Campfire Sketches and the Fading Grand Army
A collection of verses about war horses and soldiers contrasts with a Philadelphia Times reflection on the Grand Army of the Republic. It notes debates over a song’s authorship, Elphinstone’s romance tale, and the moral of battle’s din for horses. The piece closes with Cleveland encampment data showing 1901 deaths at 8,166 and total Grand Army membership at 269,507, predicting further declines as veterans age.
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Ural
Philadelphia Times
Grand Army
Grand Army of the Republic
Cleveland
Order
Oss
Union
TRAINING WAR horses AND AMERICAN HERO WORSHIP
A reporter describes training Confederate era style War horses in Texas and argues against overblown hero worship. The piece contrasts brutal drills to accustom horses to gunfire with the idea that true heroism lies in sacrifice, not medals, praising the men behind the guns and questioning fame.
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Leason
Mra L. A. Shrin
Newberne
N. C
Pennsylvania
Cadet Grant Earns Six Demerits For Dismounting
West Point cadet General Grant proves horsemanship challenged by a vicious horse during a cavalry drill. The horse balks, the rider falls, and the riding-master condemns Grant with six demerits for dismounting without leave amid a comic yet serious scene.
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Grants
Grant
West Point
Buffalo Jones Dead Nation's famed booster and buffalo advocate
Kansas figure known as Buffalo Jones died at about 71. He cultivated a fondness for buffalo, domesticated herds for farming, and tested irrigation in Garden City. Jones boosted Blaine at the 1884 Republican convention, later joined the Populists, and spent his final years near Topeka.
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James
C. J. Jones
Kansas
Buffalo” Jones
Tazewell County
Tlinois State Normal School
Wesleyan University
Troy
Garden City
Jones
Jones’ Farm
C. J
Manitoba
Canada
Chicago
Austin Corbin
Ocean
James G. Blaine
Blaine
Logan
Buffalo Jones
Columbia
State Street
Wabash Avenue
Dearborn Street
Maine
Blanie
Buffalo
Republicaniem
Topeka
Fad Pol
Lincoln Private Car in Omaha Yards Faces Decay
An aging 42 by 8 foot private car used by President Lincoln in Civil War years sits exposed to weather in Union Pacific yards at Omaha. Built in Alexandria Virginia, it housed Lincoln’s office and hosted generals, carried his remains in 1865, and later served directors before armor plating made it heavy. Talks in 1898 to fund restoration faded.
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Union Pacific Railway
Omaha
Lincoln
Illustrated Record
Fio
United States Military Car Shops
Alexandria
Gettysburg
Washington
Springeld
United States
Not Starving in Turkey Despite Corruption and Waste
The article portrays Turkey as capable of feeding its population despite governance issues. It notes grape vines covering homes, simple wooden plows, abundant sheep, and widespread pastures. Turks eat little meat, preferring lamb remnants shredded into pila with rice, and savor watermelons, living cheaply on dietetic staples.
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Turkey
Remembrance Of The War Of 1812 In Ohio Forests
A six mile wide scar through Hancock and Wood counties Ohio marks the 1812 campaign of Gen. Hull and the army that moved toward Fort Meigs. Logs from the corduroy road lie buried two to five feet, while Findlay farms still show traces of the fort and stockade named for Col Findlay on Blanchard’s Fork Auglaize.
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Hancock
Wood Counties
Ohio
Hull
Fort Meigs
Findlay
Col. Findlay
Blanchard
The Pillar of Finance in Hullaboleo Town
The village grocer hails Jefferson Whimpers as one of Hullaboleo’s most reliable citizens. A splee drummer suggests he is the steward of most county bets, highlighting Whimpers’ influence beyond traditional roles.
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Jefferson
Cooperative Railroad Opens 129 Mile Line in Indiana
The first cooperative railroad is now operating a 129 mile line between Muncie and Brazil Indiana. The Chicago and Southeastern, after trouble meeting payments, turned the entire property over to its employees to run until they recover their money.
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Muncie
Brazil
Ind
Chicago & Southeastern
Hich
Tobacco’s sway on minds famed in literature
The piece surveys physicians and writers past and present who discussed tobacco’s effects on intellect. It notes Goethe and Heine opposed smoking while Musset, Sue, Sand, Merimee, and Saint Victor favored it, and cites Byron, Thackeray, Aldrich, Lamb, Kingsley, Hood, Lowell, Tennyson, Carlyle, and others as ardent or notable smokers, with anecdotes of their habits.
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Goethe
Heinrich Heine
Balzac
Victor Hugo
Dumas
Alfred de Musset
Eugene Sue
Mme
George Sand
Merimee
Paul de Saint Victor
Spencer
William Lilly
Queen Elizabeth
Byron
Thackeray
Thomas Bailey Aldrich
James Russell Lowell
Charles Eliot Norton
Charlies Lamb
Kingsley
Tom Hood
Lord Tennyson
Thomas Carlyle
Tennyson
Carlyle
Alfred
Thackleray
Burns
James Payn
Quotation Parade on Smoking By Noted Figures
A humorous collection cites Mark Twain at age three smoking 300 cigars a month and others like George Augusta Sala and Gilver Wendell Holmes praising smoke. Lowell reportedly hoarded pipe dottels for a grand “real smoke” while a Harvard professor mocked abstinence, finding six months of happiness lost before resuming a chimney-like habit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Twain
George Augusta Sala
Gilver Wendell Holmes
Farina
James Russell Lowell
Harvard
Fogerty News Taken as Local Legend on Long Island
On Long Island Walter McElroy, engineer in charge of hundreds of laborers, overhears co workers discuss the fate of Fogarty who died last week. One says he went to heaven. the other quips he went to a place where you light your pipe with your finger. Source notes the remark in a New York Times item.
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Bat
Palestine
Andrew Lang
T. Haynes Bayley
Comanon
Lord el Phinstone
Victoria
Elphinstone
Askred
Prince Albert
Leta Elphin- Tone
India
Lord Elphinstone
Montreal Herald
Texas
Mantix
Wello
Fogerty
Walter McElroy
Garden City
Long Island
Paddy
Fogarty
Mike
New York Times
Select Their Own Coffins, An Undertaker's Odd Counsel
An undertaker recounts customers choosing coffins while healthy, noting many now select their own caskets before illness. He describes viewing coffin shopping as careful as making a will, with two score commissions for future occupants and even deliveries to invalids at home. He laments bargaining over these purchases and explains the trust the trade earns by honoring ante-mortem instructions.
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New York
Presa
Draining the Zuyder Zee project shelved by new Dutch government
The Netherlands planned a 57 million florin project to drain the Zuyder Zee adding about 750 square miles to Holland’s farmland. A dike would block the North Sea and a canal would drain waters, gradually converting the lake to fresh water over decades. The ministry now defers due to political and financial strain. The piece ends with a travelogue praising Limerick girls from the San Francisco Argonaut excerpt.
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Ministry of the
Netherlands
States General
Zuyder Zee
Holland
North Sea
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Fiane
Pal
President Lincoln
Limerick
Ireland
Cork
Jakes
Dublin
San Francisco
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