Squire's fishy precedent in Knab country tale
Eli's Sam tells how the squire fishing with eel and chub leads to a comic chain of mishaps. The squire traps a crane, shoots at it, then pursues snappin turtles. A crane, eel and chub hook loop ends with the squire pondering if a new legal precedent has formed as Sam drains the cider.
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Sol
Dan
Sam Hill
Les
Thia Crane
Prudence
Crane
Gazin
Sile
Elli
Dan'l
Chicago Morning Dew Baths Create New Beauty Craze
A Chicago fad grows from grass and dew for complexion care. Women bathe their faces in grass plots at dawn, gaining a sunlit glow said to rival beauty doctors. Elgin resident Evangeline Brush becomes a focal point as neighbors observe the unusual routine.
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Chicago
East
Atlantic
Illinois
Elgin
Evangeline Brush
Paris
New York
London
Chicago Tribune
The Singer Who Sings People Into Heaven
Mrs. Alice Schwarz, a Carthage Mississippi artist, devoted to comforting invalids with song in hospitals and prisons. Her voice described as hypnotic and celestial, using familiar hymns to ease dying patients and bring them peace.
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Alice Schwarz
Carthage
Miss
Schwarz
Mia
Augusta Evans Wilson
Emma Abbot
Calico Cleaning Tips from Cincinnati Inquirer
Calicoes should have grease spots rubbed out before washing and not be cleaned in very hot suds. Mild water preserves colors. rinse in fair water and dry in shade. Potatoes and beef’s gall provide color effects. vinegar brightens pinks and greens. A whitening rinse for pale colors and a beauty hint for arms ends with camphor ice and sleep in soft slippers.
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Cincinnati Inquirer
Lincoln's Tenderness and Lincoln Letters Emphasized
The Indianapolis Journal notes ex President J H Martin of Moore's Hill college spoke at Broadway Methodist on Abraham Lincoln. He highlighted Lincoln the man and president, recounting his early life, debates with Douglas, and hospital visits to comfort dying soldiers. He cited Lincoln's letters to Mrs Bixby and a dying boy, underscoring the tender, compassionate side of the Great Emancipator.
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Broadway Methodist Church
J. H. Martin
Moore
Hill College
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
Douglas
Indianapolis Journal
Gen. Butler
First Civil War Experience Recalled By Tupelo Man
John Allen of Tupelo recounts his initial Civil War battle memory. He and a neighbor sheltered behind a rail fence when a Yankee shell exploded nearby, the blast tearing ground and prompting a grim warning about the deadly power of the weapon.
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John Allen
Tupelo
John
Water and mercy at Kennesaw remembered by Arkansas regiment
A Baltimore Sun account recalls Col W H Martin of the First Arkansas regiment halting firing and raising a white kerchief to allow Federal troops to remove wounded in a burning wood. Two young Union boys risked a water mission under heavy fire, then were spared by a Confederate officer who waved him to stop.
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the Sun
Kennesaw Mountain
Georgia
W. H. Martin
Arkansas
Susan B. Hull
Cathedral Street
Baltimore Sun
St. John’s College
Little Rock
Kennesaw
First Arkansas
Deadliest Battle Ground Around Fredericksburg
Gen. St Clair Mulholland describes the Fredericksburg area as a vast Civil War battlefield. He notes a triangle and circle of clashes near Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania Court House and the Wilderness Tavern. He asserts more men died there than on any similar area in six thousand years of warfare.
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St. Clair Mulholland
Philadelphia Ledger
Fredericksburg
National Tribune
Spottsylvania Court House
Wilderness Tavern
Spottsylvania
Mine Run
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