McNeill's Rangers and the Two Generals Capture
The Moorefield reunion in West Virginia recalls McNeill's Rangers famed Civil War exploit capturing Generals Crook and Kelly in one day. Capt. John Hanson McNeill led daring dash from Cumberland to Richmond, with a 20 mile ride and swift escape, earning Sheridan praise and a lasting local legend.
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Moorefield
W. Va
McNeill
Crook
Kelly
Richmond
Champaign County
Ill
Macon County
Capt. McNeill
Phil Sheridan
Rangers
Gen. Sheridan
Gilmore
Jesse McNeill
Cumberland
Army of the Cumberland
West Virginia
Reck
North
South
Petersburg
Lee
Grant
Appomattox
Confederate Congress
Mosby
Virginia
Confederacy
John B. Fay
Jefferson Davis
Robert E. Lee
John Hanson McNeill
Hardy County
Missouri
Gen. Price
Mulligan
Springfield
St. Louis
Imboden
A. S. Scott
Eighteenth
Quivine
Baltimore & Ohio
Upper
Potomac
Marion
South Branch Valley
Hero of the Kearsarge Koester dies after blast
Keester, badly burned, escaped the turret yet insisted on returning to help others. An ensign urged him to stop as he fought through delirium, counting 20 bull’s-eyes before dying, his voice recalling the ship’s target practice.
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Koester
New York Sun
Keester
Maranillo Bay
A Small Thing and the Century of Improvement
The passage extols nineteenth century progress and the value of everyday items. It argues that modern advances from railroads to lighting improved life for all, and highlights paint as a small but vital example made possible by countless chemists and workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methusalem
George Washington
Anecdote of Robert R. Hitt and the stenographer
The late Robert R. Hitt valued stenography for debate and would rise with shorthand notes to refute misquotations. He protected a Michigan expert from promotion, arguing the house must have him, and Speaker Cannon agreed, keeping the stenographer in place as the patron saint of house reporters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert R. Hitt
Mr. Hitt
Michigan
Hitt
Speaker Cannon
Joe
House
Doans Kidney Pills Prove Worth in Waterville Restaurant Tale
Mrs. S A Moore owner of a Waterville Missouri restaurant endorses Doans Kidney Pills saying they cured her year and a half kidney troubles. She reports back and head pain constant loins fatigue and urinary distress disappeared after a few doses. The ad notes 50 cents a box and Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY distributes.
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S. A. Moore
Waterville
Doan
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Pay a Garden Protecting Water Pipes Frost Box Method
An old farm advisory piece explains frost protection for water pipes using three dead air spaces within a cedar box, ceiled with tar paper and multiple air gaps. It notes simple frost boxes outperform felt or cork coverings and stay effective above the frost line in any climate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orange Judd
Home Water Supply and Farm Comforts
A Delaware farmer explains to Orange Judd Farmer how windmill powered water systems provide hot and cold water for bathroom, kitchen, stalls, hog houses, gardens, and yard outlets. The system also includes a lawn fountain and automatic supply to multiple farm outlets, highlighting perceived efficiency compared to manual labor.
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Orange Judd
Evangelists Torrey and Alexander To Visit Several Cities
Evangelists Torrey and Alexander are engaged to conduct meetings next winter in Nashville Omaha Winnipeg Buffalo Pittsburg and Montreal.
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Torrey and
Alexander
Nashville
Omaha
Winnipeg
Buffalo
Pittsburg
Montreal
Window Washing So Practice Changes With Ivory Soap
A reader suggests modern window cleaning with lukewarm Ivory Soap suds and a nearly dry cloth. The glass is wiped clean and polished with a chamois for a spotless shine. Signed Eleanor Ro Parker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eleanor RO Parker
Carrie Chapman Catt Receives Royal Welcome Abroad
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, famed American clubwoman, has been received abroad by royalty. Some foreign papers remark she has a proverbial right to look at a king.
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Carrie Chapman Catt
Catarrh Cure Offered With $100 Cure Promise
The advertisement claims Hall’s Catarrh Cure can cure catarrh at all stages as a constitutional disease. It advertises internal use to affect blood and mucous surfaces, promising to strengthen the patient and inviting tests with a $100 reward for any uncured case. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Hali
Remarkable Double Wedding in Viennese Church
A manufacturer named Muller wed a widow and his son married the widow's daughter in a single ceremony. Consequently the father becomes father in law to his own son and the mother becomes mother in law to her daughter.
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Muller
Cheap Excursions from Big Four Rail to Southern States
On the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month the Big Four Ry will sell excursion tickets to Virginia South Carolina Tennessee Alabama and Georgia at one fare plus 2.00 with a 30 day return limit. Liberal stopover privileges offered. I. P. Spining General Northern Agent Big Four Route 238 Clark St Chicago provides details.
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Big Four Ry
Virginia
South Carolina
Tennessee
Alabama
Georgia
I. P. Spining
General Northern
Big Four
Clark St
Chicago
Uruguay's Fiscal Health and Trade with the United States
Uruguay reduced its national debt by $1,570,450 in 1905. By January 1, 1906 the total debt stood at $121,455,747 with about 86 percent external. The country is described as prosperous and a good U.S. customer, with exports to Uruguay totaling $2,172,276 for the nine months ending March 31, 1906, up from $1,200,542 the prior year.
