Saving of Will by Charles Wilkes in Cuban marriage clash
General Lawrence confronts the shock of his son Will's marriage to a Cuban dark-hued woman. Charles scouts a plan to stop the union while Will braces for family disapproval. In Havana they meet Julia and Rosa Silvera inspiring a clash of loyalties and a surprising parental capitulation.
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LI Gen
Lawrence
Commonwealth
Mexico
Will
Cuba
Charles
Europe
Henry Clay
Eleanor
Sue
Lawrences
Charles Lawrence
Havana
Charley
Carlos Antonio Silvera
Antilles
Julia
Rosa
Silvera
Senorita Rosa
America
Last March Soldier John Mason Dies Quietly at 74
John T. Mason, 74, Civil War veteran, was heard singing while others slept. He died in his bed, the physician stating death occurred about the time the song was heard. His eyes were open as memories of his regimental days filled the scene.
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John T. Mason
Georgia
South Carolina
W. C. Coker
University of North Carolina
Battle Cry of Freedom rises as a Union war anthem
The article recounts how George F. Root composed Battle Cry of Freedom in 1861 after Lincoln called for troops. The song sparked a lightning rise in patriotism, sung by Lum Ward brothers in Chicago and Hutchinson family in New York Union Square, rallying crowds and boosting enlistment with its soaring chorus The Union forever Hurrah, boys.
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Lincoln
George F. Root
Chicago
Philadelphia
Lum- Ward Brothers
Jules and
Frank
Root
Freedon
Union Square
New York
Hutchinson
Tulre
Union
Dr. Roots
Iowa
Vicksburg
Coliseum
George F. Hoot Imentiment Fund
Jules Lumbard
Luther Lafith Mills
The War Songs of George F Root and the Flag
The excerpt recalls how marching songs lifted Union troops at Wilderness and Vicksburg. It highlights a Forty-fifth Pennsylvania moment during a May 6 1864 clash when the chorus rallied troops amid smoke and chaos. It ends noting a 1896 Chicago war song festival celebrating Root and rallying patriotism.
Design of the Confederate battle flag traced back to 1861
The Washington Star recounts Beauregard selecting a red field with a diagonal blue stripe and white stars at Fairfax Court House in September 1861. The flag’s design traces to Col. Miles and earlier proposals by Hancock and Walton, with the emblem drawn before Union actions in the water colors episode.
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R. T. Beauregard
New Orleans
Washington Star
Manassas
Beauregard
W. J Miles
House Military Committee
Fairfax Court House
Johnson
Col. Miles
Congress
Montgomery
Edward C. Mancock
James FB. Walton
Walton
Hancock
Louisiana
Remarkable pension bid cited for child paralyzed in 1861
The Indianapolis News notes a Maryland Congressman Pearre bill claiming a pension for a man who as a child in arms in 1861 was frightened by Yankee invaders in Maryland, becoming paralyzed and unable to work.
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Peenion
Congress
Pearre
Maryland
Indianapolis News
The Origin of Pearls By Parasite Action
British zoologist H L Jameson challenges the traditional sand irritation theory of pearl formation. He asserts pearls arise from irritation by a parasite that enters pearl beds via duck parasites, developing lime kernels that induce mantle secretions and create the pearl.
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H. L. Jameson
Zoological Society, of London
Jameson
Paper and water experiment trick with glass pendulum
An illustrated Popular Science note explains a trick where a paper sheet on a glass of water remains in place when the glass spins, due to atmospheric pressure and surface tension. It then describes an improvised version using a grease edged glass and a wax sealed cardboard disk to suspend the glass by twine as a pendulum.
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Detroit Free Press
Aerial Automobile by Villard in Brussels Ambitious Plan
French inventor Villard, based in Belgium, unveils an aerial automobile with two large rotating disk wings and a front propeller powered by a 14 horsepower motor. Weighing 740 kilograms, the craft aims to move rapidly at low height to minimize collisions while traversing over obstacles. Trials expected soon after five years of development.
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Brussels
M. Vilard
Belgium
M. Villard
Sys
M. Villard Lan
Motel de Ville
Sehnesbeek
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Charles Wilkes
Pike County
Pennsylvania
Porter Township
Sarah Miller
W. D.N
Chicago Tribune
Patricilam
the Wilderness
Ninth Army Corps
Forty-fifth Pennsylvania
Aston
Cameron
Scientaneon
Popular Science
Bea
Star
Vital Statistics
Scotland
Watcheter
Aerial Automobile
United States
France
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