Kilpatrick's Night Shirt Ride in Civil War Action
A Chicago Inter Ocean recounts Kilpatrick's bold night shirt ride at North Coro ting on March 10, 1863. Hampton's surprise attack failed as Kilpatrick rallied his men recaptured artillery and headquarters, with Kilpatrick riding bareback on a mule to direct the defense. Additional reminiscences from a Tenth Wisconsin battery man join the dramatic scene, noting gaps in Kilpatrick's brigades and Confederate attempts to seize the fortifications.
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Chicago
Kilpatrick
North Coroting
Cheraw
Fayetteville
Hardee
Wade Hampton
Hampton
Hhis
Morgantons Road
Wisconsin
Rodmans
Remembering a Mosby era tragedy and stray bullet
An old Confederate veteran recalls 17 year old Jack Waller who rode with Mosby’s raiders and died when a stray Yankee bullet struck him in the forehead as he rode past his mother and sweetheart on the front porch. The tale ends with prayers answered in the loss.
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Mosby
Louisville Courier-Journal
Jack Waller
Jack
Jackson
Ayworthéart
Virginia
Temporary Dam Construction for Irrigated Ditches
In irrigated valleys fed by mountain streams, spring floods render permanent dams impractical. A proposed quick deployable dam uses eight foot timber segments to back up water, protect head gates, and keep ditches from filling with rock and debris during peak runoff.
Dam Construction and Civil War Reflections from a 19th Century Interview
A detailed sketch explains dam building across streams using end horses and long planks, with care on alignment and sealing. The article then shifts to a portrait of Gen. Joe Wheeler and Gen. C. O. Howard, highlighting their gentle temperaments and shared faith in prayer amid Civil War battles.
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Joe Wheeler
Rex
Independent
C. O. Howard
Sherman
Lee
Gettysburg
Gen. Howard
Stonewall Jackson
Jackson
Visiting farmers through observation and field study
A writer recalls how employers formed a trust that sent skilled workers between factories to observe methods, noting the value of learning from others. The piece urges farmers to visit successful farms with purpose, study practices, and leave prejudice behind, warning against destroying beneficial birds and pests while promoting observation as a tool for progress.
Farm House Cellar and Its Importance to Farm Management
A Farmers' Review article explains cellar moisture damages storage, urging summer improvements, a dry cement floor, and proper airflow. It notes damp soils, rising moisture, and seasonal heating or mold growth, recommending a closed, dry cellar to protect fruits and vegetables and improve sanitary conditions.
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Prairie States
A Rigid Farm Gate Design and Improvements
A brief note on maintaining gate rigidity to prevent sagging. Properly braced gates keep the outer end in place, with two braces supporting the hinge area. The piece stresses heavy material and secure pinning at the ends to allow braces to work effectively.
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Frederick O. Sibley
N.Y. Tribune
Horticultural hints and midland farm notes
Horticultural hints advise planting fruit trees only with intent to feed and cultivate. Peaches hate low ground. plums like damp stiff soil. A conservative estimate foresees 42 beet sugar factories in operation in the United States by next autumn, signaling a thoroughly established industry. Copper solution controls cabbage worms but pine tar is preferred. Old orchards with sound trunks may be worth regrafting after three to four years. In Uganda, British authorities plan to domesticate zebras for transport by revealing their resistance to disease and teaching them to tolerate humans.
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United States
Midland
Vast World Facts Hint at 1900s Global Snapshot
A stream of curious figures spans continents from Cuba to Belgium. Notes mention railway counts, coffee and guano outputs, mortality rates, and scientific endeavors, with references to shipping, beekeeping, academia, and colonial economies painting a broad, era-specific picture.
Cuba Receipts and Canadian Letter Writing Note
Cuba's customs receipts for the six months ending June 30 totaled 87 547 805. Ontario residents write more letters than the rest of Canada. A memorial tablet was placed in Lamberth on Sir Arthur Sullivan's birthplace by the London section of a musical society. Austrians in Ge proposed a tablet at Quai du Le juan for Empress Elisabeth's assassination site but were refused permission. A chapel in honor of the empress is now proposed.
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Cuba
Ontario
Canada
Lamberth
Arthur Sullivan
London
Dated Society of Musician
Quai du Lejuan
Elizabeth
Miracle Cure Claimed for Rheumatism Boy
In Oldenburg Delaware September 2 doctors failed to help thirteen year old Willie Kell after three months of excruciating rheumatic pain. His father bought Dodd's Kidney Pills after seeing four advt. and the boy reportedly improved after three boxes, with no remaining rheumatism symptoms.
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Oldenburg, Dl
Willie Kell
Dodd
Cade
Madison County
Kidney Pills
Peruna Averts Danger Claims By Valley City Woman
Miss Bessie Kellog of Valley City North Dakota testifies Peruna cured her severe monthly pains after a doctor failed to help. She used it three weeks and after two months was pain free, urging other women to try Peruna. A second letter from Mrs Christopher Flivhhanns of Amsterdam New York reports relief from catarrh of the pelvic organs after using Peruna, with multiple bottles and a promise of free advice from Dr Hartman.
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Bessie Kelley
Young Woman's Club
Valley City
North Dakota
First Street
Perans
Bessie Kellog
Perina
Tim
United States
Christopher Filchmann
Ambsterdam
N.Y
Metaphysical Microscopia Rumor Notes
Fragmentary notes show conversational snippets about reading people and voices, with garbled phrases referencing Mrs Moyle Mrs Doyle and a playful tone. The text seems to mix quotations and odd lines, lacking a clear event or news value.
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Moyle
Doyle
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Mis
Wally Cind
Robert
Baltimore World
Howard Fieces
Ain Skereh
J. Blanchard
Farm Journal
Uganda
Japan
Venice
Germany
Ganges
America
Munich
Red Cross
Crown Prince of
Bavaria
Petersburg
England
Brazil
Hitchcook
New Brunswick
Alfred Austin
Belgium
Chincha Islands
Tenmark
Liver Hopkinson
Hall
Columbia
University of Pennsylvania
Hans Tuseer
Earch
South Pole
Panama Canal
Mount Denis
Baron Faber
Lester F. Ward
Geological Survey
Frank Ta Flesche
Indian Office
Congress For Americanista
New Yorks City
Yale
Elihu Yale
Weexeham
Wales
Peruna Averts Danger
Bessie Kello
Philadelphia
Woodward & Co, Grain Commission
Loy
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