Frost Bites and Home Health Club Remedies
Frost bite is skin and deeper tissue inflammation from cold, risking gangrene. remedies include heat, lemoned home treatments, and several reader-sent cures. Letters from readers in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Oklahoma, Oregon praise the Home Health Club, with doctor Dr. D. H. Reeder advising colon cleanses, tonics, and simple topical preparations as cures.
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Memphis
Oklahoma
David H. Reeder
Laporte
Ind
Tam
C. W
S.C. W
Oregon
D, H, Reeder
Todiana
Homer Health Club
Laporte, Ind
Demoralized congressman tells tale of Virginia campaign
Atlantic City observes a southern congressman in a demoralized mood after a tough trip. He shares a parable from Brother Swanson about a Bloated, limbed soldier at Malvern Hill who claims to be not wounded nor sick but terribly demoralized and unfit for service, as recounted by the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
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Atlantic City
Brother Swanson
Virginia
Swanson
Malvern Hill
Lee
Ono
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Kidnapped by an Indian
Two girls Fran ten Hall and Bessie Meyers recount a May afternoon when an Indian abducted them from a woods trip. They describe captivity in an Indian camp, sharing food and fear, planning escape, and slipping away at night to return home as authorities and families searched the woods in Detroit Free Press.
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Franten Hall
Bessie Meyers
Bessie
Frances
Mexico
Hessie
Detroit Free Press
Horses That Fish On Belgian Coast Shrimping Parade
Weathered fishermen ride trained horses along the Belgian shore guiding triangular purse nets that scoop shrimp as they pass. The riders commonly haul hundreds of weight in a single trip at sea. Detroit Free Press reports this curious fishing method.
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Horsea
Detroit
Be Cheerful and Cultivate a Sunny Disposition
A prose exhortation urges children to nurture cheerfulness as a habit. It argues that happiness is contagious and beneficial, noting that the world responds to a genuine smile and that both the bearer and others gain from cultivating a sunny outlook.
How to Make a Home Shadow Show for Fun
ADo it yourself guide describes constructing a doorway shadow screen using a wood frame white muslin and curtains This home theatre supports panromime or spoken parts with movable figures made from cardboard and string Pivoted limbs create motion while scenery can be drawn or cut from cardboard The method includes a tape and spool procession to display figures in sequence and ends with a note on the entertainment value for friends
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Crandy
People's Home Journal
China
Eskimo Dainty Sugar Treat Described In Folklore
An article notes that Eskimo children savor a lump of sugar rolled in tobacco leaf, placed in the cheek and cheek savoring until it dissolves. The piece, titled The greatest treat known to the Eskimo boy and girl, describes the unusual chewing method and the term Ialcop as the delicacy.
Col Rogers Grave in Corinth Brought Back to Light
A reader recalls a 1902 visit to Col Rogers grave in Corinth noting neglect on site and a mossy Confederate monument. He cites a Daughters of the Confederacy upkeep claim and urges a wire fence to protect and green the grave site.
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Corgne College
Maud
Morrow
National Tribune
Fitnols
Corinth
Col. Rogers
Joseph F. Berry
Epworth
A Disloyal Rooster at Camp Fire
A private soldier judged fit to be a judge, as he would construct the law to ensure justice. Two men roasted a fat fowl at their camp-fire. a corporal questioned them about the chicken, joking they confiscated it for talking treason. The rooster crowed for Jefe Davis, and the corporal moved on.
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Jefe Davis
Rifle Range on Roof Opened by London Firm
A London firm has built a rifle range atop its warehouse to allow employees to practice without travel costs. Lord Roberts will inaugurate and open the facility.
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London
Lord Roberts
Tallest German Soldier Boy Scout Ranks Highlighted
The tallest soldier in the German Army stands seven feet ten inches tall and weighs 255 pounds. He recently enlisted and serves in the First regiment, noted for his imposing stature and distinctive uniform.
Patriot Captain Waples and Revolutionary Father Story
Capt Edward Bassett Waples of Onaucock Virginia is cited as a patriot. His father Lieut Samuel Waples served under Washington in the Continental Army and fought at Brandywine and Germantown, escaping capture with a daring disguise and aiding the escape of a fellow prisoner. The piece traces the elder Waples through Valley Forge and notes a son who fought in the War of 1812 and a later descendant who remains active in public life and claims to be the only man over 80 who can ride a wheel.
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Edward Bassett Waples
Onaucock
Samuel Waples
Washington
Wapler
Accomac
Virginia
Philadelphia
Gem Nathaniel Greene
Brandywine
Germantown
Lieut
Waples
Philadelphix
Mra. Jones
Elothea
Leutenant
Col. Cropper
Jones
Captured Confederate Artillery Men Cheer Sherman March
In the Atlanta to Savannah march with Union forces, Capt. Fowler recounts taking two guns from a captured battery and keeping its artillerymen in place under guard. Confed artillerists traded for canteens and cedar items, while the prisoners reacted with good humor. The next morning the men rejoined the prison column and a Confederate detachment saluted Fowler, remembering him from their first day with Sherman’s army.
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Atlanta
Fowler
Suns
Calvsons
Sherwan
Sherman
Savannah
Chicago Water Ocean
Fine Shooting Record by Kearsarge in League Br
The Kearsarge, now at League br and, posted a 20 hit record with a 134 inch gun in under 20 minutes. The target stood about a mile away, a feat likened to sinking Rojestvensky's Meet.
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Kearsarge
League Brand
Rojestvensky
Soldier punishes German student by court martial
A German student was court martialed in Fren fort after a drinking incident in a railway refreshment room in the officer’s presence. He received a sentence of 15 days imprisonment.
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Frenfort
Naval Militias in Save J States Record Officers and Men
The naval militias of the Save J states comprise 443 officers and 4740 men, indicating organized naval reserves across the region. The counts reflect a sizable force ready for state defense and potential coastal duties.
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Save J States
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Ir A. L
Wisconsin
D. C
Durand
D. H. Reeder
Ifsot
BR. Ay
Book of Home Health Club
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Prise
Michigan
Billy Binn
Thenktur
Hero
James E. Gift
Tatornce
Gift
Daughters of the Confederacy
Senator West
Jef Davis
E. B. Waples
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