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Idyls of battle and poems of the rebellion

List of subscribers: p. [1]-3. A digital reproduction made from a copy held by the University of Michigan is available from the University of Michigan's Making of America Web site. Also available in digital form.

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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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Among the cotton thieves.

Experiences of the author as officer and later commander of the 6th regiment. Michigan volunteers, near New Orleans and at Port Hudson; sharply criticizing his commanding officers, Gens. Thomas Williams and William Dwight and Col. T. S. Clark. Also available in digital form.

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All elevated trains in Chicago stop at the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railway Station, only one on the Loop

C² 29397 U.S. Copyright Office Shows Rock Island ticket offices and stations, cable and electric street car system, and elevated system in the city. Title in Copyright record, v. 15, 1897: Birdseye view of portion of Chicago showing elevated railway system and Loop in connection with Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific and Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Stations. Includes indexes to points of interest and col. ill. of "Elevated station at the 'Rock Island' Van Buren St. station." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. PM3

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Map showing the Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad, and its connections

Advertising map covering Michigan and vicinity. Shows drainage, cities and towns, railroad land grant, and the railroad network emphasizing the main line. Information on bond sale by Winslow, Lanier & Co., N.Y., on the verso. Under construction by Continental Improvement Company, George W. Cass, President.

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A map of a part of the southern & western states showing the contemplated route of the New Orleans & Ohio Railroad and the Central Railroad of Illinois, also the route of the Mobile & Ohio Railroad representing the most central, direct and practicable route for a great national and commercial highway between the Gulf of Mexico and the Great Northern Lakes, and by various branches and intersections with other Railways connecting with all the principal cities of the United States

The map covers an area from Lake Michigan to the Mississippi delta, and from Columbus, Ohio, to Little Rock, Ark. It shows Ft. Massac and "Capitol City" in southern Illinois and northern Kentucky as sites selected by the U.S. for the "Western Armory," and the probable future site for the seat of government of the United States or Western District of Columbia. Chartered January 9, 1852.

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Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), December 29, 1904

A Letter and its Result So thats the way the land lies is it asked Ivy Lyle The sensitive face under the big roselined sunliat was very white Her lips quiveied a little The bands that held the vagrant sheet trembled 1 thought said the girl to herself I hadnt begun to carein that way I was only becomingattracted But the shockthe disillusion When she had started out an hour ago for her usual brisk morning walk along the crisp shelving sands she had been one of the most indifferent light hearted of girls She was done with college and the two years of foreign travel that had succeeded school as a sort of polishing process She had per fect health and misty di earns of all the veiled future held in its keeping She had aesthetic tastes and her skill in athletic sports was the admiration of her less vigorous girl friends She had been having a beautiful time down at this gay unconventional resort on the Michigan coast And nowwell tem porarily it seemed that her pleasure was spoiled And in her heart she knew that she must have been beginning to think too much of the man

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Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), May 4, 1905

lift PRODICTION OF MAPLE SUGAR The Bureau of Forestry Seeks to Develop and Extend the Industry The Bureau of Forestry has been studying the maple sugar industry with the view of securing a larger use of the maple forests Since 1S50 the area oi maple sugar farming has greatly chang ed and shrunk In early days maple sugar was commonly made even in many parts of the South because cane sugar was virtually unobtainable No longer is there even a limited produc tion in South Carolina Georgia Alaba ma Mississippi Louisiana and Arkan sas This is because cane gugar can now be bought everywhere at a low price and is preferred to maple sugar for sweetening In Indiana Michigan and Illinois the maple trees have been extensively cut for lumber thus reduc ing the opportunity for tree tapping In those States also the markets are glutted with imitations which removes the incentive to extending the industry In other States as in western Mary land West Virginia Ohio New York and in New England the maple sugar industry has held its own or been in creased The best sap How is secured in the cooler northern States yet good results can

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Image 6 of Jackson advocate (Jackson, Miss.), February 24, 1951

Garretts Service Beauty Shoppe 727 N Parish St lip Stairs EXPERIENCED OPERATORS Association For Supervision And Curriculum Development Meets i y I Group ounts Many Negro Members Detroit Michigan February 15 1051 Education must contribute to the struggle to save democracy Walter Reuther president of the United Auto Workers CTO told a general session of the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development meeting at the Stat ler Hotel here last week Supporting this view Mr Tteu ther declared The struggle be tween freedom and tyranny be tween democracy and communism is basically a struggle for mens j JjLijffjr m in r jOBF rBl wjir fBO your family for less 58 TESTED GLAMOROUS 58 COMPLETE DINNER MENUS HAMBURGER RECIPES EACH ONE A MONEY SAVER With The Coupon Below m We Pay The Cost Of Mailing The Book To You _ 1 I if a a H I I I I Hf 111 J2E H I I 11 I I J I I H 1111 m The Jackson Advocate SK 4061 N Farish St Jackson Miss mm Enclosed is S_ no stomps please and _coupons SH Please send me postpaid_cookbooks NAME pitas print jfl ADDRESS_ pitas print CITY_ZONE_STATE_ __ pitas print This

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Image 4 of The Lexington advertiser (Lexington, Miss.), April 8, 1948

There is a photographing machine on a lower floor of Grand Central Station which is a marvel even in this day of mechanical miracles In appearance it resembles the body of a honsom cab You step inside sit insert a qarter in a slot and press a button In just one minute there is delivered to you automatically your photograph already framed For an other nickel a mailing envelope is also furnished The first days of spring have broght a new look to New York Side streets which had been piled high with snow are clean from warm showers Store windows have chang ed from their winter dressing to bright mildweather colors like the clothing of passing pedestrians Cen tral Park has taken on a verdant mantle set with diamondlike lakes And out in the suburbs residents have removed their overcoats too soon done too much raking on their vards have become overheated caught colds and now are taking the modern version of sulphur and mo lasses I recently had occasion to ride the Pere Marquette railrdftd from Grand Rapids Michigan to Chicago and I was much impressed by the dining car service This railroad is owned by the Chesapeake

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