General Sheridan's Shenandoah Campaign Ride and Aftermath
A long depiction of Sheridan pressing Early and Longstreet fears, a bold Confederate sally, and a brutal battlefield night. Rescue efforts follow as civilians flock to the field, with Gertrude Ellingham and companions seeking news of Kerchival West amid prisoner captures and mounting casualties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hile Early
Sheridan
Winchester
Kernstown
Newtown
Middletown
Gertrude Ellingham
Madeline West
Jenny Buckthorn
Barker
Josephus
Kerehival West
Haverill
Gertrude
West
Heartsease
Jenny
Madeline
Thornton
Fisher's Hill
Strasburg
Valhalla
Buckthorn's veterans crush Confederate retreat at Cedar Creek
Union forces under Sheridan drive Confederates east of the valley pike and capture prisoners, guns, wagons, and battleflags at Cedar Creek as troops press forward in a mood of revenge for earlier reverses, prompting a festive dispatch to Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip H. Sheridan
Winchester
Hades
Kerchira West
Sheridan
Nineteenth Corps
Robert Ellingham
Belle Bosquet
Old Place
Edward Thornton
Bob
Buckthorn
Havgerill
Charg
Grant
Shenandoah
Early
Newmarket
Cedar Creek
Mosby
Gilmore
Gertrude Kingham
Lee
Petersburg
Hariy
Gertrude
Danville
North Carolina
Richmond
Strasburg
Fisher's Hill
Washington
Dr Albert helps keep Iowa in health
Iowa City January reports show a record quarter for health exams and prevention. Dr Henry Albert of the State Bacteriological Laboratory at the State University of Iowa notes 6 638 examinations in October through December with over 5 000 for diphtheria, 1 458 to aid diagnosis, and low hydrophobia after Pasteur and typhoid vaccination rises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Iowa
Henry Albert
State Board of Health
State University of Iowa
Albert
Fort Dodge
College Men Favor Serum for Cholera
Ames January 25. Iowa State college authorities support a larger state appropriation to fight hog cholera. President R A Pearson and Dean C F Curtiss lead the push for emergency funds to research and manufacture serum, testing every dose and guarding the livestock industry against disease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Iowa
Iowa State College
R. A. Pearson
Charles F. Curtiss
W. J. Kennedy
C. H. Stange
W. H. Pew
State Board of Education
Dean CC. F. Curtiss
Opening of Big Dam Celebration Proposed in Iowa
Des Moines Iowa January 25 Representing Ave calls for Iowa to appropriate 25000 with equal sums from Illinois and Missouri totaling 75000 for a grand July or August celebration when the Keokuk dam on the Mississippi is finished The bill expected to pass with broad support as officials deem official recognition of the project advisable Missouri and Illinois legislatures show similar activity An invitation will go to President Wilson to deliver the principal address with 25 middle state governors thousands of soldiers and citizens likely to attend
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Illinois
Missouri
Keokuk
Mississippi
Clarke
Iowa
Wilson
Wickham Brother Found in Canada After Seventeen Years
Ames Iowa January 25 John Q Wickham city engineer received a letter from Robert H Wickham once lost for seventeen years. Wickham left Duluth for Japan then China and Mexico before Canada where he spent years. He has been in a hospital most of the last four years but is now improved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Robert H. Wickham
John Q. Wickham
Wickham
Duluth
Wanderer
United States
Canada
Port Arthur
Ont
Japan
China
Mexico
Easy Payments and the Gift of Happiness on Installments
A poem from the Washington Star extols buying happiness via installments. It praises small down payments and continued generosity, noting the buyer earns blessings as more chances come their way while paying all their life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washweton Star
Ames Graduate Returns as Dredging Chief in Canal Project
Iowa State College graduate T. L. Gaylord visits the campus eight years after leaving for national prominence as a dredging engineer. He oversees the Gulf of Mexico to Houston ship canal project with several million dollars in work and $600,000 worth of dredges owned by Atlantic, Gulf and Pacific Dredge Company. Seven other Illinois Central men assist, including S. H. Ware, C. V. Slater, and P. V. Miller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
T. L. Gaylord
Iowa State College
Gulf of Mexico
Houston
Texas
Gaylord
Atlantic, Gulf and Pacific Dredge Company
S. H. Ware
C. V. Slater
P. V. Miller
Electric Shock Leaves Man Maniac in Waterloo
A. E. Helmuth, 56, a long time worker at the Waterloo Cedar Falls and Northern railway power plant, was shocked January 8 in the transformer room. He was burned on the left arm and, after hospital care, doctors fear permanent mental impairment though some improvement has occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
A. E. Helmuth
Waterloo, Cedar Falls & Northern Railway
Sugar factory ends year with record output in Waverly
Waverly January 25. The beet sugar factory produced one million tons of sugar from 60 000 tons of beets before closing this week. The season marks the plant’s most prosperous year. Farmers earned ten dollars an acre for their beets.
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Waverly Sugar Factory
Waverly
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Frank L. Wilson & CO
the Quality Shoe Store
Brown & Helwick
Casey Bros
Co. J. Wilson
Co. C. Wilson
Wilson & Wilson Lawyers
Journal
Charles A. Dewey
Notary Public
Pitica
Over Washington Co. Savings Bank
Eicher
Livingston
Offic
Edmund D. Morrison
Morrison Bldg
North Side Square
W. M. Keeley
Butterfield & Frame
Crafl’s
Prp
J. Hanley
Klein Klo Ke Store
Harry H. Ross
Macon
Austin Sutherland
Wade
E. J. Perry
West Washington Street
Ray H. Dean
Sherman Brother's
Nicola
Harmon North Side
Seenandoah
Henry Tyrrell
Bronson Howard
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Longstreet
Sixth Corps
Lowell
New York
the Valley of Desolation
Company
DR. Albert
State College
Bradfield Regulator CO
Atlanta
Siew
E. S. Thomas Washington
TOWA
Dakota Lands
Wash
Nat'l Bank
Res
California
Colorado
el Paso
Salt Lake City
Feather River Canyon
Ogden
Southern Pacific
New Mexico
Pioneer de Luxe
Golden State Limited
E. P
H. W. Russel
Chamberlain
J. D. Dayton
West Chester, Iowa
Washington County
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