Lincoln and Shields meet on riverbank in Alton tale
Alton residents recount a 1812 confrontation involving Abraham Lincoln and Springfield politician Shields. A staged boat landing and mock duel on the Mississippi bank unfolded amid spectators as letters and verses titled Aunt Stephen fed local pranksters and drew a swift exchange behind the scenes.
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Alton
Whiteaides
Severa
Springfield
Ale” Linenin
Bil Ree Ren
Wil Butler
Shiela
Tad
Ale Lincoln Amd
Abe Lincaly
Hult
Missouri
United Stitim Avni
Asano
Lincoln
Tienth
Shieldy
Serling Mefert
Shields
Love and Fame In a Fragmented Verse Tale
A fragmented poetic fragment shows longing for love and fame with references to Wan, Paine, Frame, Towle, and Towle. Love arrives fleetingly, then withdraws. Paine appears as youth wanes, and the speaker mourns Love’s death as the final note.
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Frame
Paine
T. Mirehall
The Gypsy's Gem and the Village Court of Fate
A chaotic tale follows gypsies in a village as a crowd seeks truth from a fortune teller. A young Tad asks for his future as patrons clash with patrons and the gypsies read palms and tell fortunes amid riotous, ornate scenes of courtly life and looming choices.
Tips in Scotland An Example of How Servants Win Their Way
A London correspondent recalls a Scots shooting arrangement where a gentleman, arriving at a first house, is sent back to town by telegram but stays for a day’s shoot. He pays the head keeper to forward his gun and cartridges, then later asks for the gun and bag. The keeper demands a fee, the master claims no interference, and the guest bears the burden of improvisation in a tale of servant and master relations during a Scottish shooting visit.
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Amin
Orou
Chen
Bufalo
Waris
Vont
Scotland
Deterwii
Mnstey
London
Autograph Sale Sparks Spelling Controversy in Renan Letter
A tale from the French academy recounts Boidter boasting a higher bid for Renan’s autograph than Baudelaire’s, based on three spelling mistakes. Renan calmly questions the hearing, then explains a friend bid high to prevent a poor public impression of French scholars.
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New England
Boidter
Renan
Bolestor
Ronan
Sinting
Frenel Academy
Telegram Ad That Spans Distances Puts Invention on Display
A whimsical telegram notes an invention allowing near instantaneous message delivery despite great distances. The fragment highlights the envelope remaining damp as the message is revealed, reflecting early fascination with long distance communication.
Wireless telegraphy origins and Marconi’s breakthrough
The piece surveys early wireless telegraphy conceptions from induction to Hertz waves and Marconi. It traces six proposed transmission methods, notes Edison Tesla Bell and Hayes contributions, and highlights Marconi’s 1899 English Channel test reaching 32 miles, drawing world attention to wireless messages.
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New York
Queenstown
London
Edison
Mr. Tesla
Europe
Bell
Prof
Hayes
Marconi
Hertz
Carlsbad
Germany
Marcon
English Channel
Women and science and war notes in early 1900s paper
A collage of brief items notes Japan’s rat war subsidies, Mrs. Nelle C. Upham as lone woman delegate at a Pittsburg mining congress, Wisconsin women rally for statewide suffrage petitions, Madrid hosts a national exposition to boost agriculture and manufacturing science, corn alcohol yields estimate, Pittsburg infiltration project details, a new physician nurse stop watch for pulse counting, Louisiana gas waste figures and land withdrawals, a German gyroscope needleless meter for ships, British auto exports and show orders, women’s rights in Shanghai amid anti male tyranny, and a remark on feeding cows amid high prices.
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Nelle C. Upham
Pittsburg
Wisconsin
Madrid
Spain
United States
Louisiana
Secretary of the Interior
Olymplay Land
China
Shanghai
tumult in the sea at cape mora
A ship near Cape Mora hit a sudden calm then violent shock as masts shook and debris rained down. The sea turned oily and hundreds of stunned sea creatures surfaced, including forty seven whales and many sharks. After a day the calm returned and the voyage resumed.
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Cape Mora
Cape Born
Ike
Jesa
New York Press
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Springfeld
Janghea
Mint Iteberea
Bunn
Tingern
Lincoltt
Buon
Shield
Gata
Ean
Idland
Mowitle
Tink
Bi" Bonther
Souther
Sorlois
Surther
Lingala
Tie
Ald
Lin le
Clodet
Torrie
Lylig
Altonkin
Elise
Wentworth
Dellevera
Wilke
Oraele
Ereon
Agi
Spurnig
Rebird
Gailad
John Movid
Guy Song
Pear
Dil
Ater
Chat Ae
Bee
Rey Toneh
Ned
Searral
Stove Ike Hall
Herold
Harold
Soltiery
Totin
Morse
Bobby
Ma Bobby
Sid Lis Svat
Jim
Mr. Brown
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