Stealing a Red-Hot Stove From Civil War Memoir
Maj. Brown recalls a Seventh Ohio cavalry tale of Bill McCoy who, starved and enticed by a kitchen smell, steals a cook stove with Joe Day from a house. They haul the stove to the caisson, cook a goose and pies, and return to camp with a hot dinner. The anecdote ends with McCoy praising the feast and asking Joe Day if he tasted sweeter food.
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D. 8. Brown
Seventh Ohio Cavalry
Los Angeles
Cal
The
National Tribune
Maj. Brown
Bill McCoy
Chicago Mercantile
Bill
Joe Day
Joe
Profane Private and the Muddy Escape of Jackson’s Gun
A Detroit Free Press retold anecdote recalls Stonewall Jackson detaching to aid a stuck 12‑pound howitzer near Port Republic in 1862. Federal pursuers Banks and Fremont harass the Confederate retreat while an amused cavalryman jokes about paying for the gun. The cannon eventually reaches Port Republic with the Evans gunners echoing Jackson’s resourcefulness.
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Stonewall Jackson
Shenandoah Valley
Detroit Free Press
Winchester
Martinsburg
Potomac
Maryland
Banks
Shields
Freimont
Stonewall
Stroudsburg
Woodstock
Edenburg
Mount Jackson
New Market
Harrisonburg
Blue Mountains
Mount Crawford
Jackson
Mmd
Port Republic
Fremont
Luray
Blue Ridge
Blue Light
Civil and Military Service Exchange Over Mexican Mission
A 1866 conversation reported by Hon. George Boutwell recounts President Johnson proposing a Mexico mission. Gen. Grant declines, citing civilian obligations while remaining an army officer. The cabinet discussion ends with Grant's refusal and Gen. Sherman later being sent to Mexico.
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Johnson
Gen. Grant
Mexico
Grant
Seward
Gen. Sherman
To the Logical End quote on manners and logic
A fragment from Lieago Post compares manners to logical ends with a playful exchange about fingers and forks. The dialogue features a woman laughing and a man admitting people came before clothes, then a hurried fork grab.
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Ata Piente
Lieago Post
Apple Boom in Clay County Illinois Mets Eden Like Center
The Chicago Chronicle notes a coming apple boom in southern Illinois with Clay County producing about 1,000,000 barrels of apples in 1900. Flora hosts vast orchards, led by Ben Davis and Jonathan varieties, and new industries like evaporators and curd storage plants sprout as harvests surge.
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Egypt
Joseph
Illinois
Chicago Chronicle
Tinois
Clay County
Garden of Eden
Adam
Flora
Miinois
Clay
United States
Ben Davis
Jonathan
Mary Thin Mtro phy and the mask ball scrap
A playful quip from the Chicago Daily News notes a heated exchange at a mask ball involving Haradox and Paddy-Yis after a costly costume. The exchange centers on who represented whom and ends with a terse peace remark.
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Haradox
Larry
Paddy
Bedad
Chicago Daily News
Recovering Perspeli and Pompeii Uncover Progress
Chicago Chronicle notes that at the present rate of progress it will take 70 years to fully uncover Pompeii. The article suggests that treasure remaining may rival what has already been exhumed, highlighting ongoing excavation debates.
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Leslie
Pompeii
Chicago Chronicle
Ping Pong Awakening Sparks Odd Family Debate
A Chicago Unron icle excerpt recounts Oak Park girl’s first ping pong game prompting her father to scold his wife for raising her with too much freedom. The daughter confesses a new passion and mentions love for ping pong then for a moment the father mutters about war as ping pong becomes a joke.
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Chicago
Easith
Pater Familias
Penny Card Leads to Union of Business Couple
A desperate job seeker spent her last cent on a postal card replying to a newspaper ad. The reply impressed a Detroit businessman who offered her employment, then marriage, and the couple credits the penny spent at a street corner post box for changing their lives.
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Detroit News-Tribune
How much for peaches and cut melon depicted in ad
An exchange over a 4 peaches and cut melon image ends with a price offer of fifty dollars. A child suggests a cheaper option at forty dollars from another shop and questions how quality is judged. The ad copy also promotes Allen's Foot Ease and other remedies with quick claims and local testimonials.
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Detroit Free Press
Old Tome Visiting Excursions Offer Low Erie Rates
Readers are invited to October special excursions via the Erie Railroad to visit friends in Ohio Indiana and Western Pennsylvania with low costs for west of Chicago residents. Details and contacts include W C McNaughton traveling passenger agent St Paul Minn and T W Teasdale general passenger agent 81 Paul Minn. The notices cite longer return limits and mention Chicago Post and Ram's Horn as sources.
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Erie Railroad
Chicago
Ohio
Indiana
Pennsylva
Erie
W. C. McNaughton
St. Paul
Indianapolis News
Wisconsin
T. W. Teasdale
Paul
Minn
Osago
New York
Erie R
Foreign Notes on Berlin Water and World Facts
Wiesbaden purifies water by ozone. Berlin workers guard Mihors a day. Berlin’s population tops 2,550,000, Munich trails by 2,000,000. Berlin street cars see little growth since 1900 fare cut. France exports horses, Germany imports large surpluses. London walls exposed during Christ’s Hospital demolition. Belgium working women earnings vary widely. St Deiniol's library opens October 14 with Lord Spencer and other speakers.
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Cobmen
Berlin
Mihors
Munich
Berl
France
Germany
London
Christ's Hospital
Newgate Street
Belgium
St. Deiniol's Library
Mawarden
Mr. Glidstone
Lord Spencer
Duke of Westminster
A Catch in the Back
Mrs Lydia Parker of Grand View Iowa reports years of backache with stooping causing catches and inability to straighten. After using Dodd's Kidney Pills she recovered, needing one box and part of another, and has stayed well for months. She highly recommends the remedy for lame backs.
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Iowa
Lydia Parker
Dod
Dodd
Mrs Bruce Credits Lydia E Pinkham Product For Recovery
A Lansing Michigan woman Mrs G Bruce writes that after years of poor health and ovarian troubles she found rest and recovery using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash. She reports regained health within three months and retained her engagements, praising the product and inviting others to seek free counsel from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
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G. Bruce
Lansing
Mich
Genatas
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