February 3, 1862 – Potomac River Movements
On Friday night, several bay and river craft, loaded with coal, wood, and oysters, passed the Confederate batteries on the Potomac, without being fired at, and arrived up on Saturday…
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Kansas City Takes Cue From Baltimore
Kansas City, Mo., February 1—Taking the cue from Baltimore, an ordinance has been introduced in the City Council segregating the colored people to certain neighborhoods. The proposed measure which is modeled after the Baltimore law provides that white people shall not move into colored neighborhoods and vice versa.
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February 1, 1862 – Mississippi Raises Troops
The Panola Star states that the Mississippi Legislature has passed an act to raise ten thousand volunteers for the defense of the State, and if a sufficient number do not…
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January 31, 1862 – CT Military Items
The Twelfth Regiment is to leave for the war next week, it is said. One indication is that the Quartermaster advertises to sell all the lumber used in the construction of temporary buildings in camp, at auction.
Secretary Stanton is reported as having said that “the army must now earn its living.” The men are ready and impatient to do it.
The First Connecticut Battery of Artillery has embarked for Port Royal. They have Parrott rifled cannon. The total number of men is 154, and they take 134 horses and about ten tons of ammunition.
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Hitler Rules as New German Chancellor
Fiery Leader of Fascists Comes Into Power as Head of Cabinet.
VON PAPEN CHIEF AID
Forming of Government to Succeed Von Schleicher Is Surprise.
By Frederick Kuh
United Press Staff Correspondent
BERLIN, Jan. 30.—Adolf Hitler, fiery leader of the German Fascists, came into political power in Germany today when he assumed the chancellorship in a new German cabinet.
Hitler, whose political rise as chief of the Nazis has been one of the amazing developments of post-war politics, abandoned the “all or nothing” policy he had held toward participating in the government. He accepted Franz von Papen as his vice-chancellor and reich’s commissioner for Prussia.
Hitler’s formation of a new government to succeed that of General Kurt von Schleicher took Berlin completely by surprise.
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January 30, 1862 – Regimental Rivalry
It is related that a rivalry exists between two regiments encamped on the Potomac, which is sometimes carried to the most absurd extremes. As an instance of this, it is…
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Air Mail Arrives
Visitors in Omaha can get an interesting thrill by going out to the air mail landing field at Fort Crook about midnight and watch Uncle Sam’s flying mailmen come and…
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January 29, 1862 – Very Laconic
An amusing sword presentation was made on the 17th by the officers of the Seventy-eighth Pennsylvania to their Colonel, Wm. Sirwell. The presentation speech of Captain Gillespie was: "Here we…
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January 27, 1862 – The Quarters of the Illinois Cavalry
The Illinois Cavalry are now quartered this city. They occupy, as quarters, beside the buildings mentioned in our issue of Saturday, the following places:—The residences lately occupied by Dr. S.…
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January 26, 1862 – How to Get Out of New Orleans
Let me premise that the gentleman went South with a letter from the Mayor of Boston to the Mayor of Louisville, which secured his passes through the lines; that he…