Memorable Ride That Foreshadowed Gettysburg Despatch
Stephen W. Pomeroy recounts delivering the telegram that warned Governor Curtin of Lee's concentration near Gettysburg. The letter details Pomeroy's seventeen mile walk and forty one mile ride through mountains to relay the news, aiding Meade and the Union defense. The tale emphasizes careful verification amid rumors and the pivotal moment before the battle.
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Port Royal
Lee
Gettysburg
Baldy Smith
Susquehanna
Carlisle
South Mountain
Washington
Meade
York
Carlisie
Chambersburg
Garrison
Stephen W. Pomeroy
Presbyterian Church
Mount Union
Penn
Telegraph
Philadelphia Times
Guara
Harrisburg
J. M. Vomeroy
Perryville
Stephen W,. Pomeroy
Mis Emotion Aroused by Nature's Grandeur on the South Park Rail
William Nye compares the Colorado Rockies seen from the South Park & Pacific railway with their sublime forms and distant echoes of history. He encounters Colonel Wellington Wade in Como and chronicles airy landscapes, temperance banter, and travel ordeals, noting how natural beauty outshines wealth and leaves a lasting impression.
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Bill Nye
Rocky Mountain
Earth
Leadville
Kenosha Hill
Platte Canon
South Park
South Park & Pacific
Colorado
New York
San Juan
Como
Park
Wellington Wade
Wade
Walter Scott
Colonel Wade
Breckenridge
Smith
Buena Vista
Denver
Reflections on a World Off Its Axis by Burdette
A satirical riff on modern society’s pretenses and frauds. The piece mocks fake antiques, dubious products, and hypocritical readers while contrasting grand claims with ordinary foibles. It skewers journalists, readers, and authors, noting the gulf between art and commerce.
How He Worked It The Mischievous Boy on the Rampage
A Brooklyn street episode shows a boy with drooping mood and hands in pockets provoking surprised reactions from passersby. He befriends a calm policeman and a grocer, then a vendor is accused of drunkenness as the crowd disperses. The lad explains a trick using birdshot to fool a mark and attack someone else.
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Brooklyn
Eagle
Park Row
Jim
Fortune Telling Told In Card Reading Tale From The West
A Cleveland Herald piece recounts a fortune teller now well off who once aided a sick child with a harsh choice of remedies. The narrative explains card meanings for clubs, diamonds, hearts and spades, detailing how each card represents people, letters, weddings, sickness, wealth, danger, and marriage prospects with a reporter observing.
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Cleveland Herald
Woodhal
Victoria Woodhall
Woodbull
Clubs
Mr. Clubs
King of Hearts
Queen of Hearts
Knave
Knaven
Fragmented Proverb Fragments About Marriage and Discord
A garbled OCR fragment lists themes like competence from hard work five and a happy but poor marriage the four danger of bad luck from inconstancy or bad temper the three quarrels or three months three weeks three wives fredence vexation disappointment the ace a etter.
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Aetter
A Curious Kentuckian and His Horse Obsession
The narrator meets Colonel Powell of Kentucky who moves next door and proceeds to excite interest in a horse. The exchange covers the animal’s looks, fetlocks, and lead, while the colonel riffs on the horse as a “hoss” and invites continued viewing, revealing local ardor for equine lore.
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Opie P. Read
Colonel Powell
Kentucky
Gatmore
Nat Sevier
Joe Billings
Luke Daniels
Sam Caldwell
Spicer Place
Spencer
Johnson
Tove Spillers
Tobe
Benson
Tom Lyons
Tom
Nick Pryor
Hoss
Diomede
Hore
Sau
Tsaw
Blondes or brunettes fashion study from Philadelphia Record
A Philadelphia Record recital of a physician's informal statistics on heroine hair color in recent fiction and poetry. He cites 317 stories and 132 poems, showing far more brunettes than blondes among heroines, and notes social observations from the Academy of Music Charity ball and Chestnut Street after matinees.
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Philadelphia
Academy of Music
Chestnut Street
Women Accountants in the United States Treasury
Albany Journal notes hundreds of women hold financial trust positions and asserts none have proven dishonest. General Spinner, who introduced women to the treasury, testifies women count money accurately, detect counterfeits well, and are consistently honest and careful in handling funds.
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Albany Journal
United States Treasury
Learning the Piano in a San Francisco Letter
A neighbor’s daughter learning piano is described with biting humor. The writer likens the new instrument to a “household devil” and a mix of noises from a banjo to a howitzer. Morning practice disrupts the house, jarring the author with scales, tunes, and favored melodies.
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San Francisco
Wise Elephants Keep Guard Over Feeding Sign at Zoo
Visitors at the St Petersburg Zoological Garden fed young elephants cakes and pastries harming their health. A metal sign warning against offerings was placed, but remained ignored. An official then pointed to the sign at the entrance, and the elephants pulled it down, prompting a new plate to be installed out of reach.
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St. Petersburg Zoological Garden
Mother Eve's Tomb in Jeddah Desert Shrine and City Life
The New York Sun describes Jeddah's pilgrim traffic to Mecca, the bazaar’s lively mix of Turks Greeks Syrians Bedouins and artisans, and stresses the sacred Eve’s tomb guarded by two low walls a central domed mosque and a worn black stone.
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Mecca
Nedje
Unien
Red Sea
Benares
Afghanistan
Ceylon
Burmah
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Blue Nile
Cherif
Mussulman
Eve
Sittha Hawwa
Accordeon of the Bible Shoppers Odd Request
A tall clerical man asked Brad Adams' store for an accordeon of the Bible. After confusion the clerk found Pruden's concordance of the Bible and the man bought it, paying and leaving with the item wrapped in brown paper.
