Campaigning With Banks and 42 000 Men in Red River
Frank M. Flinn recounts General Banks commands during the Red River campaign. He notes 42 000 troops, only about 20 000 available at times, severe losses around April 7 8 9, and strategic navy provisions. He criticizes conflicting authority among corps and officers, praising Banks for bravery and honesty.
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Groves
Steele
Pleasant Hill
Shreveport
New Orleans
Alexandra
Clartnes
Grand Ecore
Congress
Treasury
Washington
New Or
Holabird
Treasury Department
B. Hojobird
B. F. Flanders
Atexandria
Grandré
Alexandria
Franklin
Ria
Mississippi
Halleck
Red River
A. J. Smith
Sherman
Banks
Genera Smith
Admiral Porter
Army of the Tennessee
Clara Bell
Grand Brore
Vicksourg
Mower
Sixteenth
T. Kilby Smith
Seventieth Army
Sabine Cross Roads
Navy
Cabin Boy
Hanks
Army of the Potomac
Frank M. Flinn
Cromwell life sketches and marriage advice in 17th century tone
Waldemar G. Buttington seeks a concise Cromwell biography for Oliver Cromwell born April 25 1599 in Huntingdon and a lighthearted note on marriage attire. The column covers his education at Sidney Sussex College Parliament service Pride's Purge the protectorate and death with colorful asides and fictional anecdotes.
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Waldemar G. Buttington
New Mania
Nebraska
Oliver Cromwell
Tom Sunday Globe
Cromwell
Oliver P. Cromwell
Huntingdon
Robert Cromwell
Sir Henry Cromwell
Sidney Sussex College
Elizabeth Bourchier
Digby
Hampden
Sloven
Marston Moor
Charles II
Braining
Parliament
Charles
Macaulay
Pride
Oliver
Prink
The
Cour
Ireland
Gore
Romwell
Dunbar
Commonwealth
First National Bank
Charles L
Carlyle
Eace
Mrs Gallaher's Peacock Rivalry Turns to Mayhem
In New York City, Mrs Dennis Gallagher's rival, Mrs Gallaher, raises a flamboyant peacock after feuding with neighbor G. Washington Millard and his pug Posey. A nighttime commotion ends with a street scuffle, feathers flying, a constable called, and both families returning to wary silence.
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Gallaher
Bargaining by Signs in Eastern Markets
Traders in Eastern markets use a concealed hand code to fix prices. The article explains how manual finger and thumb presses convey offers, halves, quarters, and multiples, enabling merchants from different regions to bargain without intermediaries. The system reduces crowd disruption and allows foreigners to trade with locals using a universal sign language.
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Philadelphia Telegraph
Western
Asia
Arabia
Red Sea
Persian Gulf
Africa
Kordofan
Sennar
Absent-Minded Porter Hides Drunk Traveler in Hotel
A Chicago Herald tale from Elgin recalls a night porter who after putting a drunk guest to bed leaves no sign of the man and later discovers the traveler’s valise in room 16. The porter’s blunder unfolds as the check room reveals the traveler still booked to pay and the vase sits untouched.
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Chicago Herald
Elgin
John
Night-Hawks Confessions From a New York Cabman
A New York Sun narration captures a night hawk cabman's view of a struggling trade. He describes predatory practices of buckers and street corruption, how dives closed by police hurt fares, and the risky cab business with tales of theft, coercion, and uneasy honesty among drivers and messengers.
Old Settler Clashes with Squire on Early Warm Weather
In a warm week mood, the Squire and the Old Settler debate an unusually early hint of spring. The Old Settler recalls past seasons in Sugar Swamp and Rouzer Ridge, recounting oddities of early warmth, maple tapping in November, and a joking compromise of splittin’ the difference with apple juice.
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EA Mott
New York
Squire
Sugar Swamp
Pete Gomuddy
Rouzer Ridge
Alluz
Kouzer Ridge
Old-Time Corn Shucking Scenes From Slavery Days
A vivid Georgia corn shucking night from the slave era portrays a bustling, music filled gathering. Negro songs echo as workers shuttle corn piles, celebrate with dances and drinks, then share a hearty plantation supper under honey locust trees before moving home through the night.
