Brother Against Brother A Civil War Tale of Two Maddox Brothers
A college star Harvey Maddox joins the Confederate cause while his brother George Maddox serves in the Union. In Texas and along the Big Black River the brothers meet on opposite sides. Harvey's bravado and marksmanship culminate in a deadly misfortune as he discovers he has killed his own brother.
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Harvey Maddox
Harvey
George Maddox
Giloves
Harvey Revere
George
New York State
Far West
West
Texas
Col. Maddox
Gerge
South
United States
Butler at New Orleans and the Picayune Butler
A historical sketch from the American Tribune recounts General Butler in New Orleans with humor and friction. It describes his hotel brief, clash with Mayor Monroe, and attempts to impose order through bold show of authority, including controversial proclamations toward women and civic officials. The piece portrays a conflict between military rule and local governance during occupation.
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Ben Butler
New Orleans
St. Charles
Ship Island
Monroe
Yellow Jack
la Belle France
Catinet
Calaboose
John T. Monroe
Fort Jackson
American Tribune
General Cook’s Courage Amid Severe Wounds and Duty
An Atlanta Constitution report recalls General Phil Cook, aged in the seventies, praised for his endurance after leg and arm injuries. Surgeons debated saving limbs, he refused amputation, later served in Congress with steady integrity. A northern friend joked rheumatism, the general replied a soldier’s shot caused the wound. The Dryads guarded trees until their time to fall.
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Phil Cook
Capt. Harrison
Constitution
Congress
Gen. Cook
Atlanta Constitution
The Bosco Apple Shot and a Boy in Peril at Gallaxy's
Sig nor Alfredo Bosco and his eight year old son Alfonso drew an immense crowd to Gallaxy's circus for a benefit night featuring a dangerous apple shot. After initial misses the pistol killed the apple but the crowd urged a third attempt. The boy fainted as Bosco aimed again. he saved his son by misfiring and the audience cheered Bosco and Alfonso's return, ending with the father kissing the boy.
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Gallaxy
Signor
Alfredo Bosco
Alfonso
Signor Bosco
Royal Circus
Hippodrome
William Tell
Alfred Green
Green
Alfredo
Gallaxy’s
Bosco
Boscoe
Moment of Temptation Tests A Hero of the Day
Poem recounts a life moment when a person faces supreme temptation and chooses honor. It frames the inner clash as angels watch and Earth bends low, declaring the tested soul either rises as a hero or falls. Quote attribution to Belle K. Towne in Chicago Advance.
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Belle K. Towne
Chicago
Lincoln Smallpox Visit In White House Cited As Jocular Tale
A humorous reminiscence recalls Col. Clark E. Carr meeting Abraham Lincoln in the White House with Owen Lovejoy. Lincoln shows his inflamed arm and claims smallpox, prompting Carr to demand a certificate if he contracted it. The piece references Johnson and potato culture alongside other historical asides.
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White House
Col
Clark E. Carr
Galesburg
Denmark
Harrison
Washington
Lincoln
Abe
Owen Lovejoy
Carr
Treasury Building
Jerry Simpson
Jerry
Lovejoy
Abe Lincoln
Chicago Tribune
Potato class system dominates market varieties of pota toes
The article explains potato classifications by class and variety, detailing the four principal classes Burbank Hebron Rose and Peerless and their subtypes. It lists leading varieties such as Morning Star White Star Dandy White Blower Duttons Seedling White Elephant June Eating Gen Garfield Albino Early Electric Early Market New Zealand Everett Six Weeks Sum mit Pearl of Savoy New York Central Paris Rose Rural Blush Rural New Yorker No 2 Blue Victor and Rural New Yorker No 2 as enduring market types and notes keeping qualities and planting guidance.
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Paris
America
Burbank
Hebron
Rose
Peerless
Dutton’s
Garfield
Ohio
Electric
New Zealand
Everett
Summit
Savoy
New York Central
Maggie Murphy
New Yorker
The Growth of Continents and Earth’s Slow Change
A New Orleans captain reports an uncharted shallow shoal in the Gulf of Mexico. The article discusses long term continental drift, ice ages, Atlantis legends, and the slow wear of land into the sea, noting projected Mississippi valley erosion in millions of years and the enduring pace of geological change.
