Bride of a Confederate gunner dies at Port Hudson tragedy
At Port Hudson Louisiana Alphonso Dubreuil commanded a large gun. His bride Amelia Chatrand, daughter of a secessionist neighbor, was killed by a shell while near her husband in the fort. The next morning a funeral cortege passed through Union lines with a dirge and a muskets-bier, as both sides paid respects.
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Port Hudson
Alphonse Dubreuil
Louisiana
Dr. Chatrand
Dubreuil
Amelia
Alphonso
G. N. Saussy
Asleep Under Water The Sailor Who Napped On a Propeller
A St Nicholas tale recalls a Malta battleship diver who awoke to find a comrade furious at a colleague who slept during a diving job. The crew laughed at the nap not punishment. the diver rested on a propeller blade while fish circled the searchlight.
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Malta
St. Nicholas
Anti-Saloon Men Plan City Revival Series
Churches unite for revival meetings led by local ministers. Humprey Hutton speak in four city churches Sunday morning and evening at Congregational First Methodist Baptist and Presbyterian. Anti-saloon League delegates. additional choir solos and sermons noted.
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Messrs. Humphrey and
Hutton
Congregational
First Methodist Episcopal
Baptist
Presbyterian
First Methodist
H. J. Cone
Earl Morse
J. S. Crowder
Calvary
C. L. Koons
Grace Wyman
Madison
The
Baptist Church
Estella Roser
Lydia Schubring
Ed. Goode
Emma Gerofsky
Knight
Baraboo
Myron McPherson
The Kind of Boy He Was Marshall Field Story
A young Marshall Field asks a Chicago merchant if a boy is needed and is told no. He persists asking if a boy is required and the merchant concedes they will likely have to have a boy like him.
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Marshall Field
Chicago
Field
Some Few Escaped Musicale Death Notices
A wife laments in Bohemian Magazine over an editor mixing a musicale report with the column of obituaries. The husband muses that the editor aims to show how some people are more fortunate than others.
Should a Man Go to College After Fifty
A Pittsburg Post quip weighs whether an older man can pursue college study and sports. An expert jokes a fifty year old might pass muster at tennis but cannot expect much in baseball or football.
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Pittsburg Post
Do you think the world is growing worse
An elderly man and another person discuss whether the world is deteriorating. The Philadelphia Ledger quotes a remark about hearing similar fish stories in youth.
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Philadelphia Ledger
Quote by Fenelon on fault and complaint
A pithy reflection noting that if people avoided their own faults they would complain less about others. The adage emphasizes self-critique before fault-finding and appears as a moral observation attributed to Fenelon.
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Fenelon
Water Main Bids Authorized on Camp Street Project
At a city water commission meeting on Monday evening the board postponed rate changes for the railroad, authorized advertising for Camp Street water main bids from Fifth to Eighth, and discussed park fountain negotiations with the County board. Several claims were approved including John Arnot repairs, Coles printing, and Arthur Kellogg drainage.
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Water Commission
H. E. French
Camp Street
Fifth
Eighth
F. Effinger
County Board
John Arnot
Coles Printing
Arthur Kellogg
John M. Kelley
R. R. Fair
Ompomsos
Best Work at Fifty in the Intellectual World
T. P.'s Weekly notes a shift from the age 40 stigma in industry to 35 for London works, while praising Dorland for arguing that great minds deliver their best work around age 50, highlighting the idea of peak achievement in later life.
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London County Council Works Department
Dorland
T. P.’s Weekly
Poem Sender Marries Rosa Lee Amid Rising Dues
A man who sent a poem to the paper has married Rosa Lee and reports that weekly dues are now dropping faster on him. The brief item notes a personal change and financial pressure in a single compact gossip-like note.
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Rosa Lee
Pith and Point Reflections from the Atchison Globe
A compact set of maxims urging prudence and self discipline. It cautions that much of a person’s wealth comes from hard work, warns against sharing unworthy secrets, and notes that past pleasures offer poor shelter in old age.
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Atchison Globe
Peter the Great in School Debate Sparks Exit Threat
In a classroom exchange a pupil declares they will stop attending if the teacher cannot identify Peter the Great, highlighting a tense moment over basic history knowledge in a New York Life context.
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Peter the Great
New York
Ballooning as a Society Sport Cited Over Roosevelt Policy
The Pittsburg Post notes ballooning may become a society sport and mocks Mr. Bryan’s claim to Roosevelt policy heirs. It argues no one can break Roosevelt's will, implying Bryan cannot leverage Roosevelt’s legacy.
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Pittsburg Post
Mr. Bryan
Roosevelt
Mr. Roosevelt
A Watch Tip From a Detective on Boardwalk Snag
A detective critiques a man who lost a costly watch on the Atlantic City boardwalk. He advises carrying valuable items in the right vest pocket with a chain running to both sides, noting a thief targets the left pocket and only a key or compass is taken.
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Atlantic City
Housekeeping Circus Cited By Fact Compiler
A speaker who gathers facts calls housekeeping a circus and cites an abridged dictionary definition. The entry covers household affairs, administration, domestic economy, and even animal training and exhibition as a menagerie.
Nightingales Ban Legend Of Havering Palace
A historic tale claims Edward the Confessor banned nightingales at Havering Palace to protect devotional rites. The legend says birds never recovered from the ban and gradually disappeared from the area.
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Havering
England
Edward the Confessor
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