Early American Pageantry and a Wartime Love Affair
A fragmentary tale recounts Margaret Shippen at a 1778 Philadelphia festival, her courtship by General Arnold, and the dramatic exposure of Arnold’s treason. It also covers Washington’s reprimand, Shippen’s exile, and later life in England, plus a scattered digression on education and Lincoln’s prophetic dream.
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A Curious Tale of Earrings and a Vanishing Koskiusko
A fragmentary 19th century style paragraph describes Koskiusko Murphy teasing Hirde Mellee about earrings, Birdie resisting, and a dramatic fade into obscurity. A monkey and an odd health note about a girl who drank Hop Bitters concludes this peculiar vignette.
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Terrifying case of near burial mistaken for death in Wisconsin
A physician recounts a restoration tale from a Wisconsin village where a young woman presumed dead lay in a coffin four days. Upon revival in the coffin she screamed, causing chaos as family friends and servants watched in horror. the incident sparked fears of premature burial. The doctor, unnamed, cautions that such cases are rare but urges vigilance.
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New South Carolina Invention Sparks Wheel Alignment Hope
A South Carolina invention promises to simplify wheel tracking for buggy and wagon owners by using an end axle component with a set screw to secure a linchpin device. Manufactured in Philadelphia the patent is held by G W Nann and Edwin Epps of Kingstree.
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