War Fifty Years Ago Baton Rouge and Cedar Mountain Clash
Historic report recounts Confederate under J. C. Breckinridge and Van Dorn storming Baton Rouge with 6,000 troops and Arkansas ram alone, Williams defending with 3,500. It also covers Cedar Mountain near Culpeper where Jackson repulsed Banks, Bayard and Branch playing pivotal roles amid heavy losses on both sides.
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Baton Rouge
Thomas Williams
Stonewall" Jackson
General Banks
Cedar Mountain
Virginia
Bayard
Gho. L. Kilmer
U.S. A
Vicksburg
Arkonsas
Mississippi
New Orleans
Earl van Dorn
van Dorn
Red River
Farragut
Arkansas
J. C. Breckinridge
Breckinridge
Camp Moore
Daniel Ruggles
Williams
Charles Clark
B. H. Helm
T. B. Smith
Tennessee
A. P. Thompson
Wisconsin
Bayou Grosse
Connecticut
Maine
Bayou Sara
Greenwell Springs
Indiana
Strange Case of Girl Who Sees In the Dark
Miss Bessie Stewart of Wellsville Missouri aged twenty two reportedly enters trances and reads aloud from books and describes pictures in the dark. Dr T H Winans of Mexico Missouri details tests showing the girl can see and read in darkness and recounts events and conversations from miles away with startling accuracy.
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RIEF
Bessie Stewart
Wellsville
T. H. Winans
Mexico
Dig Up Historic Pantry At Roger Williams Home Site
Workmen excavating near a large fireplace believed tied to Roger Williams in Rhode Island uncovered a pantry with dishes crockery and bones likely from human skeletons. A corked bottle with dark liquid and a bas relief of an Indian with an outstretched bow were found and will be analyzed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger Williams
Rhode Island
Williams
Senator Lodge Bill Aims to Bar President Handshake Photos
Senator Lodge of Massachusetts introduced a bill to forbid making and exhibiting photographs of the president shaking hands with various persons. He said such photos are a custom to produce sell and display and noted one image showed the president with an offender against federal laws used to promote the offender's business.
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Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
Thousand Miles of Shelving at British Museum Library
The British Museum's library in London holds about two million volumes, occupying roughly forty miles of shelving. The collection grows by about 60 000 items each year.
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British Museum
London
Kermit Roosevelt Sets Sail for Brazil by Way of Europe
Kermit Roosevelt departed New York aboard a ship bound for Brazil with a European stopover. He will be away perhaps two years to pursue trailroading as a life career. An offer from a Brazilian railroad company opened the opportunity. The departure deeply affected his father, who has long valued Kermit as his principal companion and photographer on expeditions.
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Kermit Roosevelt
New York
Brazil
Europe
Kermit
Coloniél Roosevelt
Marvard
Housework as Profession at Temple University
Temple University Philadelphia will inaugurate a chair of household research at the next term to establish housework as a distinct profession. The department will be led by John B. Leeds M A, professor of household economics, and aims to help housekeepers plan systematic household work and aid young women funding college through work.
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Temple University of Philadelphia
John B. Leeds
Frog Lived Nearly a Year in Woman's Stomach
A live seven inch frog crawled and croaked inside Mrs. L. V. King of Washington for about eleven months. Doctors pumped it out with a large device after she became skeletal and fainted from the strain. The frog died in water ten minutes later and is preserved in alcohol.
Hall's Catarrh Cure and Other Health Claims Feature
An advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as an internal remedy that purports to affect the blood and mucous surfaces, claiming it is a regular prescription from a top physician and not a quack medicine. It includes testimonials and notes Toledo based F J Cheney & Co as suppliers and promotes Hall's Family Pills. Also mentions The Wandering Jew and a note on Chamberlain's Cholera Remedy with a local pharmacy reference.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Italian inventor展示 wireless handwriting from Milan to Turia
Italian Francesco de Ber nochi demonstrated a wireless transmission device before government experts. The exhibition traced a route from Milan to Turia, showcasing handwriting and drawing transmission over distance.
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Francesco de Bernochi
Turia
Milan
Mrs. Hamilton Declines Assembly Bid for Family Duty
Mrs. A. L. Hamilton wife of Pasadena schools official declines the prohibition nomination for the assembly. She says her duty to five children and home comes first and would prevent long absences from home needed for political office. She heads the southern district of the state mothers congress and would rather stay home.
