Looking for Henry in a Green Connecticut Farm
An elderly Mary Maynard waits by the rosebushes on a Connecticut hillside for her missing soldier Henry Maynard who left on May 29 and never returned after Gettysburg. The story traces their past, Henry's letters, and the quiet sorrow of endless waiting as years pass.
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Connecticut
Woodbine
Mary Maynard
Henry
Mary
Lee
Gettysburg
Henry Maynard
War Department
Ten Die, Fifty Hurt In Chestnut Hill Trolley Crash
Philadelphia May 25 Ten persons are reported killed and more than fifty wounded in a collision between two large trolley cars on the Chestnut Hill branch of the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company in this city.
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Philadelphia
Chestnut Hill
Philadelphia Rapid Transit Comepany
Chicago trader seeks debt relief in court
Chicago on May 2. Clovyd J. Smith once prominent as a board of trade operator and north side Republican, twice tried and finally acquitted on charges of fraudulently withdrawing grain from elevators without canceling warehouse receipts. He has asked the U S district court to discharge him from debts. His assets total less than 130 dollars.
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Chicago
Clovyd J. Smith
Board of Trade
North Side Republian
Toe
United States District Court
Remedy Advised For Kidney And Bladder Ailments
An advertisement urges immediate treatment for kidney and bladder disease to avoid Bright's disease or diabetes. It hawks 50 cent and one dollar bottles, warns against delay and substitutes, and credits Lemmon's Pharmacy.
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Bright
Wife drinks poison over husband's liquor smell in Battle Creek
Mrs. Sarah Perry, 26, swallowed chloroform in Battle Creek after claiming her husband G. J. Perry reeked of liquor. She was rushed to Nichols hospital and has a chance of recovery. Perry said he had been in a saloon but was not drunk.
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Battle Creek
Mich
Sarah Perry
Nichol’s Hospital
G. J. Perry
Newton Banker Dies in Home Lighting Accident
Edward Arnold cashier of the People's Bank Newton died while trying to turn on an incandescent light in his Mattoon home. The tragedy was caused by a burned out fuse in the transformer. He leaves a wife and three children.
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Mattoon
Edward Arnold
The
People's Bank
Newton
A Soldier Returns Home to Mary at Last
In a stirring tale a wounded veteran wakes as Henry Maynard after Gettysburg. He travels to Australia and reunites with Mary on May 30, 1905, on a steamer journey. She recognizes him in dreams and at last they meet on the house doorstep, their love deepening beyond words.
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Mary
Henry
Burnside
Fredericksburg
Henry Maynard
Mary Harper
Hubert Smith
Gettysburg
Australia
Amelia
Fleury
Loyal Unionist Teuton Keeps Flag Sleep On Mattress
Charles Carleton Coffin recalls in 1865 Charleston a German resident who flew a small Union flag during Confederate occupation. Inside his home he produced a larger flag sewn into their mattress, saying he and his wife slept on it every night for four years, illustrating steadfast loyalty to the United States.
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Charles Carleton Coffin
Coffin
Charleston
S. C
Cunningham defeats Booker in Alabama delegate race
Official returns from fifty three of sixty counties in Alabama show Dr M R Cunningham of Mustey, a Johnson supporter for delegate at large to the Denver convention, defeating Captain B E Booker, a Bryan candidate.
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Montgomery Alu
Rt. M. Cunningham
Mustey
Johnson
Denver
BE. W. Booker
Bryan
Cedar View merchant touts Dr King’s pills as gold value
B G Stewart of Cedar View Mississippi declares customers receive worth in gold weight when buying a box of Dr King’s New Life Pills. The product is sold under guarantee at Lemmon’s Pharmacy for 25 cents, advertised to ease constipation malaria and biliousness.
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B. G. Stewart
Cedar View
Miss
Dr. King
Lemmon’s Pharmacy
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Mother
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