Language drift and spelling force in English speech
The article discusses two opposing trends in English today: form over substance, and pronunciation over spelling. It cites immigration and schooling as causes, warns against overcorrecting phrases, and argues spelling must follow pronunciation until phonetic spelling arrives. It surveys etymology, slang, and errors while lampooning pedantic terms and fashion in dress and manners.
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Chicago Tribune
the Tribune
Julius Caesar
How The Kid Made Good 20 In The Gulch
The tale follows Jimmy known as The Kid in the Gulch, famed for daredevil escapes. During a looming snow slide, he returns from the hills guiding Terence and baby Katy to safety in a coal tunnel. The mine superintendent honors him with a purse as the town cheers Terence and the Kid alike.
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McClonky
Ube Gulch
McClosky
McCloskys
MacClosky
Terence
Mra. McClosky
Strickly
Miles
Childer
Perrone
Strickly’s Atore
Timothy Ryan
End Strickly
Toliar
Grogan
McCleeky
Riley
Greeves
Katy
Jim
Jimmy
Strickly’s
Begor
A Hornet's Nest Story From Civil War March Memoir
A member of the Ninety-fifth Illinois recounts a spring 1865 march when an order to fire was ignored amid mutiny. A hornet nest created by a decayed lance port provoked a chaotic attack, sending riders and horses scrambling. The episode ends with renewed respect for military discipline.
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Ninety-ffth
Illinois
Gays
American Tribune
Gebéra Thomas
Don
Fred
Music in the Army Saves Bands Amid War Budget Pressures
Hadeon Taylor recalls a wartime debate at the War Office over abolishing regimental bands to save funds. He cites Stanton's rebuke that music aids soldiers in battle and danger. The plan was rejected as costs outweighed economy.
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Wanbington
Hadeon Taylor
War Office
Mr. Stanton
Taylor
United States
Veteran Keeps Lead Bullet From Civil War In Backfor 42 Years
William Arthur, 122 North Liberty Street, formerly of Company H Tenth Indiana Infantry, carried a lead slug wedged near his back since Chickamauga. After a Nashville hospital, a Read House operation extracted the bullet amid cocaine anesthesia. Arthur, 88, walked home after the procedure and vowed to show the bullet on demand.
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Wiliam Arthur
Oli
North
Liberty Street
Tenth Indian Infantry
Chickamaurg
American Tribune
Arthur
Chickamauga
Tenth
Indiana
H Company
Gre
Groun
Barney Shaw
Lafayette
Indianapolis
Nashville
Tenn
Crutchfield
Chattanooga
Women in the Banks and Phoebe Hussel Soldier Tribute
A Brighton inscription honors Phoebe Hussell born 1715 died 1821 aged 108. It notes she served for many years as a private soldier across Europe and fought at Fontenoy, where she sustained a bayonet wound. The article discusses women serving as soldiers historically in Britain.
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Banks
Brighton
Phoebe Hussel
Europe
Battle of
Fontenoy
Libby Prison Anecdote From Libby Prison Story Told by Bradshaw
The Washington Star recounts Col. Bradshaw memory of Libby Prison during a rainstorm when Union prisoners crowded on a lower doorway. Chaplain Bishop McCabe humorously called out Hands on your pocket books to a crowd with no money, provoking laughter despite cold and hunger.
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Libby
Washington Star
Cal. C. B. Bradshaw
Old Libby
Col. Bradshaw
Bishop McCabe
McCabe
Total Civil War Cost and United States Debt
The Civil War lasted four years with daily costs exceeding $3,000,000 in the final year and left the United States with a debt over $2,749,401,745. The conflict cost more than four million lives combined for both sides.
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United States
Williams Pink Pills Promised to Aid Nervous State
A letter from Mrs. Peter Morissette of Michigan praises Dr Williams Pink Pills for curing her postpartum and nervous exhaustion after a long illness. The note credits the pills with restoring energy, enabling her to work and care for her family. The ad notes rheumatism anemia and grip aftereffects as other treated conditions and lists price and ordering details.
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Willieme
Willama
Peter Morrisette
al Mich
Whit
Apourard
Michigan
Williams
Dr. Willams Medicine Co
Schenectady
Religious Rumors and Church Finances Across the Nation
The New York federation of churches reports eight ten years of debt relief and spending over 16 000 yearly. Indianapolis hosts the international YMCA meeting in May drawing 800 to 1 000 workers from the U S Canada and Mexico. Indian natives form a national home mission society to evangelize their country. Congregationalists aim to raise 200 000 yearly for church extension and pursue a 500 000 goal. There are 500 Congregational congregations. over 2 000 000 negro Baptists with 60 institutions and 45 denominational papers.
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New York
Eminent Artists and Stamp Art Featured in Reports
Ten eminent Japanese artists crafted a seal for the young crown prince and a new vogue for him appears on all his attire and possessions. An Amsterdam exhibition of 20 Josef IsraeI paintings shows the 90 year old Jewish master retaining his early powers. German portraitist Heinrich Vogel wills $250000 in property to fund an artists’ charity. Japanese stamps are praised as the most artistic, with London showing strong demand. First stamps issued in 1871. rare examples fetch up to $50.
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Ybin
Amsterdam
Josef Israein
Heinrich Vogel
London
Woman Doctor Credits Postum for Curing Neuralgic Headaches
A woman recalls years of neuralgic headaches and extreme weight loss until a 1904 suggestion to drink Postum Food Coffee. She reports rapid weight gain, headache relief within two weeks, and clearer thinking from then on. Note from Postum Co. credits improvements and invites reading The Road to Wellville.
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Orst
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mick
Wellville
Oka
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