Closing Scenes of the Great War Between the States
In Virginia General Grant meets Doctor Smith and learns Lee’s army faces surrender as Sheridan seizes Lee’s provost supplies. Lee hesitates, fights on, but Union lines hold. Grant asks for surrender and Lee agrees to discuss terms amid renewed Confederate efforts thwarted by Ord’s fresh troops.
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Farmville
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Doctor Smith
Ewell
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Pendleton
R. E. Lee
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Breod
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Joseph E. Johnston
Ord
Memorial Day gains world scope in war era tribute
The article notes Memorial Day evolving from a local observance to a global ceremony. It recalls 25 years since May 30 began as a Union soldier tribute with veterans, Woman’s Relief corps, lilacs, and flags. It highlights France Britain and Italy honoring American dead in France, symbolizing a world democracy born from World War and the unity of free peoples.
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America
Grand Army
Woman’s Relief Corps
Marshal
France
Britain
Italy
Marshal Foch
Clemenceau
Ingersoll Tribute to Soldiers Who Died for Country
A reverent meditation on the sacrifice of fallen soldiers, recalling the Great War era scenes of enlistment partings and battlefield valor. The speaker conjures mothers, wives, and lovers, and knights the dead with flowers as they sleep beneath trees and tribute their memory.
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Ingersoll
Army of Freedom
Human Progress and the Moral Destiny We Shape
A reflective meditation on resisting evil impulses and resisting known sin, arguing that each choice constructs personal destiny and character through steady moral action. It emphasizes self-control and ethical consistency as central to human progress.
Merchants by Advertising Can Help to Get Business Going Once More
After the war business revival is slow and wages have not kept pace with prices. Economists say a new price level is set and reductions may be limited. The solution is for the public to buy now, manufacturers to resume production safely, and merchants to advertise to create demand and empower wise purchasing.
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Europe
America
Irving Fisherinion
Yale
Department of Labor
Klondike
Freezone claims painless corn removal by Cincinnati inventor
A wartime style sales pitch touts Freezone as a painless cure for hard and soft corns and toe calluses. The product promises instant relief with a few cents for a small bottle sold by druggists, credited to a Cincinnati genius.
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Cincinnati
It Is Up to America to Justify the Proxy Marriage Experiment
A columnist discusses the proposal for proxy marriages by American soldiers in France and notes Australia rejected the idea. The piece weighs potential social and financial benefits against dangers, arguing the onus is on the United States to justify this bold experiment amid modern separation challenges.
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America
France
Australia
Mrs. Grundy
Camps for Girls and Boys Equal in Training Value
The text argues that physical training camps and citizenship programs are as essential for girls as for boys. It cites Girl Scout camps delivering benefits missing from home and church, urges state recognition, and notes that camps should be recreational and aligned with girls’ desires while imparting practical life skills like dishwashing and housework. It includes quotes from Representative George Huddleston and brief remarks by John Spargo on wartime profiteering and Bolshevik critique.
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Scouts
Man Raises Grapes at Soda Fountain Sparks Inspection
A man created a sensation at a soda fountain by raising a glass of grape juice and declaring Here is how. Seven liquor sleuths promptly inspected to see if the remark was justified.
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Birmingham Age-Herald
Haarlem Oil Capsules Offer Kidney Disease Relief
Advertising copy touts LD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules as a remedy for backache, weakness, and female complaints linked to kidney trouble. Claims quick relief, restored vigor, and continued use for health, with import origin from Haarlem Holland and warnings against substitutes.
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Haarlem
LD Medal
Holland
Young Minister Counts Faithful At Small Service
A new minister, eager and hopeful, urged a large attendance for a young people's service. He promised faith would answer prayers, and on a quiet Sunday he welcomed sixteen attendees, noting they were more than he had expected.
Michigan college plants 75000 trees to stop dune shifting
The Michigan Agricultural College forestry department plants about 75 000 trees in western Michigan sand dunes to halt dune movement. A report to the American Forestry Association in Washington notes the effort and the association promotes planting trees and memorials to soldiers and sailors.
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Michigan Agricultural College
Forestry Department
Michigan
American Forestry Association
Washington
Plenty to Do and the Mas Culine Half
A humorous quip notes the gender divide with Mrs Quotem Oh and Mrs Parkernose remarking that tracking the masculine half is a task for women. The exchange playfully contrasts daily tasks and social roles.
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Quotem
Parkernose
Huskinby Family Debate Over Career Paths
In a letter from a medical student, Hiram claims he is studying a form of torture he calls ukulele though the family debates his future. Mrs Huskinby and Mr Huskinby clash as they oppose a vivisecting path and demand he switch to the law.
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Promoted as Blood Remedy
Catarrh cannot be cured by local applications. Hall's Catarrh Medicine is taken internally and claims to cure catarrh by acting on the blood and mucous surfaces. The preparation combines tonics with blood purifiers and is sold by druggists with testimonials available. J Cheney & Co, Toledo, Ohio.
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Hall
J. Cheney & Co
Props
Toledo
Law, scale fraud, and the Philadelphia paradox
A moralizing column notes harsher penalties for small coin thefts than for larger retail cheats. It laments short measures by butchers and milkmen, cites fines as low for widespread fraud, and urges accurate weights and measures for 2 million city buyers. It ends warning against laziness as a health issue.
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