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Brad Adams
Pruden
Fox Drive At Forest Hill Draws Large Indiana Crowd
On Saturday March 15 a fox drive took place at Forest Hill with good weather and a wide turnout. Estimates place the crowd between 1200 and 1600, including men women and children, covering about six square miles as lines formed per prior notice.
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Forest Hill
Indiana
Hunters Start For Centre At Nine OClock
The hunters began at precisely 9 o clock. They arrived on time and caught seven foxes, enjoying a good day. A wolf was seen on the grounds but slipped through the south line. The line mainly contained ladies, and the wolf caused a panic among them before escaping.
True Bloodline Mystery of Smugglers and a False Execution
In a English coast town tale from the seventeenth century a double bed dispute leads to a supposed murder. One brother is abducted by smugglers after a blood stained dawn, the other arouses tavern revelers and an aged execution follows. The condemned lover survives a near burial, weds his sweetheart, and sails to Barbadoes where fate reunites him with the brother he was accused of killing.
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Pennsylvania
Mount Union
Penn
A. G. Curtin
Gettysburg
Pennsylvania Volunteers
Chambersburg
A. Kimmel
Chicago Inter-Ocean
Barbadoes
Love
West Ines
The Height Attained by Stormy Billews on Detroit Free Presa
A reporter asks captains about lake waves. Several sailors claim waves between fifteen and twenty five feet, with one boasting a Saginaw Bay wave of fifty one feet seven inches. The tale ends as the captain admits exaggeration to outdo rivals.
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Detroit
John B. Skinner
Saginaw Bay
The Great Bavarian Goblet and Tilly’s Mercy Legend
The Rothenburg Rathhaus collection holds a twelve-shoppen lamense pokal of six quarts. In 1681 Count Tilly threatened death for the city, but councillors offered wine to avert executions. Herr Nuseb drank the full goblet in Tilly’s presence, sparing the mayor and forging a lasting Peace alley memory.
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Manhattan
Rathhaus
Rothenburg
Tilly
Promply
Herr Nuseb
Cheating the Crave in Fremont Cemetery Joke
A stranger in Fremont Ohio asks a grave digger where Rutherford B Hayes is buried. The digger keeps working and replies that Hayes is not buried at all. The visitor expresses surprise and jokes about why they keep him so long.
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Brooklyn Eagle
Fremont
Hayes
Rutherford St. Hayes
A Creat Compliment. W Philadelphia Call.
A dialogue between Little Jack and Popinjay reveals Popinjay’s pride in past country life. Little Jack challenges his claim, noting his sister doubts his country background and Beau connections. Popinjay remains glowingly confident about memories of his rural youth.
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Philadelphia
Jack
Beautiful socialite in Tombs court shocked by reporters
A stylish young woman testified at New Yorks Tombs Police Court last week. She mistook six young men in a box for prisoners and asked to see the dungeons. The magistrate explained they were reporters from morning papers, leaving her surprised by the crowded scene.
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Burlington Hawkeye
Tombs
New York
Amputation and a Doctor's Cold Humor
A patient has just had a leg amputated by Dr J de L Irene n. A near relative questions the likelihood of recovery. The doctor replies that a sick man should be amused to cope with the news and that it is a custom in their profession to comfort the dying with a little levity.
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Irenen
J. de L
Dawn and Day in Fragments from Dreary Echoes
A collage of light verse and squibs notes dawns and springs from scattered lines. Ella Wheeler and Fogg quotations mingle with local notices and a brief joke about spring arriving as snow melts. The item blends poetry, brief jokes, and a sobering line about a sick brother, all from a small town newspaper page.
The Seventeen Age and a Restaurant Eclair
A Seventeen themed verse notes the rush of youth and sweetness while a related piece in the New York Graphic mocks a diner who asks for a tender loin steak thick cut, provoking a loud shouted order. The juxtaposition hints at playful cultural contrasts in period journalism.
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New York Graphic
A Horse and Bull Clash as Boy Is Mentioned in Jest
A humorous scene features a boy riding a high spirited horse while a bull complains of risking a child. The horse explains its desire for reputational glory by escaping danger. Paris Figaro comments on pride and mockery in a playful vent. Mrs Malaprop adds a line about dangerous voices.
Songless. A lyric of longing for spring and reunion
The speaker recalls a storm scarred oak and an empty nest as winter's stillness presses. Memories of a sunlit shore return, promising bloom and song when spring arrives and the darling singer comes back.
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George B. Miffiln
The Pale Watcher and a Droll Street Encounter
A fragmentary humor and verse vignette mix a joke about a short sighted wife stepping on a husband with a grim meditation on autumn. The Philadelphia Call note reports Dr Mary Walker crossing Washington in indignation after a barber overcharged twenty cents for a shave.
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Philadelphia
Mary Walker
Washington
An Original Love Story
In a playful verse a suitor and Avaunt engage in a comic chase. He dallies with bold advances and a wild laugh, yet she relents after a plea. The couple then moves to a modest cabin, embracing a simple life together.
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Syracuse Herala
Wilde and Irving Visit Niagara Falls in American Tour
In Niagara, Mr O Wilde disapproved of the cataract while failing to earn money in America. Mr Henry Irving marveled at Niagara's majesty and grandeur and may prosper in America if he chooses. The Wasserfall cannot be snubbed successfully.
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Hamilton Spectator
O. Wilde
America
Niagara
Wilde
Henry Irving
América
Irving
Mary E. Wilkins
It Was a Lass and Ministerial Justice in Persia
A split excerpt contrasts a lyric about love and longing with a Persian court sentence. The Shah of Persia punished his finance minister by 400 blows for omitting a 400,000 franc tax figure from the budget, carried out publicly in Tehran.
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Persia
Shah of Persia
Teheran
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