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New Orleans
Honduras
Gulf of Mexico
Gulf
Europe
North America
New York
Alaska
Switzerland
Norway
Sweden
New England
New York State
Atlantis
Atlantic Ocean
Sargasso Sea
Florida
Azores
Atlantic
United States
South America
Mississippi Valley
Harper
Contentment heightens value over wealth
The excerpt argues that true happiness comes from contentment, not abundance. It claims simple fare can satisfy and that character shapes circumstances, asserting a slave can be free and a monarch can be enslaved by mindset.
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Epicurus
Among the Poultry Feeding and Rearing Tips
The article offers guidance on poultry care noting corn overfeeding causes apoplexy and sitting hens should be placed on nests at night. It compares hens crowded vs non crowded for egg production, discusses egg weight, and promotes chicken meat as cost efficient. It cites Farm and Home on turkey raising with a method using hens on three eggs and a feeding plan for hatchlings.
Breakfast Cake and Other Breakfast Dishes Collected
A compilation of simple breakfast recipes includes Breakfast Cake from Farm Field and Fireside with sugar butter eggs sweet milk and graham flour. Eggsala Trips with butter flour boiled onions and cream. Bean Sandwiches without meat from Orange Judd Farmer using beans pork masher cream and mustard. Cream Muffins from Christian Inquirer with milk eggs flour butter lard and buttered muffin rings. Frying Sweet Potatoes from Home with sliced potatoes rinsed and pan fried with minimal lard. Oyster Patties from Boston Budget with cream oysters corn starch mace and eggs serves twenty patty shells.
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Orange Judd
Christian Inquirer
Boston
Population Puzzler in Oklahoma Town
Tourist asks for the town population while Alkali Ike responds with a wry count of two hundred sixty seven people and one real estate agent.
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Oklahoma
Real Night Terrors and a Stomach Bitters Remedy
The piece touts genuine horrors and vivid stomach distress followed by a remedy claim. It promotes Hoster’s Stomach Bitters as a cure for symptoms like heart palpitations and nervousness, and also for malaria constipation and biliousness.
Traddles Fond of High Price Book Bindings
Courtroom chatter notes Traddles shows a taste for costly books and bindings. The Inter Ocean reports his remarks as he extols expensive volumes while avoiding ordinary borrowings.
Syrup of Figs for Constipation Health Tonic
To cleanse the system effectively and permanently cure habitual constipation the syrup of figs promises to awaken the liver and bowels without irritation. It is pitched as a gentle laxative that can relieve headaches colds or fevers by promoting healthy digestion and elimination.
Map of the United States mounted for office or home
A large handsome map of the United States, mounted for office or home use, issued by the Burl n Route. Copies mailed on receipt of fifteen cents in postage to P. S. Eustis, Gen's Pass Agent, C. B. & Q. R. R., Chicago, IL.
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United States
Burl
Eustis
Gen's
C. B
Chicago
Tris Exceeds Coast Size, Prompting Cutting Decision
A quoted remark suggests Tris is too large for any location on the coast and implies a misdirected allocation to Chicago. The exchange hints at logistical constraints and relocation options for the subject.
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Tris
Chicago
No specific for local skin troubles equals Glenn's Sulphur
Hill's Hair and Dye offered at 0 cents in Cevelara Plain Dealer.
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Glenn
Hill
Rural New Yorker note on observation and experience
A regional writer questions the breadth of experience versus careful observation. The piece contrasts practical insight with wider claims and hints at a thoughtful, measured approach.
Tatters Turns To Hard Drink Amid Health Decline
Fragmentary Inter Ocean quote notes Tatters taking to hard drinking after illness and questions how he can sustain himself if he accepts nothing but water.
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Tatters
Inter Ocean
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N. Y
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London
Hero OF the Hour
Dr. Johnson
Ohio Division
F. W. Robertson
Hose
Royal
Royal Baking Powder CO
Wall 81
Frank
Helen
St. Paul
Minneapolia
Duluth
Deadwood
Bonte
Hotston
Salt Lake
Ghr Corri
T Cevelara Plain Dealer
Talkum
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Mel
Lake Shore
New
Ture
C. Wilber
Pass
Braska
J. Fran
P&ta
Burlington
Omaha
Neb
Tracner
Carda
Everts
Gen
Agen, Q. R. R
Chicago, IL
Turre
Boston Co
Coaras
Whale of Canon
Ise Ates
Louise
CURE
Guar
Gare
Jacobs Onl
NK Fairbank Company
Enic
Sgenes
Addresseon Publishing CO
General Western Agents
Caxton Building
Chicaco, Ill
Hoox
Eve
BR. P.O
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