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Library of Congress1891

In the Senate of the United States. February 26, 1891. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cockrell, from the Committee on Military Affairs, submitted the following report: (To accompany H.R. 8570.) In the House the following report was made, to-wit: The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 8570) for the relief of Maj. John M. Laing, having considered the same respectfully report

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Library of Congress1886

In the Senate of the United States. June 1, 1886. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wilson, of Maryland, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1903.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred Senate Bill 1903, granting a pension to A.M. Smith, widow of Church Smith, have carefully examined the same, and report they can find no evidence, either in the records or in the testimony of witnesses submitted to them

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Library of Congress1876

In the Senate of the United States. June 20, 1876. -- Agreed to and ordered to be printed. Mr. Cockrell, from the Committee on Military Affairs, submitted the following report: The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of E.C. Burdorff, late private Company H, Thirty-fifth Regiment New Jersey Volunteers, have considered the same, and submit the following report, to wit

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Library of Congress1902

Image 9 of Daily Kennebec journal (Augusta, Me.), October 4, 1902

funny things How Newspaper Humor Has Grown and Changed The Short Joke is a Product of Recent Years JVlany Good Samples of Wit and Humor in Past and Present In the file room of The Baltimore American are the bound volumes of the paper dating back to 1773 writes W IX Nesbit Josh Wink in the Inde pendent Here the person who feels an interest in the study of the growth and development of newspaper humor In America may spend some musty dusty tjlIt doubtless enlightening hours Con sidered in the light of present day wit there was no newspaper humor a cen tury ago If we will but remember the mental attitude ot the strictly moraled people of those days we shall recall the fact that at that time any mani festation of humor was regarded as in tensely unregenerate if not wholly wicked w see in the historical novel of today much of the sprightly wit and brilliant conversation of the old colonial regime but it was not re flected in the papers of that time To get any newspaper humor to speak of tve mu t on down to about 50 years ago lien it began to

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Library of Congress1856

Kansas affairs. July 2, 1856. -- Ordered, that it be referred to the Committee of Elections, and printed ; and that leave be given to the minority of said Committee to submit a report at any time within ten days, and to take additional testimony ; and when submitted, that the same be referred to the Committee of Elections, and printed

Andrew Horatio Reeder, Governor, Kansas Territory. Census of the Territory of Kansas, p. 72. Eli Thayer, Vice President, New England Emigrant Aid Society. James Whitlock, congressional candidate. Minority report follows p. 67. Notable witnesses include. SERIALSETDELIVERY1

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Library of Congress1862

In the Senate of the United States. December 23, 1862. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wade submitted the following report. The Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War beg leave respectfully to report

Brigadier General Daniel Phineas Woodbury, U.S. Army. Brigadier General M.C. Meigs, U.S. Army. Major General Ambrose E. Burnside, U.S. Army. Major General Edwin Vose Sumner, U.S. Army. Major General Henry Wager Halleck, U.S. Army. Major General Joseph Hooker, U.S. Army. Major General William B. Franklin, U.S. Army. Notable witnesses include: Title taken from opening lines of text. SERIALSETDELIVERY1

transportation, military↗

Library of Congress1863

In the Senate of the United States. January 15, 1863. -- Ordered to be printed with the documents. Mr. Morrill, from the special committee appointed to inquire into the facts relative to the chartering of transport vessels for the Banks expedition, and the character of the men employed to navigate them, submitted the following report in part

Andrew J. Richardson, ship owner, Niagara. Brigadier General George L. Andrews, U.S. Army. Charles H. Haswell, engineer and marine inspector. Commodore G.J. Van Brunt, U.S. Navy. Cornelius Vanderbilt, shipping executive. Index follows p. 127. Lieutenant Colonel John W. Locke, U.S. Army. Notable witnesses include: Thomas D. Taylor, marine inspector and editor, American Lloyd's Register of Shipping. Thomas J. Southard, shipbuilder. Title taken from opening lines of text. SERIALSETDELIVERY1

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Library of Congress1863

Report of the Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War. In three parts. Part I.

Captain G.V. Fox, Assistant Secretary of the Navy. General E.D. Keyes, U.S. Army. General Fitz-John Porter, U.S. Army. General George B. McClellan, U.S. Army. General George G. Meade, U.S. Army. General Henry W. Halleck, U.S. Army. General Irvin McDowell, U.S. Army. General J.B. Richardson, U.S. Army. General James S. Wadsworth, U.S. Army. General John A. Dix, U.S. Army. General John G. Barnard, U.S. Army. General John Pope, U.S. Army. General M.C. Meigs, U.S. Army. General Samuel P. Heintzelman, U.S. Army. General W.S. Rosecrans, U.S. Army. General William F. Barry, U.S. Army. Index to Part I follows p. 754. John Tucker, Assistant Secretary of War. Journal of the Joint Committee follows p. 66. Lemuel J. Bowden, U.S. Senator, Virginia. Major Abner Doubleday, U.S. Army. Major General Ambrose E. Burnside, U.S. Army. Major General E.A. Hitchcock, U.S. Army. Major General Joseph Hooker, U.S. Army. Notable witnesses include: Uriah H. Painter, correspondent, Philadelphia Inquirer. William Sprague. SERIALSETDELIVERY1