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Uruguay
United States
Churchill praises New Hampshire farmers as future full resort region
In Concord, Winston Churchill lauded New Hampshire farmers noting the state’s climate mountains and lakes position it as a premier summer resort. He observed farmers diversifying into hotel operations and boarding visitors, contrasting local fresh eggs with distant city fare.
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Winston Churchill
Concord
New Hampshire
America
New York
Mr. Churchill
Designs Patented by Women Show Varied Inventions
A collection of patented designs credits inventive women with clever fire escapes, motors for sewing machines, and domestic aids. Notable items include a thermometer fire alarm, portable balcony, thread cutter attached to a thimble, a chemical furnace, and many other practical contrivances.
Low Rates to the Northwest for Colonists
Great Northern Railway offers one way Colonists' tickets from Chicago at low rates until October. Seattle Portland and Western Washington $33.00. Spokane $30.59. Equally low fares to Montana Idaho Oregon and British Columbia. For details contact Max Bass General Immigration Agent 220 South Clark Street Chicago Illinois.
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Northwest
Great Northern Railway
Chicago
Seattle
Portland
Washington
Spokane
Montana
Idaho
Oregon
British Columbia
Yeu
Max Bass
Clark St
Indiana crops show 50 percent rise in banner yield
The state bureau of statistics reports an Indiana crop up 50 percent from last year’s banner yield. Small, productive hills yield better tubers than large from nonproductive hills, underscoring seed selection at digging. Texas Nut Growers note native pecan trees returning $20 to $65 per tree within 5 to 12 years after top-working with improved varieties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
State Bureau of Statistics
Texas Nut Growers’ Association
Grape Nuts Cited For Dental and Nerve Benefits
A Ontario reader reports Grape Nuts Food restored health, steadied nerves, aided sleep, and stopped loose teeth from worsening. She claims reduced pastry cravings and overall weight gain and happiness since using the predigested cereal and recommends the book The Road to Wellville.
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Ontario
Battle Creek
Mich
Welville
Rat Ridder Home Remedies From A Vintage Page
To drive rats from a house the text advises spraying strong ammonia into holes and cracks. It suggests applying egg white over a cloth, dusting with red pepper and taping it over holes, plus pepper inside. A yellowed whitewash with copperas applied to stones and rafters in a cellar is also noted as effective.
Alliance Israelite Fund Sends Five Bialystok Orphans to Ahlem School
The Alliance Israelite university placed five Bialystok orphans in the Ahlem agricultural school and paid 16 000 marks as the first installment for their maintenance and education.
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Alliance Israelite University
Bialystok
Ahlem Agricultural School
Lime on Clover Land
Lime proves a good remedy for clover sick land especially when soil acidity causes clover die out. Some soils require other fertilizer with lime to grow clover successfully.
Nervous Debility Remedies Highlight Pink Pills
Mrs. Jane J. Davies of Scranton credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People with curing her nervous debility and associated pain and insomnia. The ad promotes the pills as a cure for low mood fatigue and pale health, offered at 50 cents per box or six for $2.50 from Dr Williams Medicine Co.
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Williams
Jane J. Davies
Warren Street
Scranton
Dr. Williams
Mrs
Hard-Working Chinese Official
A Chinese cabinet member is described as exceptionally diligent with a rigid daily schedule. He begins work at two in the morning and serves across multiple high level roles from palace duties to privy council, war department, board of punishment, and foreign office, often joining special commissions as well.
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China
Privy Council
War Department
Board of Punishment
Foreign Office
Itch Cured By Cuticura After Months of Suffering
D. E. Blankenship of Indianapolis describes a severe skin form that worsened through July with intense nightly itching and hair loss. After trying baths and remedies, four boxes of Cuticura Ointment provided a complete cure and halted hair loss by late October 1905.
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D. E. Blankenship
N. del. St
Indianapolis
Ind
New York Harbor Ranked Among World's Top Seaports
New York stands as the world’s second great sea port with 1903 figures showing over 9,000,000 tons of imports and 8,700,000 tons of exports cleared through its harbor. London leads in imports while Antwerp and Hamburg rank third and fourth.
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New York
New York Harbor
London
Antwerp
Hamburg
Cure Promise Ad From Belleville Professor Owens
An advertisement offers a complete one day relief and permanent cure for asthma sour stomach chills sore eyes and granulated lids with a trial package free to any sufferer. Address Professor Owens Belleville New Jersey.
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Owens
Belleville, N. J
Rich Crown Vanishes From Mont Saint Michael Church Rouen
A richly jeweled crown valued at £20000 disappears from the church at Mont Saint Michael Rouen. One report says it was stolen, another claims priests hid it to shield from government confiscation.
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Mont. St. Michael
Rouen
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Gen. Crock
Hero OF
the Kearsarge
Home Water Supply
Boston
Acian Cokto
Southern Thaber & Land Co., Inc
Petersburyg
War
Urast
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