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In the Senate of the United States. February 6, 1873. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 2431.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 2431) granting a pension to John Davis, corporal of the night-watch on board the United States ship Octorora, submit the following report
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Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), June 25, 1908
County Correspondence BWKNHAM The Twitchell Corner base ball team played the Pittsfield atheletic team on the latters grounds last Saturday p tn The score was 16 to 17 in favor of Pittsfield Fred Fletcher has moved his gasoline en giueto the Joshua Reynold Hill socalled where he will use it for sawing spool bars Porter Kimball made a business visit to St Albans Saturday Mrs Hannah How den of Troy visited her brother Mr Geo Wyman of this place SundayeAn un usually large acieage of potatoes has been planted in this vicinity this season JACKSON Mr and Mrs Woodcock of Belfast were the guests of Mr and Mrs Mahlon Hatch last Thursday night Miss Brewster State organizer of the W 0 11 gave a stir ring temperance lecture Monday night at the Good Templars hail She tisiied the schools in town Tuesday and gave a short talk to the pupils on temperanceV IV 0 T U was organized in this town Monday by Miss Brewster with sixteen chatter members It is hoped to have more at the m x meeting _Miss Pearl Chase is visiting n Belfast Mr and Mrs E A Carpenter visited his sister Mrs Fred right last
Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), November 5, 1908
Naval Events in Hampton Roads Continuation of the Story of the Cumber land and the Merrimac By Oapt John O Johnson of Liberty In my last I left the Cumberland sunk the Congress on fire and the Merrimac having accomplished her work of de struction for that day and flushed with victoryhad retired behind Sewells Point with the intention of completing on the morrow the entire destruction of the Union fleet What wild excitement what grief what anxiety what terrible forebodings for the morrow possessed the Union fleet when night fell on that ever to be remembered 8th day of March 1862 can never be described On shore and afloat all was panic confusion and consternation It was by all odds the darkest night for the Union cause during the war of the Rebellion The Minnesota hastening to the relief of the Cumberland and to participate in the fight against the Merrimac had grounded within two miles of Newport News remaining a helpless spectator of the sinking of that noble ship and the burning of the Congress The frigate St Lawrence eager to succor her con sort had also grounded near the Minne sota The Roanoke like the others on
Image 2 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), March 21, 1912
Letter from San Francisco To the Editor pF The Journal Thinking that a few lines from the Me tropolis of the Pacific coast might be in teresting to your many readers I will give you some of my impressions of the city There has been but little rain here for the rainy season In January only about two inches of rain fell Last year in January the rainfall was thirteen inches Sometimes there will be a week at a time of pleasant sunny weather I was surprised to see it so pleasant in the rainy season as I had an idea that it rain ed nearly every day They tell me it is about as pleasant here now as at any time of year In the summer there is much more wind ard fog The nights are all cool here in the summer and you want plenty cf bedclothes There are no hot nights as we have them in the east The papers say there are forty thousand men here out of work Thou sands have come from the east this win ter expecting plenty of work and big pay but they have been grievously disappoint ed and are stranded
Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), June 29, 1916
D June In Missouri Correspondence of The Journal Springfield Mo June 13 1916 The month of June is to us full of joy and beauty To begin we have been favored with an abundance of delicious straw berries gathered fresh from our own patch in the garden For more than four weeks morning noon and night we ate them without stint or weariness and handed over the patch at surplus times to neighbors and friends We have also been bountifully supplied with radishes lettuce beet greens and yesterday we picked our first mess of string beans This morning we cut our first crop of en dive and dug our first mess of new pota toes one hill being sufficient for the days needs Not only do we partake of the eatables but our eyes are being feasted with the sight of the beautiful Flowers of almost all early varieties are to be seen everywhere in profuse abun dance particularly is this true of the roses which just now are exceedingly pro fuse A week ago we were charmed and delighed with the sights which met our eyes as we drove through the Btreets of the city Last night in our
