Blackbeard the Pirate and His Dealings with Virginia
A historical sketch recounts Edward Teach known as Blackbeard from privateering to piracy. It describes his rise on the Queen Anne's Revenge, the 1718 defeat by Gov. Spotswood's Virginia forces led by Lieut. Robert Maynard, and his death in Pamlico Bay ending his feared career.
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Virginia
Blackbeard
Edward Teach
Thatch
England
West Indies
Blackguard
Sea Rangers
Carolina
North Carolina
Charles Eden
Eden
Edward Mosley
Mosley
Spotswood
Robert Maynard
Pamlico Bay
Maynard
America
Great Revival of Religion in Confederate Armies
An elderly Confederate from St Louis recalls a dramatic late war religious revival among Confederate troops. He describes camp-based prayer and preaching campaigns after Vicksburg and Gettysburg, leading to mass emotional responses, visions, trances, and claims of divine aid, with many soldiers later deemed insane.
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St. Louis
Vicksburg
Mississippi
Gettysburg
North
South
United States
Great Britain
France
Tennessee Army
Georgia
North Carolina
Tennessee
Jesus Christ
Confederacy
Christ
Keota Chautauqua Opens With Booster Tour and Opera
Keota heats up as Chautauqua opens within a week. Ticket sales reach 400 of 740 at 2.40 while boosters tour nearby towns with a ladies ball. The event features the Maurer orchestra and Sisters, a humorous lecture, and a benefitting program to beautify parks streets and the public library.
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Keota
KPL
Thavin
White City
Ochitage
Tiprevement Society
Sanday
Maurer 'Lstore Orchestra
Maurer
W. Ll. Norah
Minnnesota
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Pleasant, Ta
Airship
New Henry County
Fairfield
Mt. Pleasant
T. J. Phillips
Washington
the Citizens Savings Bank
Wash. County
Citizens Savings Bank
Coeststqoor
EES
ANED
CPE
Mes
Chas. H. Keck
Frank Stewart
Donald J. Ross
Cashier
Geo. J. Breitenbach
Asst
Cash
F. R. Sage
T. J. Berdo
W. Livingston
C. M. Keck
A. E. Cunningham
A. Anderson
H.C. Hull
J. J. Mikeone
Bender
Crias
the Evening Journal
Webster's Dictionary
Anafp
Websterian
Ats
Het All
MVE
Want
York World
Keota Chautauqua
Lisk
Frank
Ty Wwenty
T & Lee Cano
Wes
John al Sudrew
Saskatchewan
ST. Paul
Roet
Great Northern Railway
Minnesota
Southwell & McCulley
Iowa
Irome
Rock Island Plow Ca
Edin
Mason Transfer & Storage CO
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