Last Confederate officer's last command and escape tale
A Civil War reminiscence recounts the July 19 surrender and retreat through fields and woods. The narrator and seventy comrades hid in a ravine near a road, then, after a council, attempted crossing the river but surrendered to Union forces. They were held in Meigs County Ohio, transported down the river, and guided by an elderly local to a ford, with plans to reach home.
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Shea
Meadows
Wolfe
Pomeroy
Meigs County
Ohio
Kanawa
Cure for dysentery from Ashland Iowa father cites Chamberlain remedy
William Whitelaw of Des Moines Iowa recounts overhearing a man in Ashland Kansas describe how Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy saved his daughter at the point of death from violent diarrhea. The man also notes his own positive results using the remedy.
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Ashland
Kansas
Chamberlain
William Whitelaw
Des Moines
Iowa
Escape of Morgan and His Men From Camp Chase
Recount describes Morgan and most of his command being captured near the end of the month and sent to Camp Chase in Columbus Ohio. Five or six escaped by swimming the river. They were later tried for horse stealing and imprisoned in the Ohio penitentiary before escaping through a brick wall and sewer.
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Ohio
Columbus
Return of 740 Heroes From War to New York Harbor
Welcomed home as heroic sons of the nation 740 soldiers sailors marines and aviators from virtually every state entered fog bound New York Harbor today on six transports from European ports. Stories told spoke of high courage on French battlefields at sea in the air and in the Argonne forests. Many wounded returned to hospitals or demobilization camps. some walked with crutches others hailed as cured. Capt C E B Glazebrook of Washington D C recounted a daring solo escape from hospital to rejoin the advance at St Mihiel then return to wound care days later.
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New York
New York Harbor
France
England
America
Europe
Glazebrook
St. Mihiel Salient
Douighboy
Pershing Praises American Red Cross for Soldiers Aid
General Pershing in France commends the American Red Cross as a national relief organization aiding the Army and Navy in war. He notes the millions of contributors from women, men, and children, whose gifts and labor support American Expeditionary Forces and their comfort.
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General Pershing
American Red Cross
American Expeditionary Forces
France
Organization
Army
Navy
America
Plainspoken Liver Tonic Ad Promises Quick Recovery
An advertisement describes a bilious attack and its symptoms including constipation nausea and headache. It urges taking three Chamberlains Tablets to tone the liver and clean the stomach, claiming quick restoration of health at a cost of a quarter.
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Chamberlain
First Call to Food Army in Wartime American Spirit
Herbert Hoover urges cooperation for freedom as the nation faces war. The piece recalls a 1917 food center effort and highlights soldiers, sailors, and aviators recounting battles, German trophies, and war wear in a broad patriotic overview.
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Yne
Lieut
Meadowy
Gal, Edwards
Ogdon E. Edwards
Blowing Rock
Charlotte
Charlotte Observer
Colonel Edwards
Benjamin Franklin
Jonathan Edwards
New England
Bradford
Plymouth Colony
Ogden
New Jersey
Manila
Chesterfield
Amatican Red Cross
Herbert Hoover
Adriatic
Ascanius
Tevadores
Kroonland
Calamares
Mercy
E. Glenn Salmons
Critcker Hotel
ED Sund Jones
L. D. Lowe
Bove Ye 'Anner Bik
N.C
Love & Love
Surrey
F. A. Linney
Boone
N. C
Watauga
P. Speas, M. D
Hickory, N. C
Hickory Drug CO
Moore
G.f.lovill
Ww. Klovil
Lovill
LAW
Boone, N. C
J. E Binghaus
Asteen Ya Tin
DR. Rg, Jennings
Banyeus Exe
Fleet Mere
Blackburn Hotel
John KL. Brown Lawer
Lovill & Lovill
Watauga Co. Bank
JWR
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