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Library of Congress1863

Report of the Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War. In three parts. Part III

Francis Preston Blair, Jr., U.S. Representative, Missouri. General Ambrose E. Burnside, U.S. Army. General Benjamin F. Butler, U.S. Army. General Irvin McDonald, U.S. Army. General James B. Ricketts, U.S. Army. General John C. Fremont, U.S. Army. General Lewis Wallace, U.S. Army. General T.W. Sherman, U.S. Army. Index to Part III follows p. 656. List of documents relating to trade in military districts, p. 559. Notable witnesses include: Testimony on miscellaneous subjects relating to the war, p. 280. William A. Hammond, U.S. Surgeon General. William Sprague, Governor of Rhode Island.

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Library of Congress1902

Image 7 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), May 1, 1902

K AkY NEWS AND NOTES ii in tlu Atlantic Monthly ndes the closing chapters ot i aides Bvlow Hill Katrina m i dys Harden and Jennette i liances Poetry is fur lan Messer Richard Buri ardson and others the ig with the entertaining i lub as usual i ntispiece in color by i i showing desert and in A riona side by side e beginning in tlie May promised series on The f u Bay Stauuard i ilustrauons ot which hawing Iiv Mr Parrish deals with the large as itle known regionnat imate population irri i ot ti e people etc el opens the May At tret ally studied and i iperecond Thoughts n t ot Anarchy He I pvt iii a dispassionate iid not have been possi i a rlier when MeKin utrd He points out the ngth of anarchism in some ot the elements gfl her witli other facts ousidered in reference seagiou of Hie year is Frank leslies Popular 1 i w ith a thoroughly out ei idled with stories of shes tramps and other did dedicated to sport to in joy of living C H is oft with The Iord of i di iig tale of

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Library of Congress1902

Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), October 2, 1902

WAIF OF THE OCEAN Bottle Thrown into Indian Sea Found off Cape Cod Floated for Twenty Eight j Year Ceorge T Maddox of Brockton Mass j is closely connected with the tale of a sea drifting bottle that lloated twenty eight years The bottle was thrown overboard in the Indian ocean from the vessel Hattie K Tapley inl74 Mad dox was third mate The bottle was recently picked up off t ape Cod It was intact with its lit tle message still preserved telling the whence what where of the bottle That was twentyeight years ago when Maddox was barely of age The bottle was washed from the In dian ocean to Cape Codfrom the far east to the far west from old world waters to New Ingland shores It has taken Ceorge T Maddox with vivid memory back to his younger life over the Indian ocean from his present days of furni ture selling in Brockton It is a strange story that lias thus come up out of tiie sea Tales have been told and retold ot bottles thrown from sailing vessels and picked til years later in faroff parts of the work These stories have been taken wit

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Library of Congress1906

Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), March 22, 1906

THE VOLUNTEER NAVY A Foolhardy Expedition Inspired by Act ing Master Smith who was not in it Smith Makes his Exit from the Service IX In my last l stated that we had re turned to our old cruising ground off Matagorda Texas where things for a time resumed their old phases with a few exceptions Alter witnessing the brilliant exploits on the Mississippi Acting Master Smith of whom I have previously spoken became more and more convinced that he was it and finally arrived at the conclusion that he could put down the remainder of the Rebellion all bv himself He appeared to liken himself to Alexander the Great and to be looking for worlds to con quer On the other hand we likened him to Don Quixote a man who would charge a windmill hut Smith did not seem to he able to get a Sancho Rauza to iollow him He was more frantic to do something to distinguish himself than ever before and at last thought he had the opportunity And by rea son of this the executive officer Mr Dean and myself and thirtytwo men came very near being captured and the chances of being killed

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Library of Congress1908

Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), April 30, 1908

6 _ VASI UMPfRANCE WAVE It Threatens to Engulf Some Congressmen Correspondence of the Boston Transcript Washington April 8th The tem perance question will not down in Con gress A week ago the liquor interests were confident they had won their fight to prevent legislation of any sort at tins session inimical to their business to day they see indications which lead them to fear the temperance forces will get about all they ask for before the session ends It is the word from home that is bringing about the change Both senators and representa tives are receiving letters from consti tuents saying that unless they take their stand witli the temperance forces they will he punished in the coming campaign Members of the House of Representatives who are candidates tor re election are particular solieitious about the outlook Without being told by their constituents they know some thing of the temperance wave that is sweeping over the country and they do not want to he caught on the wrong side Senators who are up for reelec tion have received warnings that mem bers of State Legislatures are to he chosen this year with special reference to the liquor traffic

