Their Last Charge AA From a Night Club to Test of Courage
A wartime tale opens with Lieut Gay and club guests debating a Filipino rider’s bold assault, then recounts Gen. Stewart’s Abu Kles rescue at Khartoum. English journalist Hylish details Burnaby’s death and a savage camel corps counterattack, ending with a lone warrior’s defiant charge and a veteran’s haunting memory.
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Segard
Philippines
Gay
Dolce Far Niente
Fifth Avenue
Wingle Filipina
Leutenant
London
Stanford Hylish
Hylish
Sussex Regiment
Mounted Infantry
Camel Corps
Nineteenth Huscars
Fred Burnaby
Khiva
Nile
War Department
Abu Kles
Glue for Pork Pies Stirring English Fans
A glue manufacturers firm faced concern after a large buyer asked if the glue contained deleterious material for use in pork pies. On inquiry the sale was canceled, and the incident prompted questions among pork pie enthusiasts in England.
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England
Army forager stories from the Savannah to Goldsboro march
The Chicago Ta ter Ocean recounts Confederate foragers under Wade Hampton and Gen Beau regard during the Savannah to Goldsboro maneuver. It highlights how foragers, notably a Seventieth Illinois unit and Twentieth Illinois volunteers, operated independently, skirmished with Confederate cavalry, and even carried dispatches while a commander kept a lighted match ready to burn them if surrounded.
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Chicago
Savannah
Goldsboro
Wade Hampton
Gen. Beauregard
Hampton
Sherman
Buzzards
Choy
Seventieth
Ilinois Infantry
Leggett
Bentonville
Tlinois
Veteran reunion on Virginia battlefield tale from Bull Run
A Northern Grand Army veteran recalls traveling with peers to Civil War battlefield sites in Virginia. A local humorously quips that he last saw the man in 1861. The native reveals the veteran was actually at Bull Run, sparking a fraternal blue and gray reunion as they share a canteen.
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Doke
Washington
Virginia
Bull Run
Blue
Gray
Aame
Washington tSar
Opportantly Exchange On Dyspepsia And Insolation
A Philadelphia Press quotation captures a character with severe dyspepsia saying it brings comfort and a tone of sharp talk toward Maria, who blames the illness but remains silent. The excerpt evokes dialogue on health and temper.
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Henpeck
Conton
Maria
Philadelphia Press
The Only Double-Barreled Cannon Of Athens Georgia
A Georgia story recalls a man named Gilleland in Athens who built a double-barreled cannon meant to wipe out a Yankee army. The trial failed as both barrels did not fire, the ball and chain damaged his arm, and the weapon was stored. The relic later served as a ceremonial piece near the Confederate monument.
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Georgia
Athene
Gilleland
Athens
Tne
Rock College
Mr. Gilleland
Soldier Who Stammered Reveals Lee Reputation
A rediscovered tale from Lippincott's Magazine shows Gen. Robert E. Lee in a new light through wartime records about Nelson Eams of the Fifth Virginia cavalry. Medical and quartermaster notes from Petersburg in 1862 discuss Eams stammering and being deemed unfit, then considered for noncombat service as a teamster before Lee's decisive finding.
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Robert E. Lee
Charles R. Bishop
Petersburg
Lippincott’s
Bishop
Nelson Eams
Fifth Virginia Cavalry
Eams
Indorsements
Nelson Bama
John SH. Claiborne
Quartermaster’s Department
G. W. Smith
Richmond
Cluihorne
EB. B. Branch
Ge Lee
Fredericksburg
Doan's Kidney Pills Offer Free Trial Cure Claims
An advertisement touts free trials of Doan's Kidney Pills promising relief from back and hip pain, dropsy signs, urinary issues, heart palpitations, and insomnia. Testimonials from users in Wisconsin report swift pain relief and improved sleep after taking the pills.
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Doan
Ian
Stephen Fer
Ano Anxprevws
D. No. 1
Bnopneap
Wis
Rappurs Mitre
An Angel in Disguise in Connecticut Sketching Tour
An artist on a sketching trip in Plates region Connecticut loses his rubber eraser and asks for bread. The farmer’s wife invites him into the kitchen, offers a thick slice of bread with butter, and says she will feed him regardless of how he arrived, ensuring a good dinner.
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Plates
Connecticut
North Coast Limited to Run This Winter by Northern Pacific
The Northern Pacific Railway announces the North Coast Limited will continue through winter. The broad vestibuled steam heated electric lighted train offers an observation car, parlor, reading rooms, library, magazines, buffet, bath, barber shop, and sleeping cars with two berth lights. It runs daily between St Paul and Portland with service to Seattle and other western cities, in competition with Burlington's Special from Kansas City to Seattle. Chas. S. Fee, General Passenger Agent, St Paul, Minn.
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St. Paul
Minneapoli
Fargo Butte
Spokane
Seattle
Tacoma
Portland
Burlington
Kansas City
Billings
Fee
Gon
Ming
Lost Uncle Will Returns and Child Refuses a Kiss
A returning relative is greeted with an innocent answer from a child in a tender vignette. The girl explains she sees no place to kiss Uncle Will, reflecting a simple, humorous moment from a family scene. Nearby, notices invite readers to request illustrated southwest prospectuses and travel guides, while quotations hint at literary and social commentary of the era.
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Washington
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Merry Heart
Margaret E. Sangster
N. Y. Tribune
John W. Harding
Col. Burnaby
Burnaby
Stewart
Frazy-Wurzy
Tony
Nerous
N. ¥. Times
Bat
Jer
Chicago Daily News
TH Coast Limited
Indian Territory
Old Mexico
James Barker
Gen'l Pasa
J. Agi
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Tommy
Backbay
Thomas
Harvard Lampoon
Bcookmaster
Glasgow
Fosten-Miaonx Co
Buffalo, N.C
Taial Box
Ta ‘Bualo
Dossias Maci Tait
Mand Bae
W. L. Douglas
Brockton
Mass
Ces Chicago
Libby, McNeill & LI
Sawyer’s Slickers
Pitts
East Combet Am
Winchester
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