The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1885-12-24

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contend.-E. D. Dodge. Burnham, Me.
! Who will send name for my baby brothero
Will send his picture to the one sending the
| prettiest. Father served in the 9th Ohio Cav,
Church Hill. O.
| lam a girl of IS who reads THE TRIBUNE every
| week, and would tell your how much we all like
| it. Grandpa all through the war. and uncle
enlisted at l6 and lost u leg at Savannah Ga.-Lois
VIII Soldiers Daughter" please send her name
and explain what she meanes by "buttermilk in
| Eta Bennett, Benton Harbor Mich.
| am a music teacher and would esteem it agreat
favor should some one tell me where can secure
pupils home. Good recommendations given.
Ida Cook, kirksville, Mo.
CHRISTMAS GREETINGS
Kind letters, expressive of pleasure in THE TRIB-
| UNE. received from Albert Britton, Waynes-
ville H., boy of Is. who writes a very neat let
ter Gertrude Dixon, aged ii (whose papa has
taken THE TRIBUNE since it was started).
| Chete<. Wis; Emma f. Fridde Q5), daughter of
Comrade Friddle, 2lst ILL.,, Sedan, Kan; Nay
| 1ruesdell, Clyde, Kan. daughter of 18th Mich.
veteran and member of Comforth Post; Daisy NJ.
Lindsay, little girl, nine. daughter of 18th Iowa
veteran; Robert I. Hopkins. Bridgeport, Saline
Co., Kan, IL years old and walks a mile to school,
| had a father and four uncles in the Union army;
| Ida NJ. Cumple New Kingston, Pa whose veteran
| father was wounded in The forehead at Tompklns-
vile, KY, and is a veteran of Post AIS; Maybell
| Gardner, Spring Lake, Mich, daughter of list and
| 37th Wis. veteran, who says THE TRIBUNE is a
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| caivarym8n one of the men who helped TO capture
jeff Davis and now Treasurer of Van Buren, Co.
Marietta b. Rifenburg, Charlottesville n. Y, Q4)
knowler, son of Jacob Knowler, 9TH Ind. Cav,
| Nance, Philip Co, Kan, who would like to see
something about his regiment; Mamie f. Finkle,
Hoton Kan, 13) her father, Goth Ind. veteran ten
| months in prison; Adea L. Conklin, Clearfeld,
| Pa, Qi) daughter of 9Th Pa. Reserves veteran
who lost an eye at Spottsylvauia Court house;
Mamie Richards 81 daughter of Comrade Richards,
| who served four years, wounded five times
and carries three rebel balls: Avian Z. Temple,
N ts,l,
and would like the opinions of the Club; Gertrude
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| horses shot under him; Fannie A. Thomas, Can
| neton Ind; w. G. Gayhart Sylvania o., whose
father. veteran of the lS0th Ohio, joins in kindest
| regards Ne,tie Haynes. Gananoque Ontario. Can,
daughter of II0th \. Y. veteran, who has called one
of his boys for his dear old General George Brin-
ton Mcclellan: Ruby Sayler and Viola Sayler,
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4 both sides, We're in the army; Sadie }. Peck,
| Plum Run, Pa. frankie a. Walters, Gravity,
wounded at fredericksburg, Latrobe, Pa;
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Ohio Cav, Athens, o.; Allie Wheeler, Hud-
| son, Mo-. A. +. Lewis, Walla Walla, w. I.
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| To exchange: Thirty numbers of Frank Lestie's
Monthly for good reading mater.-C E. Sauers,
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| small printing press; aiso large printing press,
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or smaller slew. F. Wentworth Palmyra Me.
Finely bound copy of Lady of the Lake" for best
| essay on any subject; copy of Millions Poems for
| second best and copy of Z" Language of Flowers"
for the third best must be sent by Jan to the son
of veteran of the l05th Ohio, from the old West
ern Reserve" home of Garfield and other great
| men,. J. Quiggie. Nos, and 1 Bank Block,
| Charaon, o. Present for best comic recitation or
dialogue.-Elas Harmon, Union, Mich. Solid gold
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ual of Etiquette. and Winter Evening Recita-
tons" Second prize" Manners and Customs in
Far Away Lands' and l6 complete stories. Third
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Correspondence: With soldiers daughters: Elva
NJ. Ogden, daughter Sith Pa, Clearfied +. o.
