My War Time Youth in Richmond Virginia
A first-person reminiscence recounts a Southern girl’s wartime home life from childhood through Lee’s surrender. It depicts family, neighbors, and enslaved servants adapting to siege, rationing, and postwar freedom, with vivid scenes of parlor politics, women’s aid efforts, and the march toward emancipation.
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Son & Tree
Wwe
Richmland
Richmond
Torallayory
Sumpter
Teena
Virginia
Piers Igua
Saatchen
Maryland
Joba Brown
Seif Davis
Anil
Bati
Aris Ik
Chuirgh Hill
South
Eliza Carrington
Roncat
Stonball Jackson
Mis van Law
Confederathy
Patrick Henry
Washington
Hloman
Despiere
Sissy
Garret
Governor Brews
Georgia
Africa
Will
Jong Ng
Dia
Lyschburg
Mother
Eco Kate
Botte
Peilagopuer
Hampon Sidney
South Carolina
Austine
Lee
Epirita
Robert Lee
Farber
Edwin
Mare
George Jones
Mike
Hfe
George Washington Jones
Farmville
Sreedow
Ender Atra Vuele Ammon
Mars
Yankees
Uncle Ammon
Lpcia Keden
Stath Street
Lynchborg
Miniature Locomotive Exhibition Highlight at Cotton Centennial
A skilled Franklin watchmaker Mr Unse presents a six and a quarter inch long miniature locomotive. Finely finished in gold silver and steel it weighs two pounds and runs with its own boiler and valve system. Four years of work culminate in a display planned for New Orleans exposition with a miniature track.
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Unse
Franklin, Peng
Case
Tt Tt
New Orleans
Talk of Hurst psychic feats captivates Charleston crowd
The Hurst family and Miss Lula Hurst from Polk County drew a large skeptical audience at Hibernian Hall in Charleston. Professor Atkinson announced the power beyond description and tested Miss Hurst with umbrellas, cues, and chairs. Despite muscular volunteers and dramatic demonstrations, observers reported no fraud and declared the power appears extraordinary.
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Lula Hart
Medical College
Georgia
Broad Street
Polk County
Buch
Charleston
Maj. Hurst
Prof. Atkinson
Miss Hurst
Alsa
Maj. Horst
Atkinson
Odavug Wilkie
People’s National Bank
Alfred Taylor
Item
C. E. Johnson & Co
Alex. Melhere
G. W. Dingle
Sleedman Yeadon
Mr. Magwood
Mion Hurst
Mr. Magwwood
Mr. Mapwood
Wilkie
John Colealaigh
Trently
Miss Hurt
Theodore Melchers
Alfred ‘Taylor
Arkiozon
Ruby Gay
Alex. Melchers
Misa Hurst
Gret Capt
Melchers
Magwood
Migs Hurst
Din- Ales
Major 1
Willis
Col
Franz Melchers
Stble
Crl. Melchers
Hirst
Huyyt
Suicide of Judge Reid Shocks Mount Sterling Community
Superior Judge Richard Reid of Mount Sterling Ky, a prominent Eastern Kentucky lawyer and politician, died by self-inflicted gunshot after a contentious dispute with rival Cornelison. The note on a business card read Mad Forgive me dear wife and love to the boy.
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Louisville
Richard Reid
Mount Sterling
Reid
John
Cornel Kon
Curpeilson
Tubes Reid
Ig Nid
Corneilsor
Judge Brock
Nod
Aira
Girjee
Banda
Thenonna
H. L. Btone
Corpes
Mount Starling
Corneilson
Judge Reid
Noone
Elopement Ends in Tragedy on Greenbrier River
In Greenbrier County West Virginia Ellen Farrier daughter of James H Farrier eloped with John Biggs. They fled toward the river by buggy and skiff. A pursuing father and brother boarded their boat. In the struggle the boat capsized and Biggs and the father drowned. Ellen Farrier and her brother reached the shore. Biggs body later found lodged in drift. Partler's body still missing.
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Greenbrier White
Bulphur Springs
West Virginia
Saya
Greenbrier
Acong Erro
Greenbrierney
Ellen Farrier
Janes H. Farrier
John Biggs
Miay Farrier
Bee
Greenbrier River
Hin Aga
Diggs
Hia
Chioken
Biggs
Ina
Higgs
Biges
Mr. Partler
Self Sacrifice of Chief Engineer Aboard State of Florida
Hervie Deed recalls Chief Engineer Bain of the State of Florida sacrificing his life to save stewardess June MacFarland of Glasgow during a wreck. He swapped places in a boat, returned to the sinking steamer, and perished with her, likened to Birkenhead heroism amid many Britons aboard.
