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Medical Student Held in Rum Case
Ralph J. Benart, who told the police he was a student at George Washington University Medical School, was arrested at 1227 15th street northwest last night by prohibition agents and…
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April 1, 1861 – Col. Lamon to Charleston
It said that Col. Lamon, the President's envoy to Charleston, declined to exercise the discretionary power with which he was clothed, and issue the order to Major Anderson for the…
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USS Constellation Medal to Be Struck
In the House of Representatives of the United States, on the 17th inst. Mr. Parker of Virginia, brought forward the following resolution : which was ordered to lie on the…
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March 31, 1861 – The Feeling in the South
We have been kindly permitted to make the following extracts from a private letter written by a prominent citizen of this city, which gives a fair and truthful view of…
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Pork Man’s Meat Slandered
Philip Armour, the great “pork man” of Chicago, says that the French edict prohibiting the importation of American pork was originated by the wily minister of commerce, who was seeking…
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March 30, 1861 – Moonlight Parade
The Cecil Guards—Capt. J. A. J. Creswell—made their first dress parade on Saturday night, treating our citizens to a very creditable and soldierly display. The new uniforms of the corps…
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An Indian Railway Station Defended
East Indian Railway Water-Tank at Barwarie, Defended Against the Mutineers for Thirty-Two Hours (From a Correspondent at Allahabad.) I send you a sketch of a Railway Water-tank at Barwarie, twenty-three…
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Ostriches Here for Big Banquet
One is Displayed in a Window of a West Pike Street Restaurant The three ostriches that will be cooked and eaten at the Annual banquet of the Clarksburg Brotherhood Thursday…
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March 29, 1861 – The Luetzen Jaegers
New Orleans boasts of a company of Germans—many of whom have seen service in Europe—styled the "Luetzen Jaegers." The Captain and First Lieutenant of the corps served with distinction in…
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March 28, 1861 – News from Washington
Col. Lamon, President Lincoln's special envoy to Fort Sumter, returned to Washington yesterday afternoon. The particulars of the result of his mission have not been made public, but it Is…