Youngest Soldier of Civil War and Pension Notes
The article recalls Gilbert Van Zandt claiming the title of youngest regularly enrolled Civil War soldier from Ohio. It also mentions Col. Walter H. French’s scrapbooks and Mrs Lincoln’s petition for a pension, plus stories of Henry S. Garr’s spymaster era and Hiram Cronk, last pensioned veteran of 1812, with updated pension details and a note on his age and service.
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van Zandt
Gilbert van Zandt
Kansas City
Seventy-ninth
Ohio Volunteers
Port William
Clinton County
Ohio
Lincoln
Walter H. French
Washington Times
Congress of the
United States
A Lincoln
Spr
Henry S. Garr
A. Garr
Garr
Western Park
Aieutenant
Judge Garr
Mr. Garr
Hiram Cronk
Ava
Mr. Cronk
Frankfort
Herkimer County
Wright Settlement
Congress
Utlea Daily Press
Cruelty Recalled From Civil War Battles
A veteran recalls the Civil War era noting cruelty linked to soldiers of forty years ago. He mentions serving in the Second Kentucky Volunteer Infantry alongside General Jacob H. Smith and Major Anderson, with experiences spanning West Virginia and the Shiloh campaign.
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Jacob H. Smith
Philippines
Ohio
Kentucky Volunteer Infantry
Anderson
Fort Sumter
West Virginia
Shiloh
Smith
Stowe River
Gettysburg Iron Brigade Casualties Across Regiments
At Gettysburg the Iron Brigade advanced into the woods as Reynolds was carried to the rear dead. The Twenty-fourth Michigan suffered 66 percent killed and wounded with 8 percent missing, the Nineteenth Indiana 56 percent and missing, the Second Wisconsin 43 percent and 20 missing, and the Seventh Wisconsin 41 percent and 43 missing. Across the Iron Brigade the killed and wounded reached 49.5 percent with 249 missing.
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Gettysburs
New York
Iron Brigade
Reynolds
Michigan
Indiana
Wicconsin
Wisconsin
Gye
Quaint Advice on Cheerful Speech and Earnest Effort
An old quotation urges deliberate kindness and steady effort to spread joy. It counsels avoiding gloom in speech and notes that persistent positive actions halve the struggle, attributed to Lydia M. Child with a misread fragment about a fertile field becoming sterile.
Eskimo Village On King Island Described In Detail
A detailed portrait of an Eskimo village on King Island below the Arctic circle. Cliffside houses, a central Kazhime social and ceremonial house, and raw living conditions with walrus skin dwellings. Diet relies on seal oil, walrus meat, and raw or near raw foods. summer lamps burn gear oil. Epidemics, hunger, and isolation shaped a fragile society. bear revenue cutter Bear aided distress in 1900, after which inhabitants fled to the mainland. The article also recalls a humorous scene from Defiance Ohio about a dog and its owner.
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King Island
Boye
Fovesl
Arizona
New Mexico
Siberian
St Lawrence Island
United States Revenue
Bear
Cape Nome
Snd
Port Clarence
Lacey jokes about delegates as a poker pair
During a speech advocating admitting Arizona and New Mexico as one state Congressman Lacey mused that delegates Smith and Rodey might become United States senators. Rodey quipped nearby and Lacey replied I do not know what the gentleman means. The room laughed, as the joke hinged on his poker aces analogy.
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Arizona
New Mexico
Lacey
Smith
Rodey
United States Seratora
Iowa
Roosevelts Southern Visit Altered Route At Stallaville
The president’s southern trip planned a Stallaville stop with a schoolchildren’s song and town festivities. A bad road forced a route change, delaying plans and altering the welcome in this moment of the journey.
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Roosevelt
Stallaville, & C
Ms Power
Arkansas Governor Pardons Convicted Man
Governor Jefferson Davin of Arkansas issues a pardon for a Black man convicted in a copdiven case, reversing the earlier judgment and citing new considerations. The action marks a notable clemency decision in state affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson Davin
Arkansas
The Other Fellow
Nan and Jack Benton recall a long friendship and a confession that Jack is the “other fellow” in a tale of past loves. Nan reads a letter about a wedding, then Jack reveals his plan to leave for the South, while Nan contemplates the news and fate. The scene blends memory, social ties, and a pivotal romantic twist.
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Nan
Fanshawe
Jack Benton
Nan Welsh
Mrs Welsh
Jack
Sadie Allen
Moses
Penningtons
Tom Andrews
Tom
Mandolin Club
Rochester
Pasadena
Sadie
Sadie Alles
Memphis
Thermopylae Greek paper honors Greek independence anniversary
The Thermopylae, a Greek newspaper in New York, issues an extra for the anniversary of Greek independence. Its pages feature blue and white ink, prominent Greeks and philhellenists, and ads in an old-new alphabetic dress. Editor Samuel G. Howe is among the notable names masked in the issue.
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Thermopylae
New York
Xenophon
Hich
Samuel G. Khaon
Samuel G. Howe
Byron
Greece
New York Mail and Express
Bevere Comparison on Indian Agriculture Aid
Opinion contrasts Indian state aid plans with English agriculture board reports. Warns against adopting flawed English methods and suggests seeking better models rather than outdated ones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Government of India
Board of Agriculture
England
Unclear embroidery skill of MS Santee-Dumont noted
Detroit Free Press observes MS Santee-Dumont pursues embroidery knitting and tapestry rather than smoking or drinking. The unusual hobby is described as a difficult craft once thought exclusive to others.
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James Buckham
Christian Advocate
Farragut- Thomas
Department of Missouri
Chicago Inter Ocean
Lydis M. Child
Straits
Arctic Circle
Kise Island
Defiance
Crow
Maumee
Toledo
Tom ApGrews
Trench
Lize Wit
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