Clearfied Co., Pa; Frank Nj. Pitcher member Co F.
sth !. N G., (soders SON. Waverly, Iowa; Harry
NJ. Carlton. Ann Arbor Mich With soldiers chill
dren, Co. X, 29th Iowa, Lou Pickett, Canyonville
Ore. With the Club: Jenny Young, daughter 9Sth
n. " Burnside Conn; Sallie Hyatt. Nth Ind.J
Hermitage, Mo-; Mabel Granger. Church Hill,
Trumbu Co, o.; Clara G. Drake, San Luis Obispo,
Cal; Nellie Sencenich Astoria, ILL., With boys and
girls over II: Lilly w. Steadman, Box "a, Peace
Dale, II. L. With a blonde lady, 10y the son of Or
derby Sergt, Co. III, S7th Pa, who would share his
income OF $50 or 500 per month, A. f. McCoe, Crest
line o. Letters from young ladies over Is, each to
define the word " Love nice present for best
definition, to appear in THE TRIBUNE, Washington
Hamilton Jacksonville, Wayne Co, III. Father
would hear from comrades of Co. l. 9TH III. Cav,
Co. A 2lst H., having served in both regiments,
Laura Rea. Box 80, South Chicago, Ill. With TRIB-
UNE readers Ivie Goheen, Brinkeron, Pa; Maude
Smile, Lttleton, n. II.
Music and Poetry: White sand and shells from Lake
Michigan for Over the Hills to the Poorhouse,"
Nellie Gray q" The Dying Nun" and The Lit
tie German Home Across the Sea."-Laura Rea,
Box 80, South Chicago, III: Written copies of
Me, Boys" Battle Cry of Freedom, ;" :. Ho for the
Gunboas, Skeadaddle, Rangers" " Gone to the
War, Never Forget the Dear Ones" and What's
the Matter " for the music of " Sherman's March to
the Sea-" Marching Through Georgia" Gather
ing Shells by the Seasbore, and Angel Mothers
Grave.-A. J. Barrett, Co. A 18th Wis, Trim Belle,
Wis /" Gathering Shells" etc, Texan Rangers"
and answer to Gypsy's Warning" for " Ring My
Mother Wore" " Darling Chic" Gypsy's Warm
Wavery Iowa. long list of songs for another
long list, address Ella NJ. Pierce, Kenduskeag.
Penobscot Co, Me. Wanted, e Battle of Fredericks-
burg. u ettie Haynes, Gananoque, Ontario,
Canada. Wanted, shoulder strap epauette;
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Music of Danube River" THE Blue Alsatian
Mountains some Day" Russian March,"
sounds of Peace March" March Miiitaire.,"
March 18th Regimeet March," "Webers Last
Waltz" and a great many other pieces, vocal and
German Home Across the Sea, Don't be Sorrow
ful, Darling" when the Roses Come Again."
The Ring My Mother Wore" Dreaming Of
Home" Over the Hill to the Poorhoase,"
This Night We Part Forever" The Red, White
and Blue" and battle pieces vocal or instrumental
music books-Ida Maude Forest Grove. Ore.
Wanted: THE Gpsys Warning" and THE
Golden Slippers "-Alaybell Gardner, Spring Lake,
Mich. Allen Greenough's Latin grammar and
Jones's Latin grammar for articles of equal value.
Write describing articles. Would like correspond
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hart, Sylvania, o.
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The first iucifer match was made in 1929.
Damascus Is supposed to be the most ancient city
| in the world. Josephus says its founder was Uz
grandson of Noah.
George Washington a Federalist
l743 by Miss Lucer.
Gen. Ross was killed by back woodsmen and de-
feaied.
l. When was iron first discovered in America
and I'm what State? q When was gold discovered
ia California? 3. When Algerine war declared
by the United States? 4. When was the Sioux war
in Minnesota? S. Where was sugar first Gull
tivated, and in what year?-Ella Simpson, Ions
dale II. i.
L. When and where was the first settlement made
in Wyoming Territory? g When Websters
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