After the Fight on the Bridge Ends for the Day
The remnants of the company recount the heavy losses and the night march back to camp. A farmer’s personal tragedy mirrors the wider cost of war as the wounded are tended and men cling to memories of home before the later capture near Libby Prison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goodby
Ned
Summerton
Clayne
Mick McTwypy
Bowery
Deivil Brainard
Purgatory
Jack
Mick McTwyny
United States
Confederacy
Deither
Congress
Braina
Brainard
Yanks
Libby
Castle Thunder
Carolina and North Western rails reach Lincolnton and beyond
A Lincolnton special reports the Carolina and North Western line now operates from Chester to near Dallas, with plans to extend to Lenoir. The route change adds twelve to fifteen miles and passes four mills, boosting western North Carolina’s cotton milling traffic and signaling strong future prospects for the independent railroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincolnton
Carolina and North-Western Railroad
Dallas
Chester
Lenoir
South Fork River
High Shoals
Laboratory Mills
Lincoln Mills
Hardin
Carolina and North-Western
Chester-Lenoir
Charlotte Observer
Latin placard kept crowds calm in theaters
The Indianapolis Journal notes that an exit is a Latin placard hung in theaters and opera houses to prevent people from assuming there is a fire. The remark uses humor to explain crowd safety signage and the role of exit signs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freddy
Indianapolis Journal
Wit and Wisdom and a Danish Beggar Tale
The Atlanta Constitution highlights a Negro preacher W. W. Lucas and his controversial yet influential rhetoric. It also recounts a Danish tale about King Christian of Denmark encountering a beggar, who asks for a portrait and is briefly admonished by police after a small donation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta Constitution
W. W. Lucas
Negro Young People’s Christian and Educational Congress
Atlanta
John the Baptist
Mark Twain
Sam Jones
Mr. Dooley
Mobile
Constitution
Copenhagen
Paris Herald
Christian
Europe
Waldemar
Italy
Anti Tobacco Crusade Reported in Shelby District Confab
The Shelby district conference of the M. E. Church South at Stanley Creek North Carolina adopted resolutions denouncing tobacco use as injurious to body and soul. They urge abstinence and emphasize the pulpit example to raise the pew. A relatedBaltimore Sun note discusses Persia as a possible future flashpoint amid British Russian influence and open door debates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shelby District Conference
M. E. Church
South
Stanley Creek
N. C
Paul
Timothy
Persia
South Africa
Lord Salisbury
Russia
British Bank of Persia
Karum
Quetta
Baluchistan
India
Kowelt
Aden
Afghanistan
Baltimore Sun
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Tohan Habberton
George Washington
John Habberton
Cloyne
Phil Hamilton
May
Love May
Trimilton
Chesterfield
Hamilton
Pat Callahan
Pat
Leaven
Frost
Tobnotes
Cordin
Joh
THE
WIT and Wisdom
Anti-Tobacco Crusade
Cleveland Methodists
Brokenhurst Joe
Leeney
Lord Ogilvie
W. L. Littleton-Geach
Belgrave Joe
George Carter
Bedale
Pall Mall Gazette
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