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Library of Congress1922

The roll of honor, containing the names of soldiers, sailors, and marines of all the wars of our country who are buried in the cemeteries of Cook county, or the Garden of the dead, together with the military record and place of burial of each of them as completely as they can be ascertained

On cover: Roll of honor. Deceased soldiers of Cook county ... "The historical and literary part of this book was prepared by Comrade J. Seymour Currey of the John A. Logan post, number 540, Grand army of the republic, under the direction and with the advice of the compiler, E. R. Lewis."--Introd. p. 5. "Index": 1 leaf mounted on recto of back cover. Also available in digital form.

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Library of Congress1862

The model war map giving the southern & middle states, with all their water & railroad connections. Compiled from the best authorities & latest surveys by L. Prang & Co., lithographers & publishers

General map printed in green ink. Imperfect: pieces are missing from along the center fold and at the bottom. Includes tables giving "routes and distances," "population of the United States from the Census of 1860," and "Number of white males in each state between the ages of 18 and 45." "This map, in combination with our War-Telegram Marking Map [published in 1862] will be found a sufficient and easy guide to follow up all the various movements of the contesting armies." Description derived from published bibliography. Scale 1:2,217,600. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 31.7 Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.

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Library of Congress1859

Map of the United States west of the Mississippi showing the routes to Pike's Peak, overland mail route to California and Pacific rail road surveys. To which are added the new state & territorial boundaires, the principal mail & rail road routes with all the arrangements & corrections made by Congress up to the date of its issue

"D. McGowan and George H. Hildt's 1859 map of the United States west of the Mississippi was based on an official map of 1857 produced by the Pacific railroad surveys. In the 1850s, Americans concluded that they needed to build a transcontinental railroad linking the east and center of the country with the Pacific coast. The U.S. Congress authorized the army topographical service to undertake engineering surveys and general assessments of five possible routes: from Saint Paul, Minnesota; from Council Bluffs, Iowa; from Saint Louis, Missouri; from Memphis, Tennessee; and from Vicksburg, Mississippi. Cities, states, and business groups competed fiercely to be the eastern terminus of the transcontinental railroad. This map offers an excellent example of a promotional map used to encourage settlement and investment in the American West. Published in Saint Louis, it emphasizes potential routes emanating from that city. The focus on Pike's Peak highlights the recent discovery of gold in Colorado. The map is hand-colored, framed in decorative borders, and shows drainage, state boundaries, cities and towns, and transportation and communication networks." World Digital Library. Detailed general map framed in decorative borders showing drainage, state boundaries, cities and towns, and the transportation and communication networks. An excellent example of a promotional map to encourage emigration. [From published bibliography]

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Library of Congress1900

Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), January 4, 1900

Was it Providence A True Story of the Civil War It was in September ltj2 just before that terrible slaughter known as the bat tle of Autietam It was a time when tlie whole world looked on and held its breath The contending armies of the North and the South were about to meet iu a conflict that would go down iu history as one of the great battles of the world There arc those w ho remember how the old Iron Brigade went down as did the famous six hundred in its historic charge at Balak lava how but a remnant remained of that devoted band of heroes and that memory must be filled with horror as they recall the awful loss of precious lives One of the survivors of this Iron Brigade I believe but seven answered the rollcall after the hattle whm before it tin brigade was almost complete con sisting of two legimeuts the Sixth and Seventh Wisconsin Infantry then a mere boy of seventeen summers tells of a most remarkable incident which is the subject of this narrative and from the writers personal knowledge of the man there is no doubt of its truth The

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Library of Congress1904

Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), March 3, 1904

Relative Strength of Russia and Japan Now that hostilities have actually be gun in the Far East it may be of in terest to compare in a general way the resources of the two countries involved If this comparison be made without reference to the probable theater of war and the conditions hedging about the movement of forces thither the combatants seem very disproportionate ly matched The Russian empire com prises about oneseventh of the land surface of the globe Including intern al waters it covers an area of 8660305 square miles and its population is esti mated at about 120000000 inhabitants ot which 2005016 square miles and 106 264166 inhabitants were in 1000 com prised in European Russia It lias an annual revenue amounting to about 000000OOO and expenditures some what in excess of that sum The Rus sian army on a peace footing numbers about 1100000 men and oil a war foot ing about 0600000 men The navy is understood to comprise about 40000 officers and men 1 apan the island empire comprises an area of liil10s square miles including Formosa and tlie Pescadores Its popu lation including the islands specifical ly named numbered 47000Ono inhabi tants Its

