Ball's Bluff Disaster Recounted From Civil War Skirmish
The 1861 Ball's Bluff fight near Leesburg Virginia is recounted with details of Col Baker and Col Devens, the Massachusetts Fifteenth, and the Confederate left flank. The battle ends with heavy Union losses and Baker's death, prompting congressional scrutiny and defense of Stone.
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Virginia
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Ball's Bluff
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C. P. Stone
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Stone
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Baker
New York
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Pennsylvania
California
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Congress
Lincoln
Secretary of War
Fort Lafayette
New York Harbor
Banks
West
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Ball
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Fall's Bluff
Another Comedy at Opera House A Bachelor's Honeymoon
A Bachelor's Honeymoon at the Graham last night drew laughs despite a less seasoned cast. The plot follows a widower with twin daughters who marries an actress and presents her as a governess to his household.
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Graham
The Toymaker's Dream at the Graham this Wednesday
Musical comedy lovers are promised a bright tuneful show at the Graham on Wednesday night October 25. The Toymaker's Dream is well staged with costuming and a fascinating story. Management offers refunds at the box office if patrons are not pleased. Prices range from 1.00 for boxes to 25 cents for the gallery. Curtain rises at 8 15.
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Graham
Mildred dramatization by Ida Weston Rae comes to Graham
Mildred, Mary J. Holmes most loved southern romance, is adapted for the stage by Ida Weston Rae. The production promises charm with a strong company and witty scenes. Rae stars in the title role with a tour that may mark a new era for dramatized novels. Graham Opera House hosts the performance Friday October 27.
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Washington
Mary J. Holmes
Mildred
Ida Weston Rae
Miss Rae
Graham Opera House
Mary J. Holmes Play Presented One Night at Opera House
The Opera House hosts a one night showing of Mildred by Mary J. Holmes on Friday October 27. Readers and theatergoers are invited to enjoy the celebrated novel adaptation live on stage.
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Lena Rivers
Mary J. Holmes
Mildred
Opera House
Suffragist Session Opens in Louisville Jubilee Night Witnesses New States
A National American Woman Suffrage association session in Louisville on October 21 drew delegates from all states, including six with suffrage flags. Dr. Anna Howard Shaw presided as Jubilee night highlighted Washington and California with new suffrage delegates.
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Louisville
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Anna Howard Shaw
Washington
California
Governors Endorse Taft Amid Luncheon Plea
At a luncheon in El Paso Governor Col quitt of Texas proposed that the visiting governors from Texas New Mexico Arizona Sonora and Chihuahua endorse President Taft beyond party or sectional lines. The proposal was unanimously agreed to after a toast by President McNary of the chamber of commerce to Taft.
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Texas
New Mexico
Arizona
Sonora
Chihuahua
Colquitt
Taft
McNary
Chamber of Commerce
Year and One Day in Prison Released at Leavenworth
John Etting of Macomb Illinois completed a sentence of a year and one day for impersonating a United States Army officer and was released from the federal prison at Leavenworth Kansas on October 21.
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Kan
John Etting
Macomb
United States Army
Fifty Years Ago Today October 21 Events From War Reports
Fifty years ago on October 21 reports say Edward 2 Baker was killed at Ball's Brot Va with Confederate forces defeating federals under Metoelian Great Britain restored unatou to the Chinese. Twenty five years ago a 600 pound shell exploded at Sandy Hook government experiment station. KiMig an officer and a private.
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Baker
Ball's Brot Va
Metoelian
Great Britain
Sandy Hook Government Experiment Station
KiMig
Fifty Years Ago Sunday Dispatches Across the Nation
Fifty years ago this Sunday October 22 the electric telegraph linked Missouri to San Francisco enabling instant messages. The first transmission proclaimed a united country across the Pacific to the Atlantic. Also noted Shakespeare’s house and garden sold to Great Britain for £3400. Twenty five years ago relics of New Foundland's aborigines were readied for public exhibition in St John’s.
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San Francisco
Pacific
Atlantic
Shakespeare
Great Britain
New Foundland
St. John’s
Liszt Centennial Fete Opened in Budapest Church
Under Hungarian government auspices a major musical festival opens in Budapest to mark Franz Liszt centennial birth. Archduke Francis Joseph serves as president and patron. The Coronation Mass directed by Felix Weingartner opens the events at the Church of St Matthew with a planned Legend of St Elizabeth at the Royal Opera House this evening and further programs slated for tomorrow and Monday.
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Budapest
Hungary
Franz Liszt
Archduke Francis Joseph
Felix Weingartner
Liszt Piano Works Featured by Noted Virtuosi
A concert program highlights Liszt piano fortes with artists Eugen d Albert Frederick Lamond Moriz Rosenthal Emil Sauer Bernard Stevenhagen and Mme Sofie Menter among the soloists.
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Eugen d’‘Albert
Frederick Lamond
Moriz Rosenthal
Emil Sauer
Bernard Stevenhagen
Mme. Sofie Menter
Youngster Seeks Penny for Gas Meter Charge
A child asks a shopkeeper to send a penny for the gas meter charge while the father is away. The shopman agrees to take the little payment and notes the request as the child explains needing coinage to help with the meter.
Not the Only Pebble In the City Directory Tale
A fragment shows a Minnesota daughter eager to enter society and argue with a colored servant about name listings in city directories. The exchange mentions a Blue Book and a Red Book with color coded entries and the judge noted among 46 color listings.
To Cure a Cold In One Day Take Laxative Bromide Tablets
Advertising copy promises a one day cure for a cold with laxative bromide tablets. Druggists refund money if it fails to cure. Box labeling claims Grove’s cure and lists a brand name on each package.
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E. W. Grove
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