Judge Allen Recalls Bold Civil War Regiment Capture
Judge Henry Clay Allen tells of a near silent Civil War capture near Alexandria, Louisiana in 1863, where a party of 30 mounted infantry surrounded a Confederate regiment and battery without firing a shot. The officers were captured in a bull pen after a daring night maneuver, with minimal resistance and a swift successful seizure of the battery.
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Henry Clay Allen
Circuit Court
Judes Allen
Alexandra
Duke Smith
Howard on Grant portrays a thoughtful commander and man
Gen. Charles H. Howard recalls Gen. Ulysses S. Grant as reserved yet considerate, noting his cool judgment in battle and patience with profanity. The Chicago News-Letter recollection describes Grants dignity, leadership, and a postwar dinner anecdote reflecting his restraint and quiet humor.
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Charles H. Howard
Appomattox
Columbia Post
Saelares
Lookout Mountain
Neders
Grant
Howard
Ada C. Sweet
Chicago Journal
Grants
Siovlon Arnseach Tee Sipeied
To Europe Via Hudson Bay Railroad Plan
Manitoba plans to finance a Winnipeg to Hudson Bay railroad to reach European markets via a shorter water route. Proponents say it could save millions annually as shipping by water is cheaper than cross continental rail haul. Explorers report open Hudson Bay water for up to six months each year despite terrain challenges.
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Europe
Hudson Bay
Manitoba
Winnipeg
Sport
Hudson Hay
Suffered Tortures and Found Relief in Pills
An engineer from Chats describes decades of rheumatic pain and sleepless days, weight loss, and eventual cure after using Dean's Kidney Pills. The ad notes price and distributor Foster-Milburn Co. Buffalo.
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Wm. H. Walter
Dean
Foster-Milburs, Co
Buffalo
Pittsburg Aims for the World's Tallest Building
A Pittsburg effort seeks a 40 story structure rising 700 feet above the sidewalk, fourty feet higher than a New York project under construction. The push cites cities, plans, and bids as officials pursue a landmark in steel era progress.
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Pittsburg
New York
Collector seeks sketches and ten dollar bill from Indiana bank
A Cleveland Plain Dealer report tells of a man in Indiana who says he is collecting sketches from artists nationwide and asks for one to be sent. He then shifts the request to ten dollar bills noting a bank jobsite in Indiana where such notes are kept.
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Indiana
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Union
Olio
Girl Cured of Severe Eczema by Cuticura Remedies
Mrs Lizzie E Sledge of Selma Alabama relates a four year battle with black facial and body eczema diagnosed by two physicians as the worst form. After trials failed her husband bought Cuticura Remedies which cured the eruption in six months and left no symptoms for three years.
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Lizzie E. Sledge
Jones Ave
Selma
Ala
Reform school debate and a note on microscopes
Hewitt cites plans to open a school for his doctrines while Jewett doubts attending. The exchange shows skeptical views on reform. Under the Microscope notes that magnification reaches 16,000 times, turning a four into a pile that resembles stones.
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Hewitt
Jewett
New York Kansas City No 25 1907
A brief note lists the sequence N Y and Kansas City with the number 25 for the year 1907.
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N. Y
Kansas City
Working Women What They Should Know
Advice ad promoting Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound aimed at housewives facing "female weakness" and fatigue. It cites testimonials from women in Jeannette Pennsylvania and La Farge Wisconsin, urging readers to write Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts for free advice and treatment guidance.
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Lydian E. Pinkham
Sadie Abbott
Jeannette, Ps
Lydia E
Pree McKitrick
la Farge
Wis
Tinkham
Lydia EB. Pinkham
United States
Weak on Tobacco Improves it Like Roasting Green Coffee
Three curing methods for tobacco are sun air and flue curing with flue curing in barns using hot flues to bring out stimulating taste like roasting green coffee. Piedmont flue cured tobacco yields a juicy full taste and chewers prefer Schnapps for its stimulating quality. The ad promises direct factory ship of Schnapps to retailers at a fixed price with prepaid freight.
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Piedmont Region
United States
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Peter
Roosevelt
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White House
Darky
Success Magazine
Illinois
Cairo
Harper's Weekly
Jean Sar Hare
Huice
Mike
Pete
Allen
Disraeli
Cleveland
Mrs
Pree Mskitrick
Security Remedy Co
Minneapolis
Minn
J. Reynolds Toba
Coco
Winston-Salem, M. C
Cardus
J. F. Stone
Kas
Cardui
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