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A. L. Hamilton
Pasadena
Cal
Assembly
End to All Fight Pictures Passes Senate
The Senate approved a bill banning transportation of prizefight moving pictures between states and foreign lands. Violators face heavy fines. the president is expected to sign. Southern lawmakers push amid race tensions from Jeffries Johnson films. Senators Simmons and Sims led the effort.
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United States
House
Senate
Congress
Jeffries Johnson
Senator Simmons
North Carolina
Representative Sims
Tennessee
Senate Aid House
Governor Wilson to Plant New Apple Tree at Appomattox
Colonel George A. Armes reports to Governor Wilson that Woodrow Wilson will visit Appomattox Court House to plant a replacement tree for the historic Lee surrender site. The delegation may include senators and representatives, with a possible tour to Monticello.
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Appomattox Court House
Lee
Grant
Woodrow Wisen
George A. Armes
U.S. A
Appomattox
Wilson
Virginia
Monticello
Jefferson
Post Office Crime Probe Under Hitchever Policy
The article says Postmaster General Hitchever ordered jail terms for nine mall fraud suspects boosting arrests to end of last fiscal year. It cites an estimated $120 million lost by Americans, 1,057 indictments, 402 convictions, and 1,000 plus cases awaiting trial.
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Hitchever
Uie Armericas
Destruction of Wild Animals in Siberia Linked to Fur Trade
The article reports the greatest destruction of wild animal life in Siberia last year, tied to fashion demands. Fur trade returns reached $4,080,000, exceeding 1910 by $540,000.
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Siberia
Clocks Run by Fan Motors Across History
The article notes fans used as clock motors, citing Lepaute's clock in the Louvre and Benjamin Hanks of Litchfield County Connecticut who patented one in 1783. It mentions a modern patent where a chimney air current winds the weight and a self acting brake stops it near the top.
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Lepaute
Louvre
Paris
Benjamin Hanks
Litchfield County
Connecticut
Simple remedy for back pain promotes Cham berlain's Liniment
A short health note advises using Cham berlain's Liniment twice daily with thorough massage for quick relief. It promotes Lemmon's Pharmacy as the place to buy the remedy.
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Chamberlain’s
Lemmon's Pharmacy
Distances Measured by Pipes and Dogs in Schleswig Holstein
In rural Schleswig Holstein people do not measure distance by miles or hours but by pipes or dogs' barks. A place is a pipe or two or three pipes off, while a village under a mile away would be two or three dogs' barks, illustrating a local unit of distance based on smoking time and barking sounds.
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Tam
Schleswig-Holkatein
Germany
Lain's Tablets Promise Digestion Relief
A vintage advertisement claims ill health stems from poor digestion and that a few doses of Lain's Tablets will strengthen digestion invigorate the liver and regulate the bowels. It asserts many have been permanently cured and notes Lemmon's Pharmacy sells the product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lemmon’s
Governor Blease Nearly Involved in Crowd Fight at Meeting
At a Gaffney South Carolina political gathering Governor Blease was halted from striking a heckler by the chairman and police. A girl offered a bouquet and the governor lifted her, saying the baby’s love and confidence showed in him. A heckler retorted she doesn’t know better and the governor warned of a beating if he faced him downtown.
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Gaffney
S. C
Auk UW
Blease
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Louisiana Line
Ruggles
Clark
Brown
Louisiana
Michigan
Willams
Jackson
Shenandoah Valley
N. P. Banks
Banks
Culpeper
An Banks
W. Crawford
Crawford
G. H. Gordon
Suddle
Gordon
Stonewall
General C. Winder
A. P. Hill
Richmond
Gordonsville
Hill
L. O.R. Branch
Branch
Winder
G. A
Stonewall’’ Brigade
Cedar Creek
Pope
Rapidan
H. Prince
C. Augur
John Geary
Lincoln
East Tennessee
Kentucky
Burnside
Fredericksburg
Chesapeake Bay
Potomac River
Aquia Creek
the Patriot Publishing Company
George PD. Bayard
Federal
the Review of Reviews Company
Miss Stewart
Bessie
Comte
Barstaft Photos
Bill
Temple University
Washington
Catarre
Matthew Paris
Roger Wendover
Phitus
Pontius Pilate
Ahasueres
Jerusalem
M. E. Gebhardt
Oriole
Lemimon
Taft
GOV
Post Office
Gov. Blease
Marts
Heckler
Out
Atlanta
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