War Fifty Years Ago by Captain Kilmer at Corinth
The piece recounts Civil War events around Corinth Mississippi in 1862. General Johnston and Beauregard unite to threaten Grant near Corinth as Halleck rushes columns from Tennessee. Balloon scouts, mortars, and observers describe fortifications and the river approach.
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Albert Sidney Johnston
P. G. T. Beauregard
Corinth
Miss
Grant
Fort Donelson
Tenn
West
Tennessee
Kentucky
Henry
Davis
Johnston
Johnston Seeks Corinth Move and Island No. 10 Events
The narrative explains Johnston choosing to abandon Tennessee for Corinth to trap Federal forces and defend rail hubs. It details Grant Smith and Pope actions, balloon reconnaissance at Island No. 10, gunboat plans past Confederate batteries, and cavalry seizure of Union City Tennessee as part of Civil War maneuvers.
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Corinth
Johnston
Donelson
Mississippi
Atlantic Seaboard
Gulf
Ohio River
Tennessee
Halleck
C. F. Smith
Kentucky
Tennesseee
Tennessee River
Grant
Smith
Sherman
Donelsen
America
Island No. 10
Mississippi River
New Madrid
John Pope
Pope
Iis
John Steiner
Eagle
Army
Navy
Foote
Henry Walke
Carondelet
Balloon Corps
Army of the Potomac
T. 8. C. Lowe
Fiddling Bob Taylor Remembered For Public Life
Through nearly thirty five years the late Senator Robert Love Taylor of Tennessee a Democrat held a unique place. He was loved for optimism and storytelling earning the nickname Fiddling Bob. A mountaineer at heart he won elections from congress to governor and later to the U S Senate defeating Carmack by eight thousand votes with a career marked by song smile and public service. His term in the Senate expired March 3 1913.
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Robert Love Taylor
Tennessee
Bob
Happy Valley
Cader Coun U
Ivan
Suis
Nathaniel G. Tassor
Johnson
Emily Haynes
Landon C. Haynes
Confederacy
Congréss
Ists
Congress
Knoxville
Tenn
Hhis State
Alfred A Taylor
Lyceum
United States Senate
Carmack
Taylor
Senate
Morgan Gifts 100000 to Peabody College Teachers
Announcement states J Pierpont Morgan donates 100000 to Peabody College for Teachers. George Rae fund trustees add 50000 to Tennessee college. Sanken aims to raise 1000000 by Sept 7 1918. Morgan's gift will form part of the million total.
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J. Pierpont Morgan
Peabody College For
George Rae
Tennessee College
Sanken
Mr. Morgan
Broadening the Customs Act for Returning Tourists
The Treasury approves a bill to expand duty-free allowances from a $100 cap to include souvenirs and curios for returning travelers. Secretary MacVeagh asks Congress to permit friends and relatives abroad to send free of duty personal effects left behind, easing burdens on foreigners resident in the U.S.
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Treasury Department
Congress
MacVeagh
Underwood
Ways and Means Committee
The
House
Missouri Cow Champion Surpasses Mother in Milk Test
Missouris prize cow Josephine II finished a six months milk and butter test, surpassing her mother the world champion by 335 pounds. Owned by the University of Missouri, Josephine II produced 7 085 pounds of milk in six months, while her dam had 6 701 pounds in the same period. The average Missouri cow yields 4 500 pounds per year.
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Josephine IL
University of Missouri
Josephine II
Missouri
Mile of Pennies Aid for Wellesley Alumnae Fund
Wellesley College launches a mile of pennies campaign to boost the student alumnae building fund. Pasteboard strips, each a foot long and perforated for twelve pennies, are carried by students. five hundred strips were turned over to the fundraising committee on opening day.
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Wellesley College
Wellesley Student Alumnae Building Fund
Huguenot Church in Charleston Turns 225
The Huguenot church in Charleston, the oldest in South Carolina, will mark its 225th anniversary of founding on April 4.
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Charleston
South Carolina
Fierce Fight at Fair Oaks Describes Civil War clash
Comrade Wm. J. Wray recounts a May 21 battle near the Nine Mile Road where the 2d Pennsylvania and Couch’s brigade attacked Pettigrew’s and Jenkins’s brigades. They held ground along the Williamsburg road, reported 170 KIA and 35 captured, and aided Casey’s division with heavy fighting and casualties.
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Covrh
Casey
Battle Fair Oaks
2D Pennsylvania
Wm. J. Wray
National Tribune
Omy
Abercrombie
Couch
Williamshoro
York River
Pennsylvania
Keyes
23D
Nagree
2Nd Pennsylvania
Clearelds
Pettigrew
Nine- Mile Road
Nefil
Nine-Mile Road
Fair Oaks
Adams Farm
67Th New York
Williamsburg Road
Georgia
South Carolina
Anderson
Micah Jenkins
Kearny
Company O
Birney
Miller
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George L. Kilmer
U.S
Secont
Thalleek
Beauregard
Don Carlos Buell
Savarnnah
Army of the Tennessee
Lew Wallace
W. H. L. Wallace
W. T. Sherman
W. H. Hurlburt
J. A. Medernand
N. B. Buford
Buford
HL. EB. Maynadier
Missouri Bank
Steiner
Magnadier
Maynodier
New York Evening Journal
New York Evening Journal Publishing Company
Cornell
College Bors
Russia
China
Public Square
Andédther Public Square
Colege
Han
Ofty
Ohio
Battery
Pittsburg Landing
Savannah
Pymp Cavint
Tyler
Lexington
Fort Henry
Pittsburg
Buell
Apache Canyon
New Mexico
J. P. Slough
Ericsson
Monitor
Virginia
Merrimac
Hampton Roads
Josiah Tatnall
United States Navy
Richmond
Senator Taylor
Morgan
University
Wellesley
Building Fund
William J. Wray
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