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
Image 8 of Evening star (Washington, D.C.), April 20, 1958
A8 THE BUNDAY BTAR Washington D C SINIIAV AfBII N IN j 7 j BEFORE ASSAILING COMPLACENCYSenate Majority Leader Lyndon B Johnson gives the incoming and outgoing presidents of the American Society of Newspaper Editors a look at his notes before addressing the society last night With him are George W Healy jr new ASNE presi dent left and Virginius Dabney the outgoing president rightStar Staff Photo Clapper Award Goes To Chalmers Roberts By th Associated Pru Chalmers M Roberta foreign affairs reporter for the Wash ington Post and TimesHerald last night was awarded the 14th annual Raymond Clapper Memorial Award Five newspaper executives acting as judges credited Mr Roberta with the first exten sive disclosure of the essence and fundamental findings of the Gaither Report This still unreleased report was made to President Eisen hower last year by a commis sion of national security ad 0 OPEN MON EVENING 9 til 9 Park Free Next Door on F St kits Un Mat kit high prices with I BELTOX IH ft ml PLYMOBTH FIIIE BUBS W f rotors use them tor model homes Three differ M ent designs Cochin diamond Madros plaid and cV Molobar in green Jk M J
Image 12 of The Lexington advertiser (Lexington, Miss.), January 20, 1938
r TCHULA 5 4 4 Continued from page 8 Mrs R G Williams and son Bobby of Jackson and Miss Elmarie Lacy of Goodman spent the week end with Tchula relatives Rev and Mrs A R Beasley visited home folks in Hickory Flat and Blue Mountain last week Mrs Boyd Sheppard and Mrs Byrd Jones spent Friday in Greenwood Ann and Carl Fincher came home with them for a few days visit Mr and Mrs J C McNeit of Jack son spent Friday and Friday night with Mr and Mrs Roy Walt and family Mr and Mrs J N Bedwell have re cently had several most interesting let ters and pictures from their son James D Bedwell who is stationed in China with the U S Marines He stated that he would be moved to Peking China at an early date to be one of the guards at tho American Embassy The ninth grade of the T H S had a picture show party in Belzoni Thurs day night Mr Dave Longinotti Mr John Camp bell and Mr Wm Beachman retired rail road men of Durant accompanied Louis Longinotti to Tchula Monday to visit friends Mrs Evelyn Sweet was accompanied
Image 1 of The Grenada sentinel (Grenada, Miss.), March 23, 1889
The Grenada Sentinel W BUCHANAN Manager and Proprietor BE JUST ANDFBAR NOT TERMS 2 00 Per Annum In Advance IL XXXV GRENADA MISS SATURDAY MARCH 281889 NO 35 r Inge on Sunday Night rmon cf Rev George Inge on night was without any effort at or ornamentation but it was one earest expositions of the Divinity Bsh and blood of Jesus Christ senior writer ever heard Who Ind where is he are questions L been asked by sages and phi k from time immemorial and no Ever came until the star of tn rose over the manger of the od amidst the halleluiahs of keeping with their light wings Brilltops around the little city Ey has tried to tell us where Ed one enthusiastic star gazer hrone in Alcyone but the fur elescope has peered amongst us and systems the more dis the hour of solution and Jmystery of mysteries is settled of the flesh anil the spirit in the oil and man united in the Christ becomes more deeply We heard during the war most celebrated Presbyterian Georgia Dr Stiles of 8a while preaching to 1500 peo u wish to seo God look at me this produced a voluntary
Image 3 of The Grenada sentinel (Grenada, Miss.), September 27, 1918
r g fti rra areUAaat ugJ ttqra MM3gsubJKwa NEWS FROM OVER THE COUNTY J WOLFE SCHOOL NOTES little brevities after an absence of sev eral weeks Mr and Mrs Walter C Keelin of Rosebloom spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs A S Wolfe and family The Misses Whitten were Grena da visitors Friday afternoon Mr J C Whitten was a Scobey visitor Saturday Mrs W M Little was a recent guest of her grand daughter Mrs Joe Mitchell Mr Phinis Osborne is working in Here we come with our Charleston now Raleston Whitten of Rosebloom was a recent visitor ot his cousin Laiand Whitten Mr and Mrs Ed Brunson and lit Cascilla of tie daughter Francis recent guests of Mr R K Rice were and family Mrs W M Little and grand Whitten daughter Miss Annie L _ are visiting relatives and friends in and around Sardis this week Misses Pearle Hughes of Rose bloom and Ocean Shackleford of Center Point spent Saturday night and Sunday with Misses Zania and Jessie Whitten Miss Modie C Wolfe spent Satur day night with Mrs Sadie Mitchell Mr Spencer Osborne was a Gre nada visitor Saturday afternoon Ray Mitchell of Rosebloom was a
Image 6 of Okolona messenger (Okolona, Miss.), January 6, 1909
