Grand Army parade in Cincinnati recalls Civil War days
Grizzled veterans in Cincinnati march under blue skies in the Grand Army of the Republic parade. Old comrades meet after 30 years, Confederate veterans appear, and the famed Ohio Squirrel Hunters march in by the thousands. Festivities wind down as civic parades and business sessions begin, with a peace jubilee planned.
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Morgan
Kirby Smith
Ohio Squirrel Hunters
Cincinnati
Grand Army
Ohio River
Ohio
Kentucky Hills
West
Santiago
Iity
Grand Army of the Republic
Parade Favor From President For New York Peace Jubilee
Mayor Van Wyck reports President McKinley agrees to consider a parade of regular and volunteer troops in New York for a peace jubilee if health reports from commanding generals and medical officers show the parade will not harm soldiers during the heated term.
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McKinley
New York
van Wyck
City of
New Commander of G. A. R. Named in Cincinnati
Col James A Sexton of Chicago elected commander in chief of the G A R receiving 424 votes to 241 for A D Shaw of New York. He was born in Chicago January 5 1844 and served in the Civil War rising to captain. The encampment opened with Gov Bushnell and Mayor Tafel speaking. Sentiment grows for a joint reunion of blue and gray veterans next year.
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James A. Sexton
Chicago
Grand Army of the Republic
Cincinnati
A. D. Shaw
New York
Lincoln
Col. Sexton
Sixty-seventh
Illinois Volunteer Infantry
Seventy Second
Illinois Volunteers
Ransom
McArthur
Seventeenth Army Corps
Army of Tennessee
Columbia
Duck River
Spring Hill
Franklin
Nashville
A. J. Smith
Sixteenth Army Corps
Smith
Mobile
Alabama
Montgomery
J. A
T. S. Sexton
Gribben & Co
Harrison
Military Order of the Loyal Legion
Department of Illinois
Ilinois State Soldiers’ Home
Quincy
Lincoln Park
Illinois National Guard
Music Hall
Charles Wentzel
Gov. Bushnell
Ohio
Tafel
M. E. Ingalls
Citizens’ Committee
Big Four
Chesapeake & Ohio Railways
Gobin
Forty-seventh Pennsylvania
Missouri
Senator Gray Chosen Third Member of Peace Commission
Washington Sept 10 The President names Senator George Gray of Delaware as the fifth member of the peace commission completing its personnel Secretary Day Senators Davis Frye and Gray and Whitelaw Reid form the panel Gray a longtime public figure born 1840 Princeton graduate and former Delaware attorney he has opposed Hawaii annexation and will join the commission meeting in Paris mid month to hear administration views and final instructions
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George Gray
Delaware
Peace Commission
Secretary Day
Davis
Frye
Gray
Whitelaw Reid
Senator Gray
Anglo American Commission
Canada
Paris
Publi Life
Senate
Newcastle
Del
Princeton
Thomas F. Bayard
Cleveland
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Hawaii
Moore
White House
Allison
President McKinley praised by G A R encampment
Cincinnati report notes a unanimous vote at the G A R national encampment lauding President McKinley for handling recent Spain related affairs with peace and victory, praising his leadership and the armed forces. Washington dispatch states diplomats' checks and drafts are tax exempt when tied to official duties or residence expenses.
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Cincinnati
McKinley
Grand Army of the Republic
Wm. McKinley
United States
Spain
Washington
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Miles discusses army reforms and standard for army
Washington Sept 10 Gen Miles met with Acting Secretary Meikeljohn and Gov Atkinson of Georgia and Adjt Gen Corbin at the war department. He urged careful, early action on army reorganization and mustering out volunteers, proposing a standard of one soldier per 1000 population to ensure efficiency and adequate training for all ranks. He stressed trained noncommissioned officers and officers, and military operations directed by professionals.
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Miles
War Department
Army Headquarters
Secretary of War
Meikeljohn
Alger
Gov. Atkinson
Geogia
Adjt
Corbin
Meikelsohn
Gen. Miles
Porto Rico
Congress
Spain
War ends, homes offered in Marinette County land sale
After the war, a plea for homes addresses poverty and urges action to buy affordable Marinette County farmland on the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul line. G N Rollins, immigration agent, will provide full information from 161 N Salle Street, Chicago.
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Marinette County
Wisconsin
Chicago
Milwaukee & St. Paul
G. N. Rollins
UN Salle Street
Luck Defined by Grandmother Wise Words
A brief Detroit Free Press quip asks what luck is and answers it as when a boy proves as sharp as his grandmother predicted, highlighting a tidy measure of merit and family wisdom.
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Jim
Detroit Free Press
Government and railroad lands offered in Northwest Florida
About 1,000,000 acres of government land in Northwest Florida are open to homestead entry, plus substantial railroad lands for sale at low rates along the Louisville and Nashville line. R J Wemyss, General Land Commissioner in Pensacola, can provide full details. Excursions to inspect the lands run the first and third Tuesdays each month with round trips at $2 over one fare. Write C P Atmore, General Passenger Agent, Louisville, Kentucky, for particulars.
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Florida
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
R. J. Wemyss
Pensacola
C. P. Atmore
Louisville, Ky
No Cause for Jealousy Between Mrs Benham and Son
A terse dialogue quotes Mrs. Benham asking if her son cares about mother and Benham replying he does not feel enough to provoke jealousy. The exchange appears cited from a New York Journal item.
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Benham
N. Y
Calico Wonders and a Witty Town Topics Quip
A historical note extols Simpson's Prints calico explaining vast yearly production enough to encircle the earth with fabric and a generous bow. It praises color fastness and affordability, noting its popularity in women and children's dresses, followed by a Town Topics joke about a retreat ordered for lack of quorum.
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United States
Simpson
To Cure a Cold in One Day Take Laxative Brome Quinine
Ad claims a one day cure for colds with Laxative Brome Quinine tablets. Money back if ineffective. Priced at 25 cents. Slogan appears from Chicago Daily News with a bee and honey imagery.
Advertising Quotation Appears in Late 19th Paper
A Needham Mass woman credits Piso's Cure for Consumption with curing her illness, quoting a dated testimonial from October 29 1884. The snippet also includes a humorous line from the Atchison Globe about idle men and clocks.
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Mra. E. C. Moulton
Needham, Mass
Mrs. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Recovers Poor Health
A patient recounts five years of womb trouble and misery with irregular menstruation and leucorrhea. After five bottles of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound she recovered enough to resume most duties, praising the remedy and offering to answer inquiries. Mrs. Pinkham provides free advice from Lynn, Massachusetts, inviting all women to write.
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Nell Hurst
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