A Wild Night Ride Sealed Baltimore Rescue by Artillery
A veteran recalls guiding three batteries on a forty mile night march from Camp Barry to defend Baltimore from Jeb Stuart in June 1863. The force reached Monument Square by dawn and halted at barricades, saving the city and earning General Barry praise. He ends with a comic anecdote about losing and finding his watch.
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Snow
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Pennsylvania
William Munk
Kladensburg
Laurel Creek
Hullimore
Patapsco
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Ellicott’s
York
Fort Abraham
Pleasanton
Gettysburg
Monument
Green Park Moment Sparks Crowded Shocked Pause
A narrator recalls passing through Green Park and a sudden crowd gathering with a surprising sight that shifts their mood from fatigue to alertness. The scene hints at a notable event drawing locals in a tense moment.
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London Society
Green Park
How a Woman Takes a Train
A humorous look at country wives and neighbors who constantly miss trains. The piece catalogs endless delays excuses and repeated miscalculations about departure times and the railroad clock, ending with the domestic ritual of explaining the missed 4.30 train to the family.
A Fisher's of Fish. Bronson Howard’s Thames Day
Bronson Howard the dramatist is described as an avid fisherman in a Detroit Free Press piece. It details his London Thames angling routine from wake up to late afternoon, including Paddington station Riverside Inn lunch, a punt with a strong bottom, and Howard reading a book while the rod is tended. He notes bites and compares catches with a calm, amused tone.
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Bronson Howard
Paddington
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Howard
London
Mr. Howard
Binks
Adirondack Romance Told By an Adirondack Guide
An Philadelphia Times Adirondack letter describes a romantic tale told by a talkative guide about a party visit to Paul Smiths. A man reveals he is the guide’s wife’s former husband, resurfacing in New York City life and returning to push groups on the Saranac. The anecdote ends with a note of romance and intrigue.
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New York
Te City
Lim
Jane
Macy
Philadelphia Times
Paul Smith
New York City
Tito
Jeff
Saranac
Giants in history and legend from Adam to Patagonia
A survey of historical and mythical giants from biblical patriarchs to Greek Titans and Renaissance figures. It notes famous tall individuals such as Cromwell’s porter and Irish giants like Charles Byrne, with anecdotes of their heights, exhibitions, and fates, including avoidance of dissection and notable legends.
A Japanese Dinner Described in New York Tribune
A Tokio Letter details a Japanese dinner with lacquer trays and handmaids serving sake and a succession of dishes. Guests sample rice, clear soup, fish, duck, bean paste, pickles, and bean jelly before a final British dinner table appears.
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New York Tribune
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Catfish Line Snags Clothesline Thief In Vidalia
In Vidalia Louisiana the theft of unwashed linen puzzles neighbors until A J Chaze uses a catfish line hooked to a cow to uncover the culprit. The recovered items include undershirts stockings a white duck vest and police jurors commissions. The owner can reclaim the property by proving ownership.
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Eagle
Vidalia
Hubbard
A. J. Chaze
The King of the Spiders on the Pampas
The narrator describes a Lycosa spider of extraordinary size in the pampas. It is light gray with a black ring, highly active and irritable, capable of chasing a person from three to four yards and pursuing up to thirty or forty yards. The account includes a near bite incident and a gaucho ballad about Cordova's invasion by giant spiders.
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Bristol
Coster
O’brien
Brian Boru
iThe Gentleman’s Magazine
Pampas
Cordova
Untitled Thought on Genius and Safety
A short aphorism notes that careful ignorance protects more than reckless genius, while claiming with limited intellect, a country remains comparatively safe. It reflects a conservative view on risk and national fate.
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Arkansaw Traveller
Seaside Scene Echoes Animite Time Confusion
A fragment notes a seaside scene where time appears muddled as the sea resembles the Animite with its own sense of time. The quirky observation links coast imagery with a creature or concept called Animite, suggesting blurred temporal perception.