fJACiKTTES raoG NOT GOOD BAIT Why Bailey Failed to Catch the Baea Good Fmraitiire Our Sale 1VOS 1ET0HG 7n t He went to be f but not to sleep The fact that h little girl was at tending her first 6 Ml grownup priy ff made him wake OvrW 1 ful and tnou8nt ful for It was nam ior uiui lu reconcile himself to the Idea of bis baby Elsie turning Into a young wom an Twelve oclock He wished that she were asleep in the small crib beside his bed where he had rocked her night after night during the first six years of her happy little life But of course he could not make her a baby again Half past 12 If she could only have stayed a j schoolgirl a few years longer that would have been a comfort and she might have done It Just as well as not j It was really only a matter of the j length of her skirts They had been j suddenly lowered In the spring from her shoe tops to within an Inch or so of the floor and Elsie had gayly an nounced that she was grown up
In memoriam : George Sears Greene, brevet major-general, United States volunteers, 1801-1899 ;
Daniel E. Sickles, chairman. "Life and military services of Brevet Major-General George Sears Greene, U. S. V. By William F. Fox" : p. 61-106 [1] Greene's brigade included the 60th, 78th, 102d, 137th, and 149th rebiments of New York infantry ; the 45th, 84th, 147th, and 157th regiments were sent to his support during the night of July 2, 1863. Also available in digital form.
Image 8 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), May 21, 1903
the old reliable r J w rvjm POWDER Absolutely Pure r is NO SUBSTITUTE SEARSPORT LOCALS Miss Nancy Ford of Boston was in town Tuesday Mrs Frudence Putnam is in town for the summer Mrs Ned Meyers left Saturday by boat for New York Mrs Harry Perry left Saturday by boat for New York Miss Hope Curtis is spending a few weeks vacation in town Miss Blanche Harding of Lowell Mass is at home for a few weeks Capt Nathan Carver of Boston arrived by steamer Tuesday morning Mrs Clara Leonard of Boston is visiting her parents Mr and Mrs J Hamilton Miss Lora Cyphers and Mr W Clark of Frankfort called on friends in town Sun day Frank Curtis is spending a short vacation with his parents Capt and Mrs Frank Curtis Sell Kittie Lawry Capt Charles Closson sailed Tuesday morning for Kockland w ith kiln wood A party of our young people attended the promenade concert in Belfast Wednesday night May loth Miss Inez Dolliver arrived Friday called here by the illness of her grandmother Mrs Emily simonton Kev and Mrs T I Williams are attend ing the commencement exercises at the Theological Seminary Bangor We notice the
Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), December 7, 1905
MONTREAL AND QUEBEC Impressions of These Canadian Cities by an American Tourist Leaving Belfast on the 120 p m train Sept 27th we arrived in Portland at 635 and after a short stop there took a sleep er for Montreal over the White Mountain Division Well now a sleeper is all right but it proved to be a waker for me and I had a good chance to study the sky all night as I laid beside a window In the mean time others were sleeping 1 could tell this by a peculiar sound coming from some of the berths near me We were sidetracked at St Johnsbury Vt for a while waiting for the through train from Boston to Mont real We had been riding head towards the engine but after we were coupled on to the Boston train and started 1 said to my wife good Lord they are taking us to Moutreal feet first and so it was Well we were up and dressed early and had a good view of the country as we went speed ing along toward our destination We noticed that it was good farming land and very level for miles before we
Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), April 23, 1908
JOHN B GOUGH An Address in the Onion Church Brooks by M J Dow Esq In accordance with the arrangements of the National Christian Endeavor or ganization Sunday evening April 12th was observed as the John B Gough night at the Union church in Brooks The meeting was opened with the usual praise service followed by introductory remarks by the pastor Rev J W Vaughan An anthem was then pre sented by Messrs Jones Morrill Brown and Merritt with Mrs W S Jones as accompanist M J Dow then gave an address upon the life and character of John B Gough followed by a solo by W S Jones Remarks were then made by Rev David Brackett and further remarks by the pastor After some what extended remarks upon the life of Mr Gough Mr Dow closed his ad dress as follows John B Gough stands out in bold re lief in the early history of the temper ance reform work of this country as a striking and unique iigure Ilis influ ence in the development of a moral sentiment against the use of intoxicat ing drinks was a powerful one He drew people to him by his attractive personality
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