Mobile and Pensacola Civil War Flags and City Charter
The piece notes Mobile flew the Confederacy flag during the Civil War and later used the Stars and Stripes. It cites the 1864 Battle of Mobile Bay with Federal losses of 335 and Confederate 10 dead 16 wounded 280 prisoners, and mentions Mobile’s charter loss in 1876 and restoration in 1886. It adds 1930 population 68,202 and compares Pensacola’s flag history to Mobile.
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Ghent
Mobile Bay
Farragut
Mobile
Pensacola
Fla
Last Civil War General Adelbert Ames Dies at 97
Adelbert Ames the last surviving Civil War general and one of the few Spanish American War generals died recently at age 97. Born October 31, 1835 in Rockland Maine he graduated West Point in 1861 and earned a major general of volunteers rank for gallantry. He settled in Mississippi and served as U S senator and governor before impeachment issues led to his resignation. The piece notes Keifer as the next last Civil War general who died in 1932.
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Adelbert Ames
General Ames
Rockland
West Point
Mississippi
United States
Vicksburg
North
Spain
Ames
J. Warren Keifer
Ohio
National House of Representatives
Springfield
Puritan Days In Early America Revealed In Arthur Train
A feature discusses life in New England after the Revolution based on Arthur Train's Puritan’s Progress. It covers roads, travel times, scarce hospitals, rudimentary dentistry, timepieces, religious enforcement, schooling, Harvard chapel, bread and milk in rooms, early marriage norms, large families, high child mortality, and harsh conditions.
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THE
Leader: Printing CO
Wellington
Texas
Deskins Wells
Jimmiep Gillentine
Yraver
Cos
Acre
New England
Arthur ‘Train
New York
Boston
Harvard
Odd items in print collection of curious clippings
A selection of quirky newspaper snippets including a Asheville anecdote about a man meeting his wife, a description noting gray hair and missing teeth, Doctor Jones’s revival at First Church, a young woman seeking daily washing, a green girl seeking work until Christmas, Harry Taylor the principal with a 169 year old stone apple jar, and a misdated young lady’s aged office entry.
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Doctor Jones
Memphis
Harry Taylor
Harvey family in Texas 1836 pioneer tragedy and aftermath
The Harvey family from Georgia settled near Calvert Texas in 1836. Father Jno Harvey was killed defending his home as Indians attacked, three other family members died or were captured, and young Ann endured years of captivity before reuniting with kin. Her life bridged Mexico and Texas until her death in 1894 near Calvert. The lesson then contrasts Barnabas charity with Ananias and Sapphira, urging sincere surrender of life and means to God.
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Harvey
Texas
Georgia
Washington
Calvert
Harveys
Jno
Little Ann
Ann
Hill Ann
Cortinas
Brazos
Waco
Matamoras
Mexico
United States
Matamor
Galveston
Matthew Talbot
Old Baptist Ridge
Barnabas
Jerusalem
Paul
Asia
Europe
Rome
Caesar
Old Settlers Reunion scenes and rural life notes
Optimistic farmers amid dry spell and the Old Settlers Reunion draw residents into village scenes. Farmers discuss rain prospects, neighbors stroll the square, and locals like Bill Simms ride bicycles while Mrs. Porter trades produce. A varied snapshot shows shoppers, church planners, and friendly exchanges across the town.
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Old Settlers
Bill Simms
Chester
Casey Jones
R. E. Childers
J. K. Porter
Olibbia
Elizabeth Curtner
Ocis Ball
Howard
F E. B. Morgan
Rocking
F. M. Blake
Lee Clifton
W. C. Richards
Russ Griswold
W. C. Lewis
C. D. Damien
B. F. Hudson
P. K. Hardy
H. l L. Ray
A. J. Fires
Vada Crawley
P. FE. Williams
A. R. Pepper
Court House
Lowell Wells
Jack Smallwood
City of Five Flags Mobile’s flag history summarized
Mobile Alabama has shifted flags seven times since its 1702 founding by d Iberville. It was French until 1763, then English under the Treaty of Paris, later Spanish in 1780, then American in 1813, briefly taken by England again, and restored to the United States.
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Mobile
Ala
d’Iberville
England
Paris
Spain
United States
United
St Louis Driver Fined and Sentenced for 17th Offense
A St Louis motorist received a $406 fine and 120 days in the workhouse for his 17th traffic offense in three years. Albert Royon, a Frenchman, escaped from African natives after being held as a slave for three years.
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St. Louis
Albert Royon
Briton Harold Boddington Arrested for Embezzlement
Just after breaking a golf course record Harold Boddington a British banker was arrested on embezzlement charges.
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Harold Boddington
Jots in Jest: Olympic cancellation talk and odd notes
A spoofish roundup notes a movement to cancel the Berlin Games in 1986 as a prank and quotes various odd items: Roosevelt potential reelection, Congress chefs fussing over food, an Ohio minister gifting flour with each marriage, Windsor Ontario boosting pedestrian safety, a copperhead bite with little harm to the man, a railroad suit in Okmulgee, flags missing from Port Huron graves, a fishing license denial to a full blooded Indian who claimed greater Americaness, a Yonkers man reading the Bible in 18 days, a radium dancer’s poisoning from luminous paint, funeral rites in Vincennes, and a 74 year old Blair lifeguard.
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Asheville
N. C
John Mark
Ananias
Sapphira
God
M. C. Pirg
Wheeler County
Lake Kemp
Ellis Baggett
S. R. Lowrie
Billy Wolfrum
C. & McKinney
W. L. Jones
B. F. King
J. L. Anderson
Ples Masten
Elmore Dodson
Roberson
Ode
Sin
John Forbis
A. Kesler
Collingsworth County
Kay
Marsha
Anderson
Berlin
Africa
Roosevelt
Saya
Windsor, Ont
J. B. Cash
Lowneaville
Frisco Railroad
Po Cery Firm
Okmulges
Oxla
Cone Traing
Port Huron
Mich
Ned Dine
Nesta
Fairmont
W. Va
W. A. Woodward
Yonkers
N. Y
Joan Meller
Frank A. Thuis
Vincennes
Ind
Jonas Burcham
Blair, Neb
Pitas Ca Christianson
Tline Leonardo Berna
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