Steeple Climber Recalls Close Calls and Daring Feats
Morris Rogers, a 1165 Mount Vernon street resident, recalls perilous high work as a steeple climber. He recounts near fatal slips, rope failures, and dangerous slate spires while describing his career post war and lessons in rope integrity and self reliance.
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Philadelphia Times
Morris Rogers
Mount Vernon Street
Old South Church
Boston
Watson
Bill Watson
St. Louis
Morry
The Ball in Antiquity
The article notes that most open air games through history center on a ball type object from Homer to modern times. It cites Homeric references such as the Princess of Corcyra and her maidens playing handball and mentions a translation in Pope's Odyssey describing games on the green.
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Corcyra
Pope
The Donation Party At The Parsonage Gate
A playful tale describes a revelrous donation party led by Painted Pine Pail and companions. The group arrives at the parsonage to feast, only the gate and watchmen hinder their entrance. An elderly Rag Carpet keeper warns them off, and the crowd disperses, leaving the troupe stranded by the roadside.
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Burlington Hawkeye
Anaone
Jericho
Letus
East African Halcyon Days of Idleness and Leisure
The passage describes a Halcyon period in the East with doors closed to visitors and inhabitants in light garments relaxing. A master naps, a storyteller hums, cithara music drifts, and sherbet and medicines mark a climate of lethargy. It contrasts Afghan and African scenes of noon heat and rest, with barbers, cicadas, and shadowed huts signaling the end of quiet repose as evening approaches.
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London Telegraph
Allah
Africa
Punctilious Sabbath Keeping in Scottish Parish
An old Free Kirk minister near a salmon river stirs local debate by admitting he shays on Sunday morning. A farmer recalls the minister’s habit and compares it to the washing of a face on the Sabbath, sparking humorous disagreement about observance.
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Scotland
Piscator
Washi
Mind and Hell The Priceless Power Of The Human Mind
A collage of humorous quips and verse from multiple papers. Includes a Milton line about the mind creating heaven or hell and a light verse about summer picnics. A brief note asks if cats reason, answered with a tale of two neighbors arguing at night.
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Hell
Baltimore
A Fable of Two Lives and a New York Visit
A brief poem by John James Pratt contrasts a rose and its root with the rose saying I am seen while the root toils unseen. A quoted dialogue from Puck includes a husband noting the Browns still live in New York and a wife hoping they could visit for the summer if they could be certain they could come.
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Sunrise at Lake George
Fragment of a romantic poem describing dawn over Lake George with imagery of stars, rain, rosy cheeks, and a kiss that conveys a timeless soulful connection.
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Commercial Advertiser
What Can Take the Place of Babies
A tender verse forms a playful inquiry about replacements for babies. The piece contrasts a writer’s lament with a witty reply about “other babies” and hints at romantic lyrics and classical allusion.
Hymen Hampered California Girl Letter
A humorous slice of social life notes scant marriages in California letters. The writer observes men are cautious and women demand full background checks on former life to avoid surplus wives elsewhere, reflecting dating prudence of the era.
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California
Ninety Nine in the Shade and City Night Lights
A Rome Sentinel quip extols heat’s absurdity with a long list of “too hot” antics while the Norristown Herald recalls a moonlit Philadelphia scene in Fairmount Park as the Keely motor fails to operate, casting shadows over the city.
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Quaker City
Fairmount Park
The Land of Counterpane by Stevenson
An excerpt recalls a sick child lying in bed with two pillows and toys. The speaker images leaden soldiers, ships, and miniature cities spreading through the bedclothes as a giant sits on pillow hills surveying a counterpane realm.
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Robert Louis Stevenson
The School Ma'am in the Gilad Vacation Time
A nostalgic tale of a rural teacher spending holidays with relatives and brightening children by sharing gifts from her pupils. Also a playful verse about a bothersome fly and a domestic scene with Colonel McLeod addressing his son after a tramp incident.
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