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Another Tennessee Railroad
An application for a charter for the Kingston and Cleveland Railroad Company was filed with the Secretary of State, Friday last. It contemplates the building of a railroad from a…
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May 31, 1861 – Virginia Invaded
By the accounts in another part of our paper, it will be seen that the Lincoln troops have crossed the Potomac river and invaded the State of Virginia. No one…
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War Dogs Are Fine Soldiers
One of the most picturesque phases of the great war is the work of dogs, trained for Red Cross work and to act as sentinels. The French especially have developed this branch of the service. In each corps area camps have been established for the dogs, and they are conducted with the same methodical precision or military routine as is found in the camp of any other corps of a division. Captain A. J. Dawson of the British army, in his hook “For France” (Hodder & Stoughton), describes the camp life and duties of these dogs. He says:
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May 30, 1861 – The Balloon in Warfare
John La Mountain, the aeronaut, has offered his services to the general government in the capacity of a scout. He proposes to inflate his balloon, and, accompanied by an engineer,…
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Prohibition is Declared Farce
Bishop Gailor Says Youth of Country Not Immoral Because of Peppy Life and Jazz. KNOXVILLE. Tenn.. May 28—National prohibition was declared a farce by Bishop Thomas F. Gailor, head of…
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May 29, 1861 – The Strength of the Free States
One of the great elements of strength in the northern, or rather the free states, is composed of mechanics. In no other country in the world does this element exist…
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Thrilling Scenes for Picture Made
Mack Sennett Cameramen Make Film of Parachute Jump from Blimp
Several thrilling scenes for the Mack Sennett picture Mollie-O were made by cameramen at the naval air station yesterday. The hero of the picture climbed on a swinging rope ladder from one blimp down to another one and then leaped from the second blimp in a parachute.
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May 28, 1861 – Make Butter and Cheese
Pending the war between the North and South, and the blockade of Southern ports, many articles for family use which came from the North formerly, will as ought ever to…
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Doisy Ready to Go
French Flyer Leaves China for Japan Tomorrow.
SHANGHAI, May 24.—Capt. Pelletier Doisy, the French aviator, has fixed the time for his departure for Nanking, on his way to Japan, via Peking and Korea, for daylight Monday.
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May 27, 1861 – From Norfolk
Special Correspondent to The Dispatch — Norfolk, VA, May 25, 1861
About two thousand troops embarked yesterday from Fortress Monroe, and proceeded South in small steamers and gun boats. At the same time all of the vessels that had been captured and held as prizes at that place sailed and went to sea. There are only four vessels left at Old Point and in Hampton Roads, viz : the Cumberland, the Minnesota (frigate,) and two small steamers