Yorktown’s Decline as a Historic Port and Town
Henry P. Jounsvon describes Yorktown’s long decline from a thriving colonial port to a small historic site. Once key for tobacco exports and episcopal parish life, it shrank after Cornwallis and wars, dwindling to about 300 residents with few descendants of original owners remaining.
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Thoughts on Pessimists and Personal Prosperity
The passage argues that habitual doom merchants poison business and others minds. It describes pessimists as chronic grumblers who predict calamities, hinder progress, and never praise others. Such attitudes corrode personal happiness and communal prosperity, urging readers to pursue humane thinking and avoid needless misery.
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Bear Bragging Hunter Returns With Alive Bear
An anecdote shows a boastful hunter who fails to shoot a bear at first and instead brings it back alive to camp. He is teased for not killing the bear on the trail, explaining he prefers to capture it alive despite the chase ending near the camp fire.
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Nimrod
A Distinguished Writer and a Useful Lesson in Literature
In the June Atlantic Contributors' Club a tale describes a distinguished writer who tested a new article with his daughter copying it and sending it to five top American magazines. All rejected, even though each would have paid well if the author's name appeared. One sub-editor offered practical tips on literary style. Also includes an ad for Lindsey's Blood Searcher, a fever and ague medicine.
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Atlantic
Outons and Gravy Seedy Customer Demands Bread and Gravy
A rough patron enters a restaurant on Austin Avenue and negotiates a cheap meal. He asks for nicely cooked beefsteak with onions, the owner quotes twenty five cents and remarks the gravy is unnecessary. The exchange ends with bread and gravy being demanded as the meal.
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Local Oddities and Medical Anecdotes Stir City Readers
In Rochester a machinist described his white cat’s odd habit of elongating its throat to mimic a robin’s call while catching two robins. Nearby excerpts include a testimonial for Dr William Hall's Balsam for the Lungs claiming a lung disease cure after prior illness and hospital treatment.
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Jacon ”. Schaffer
Mr. Schaffer
Wilson
William J. Coughlin
Somerville
Mass
William Hall
Little Johnny on Dogs and Market Anecdotes
A mix of rural anecdotes about a dog in a market bite episode. A dog trader recalls past ownership and a buyer questions the dog’s value, sold for four dollars and seventy five cents. Also remarks about Mexican dogs and cats versus dogs. A separate note critiques Guitteau and links to Carter's Little Nerve Pills as a tonic.
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Italian swordsman clash at Le Figaro office duel in Paris
Baron San Malato met Mo Merignac in a private fencing exhibition at the Drouot venue in Paris. The Italian demonstrated swift movements and musical poses as Merignac scored eleven clear hits to one questionable touch in a half hour bout before a small, expert crowd.
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Temper and process of making spherical shot in Baltimore
The article describes a shot tower in Baltimore and the manufacture of spherical shot. It explains how tempering agents mix with lead to give the molten metal its dropable consistency, the dropping into water to form spheres, and the dry ing process. It also mentions an elevator system and a water dripping mechanism, plus a later anecdote about Garfield and a Democratic incident.
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