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Library of Congress1908

Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), October 22, 1908

The First Maine Cavalry A Regiment With a Fighting Record The annual reunion of Co D First Maine Cavalry Veteran Association was overlooked at the time it was held in Ellsworth but it is worth recalling now in connection with the history of this famous regiment The only representa tive present for Waldo county was Abner K Gray of Prospect The meeting was held in Grand Army hail which was dec orated for the occasion with flags and cards bearing the names of 108 battles and engagements which Co D had the proud distinction of being in The First Maine Cavalry saw more fighting than any other cavalry regiment in the service The regiment was organized in the fall of 1861 It was a State regiment the com panies being appointed among the differ ent counties the larger counties being al lowed a company each while of the smaller counties two were allowed a com pany Company D was raised in Wash ington and Hancock counties The reg iment went into camp at Augusta where it spent the long severe winter of 18612 living in Sibley tents banked with snow and heated only by a little stove hung on a

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Library of Congress1910

Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), April 21, 1910

mmm Frank W Cowen of Waterville author o The Queen of the Kennebec etc and a prominent Good Templar The Queen of the Kennebec Or The Last of The Wamparoags BY FRANK W GOWEN NO 10 The n ght before Arnoldleft Fort Wes ton with his army to proceed up the river to Quebec Jacataque slept none too well She laid awake thinking of her lover and of the dangers and perils of the coming invasion She knew that she was taking desperate chances but life was not sweeter to her than her love for Burr and she would go forward Naturally her mind reverted to Swan Island and to her friends in Bermuda Would she ever return to the beautiful island in the Ken nebec or meet her friends in Bermuda on earth again But she soon tried to banish all such thoughts from her mind and gain some needed rest Occasional ly the tread of a sentry reached her ears through her open chamber window7 and once she heard voices of some sleepy soldiers not far away It was late in the night when she fell asleep and late the next morning when she awoke She rubbed her

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Library of Congress1910

Image 3 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), August 4, 1910

THE old navy JOHN 0 JOHNSON OP LIBERTY bVCAP IV E editor of the Journal T last letter 1 said that our pre k m Vtuation upon the Great Lakes carKUS our borders adjoining Can upon uu the time of the two great naval uon Lakes Erie and Cham r a i ihose victories of much more PS to us than would seem on Before the battle on Lake Hull of the American army Er nously or traitorously and 1 surrendered Detroit and Sir Isaac Brock a major j h il I eng the British forces I can learn but little Af r lt v silenin relation to if Michigan calls it an ler while others call i the military authori alled it a traitorous story records that he ourt martial found ed to death but was nt Madison and sub iovemor of Michigan had published a book to the world that he treason Such was the Erie and it was even hamplain at the time torv for the British force under General hold in Northern New sessions along all the at jeopardy United States had no tin Lakes The only to the government had brocks forces at De cent

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Library of Congress1919

Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), April 3, 1919

LANES COLD ciPtiP TABLETS GUARANTEED BBM WITt JOHN ON GUARD IN GERMANY But He Must Be Cared For and Brought Home and the Vic tory Loan Billions Will Go to Pay That Bill Most of us in the recent weeks have heard some mother or father speak of their absent son somewhere with the American army of occupation along the Rhine Johns in Germany they say proudly John is standing guard out there along the front line of freedom no longet menaced by gas bombs and shrapnel high explosive shells or ma chine guns nor auy of the machinery of war He is enjoying as much as one In Bervlce may the fruits of victory He is sleeping in the open instead of in a dugout He is having three nieaJs a day instead of a snack between bom bardments Hes as comfortable as it is possible for him to he and meet the demands of his duty Uncle Sam must pa his passage home must see that he is safely cared for uutil returned John must be cared for in Germany he must be taken care of when he gets back John and some 2o00000 of his com rades

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Library of Congress1919

Image 7 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), June 19, 1919

uktte Gives Way to Pool at AixLeBains tiling casino at Aix which is leased by the Y M C A the me of skill has replaced the French game of chance They the Yankee soldier to come to Aix but one taste of Y and he had to be hired to stay away THE T SOUGHT SERVICE NOT FAME SAYS GEORGE W PERKINS War Work Finance Committee returns home and fully on monumental and efficient organization d by Y M C A for service to A E F fPkins or iNew York finance committee of Iouncil of the Y M turned from Europe over four months in ugh investigation of by the Y M C A ins report is an im of tlte prodigious 1 by the great organi nions in the war land ami friends of the As well feel that its big i nr Jn his summary I ribute could be paid to Y M C A than that iig paid by the Army either taking over or iing in the work of ularging the activities e Y M C A at the work in Europe a ice was signed it was nor practical to rs at military