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Bain
State of Florida
June MacFarland
Glasgow
Birkenhead
Woluin
New York
Pribuna
Death of Cyrus J. MeCormick in Chicago at 73
Cyrus W. MeCormick head of the great harvester manufacturing company and a prominent Chicago Democrat dies aged 73 after years of invalidity. Born 1809 in Tockbridge, he continued his father’s reaper invention and supported theological education. noted for Academy of Sciences recognition and Legion of Honor. Also mentions shark nets in Indian River and Mr R C Strother’s crossfire fines and prices for fish nets and coins.
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Cwrcaco
Cyrus W. Mearemick
Great Harvester Manufacturing Company
Chicago
Mr. McCormick
Tockbridge Canton
Rovert R. McCormick
Forthiauvention Ar
McCormick
Academy of Sciences
Legion of Honor
Fife
Theological Seminary of
Northwest
I Jb
Washington
Union Theological Colleges
Virgiis
Long Lost Husband Returns From Montana To Wife In Georgia
A May discovery reunites Emily Maginnis of Battle Creek with her husband John Maginnis after six years apart. He fled revenue officers in Atlanta and later built a life in Montana before returning with $20,000. The couple, now with child, plan to relocate to Westers and Atlantic Street. This Enquirer note also includes carp farming anecdotes from Yorkville Enquirer.
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Mantra
Battle Creek
John Maginnis
Emily Rogers
Sae
Salem Camp Grounda
Alliera
Atlanta
John J Tockenhall
Dawson County
Maginnis
Cumming
Brim
Montana
Helena
Aimeelf
Parava
Westers
Atlantic Srain
When Sungat Was Invented and Early Sugar Trade
A compact historical note traces sugar from ancient China via the Tsin dynasty to Greece and beyond. It notes early uses in Galen's time, English consumption growth after 1700, and the 1659 invention of refining by Arab or Venetian traders, citing a Venetian merchant selling the secret for a hundred thousand crowns.
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Obrist
Fadin
Wearchus
Indus
Éodairies
Greece
Galen
America
Margaret Puston
Norfolk
Herusband
England
Sicily
Destructive Cyclone Ravages Lancaster County Plantations
A cyclone struck areas around Lancaster County and Chesterfield County near the Lancaster line last Wednesday evening. It devastated Mr. Henry Duncan and Calvin Musuey plantations with blown down outhouses, uprooted oaks, and a ruined orchard. Hail battered gardens and crops, with 100 acres of cotton ripped up on Musuey’s land. Tenants face replanting and seed shortages. injuries included Mrs. Fonderburk, whose fracture and fatal chest wound followed a falling limb. The Taxahawy area, John R. Webb’s properties, and nearby plantations suffered extensive damage across the Lynche River region. Distress across the county noted.
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Henry Duncan
Bing
Calvin Musuey
Chesterfield County
Lancaster Jine
Lynche
Ulf
Mr. Musaey
Richard McMacus
Bryie Robertson
I. M. Lowry
Emanuel Faile
Samuel Hell
Jefferson Fonderburk
Lynche’s
Taxahawy
H. V
Massey
Cook
Aeveral
John R. Webb
Couunty
Lancaster Review
How to Tell a Good Cow for Milk Richness
Guide describes signs of a high quality cow based on ear color and condition, skin texture, udder balance, milk veins, bone finesse, and expressiveness. It warns about fat buildup and emphasizes a good feeder and alert temperament. Also reports a deadly zoo accident in Ausonne where a man was killed by a lion and lioness after provoking the animals.
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Ausonne
Mann
Suri
Fania Telegraph
Love Tragedy at the Escorial Palace
A man from Madrid fatally wounds a woman at the Escorial as gunfire erupts during a palace tour. The couple had a doomed romance, and the man, driven by rejected affection, killed himself after firing. Both victims were rushed to the palace hospital where they reportedly survived their injuries.
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Wayween
the Escorial
Foon
Madrid
Chinese superstition cited in rescue tale from Sampan accident
An observed incident on a river float shows a child falling from a sampan on a Saturday festival. Rescuers failed at first, the infant caught in a broken spar rope, drifting downstream until another boat recovered the child. Parents administered a flogging, while locals claim rescuers bear future sins for saving a life.
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Fortundiely
Mong Kang
China
Fragmentary dialogue on devotion and admiration between spouses
In a clipped exchange a wife and husband discuss a past event. The husband doubts a decision while the wife, softly smiling, notes there was no one else the husband admired more. The fragment hints at personal loyalty and affection.
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Big Country
Soldiers’ Aid
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Qurold
Delight
Delight, the “Hi Ridge
Prince Edward County
Ctton
Hoys
Mme
Fein
Hidornian
Cyrus J. MeCormick
Indian River
Florida
R. C. Strother
West Union
Oconee County
Strother
the Enquirer
Sonal
Joux Finxs
Yorkville Enquirer
Lancaster County
Escorial
C Corlith
Hur Hushand
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