Pemberton's Resignation and Later Struggles Highlighted
In a San Antonio address, John T. Reastau honors Lieutenant General John C. Pemberton, recounting his forced departure from Vicksburg, his resignation to a lower rank, and his later financial hardship seeking support for his family. The account notes Pemberton’s loyalty, survival, and final reconciliation with his Philadelphia family.
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Pemberton
San Antonio
Tex
John Ti. Reastau
John C. Pemberton
Vicksburg
Mississippi River
Confederacy
Pennnesl Vail
Philadelphia
South
Davis
Quiet Reflections at a Funeral Seen in Chicago Record
A dialogue quoted in the Chicago Record captures Julia's avoidance of funerals and a response about crying harder than the widow. The exchange highlights social expectations and emotional display surrounding death in the era.
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Julia
Chicago Record
The Motocycle Debate and Road Progress
Cassier's Magazine argues that motocic les will improve roads by reducing wear from horses and wheels. It urges cooperation between carriage and motocycle builders, noting past tech advances and the need to respect established conventions while embracing innovation to create the future vehicle.
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Morin
France
Cassier
Shakespeare and Moliere on Printing Plays
The piece notes that Moliere and Shakespeare distrusted or disliked printing plays not meant for reading, preferring stage performance. It cites Heywood’s vow to avoid press disclosure, Sheridan’s struggle to publish The School For Scandal, and a Dublin edition sourced from a manuscript given to his sister for theater managers.
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Moliere
Shakespeare
Heywood
School For Scandal
Ridgway
Sheridan
Lefanu
Dublin
Bear in Forestburg Holds Up Bear and Pie Tale
A Forestburg farmer tells a New York Press correspondent a tall tale about a bear stealing his mince pie after he was sawin logs by a railroad and sharing cider. The farmer claims the bear eyed him, then calmly left, while he later discovered logs cut and mince pies left by the saw.
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Sullivan County
Phil Kinney
Jacks
Port Jervis
Phil
Kinglake’s Music Taste Shocks Mme de Novikoff in England
In Mme Olga de Novikoff’s English salons an invited guest Kinglake declined refined fare, choosing to hear music from the corner and declaring a fondness for drums. He quipped that his taste is peculiar and preferred drums as an instrument, prompting Madame to bar his attendance again.
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Kothen
Rhine gentlemen pay for a joke in German cab case
Eighteen months ago four Rhine gentlemen at Bullay hired a cab and cabby for a joke over a horse and wagon weight. They offered 12 cents a pound for the outfit, the scales showed 3,000 pounds, and they were ordered to pay about $900 plus legal costs. The cabman won at Coblenz high court. the quartet spent on lawyers and costs.
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Germany
Rhine
Kirmness
Bullay
Gentlemen of Leisure
Cab
Express C. O. D
High Court of Justice
Coblenz
Victoria
Berlin
New York Sun
English Ship Names Persist Across Generations
The London World notes that admiralty favors old ship names to avoid rewriting service signal books. New names would disrupt code and require changes across multiple manuals, so the traditional nomenclature endures from Nelson’s era to today.
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Admiralty
Nelson
London
Island City of New York an Archipelago Of Islands
The New York Dispatch notes New York City as an Island City of many names. It lists major islands such as Manhattan Long Island Staten Island Hart s Island City Island Rikers Island North and South Brother s Islands Blackwell s Randall s Ward s Berrian s and Governor s Islands Coney Island and Marble Hill among Jamaica Bay islets. A government project cut a channel through Harlem River to connect Marble Hill.
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New York
Island City
Manhattan Island
Long Island
Staten Island
Hart’s Island
City Island
Riker’s Island
North Brother’s Island
South Island
Blackwell's Island
Randall’s Island
Ward's Island
Berrian’s Island
Governor’s Island
Barren Island
Coney Island
Jamaica Bay
Marble Hill
Kingsbridge
Harlem River
New York Dispatch
Remarkable self control in 20 years of marriage
A Boston Courier exchange notes a wife praising her husband for never swearing in over two decades of shared life. The guest calls it the most remarkable case of self control he has heard.
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Boston Courier
Brewers
More Fun Now Aunt Jane and Evelyn Spin Wheel
Aunt Jane recalls young days when Evelyn and other girls amused themselves with a spinning wheel. Evelyn playfully notes her wheel spins, capturing a lighthearted exchange from a Detroit Free article fragment.
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Jane
Evelyn
Detroit
Charcoal Benefits for Pots Suggested in Old Guide
A historical note recommends using charcoal broken to chestnut sizes mixed into soil at a ratio of one part charcoal to twenty parts earth to improve pot plant health.
First Love Theme in Memphis Chronicle Poem
A Memphis Commercial excerpt meditates on first love and youth. It contrasts heavenly pure hearts with humanity's curse from Adam and notes the era of youth romance as twilight and darkness meet.
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Ruth
Adam
Odenland
Memphis
A Question of Engineering and De Freycinet
A Savannah News retells a tale of French minister M. de Freycinet during a treason trial. He argues with an accused engineer about committing the crime more cheaply, then demonstrates a cheaper plan yet proves the original act costly. The exchange ends with the minister condemning the accused as guilty of high treason while noting the expense already incurred.
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M. de Freycinet
Judicial Council
de Freycinet
Savannah News
Quotes and quips echo in Irish and British politics
In 1795 the Irish house heard a leather tax debate with Sir John Parnell urging readiness to give a last guinea to save fortune. Vandeleur warned tax on leather would hit bare-footed peasants. The Post in 1812 railed at Cobbett and faction. Duke of Leeds accused brewers of a side wind attack. A Dublin telegraph noted Irish silence would end. Sergeant Arabin condemned a robbing-mistaken case and offered the prisoner a chance to redeem a lost character. London Spectator.
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House of Commons
John Parnell
Vandeleur
Ireland
Cobbett
Duke of Leeds
Francis Scott
Trish
Dublin
Arabin
Central Criminal Court
London Spectator
Why spool cotton numbers differ from regular order
The spool numbers indicate the number of hanks per pound. Finest yarns seldom exceed 300 hanks per pound, while coarsest contain about a half pound per hank. Common sewing thread qualities run from 10 to 50 hanks per pound, hence spools are numbered 10 to 50 accordingly.
Free Thought and Seltzer Names from the Arts and Waters
A collage of quotes on freedom and perception by Emerson and Ruskin, noting Seltzer water’s origin in Lower Selters Nassau and its 5000 cubic feet per hour of spring water. The passage contrasts vulgarity in different social settings, linking disorder and dirt to context and class.
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Seltzer Water
Lower Selters
Nassau
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