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Library of Congress1946

Image 2 of Jackson advocate (Jackson, Miss.), March 9, 1946

Gillem Plan For Integration Of Negro In Postwar Army In Motion PARTICIPANTS ON CBS PRO R M IN OBSERVANCE Oh I i RO newspaper WEEK 1eft to right Bill Slocum CBS Director Carol Brice contralto I who sang with her brother Jon athan Brice at the piano Dowdal n Davis advertising manager ol j THE CALL and chairman of Nh GRO NEWSPAPER WEEK who spoke on behalf of the Negro Newspaper Publishers Associa tion Don Maker announcer and Neal Scott manager and husband of Miss Brice__ California Editor Wins 500 Willkie Award For J ournalism MRS VIVIAN C MASON WINS 17000 DAMAGES PHILADELPHIA ANP rhe I nited States District court for Philadelphia last week award ed Mrs Vivian Carter Mason 17 00 in settlement for claims against the Pennsylvania railroad in a case pending since 1943 when rtio sutiered severe injuries in the Labor day wreck of the roads crack Congressional Limited in which 70 were killed and scores injured She was represented by Raymond Pace Alexander Airs Mason vice president of the National Council of Negro Women was traveling alone on the 75mileperhour express be ween Washington and New York when the wreck occurred Accord ing to evidence presented

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Library of Congress1944

Image 7 of The Western news (Libby, Mont.), January 27, 1944

REXFORD WgMM MMMXXXXM M KtXMMXXMWœ The honor roll for the upper grades has the following nqmes Ienore Logsdon Lloyd Knapp Ma rie Hammons Donald Darling Eve lyn Wnite Jack Fleming Donald De Shazer Hugh Knapp and Rose Logsdon ixwer grades Robert Fleming Shirley Kins Jerry Knapp John Leib Vernon McCully Benjamin White Pauline Farr Pauline White Upper attendance Perfect grades Hugh Knapp Robert Knapp Joe Logsdon David Leib and Ma rie Hammons Perfect grades Kins Arnold Tony Torres Benjamin White Gladys Hammons Pauline White j Lower Hammons Kay John Leib ichard Torres attendance Arthur Jerry Knapp Torres Ri Mrs Ralph Burlingham of Libby visited at the E W Butts home last week Bruce Leighty returned last Wed nesday from Butte where he was in ducted into the army Bruce will leave early in February to train in a ski troop division Mrs Carl Iverson and children of Columbia Falls visited at the Monte Gaertner home the fore part of last week Announcement was made recent ly of the birth of a daughter to ML and Mrs Wesley Lobshur of Moose Pass Alaska Mrs Lobshur will be remembered as the former Anna Smith of Rexford Mrs M E Anderson went to

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Library of Congress1894

Image 3 of Daily Kennebec journal (Augusta, Me.), November 16, 1894

1 T Jaitu gomriwc journal City and County __ i POLICE BALL Over 1000 Ptople In Alt n iance and Ail Enjoy tlo Event Concert P0ramme Finely Rendered and 200 Couples Join in March The sixth annual hall of the Augusta police was given In Mconian hall last evening anti about loot people were in at tendance The concert by Higgins fnl orchestra from H to i oclock was a d light to the hearers and every irt of Its pro gramme was rccePetl with appreciation some of the selections licing osfxrially fine The Goblins Frolic and The Salvation Army were very catchy At sharp i the directors F W Math ews A V Brooks F I Hersey S S Ha mini 1 Dr K 1 Martin Dr A T Titcomli Horace Cony and Kverett Stone mareiied out with the Isxes of lieauliful dance onlers and then the grand march and circle liegan Marshal Bean and wife led tile march and were followed liy tlie other incmliers of the police force and ladies When the circle had formed over 200 couples were oil the floor and it nettried as though there was hardly room for them to lance The crowd

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Library of Congress1926

Image 8 of The Washington daily news (Washington, D.C.), March 4, 1926

1 C Industry to Be Shown by Exhibits at Auditorium More Than 90 Firms to Show Washingtons Progress In Manufacturing Production Washington will have a chance to I see itself as an industrial center to yight Our industries will be shown in the exhibits at the Auditorium of the Second Annual Industrial Expo sition 200 Booths Two hundred booths covering 50000 square feet of floor space present a panorama of business life popularly and mis in the Capital takenly supposed to be engaged only in the business of government More than 90 manufacturing con And altho cerns are taking part the industrial side is being stressed 1 there will be displays of the work of Washingtons foremost painter and i sculptors as well The Public library will have exhibit uh will the an 0 e Play grounds Department and the various branches of the military service i Special Programs There will be interesting enter tainment programs nightly Concerts have been arranged by the Army Navy and Marine band Thompson will give a program Lout songs each day Amplifier of will carry the music to all parts of the Auditorium Nine pecial nughts have been designated beginning with Marine Night tonight

