The Stars on the Flag and Civil War Family Divisions
A patriotic piece celebrates the stars on the flag and the cost of war while recounting a Civil War era tale of family splits. It includes Capt. William A. Winder’s Omaha death and Gen. Lee's surrender narrative as remembered by a senator and his friend Lieut. Stockton, detailing prison camps and Meade’s headquarters episode.
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William A. Winder
Omaha
Neb
Winder
William H. Winder
Canada
Stony Creek
John H. Winder
West Point
United States Army
Confederacy
Richmond
Libby
Belle Isle
Andersonville
North
Gen. Lee
Stockton
Les
Joseph B. Johnston
North Carolina
Appomattox
Farmville
Fitz
Gen. Meade
To Indiana Soldiers Monuments at Chickamauga
The Chickamauga Park commission led by Gen H V Boynton with Maj Gen Alexander P Stewart and engineers E E Betts J P Smertt has spent eleven years locating every regiment for both sides. Their work covers seven battlefields spanning thirty miles from Chattanooga to Ringgold, the site of the campaign’s final battle and Tennessee River control.
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Chickamauga
Chickamauga Park Commission
H. V. Boynton
Washington
Thirty-fifth Ohio Infantry
Missionary Ridge
Alexander P. Stewart
Breckinridge
E E Betts
J. P. Smertt
Chattanooga
Ringgold
Tennessee River
Surrender Anniversary Reflections From Senator Daniel at Capitol
Washington correspondent notes April date marking Appomattox surrender. Senator Daniel recalls Confederate fortunes and lost cause with somber tone. He recounts healing wounds at Lynchburg home and hearing distant cannon fire near the Appomattox river.
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Lee
Washington
Richmond
Times-Dispatch
Appomattox
Daniel
Capitol
Lynchburg
d@arky
Marie John
End of Pekin City Range to Western Eyes
A Chicago Inter Ocean report recounts in a special correspondence the siege and skirmish units faced near West Virginia with a captain firing on an enemy commander, then facing a mob as rebels overwhelmed them and were sent to Richmond. The piece then shifts to a vivid Pekin city travelogue describing the Forbidden City, crowded streets, riksha chaos, and moral reflections on China’s modern progress versus tradition, ending with a bleak portrait of lawlessness and pu
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West Virginia
Richmond
Massachusetts
Pekin
Belinda
John
Hotel du Nord
Temple of Heaven
China
The
Nation
Magnates Great Brain The Rockefeller Financial Genius
This excerpt portrays John D. Rockefeller as a computing mind who analyzes dairy farm costs to reveal efficiency. A farmer’s astonished reply underscores Rockefeller’s knack for rapid, precise financial insight. It cites a Wall Street Journal anecdote on his method and organizational power.
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John D
Wall Street Journal
New Process Could Cut Alcohol Cost Significantly
A new chemical synthesis process, reported by United States Consul Haynes in Rouen and cited by the Philadelphia Record, promises to drop alcohol production costs to under 10 cents per gallon, far below current levels near 20 cents. The method uses carburet of calcium to create acetylene, then yields ethylene and alcohol from water. Industry chemists foresee further reductions, possibly to half the German potato-based price, as European progress unfolds.
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State Department
Washington
United States
Haynes
Rouen
France
Germany
Philadelphia Record
Pigs Aid French Truffle Hunt In Oak Root Soil
Farmers in France use pigs to locate truffles beneath oak trees. The pig follows scent like a hound, digs with its snout, and is rewarded with acorns after the truffle is found. After eating, the pig resumes hunting for more truffes, sometimes uncovering several pounds.
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France
Mr. Pig
Fragmentary Browning Verse and Dialogue Fragments
A garbled OCR excerpt blends Elizabeth Barrett Browning lines about patience labor and divine grace with a modern dialogue between Ethel and Maude Well. The text juxtaposes archaic verse with casual street dialogue and ends with a remark about goldfish and fish in the sea.
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Wren
Ethel
Fred
Maude
Ptauarbia Definition In Comic Exchange
A dialogue fragment shows Johnny Rampernickie asking for a definition of possibility and an old man replying that a possibility is something a man wants to happen yet refuses to happen. The exchange hints at linguistic play and a comic tone without resolving the idea.
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Johnny Rampernickie
Admiral Dewey Varied Skills Highlighted Beyond War
A rend of phrases portrays Admiral Dewey as fond of horses and a skilled whip, likening him to a veteran stage driver. Mixed in are stray ads and notices including a Paris fundraiser for a carrier pigeons monument and assorted chunked text about politics and publications.
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Admiral Dewey
Dewey
Washington
Paris
The K C 5S Almanac for 1908 and 1963 Ad
The Kansas City Southern Railway Almanac for 1908 and 1963 is ready for distribution. It promises information on Southwestern Missouri Cherokee and Choctaw Nations Indian Territory Western Arkansas Texas Northwestern Louisiana and the Coast country. Address S G Warner Kansas City Mo for a copy. Eve's fondness for apples was a good thing for tailors and dressmakers.
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Kansas City Southern Railway
Missouri
Indian Territory
Arkansas
Texas
Louisiana
K.C. S
S. G. Warner
Kansas City
Immense Tobacco Purchase Sets West Record
Forty eight thousand dollars paid for a fancy lot of tobacco marks a historic sale by Frank P. Lewis of Peoria. The guarantee ensures the entire amount was tobacco of the highest grade, a landmark in U S tobacco grading. Also noted are travel rate promos for Colorado Minnesota and California via the Burlington Route with various summer and holiday discounts.
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West
Ednesday
Frank P. Lewis
Peoria Pla Ae Bingle Coler
Lewis
United States
Herald-Transcript
Burlington
Colorado
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