Drummer Boy of Shiloh Noted in 55th Birthday Tribute
Marion Indiana resident W H Mershon celebrated his fifty fifth birthday reflecting on his Civil War fame as the Drummer Boy of Shiloh. The young trumpeter captured a Confederate colonel, saved his captain, and helped the Thirtieth Indiana battery's advance before suffering injuries. His career included drum major duties, composing interest, and a famed rosewood drum presented by his regiment.
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W. H. Mershon
Marion
Ind
Shiloh
Indiana
Will Mershon
Rishing
Merson
Mershon
Liine
Leutenant
Veteran Reserve Corps
Shi- Joh
Uncle Sam
Army of the Cumberland
Army of the Tennessee
Chicago
Fifteenth Volunteer Relief Corps
Camp Douglas
George F. Root
Lincoln
Springfield
Thirtieth Indiana Volunteer Infantry
Veterans Reserve
Merahon
Struby
Leipsle
Rowden
Tovelon
Relief Corps
Alleghanians
University of Colorado
Lane University
Kuna
Greer College
Ilinois
School of
Mershen
Thirtieth Indiana Volusteer Infantry
Bort Wayne
Ladies’ Soldier Aid Society
Chappie
Hares Lite
I Have Killed My Man in the Battle Line
A first person Civil War diary excerpt describes a brutal assault as the narrator fires on an enemy soldier at close range. After a deadly volley the foe falls, and the narrator realizes he has killed him. He feels hollow remorse rather than triumph, haunted by the dead man’s face.
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Ein
God
Amys Biter
Detroit Free Press
Ore
Sam
Monument to Jennie Wade Planned at Gettysburg Battlefield
A 1901 monument to Jennie Wade, the Civil War heroine, will rise on Gettysburg’s battlefield in Barre granite and statuary marble. The plaque honors her bread making for Union soldiers and her death at the Little Round Top area as Iowa and Pennsylvania women funded the tribute.
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Gettysburg
Iowa
Wade
Women's Relief Corps of
Town
Jennie Wade
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Useful Soil Roller from Old Binder Rims
In a Farm and Home article M Gale describes constructing a soil roller from eleven drive-rim sections of old binders with iron exteriors. It details assembly in three sections, crosspieces of rock elm or oak, bored holes, bolting, center rod, brace irons, and a pole attachment, plus suggested seat and reinforcements.
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R. M. Gale
Preparing Wheat Land and Soil for Best Growth
Guidance from Colman's Rural World on choosing wheat land and soil prep. Emphasizes early plowing, firm mellow seed beds, and soil rich in nitrogen. Notes clover sod and sandy loams as ideal, clay soils workable, and moles as garden helpers though pests if uncontrolled.
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Colman
MIE for Growing Chicks Helps Poultrymen With Milk
Poultrymen owning cows gain an advantage by using surplus milk to feed growing chicks. Heat milk to scalding hot, let chicks drink within an hour in the morning, then dispose of leftovers and clean the vessel. Rotten milk is less effective. screens on stables keep flies out and save feed and flesh.
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Tor
Queens and brood differences in apiaries prompt requeening
Beekeepers note that two colonies in the same apiary can differ greatly in brood and honey production. The suggested remedy is to remove the poor queen, introduce a better queen or queen cell, and destroy drone comb to prevent faulty inheritance. If spring shows similar issues, break up the colony and merge with stronger ones.
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Massachusetts
Beekeepers’ Convention
Ontario
Anil
Simple swarm catcher device for beekeepers use
A crude, low tech swarm catcher description explains selecting a crotched stick, bending stout wire into a 20 inch ring, sewing burlap into a bag, mounting the ring at the mouth, and swiveling the setup on the stick. The bag opens to drop bees into the hive when jerked under a cluster and then inverted to trap them.
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Auch
Jane
Orange Judd Farmer
Notes of Interest on Agriculture and Pests in 1990 Hawaii
Notes discuss sugar cane production in Hawaii at an estimated 310000 tons for 1990 and report the Hessian fly in wheat across many states. It notes Maine canneries yield about 5 million dollars yearly and 850000 paid to farmers for sweet corn. It mentions the old fashioned apple’s disappearance and sugar beet factories in multiple states. It includes a sensational claim about King of Siam oranges and provides a controversial home remedy for grain weevils using gasoline or sulfur compounds, attributed to a Farm Journal writer.
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Hawaiian Islands
Maine
Orilir
California
New Mexico
Utah
Nebraska
New York
Oregon
Minnesota
Ilinois
Washington
Colorado
Michigan
Florida
Bine
Jourenal
Puzzling French War Experiments and Medical Claims
The fragment notes experiments in France and belief in certain roles for nature and action in warfare. It references a French view on battlefield destruction of life and domestic efforts to preserve it, mentioning fifty years of Bits in curing indigestion and preventing malaria fever and ague.
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France
Splinters and Crips and a World of Odd Facts
A mosaic of curious old notes: ocean cables total 1160 52 miles, Norway ships 180000 tons to England yearly, a man’s weight linked to height, China’s sacks in 1237 and 1293, tongue map of tastes, St Mary at Hill coffee serv ices, a lightning strike on Harrison City house, a six year old burned hairless, a mother shocked to near death, T DeWitt Talmage extols business ads, Dr. Hurd’s half century at Knox College, Mina Day the lone woman law graduate at Buffalo University, a NY population count 60,434 a century ago, Hetty Green’s prized pomeranian Dewey.
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Norway
Senda
England
St. Mary-at-Hill Monument
London
W. Carlile
Edward Cole
Harrison City
Ktey
T. DeWitt Talmage
Albert Hurd
Knnox College
H Aw
Haw
Mina Alice J. Day
Batavia
N.Y
University of Firnfalo
New York Spectator
New York City
Philadelphia
Hetty Green
Dewey
Green Anya Sheta
Admiral
Six Doctors Treat Landeman for Kidney Trouble
Six physicians in South Bend Indiana treated D C Landeman for kidney trouble over three years, he feared no cure until two boxes of Dodd's Kidney Pills were used. He was completely cured and organ health improved dramatically, a sensation in St Joseph County as the pills gain advertising fame.
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South Bend
Ind
D. C. Landeman
Dodd
Landeman
St. Joseph County
Mr. Landeman
Hair care ad and jokes mixed with old notices
Fragmentary clippings advertise Newbro’s Herpicide for dandruff control and hair growth, Acked by Dickinson ND. Several jokes and snippets follow, including a quarrel over a supernumeral and a quip about taking remarks with salt or pepper.
Book Offer On Diseases Of Opian And Whisky Labila
An advertisement urges every adult in the United States to obtain a book on Opian and Whisky labila diseases. It provides B M Woolley Atlanta Box 887 as the address for free mailing. The piece blends testimonials and a moral appeal about self-respect.
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United States
B. M. Woolley
Atlanta, Ga
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Albany Journal
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Havo
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Dickinson
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Norristown Herald
Allen
Mr. Wicks
Mr. Hicke
Somerville Journal
Ladsley
Vanburen
Puck
Carter
ST. John's University
Grafton Hall
Winchester
Winchester Repeating Arms Co
New Haven
Conn
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Wiest
Hell
Buffalo
Syma
MT. Paul
Mina
Great Northern Railway
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Broadway
Ves
Woodward & CO
Lute
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