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Library of Congress1914

Image 56 of Evening star (Washington, D.C.), October 11, 1914

I amactt 1 Newspapermen Who Cover Foreign Embassies in Search of Information on War MovesHow News Is Received and Handed OutWireless Messages to Ambassadors Sometimes T ransmitted More Speedily Than Ordinary News Matter on Account of Rigid Censorship in Europe fP f3 ASHINGTON ha f an aual zone o iLTjf I European war T V fltf I is true that n Im I hostile armies op VQ I erate therein anc I that the zone ii Vf I as yct free rori I y I the shriek ol I shells and the bel aV azr V V guns but there it an alert and active corps of war cor respondents operating in this territory and it is through their activitiei that many important messages having to do with the checkerboard movei upon the war ground across the Atlantic have been given to the public some times many hours in advance of th censored and obstructed message which too often snails its way over th commercial cables Washingtons war zone is widelj scattered It is comprised of manj bits of property which in the eyes ol international law if not in the sighi of astute and literal geographers an really bits

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Library of Congress1953

Image 1 of Evening star (Washington, D.C.), May 25, 1953

Weather Forecast Fair tonight lowest about 66 degrees To morrow fair and warmer Full report on Page A2 Midnight 67 6 am 65 11 am 74 2arn__64 8 am__ 66 Noon 75 4 am_ 65 10 am 70 1 pm 76 An Associated Press Newspoper 101st Year No 145 Phone ST 35000 WASHINGTON D C MONDAY MAY 25 1953FORTYFOUR PAGES Nations First AShell Fired On Nevada Flat Brilliant Flash Seen in Las Vegas 75 Miles Away By the Asociatd Press LAS VEGAS Nev May 25 The Army fired the Nations first atomic shell today from a huge cannon dubbed Atomic Annie It burst with a brilliant flash over a simulated enemy target The shot fired from the 280 millimeter cannon on French man Flat came at 830 am 1130 am EDT Within five minutes the cus tomary atomic cloud formed visible in this resortgambling town 75 miles away It developed a lazy S form and appeared to have an ice cap Sunlight glinted on the white top of the cloud Its wispy stem led down to a purple base Cloud Rises Swiftly The cloud rose swiftly and seemed to be traveling fast It did not have the true mushroom shape

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Library of Congress1880

Image 2 of The river press (Fort Benton, Mont.), November 10, 1880

THE AMERICAN NEWSPAPERI A Lecture on its Use and MisuseIts Ex istence as an Educating Factor Defined The American newspaper is the best in dex of American life and the fairest represen tative of the people Whoever would form a correct estimate of the spirit genuis and life of Americans must study the newspapers Our virtues our vices our thoughts and opinions our politics our trade our push and pride our weakness strength creeds customs and civilization all are imagined in our periodical publications The American newspaper has no rival on earth in the volume and variety of its issues More than 10000 papers appear each week from our newspaper press More than 1000000000 copies are circulated annually They cover the whole field of human thought and interests Every department of business manufacture and trade has its advertiser Schools scientific moral educational religious political and charitable societies and organizations publish newspapers devoted to their interests and filled with their ideas But stating the num ber of newspapers does not tell the whole story One must note well THE GREAT ARMY OF WRITERS who help to fill their columns the editors assistants reporters correspondents critics and contributors of all kinds which

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Library of Congress1936

Image 2 of Montana oil and mining journal (Great Falls, Mont.), August 22, 1936

Early Newspapers Colored by Tides and Prejudices of Gold and Copper Camps War Vigilantes and DalyClark Feud Were All in Their Stride PRESS HAULED BY OXCART OVER PLAINS NOTED MEN HELPED EDIT TOM BAKER LEADING NEWSMAN OF TIMES Strong Southern Leanings At Virginia City Moved Montana Post to Helena Miner Deficits Cost Clark High His Control of A P at Butte Forced Daly to Publish At Anaconda By W W CHEELY A few weeks following the dis covery of gold in Grasshopper Creek Bannack a printer with a small army press and a shirt tail full of type appeared in Bannack unloaded his outfit and announced that he had come to the new gold fields to establish the first news paper In the territory which was then Idaho He immediately pro ceeded to get out his first and only issue of the Bannack NewsLetter a small poster size sheet In this work he was assisted by CoL WÜ tatory anseveraothereditorials Stampede Follows A few days after the publication of e Bannack News u e Din S w2L tne P nenom Su iP y 4 M ni k a 5 her 52 r vfSÎT foini e L g0l f S r

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