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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1910
Page
7
In Terre Haute Indiana Dr J Fulton of Bluffton travels to meet Miss Nannie Harper, recalling a Civil War promise. Harper helped prepare care packages for soldiers and signed a needle case with her name that reached Fulton, sparking letters and a pledge to visit Terre Haute someday.
Senator Platt recounts in McClure's Magazine how a raid in Philadelphia at the 1900 Republican convention and a jab from Frank Platt provoked Theodore Roosevelt to accept the vice presidency. Roosevelt vowed not to decline if endorsed by New York delegates, then ran for president after McKinley's death.
A chemist turned entrepreneur recalls infiltrating a rival factory to uncover a knockoff process. Disguised as a laborer, he observed the production method, pilfered samples, and confirmed the rival used the same process. The clash ended with a patent infringement suit and the rival firm shut down.
A Tennessee veteran recalls Civil War camp life with vivid detail about foraged meals. He describes roasting a cow head with yams in a clay oven, shared invites to officers, and the simple relish of “possum and taters” that sustained soldiers marching with Sherman through Georgia.
A poem pleads for a soldiers monument built not of stone but from a people’s love faith and tears. It contrasts marble glory with the enduring spirit of national pride and the sacrifices of those who saved the flag.
During close hand to hand fighting at Gettysburg a Confederate officer seized the colors of the Fourth Michigan Infantry. Colonel Tarrison H. Jeffords shot the Confederate officer, but was then killed by a Confederate soldier who fell while clinging to the flag, and the flag bearer was later killed by Jarius W. Hall, later its colonel.
In a village scene the marching dead are honored as three playmates sprinkle daisies on graves. A Brown skinned girl, a white girl, and a blue eyed boy show unity, declaring they will not fight despite a veteran’s reminder of a distant feud. Mary D. Brine.
At Chickamauga General Willich faced arrest by General Rosecrans for a minor omission. Willich refused to yield his brigade, insisting he must command and fight his own men. Rosecrans finally relented, and Willich led his brigade to a successful engagement.
Colonel Orlando M. Pee records the Williamsburg engagement noting a comrade killed in close combat with bayonets, the two soldiers dead beside one another. The account reflects the brutal ferocity of the fight and honors the fallen.
Billy and Cherry, ten and twelve, imagine soldiers thirsting on long marches. Their mother Mrs. Merritt sets a Memorial Day task: run a water stand for veterans from 9 to 12, teaching endurance and gratitude for those who fought for the country.
A 19th century testimonial claims Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cures backache linked to female weakness. The letter notes headaches, fatigue, and insomnia, urging readers to write to Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts for confidential, free advice.
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