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Dar
Ax de Blessin
Pepper Joe
One Way and Other Fragments Across Papers
A collage of quirky clippings from New York Graphic Springfield Union and other papers. It cites poems, jokes, and observations on culture, Lent, family life, and odd anecdotes. Notable bits include Johnny and his sister, a Florida house built oddly, and a joke about a one-eared listener.
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C. J
New York Graphic
Springfield Union
Boston
New York
New
In a Cuban Hotel. A glimpse from Cleveland Leader
A Cleveland Leader correspondent visits a Cuban hotel showing open dining rooms, large windows, bright interior colors, and sparse furnishings. Beds lack mattresses and ceilings have exposed rafters painted blue. Rooms mix dining, writing, and business with walls left open to the street level.
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Cleveland
Wilbur Steele Aye Vote Triggered By Wife Interruption
In Dakota, legislator Wilbur F. Steele of Steele County opposed woman suffrage until a dramatic interruption. As Major Pickley urged support, a well dressed woman in the gallery called his name and prompted his vote. Steele acknowledged his wife and voted aye.
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Minneapolis
Dakota
Wilbur F. Steele
Steele County
Steele
Major Pickley
Speaker
Peeker
Walking Easier than Spelling in Lincoln Era Anecdote
In Washington Newton the commissioner of agriculture is teased for misusing English. A wounded General Sickles asks for grapes at the Department of Agriculture. Newton replies they have none but offers other fruit and jokes about spelling and miscommunication.
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Philadelphia
Lincoln
Newton
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Man Sets Out to Help, Corrects Note Taker’s Nectarine Slip
A scene shows a man attempting to draft a note and struggling to spell nectarines. After a minute of thought he abandons the draft, dons his hat, and declares he will accompany the writer to ensure accuracy. The moment captures meticulous attention to detail and personal involvement.
A Predicament in Love Stages a Witty Petition
Clinton Scollara in Detroit Free Press presents a playful verse about unrequited love. The speaker, awkward and shy, longs for a beloved with starry eyes and wonders how Romeo might advise him to win her heart without flaunting riches or brave rhetoric.
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Clinton Scollara
Detroit Free Press
Clara and Charley discuss Arthur's anger over a kiss
In a Philadelphia Call dialogue Clara reveals Arthur left her in anger after a trifling dispute. Charley asks why she did not appease him and she recalls throwing a kiss to him through the window, which he did not see, suggesting tossing it further might have reached him.
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Dennis
Gallaher
George Washington Millard
Posey
Mr. Millard
Mr. Gallaher
Howly Mary
Millard
Pug
Saptog
Philadelphia
Charley
Clara
Arthur
Crabapple Blossoms and a Fateful Betrothal Tale
A young couple speaks of crabapple blossoms as the vow that would seal their union. The man recalls a kiss under the blooms and the dream of marriage, only to learn the fruit of desire bears bitter consequences and a future altered by another. The poem contemplates youth, love, and betrayal through springtime imagery.
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Bill Nye
Gotham's East Side
Mrs. G
New York Times
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Michael Angelo
G. W. Millard
Boyne
Kelly
Millaras
Dickey Burrud
Dennis Junior
Robert Emmet
Mrs. Gallaher
Milard
Hawk
New York Sun
Sixth Avenue
Tom Gould's
Haymarket
Jerusalem
Johnny
Feller
Fifth Avenue
Fiftieth Street
Aswell
Murray Hill
Pamsmder
Noy
Jerry
Greenhorn
Log
Paddy
Island
Answal Sie
Hoboken
Cabman
Old Settler
Georgia
Atlanta Constitution
Charley Green
Charly
Jennie War
Sara
Ion Atioua
Rieber
Jayvird
Parrer
Gal
Dean
Jenny
Tennessee
Fla
pLife
St. Augustine
Stittsburg Dispatch
Johnny Ernest McCann
New York Mail
Paul Herald
Towser
Madeline
Bridges
Dearest
Kate
Maud
Lillie
Nell
Sue
Gentle May
Saucy
Nan
Cnorristown Herald
Wilbur
Romeo
Orelia Key Bell
Detroit
Ree Press
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