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Library of Congress1916

Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), January 6, 1916

u Sylvester Cottrell and Some ot His Descendants Sylvester Cottrell belonged to the Westerly R I family which is still rep resented in that town Buying land in Islesboro about 1772 he settled on what is now called Hewes Point having a tannery there it is said The Westerly records show that on June 7 1767 he was married to Peggy Margaret Pen dleton daughter of Thomas Pendleton of Stonington Conn and later of Isles boro Maine Sept 4 1789 Silvester Cotterell sold 100 acres of land in Isles boro to Stephin Pendleton the deed be ing witnessed by Gideon Pendleton and Sylvester Cottrell Jr also July 1 1790 Silvester Cottell sold 100 acres to Samuel Jackson for 73 pounds 10 shill ings The name is variously spelled having four different spellings in one deed These transfers were probably made about the time he removed to N B where he died atMiramichi it is be lieved According to the Bangor Hist and Gen magazine his tombstone re cords that Sylvester Cottrell died Mar 20 1830 aged 88 and his wife Margaret died Oct 20 1833 aged 84 So far it has been impossible to find the record of Sylvesters birth

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Library of Congress1919

Image 7 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), May 22, 1919

I BOYS AN SeRIC N WOMAN liainbow Dlvis V Worker witli Deserted French n Fire town of I41 For1 up before you ar rr and the see Marne was In pro telleau Woods th Division wer ihile in and about l ae portldn of the in heavy work in a French plane wa 1 gh over the town same plane re terrible dismay o dropped a BOMB aeu captured by the at being used by them t railroad head ant landmaiks he local popula uardment which fol could not get out of ough In a fee was deserted later the pelt ciased and some Rainbow IMvlsiui and occupied it ug tor a compara 0 make regimental across one of eas an old dan P the stairs they a a rooms The of the bed came voice n sorry I cannot vou But I am L now And if you an hour I will A for you of he ofBcers t closed the door VO MAN 1 had presence of the room before nave seen j he dark green b liar of a Tied Tri i iier The woman Fleming of Wol i was one of over attached to the l

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Library of Congress1893

Image 3 of The Portland daily press (Portland, Me.), June 15, 1893

WOE AND WIT r _ Gath Tells ai a Chicago Banquet lor journalists Some Kemlnioenoe of Newspaper Work fa War DayPublisher Scott and Kohlsuat a ComradesSomething About French Papers COPTBIGHT 1893 After the worlds fair had been well under way I was invited to a dinner at the Union club in North Chicago by Moses P Handy to meet some persons of the foreign press and in the art de partment and as we mingled together from halfpast seven oclock until one in the morning and I may not have leisure soon for another such bout I will narrate the appearance and ad ventures ofsomeof these persons We had of foreign journalists Mr Villiers Mr Senior and My Millet Mr Millet is also an artist who resides about equally in England and the United States He is the author of an adven turous trip down the Danube river in to the Turkish regions Then we had Mr Atwood the chief architect of the worlds fair and the only author of the magnificent Art building which is the admiration of all beholders and turns out to be equally happjy in its in ternal arrangements Mr Atwood is a finelooking man rather

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Library of Congress1898

Image 4 of The Opelousas courier (Opelousas, La.), October 22, 1898

The Toledo Weekly Blade Every intelligent family needs in ad dition to their local paper a good na tional weekly The greatest and most widely known general family newspa per is the Toledo Weekly Blade For thirty years it has been a regular visit or in every part of the Union and is well known at almost every one of the 70000 postofiices in the country It is edited with reference to a national cir culation It is a Republican paper but men of all politics take it because of its honesty and fairness in the discus sion of all public questions It is the favorite family paper with something for every member of the household Serial stories poetry wit and humor the Household department best in the world Young Folks Sunday School Lessons Talmnages Sermons the Fat m stead the Question Bureau which an swers questions for subscribers the news of the week in complete form and other special features Specimen copies gladly sent on application and if you will send us a list of addresses we will mail a copy to each Only 1 a year If you wish to raise a club write for terms Address The

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Library of Congress1919

Image 1 of The Washington times (Washington [D.C.]), November 18, 1919, (FINAL EDITION)

WEATHER Fl talikt wit air mm rla4r wMiktr w 7 at 8 43 dfntti INAL EDITION NUMBER 11353 gSS WASHINGTON TUESDAY EVENING NOVEMBER 18 1919 IQtmt Wil Street Pricetl PRICE TWO CENTS OPERATORS TO ASK GOVERNMENT TO PAY INCREASES TO MINERS Rat Week Mifk for America Roper for Secretary Fear a Queer Poison By AITHlI BRISBA5E Otrrrtht I n I A picture hi good old London launch describes the attitude of certain prosperous people in the United States toward Bolshe vism radicalism etc In England they are having fcRat Week to dear out all the _ rata The picture in Punch shows two nice old English ladies going up in a balloon to get away from the rata during Rat Week They do not realize that just when there is most attention concentrated on rats those rata are least apt to be dangerous Otto H Kahn musical financier n Elisabeth Martmry young human dynamo are working to gether on a campaign to get milk for the children of America t time to start such a cam paign for children of America also drink milk and with milk as 5h 21 quart in great cities it was time for charity to

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