes the 1865 grand reviews in Washington and the continued annual memorials by aging veterans. It recalls 149000 Union soldiers marching past the Capitol, the debt Americans owe their service, and the yearly observances honoring all dead, soldier and civilian.
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the Union
Secretary of War
Washington
Army of the Potomac
National Capital
Sherman
Capitol
Psalm of the Old Soldier in Blue and Gray
A verse tribute from the Baltimore American recalling soldiers who wore the blue through sunset and dawn. It reflects on memory, fading colors, sunset bugle calls, and the graves of those who served, with imagery of lilies and roses over quiet sod.
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W. D. Nesbit
Baltimore American
Memorial Day in the South Celebrates Confederate Graves
The Ladies' Aid society formed in 1861 tended soldiers' graves in Columbus hospitals and later moved to annual memorial services. Miss Lizzie Rutherford proposed a day for decorating Confederate graves, prompting letters to chapters in March 1866. April 26 was observed as Memorial Day for the Confederate dead in several southern states with flowers from Vermont to Texas.
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Ladies' Aid Society
Columbus
Lizzie Rutherford
Richmond
Hollywood
Stuart
Cavalier Pickett
Vermont
Plains of
Texas
Our Comrades Live
A brief tribute recalls fallen comrades with a peaceful summer scene and flowers laid on green graves as EVA KATHERINE GIBSON is named in the remembrance.
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Eva Katherine Gibson
Poem Line Fragment Inspires Earthy Violets Imagery
A fragment from a poem evokes violets in grass and clover symbolizing deep earthly love and a repeating refrain about covering them over and over.
Corning Wool Parable Told by Colored Parson
A Cleveland Leader cartoon quotes a colored pastor saying older men have less wool over their eyes as a humorous moral about grown men. Deacon Flatfoot asks for an accounting of the claim, and the parson replies with a wry grin.
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Deacon Flatfoot
Cleveland Leader
Vacation Spending Drops With Rail Fare Deals
The piece notes 8 to 10 million Americans vacation each summer, spending 400 to 500 million dollars yearly. It highlights a ticket sale from July 1 to 10 by the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway to Colorado for 25 dollars round trip from Chicago, urging low costs for scenic Rocky Mountain resorts. F. A. Miller, GPA, Chicago, promotes through service to Denver and a book on the Rockies. Be courteous to all but few trusted friends.
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Unite States
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
Colorado
Chicago
Rocky Mountain
Denver
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Union Pacific
F. A. Miller
Latterday Ticket From Virginia City To New York Found
Laura Howey of Montana’s State Historical Society received a vintage Wells Fargo stage and rail ticket from Virginia City to New York dating to the early 1860s. The eight coupon document traces travel by stage to Salt Lake City, then Union Pacific to Omaha, Chicago routes, Pittsburgh line and Harrisburg to New York with a fare of 180 dollars. The item includes quips from Uncle Eben and notes about stoves and a married flirt remark.
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Laura FE. Howey
State Historical Society
Montana
C. E. Reese
Virginia City
Vireo City
New York
Wells ‘Argo Company
Salt Lake
Union Pacific
Omaha
Council Bluffs
Chicago
Chicago & North-Western Railway
Pittsburg
Fort Wayne
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Central
Allen's Foot-Ease Cure Ad
Allen's Foot-Ease is a cure for hot sweating callus and swollen feet sold by all Druggists price 25c trial package free. Address Allen 8 Olmsted Le Roy New York. Uncle Eben quips about chronic gossip with a guilty conscience in self defense Washington Star.
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Allen
Olmsted
le Roy
N.Y
Eben
Washington Star
Amennaee the &. Paxton CO
Columbus Av
Borton, Mass
Cure a Cold in One Day Ad Claims Quick Relief
An old advertisement promotes Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets promising cure for colds in a day. It notes a money back guarantee if the remedy fails and includes testimonials attributed to Mrs. Thos Robbins of Norwich New York dated February 17 1900 and a quoted line about duty and power from Eliot.
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Thos. Robbins
Norwich, N. Y
Peruna touted by Buffalo woman as health booster
Mrs. J E Finn of Buffalo writes that after years of social withdrawal due to illness a Peruna bottle revived her and kept her healthy with occasional doses. The letter blames female troubles and catarrh for nervous women and claims Peruna cures catarrh wherever located.
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J. E. Finn
East High Street
Buffalo
N. Y
Peruna Medicine Co
Columbus
Ohio
America
Peruna
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Albert Bisploip
Chicago Daily News
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Dr. Hartman
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Hartman Sanitarium
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Hisself
Ram’s
Eliot
Joe
Was Mei
Ralci
Alabastine CO
Grand Rapids
Mich
Water St
Western
Canada
Ottawa
I. M. Williams
Law
Toledo
Mires Rootbeer
Charles E. Hires
Malvern
St. Jacobs Oil
Lumbago and Sciatica
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