The Fall of Vicksburg Ends in Confederate Surrender
Detroit Free Press recounts Grant’s siege of Vicksburg, noting relentless artillery and sharpshooter action, Porter's river bombardment, and Confederate resilience. It details mines under FortHod, hunger and rationing in the city, and Pemberton's final surrender on July 4 1863 with debate over his decisions and Davis’s possible orders.
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Detroit
Grant
Petersburg
Pemberton
Fort H
Vicksburg
Fate
Johnston
Taylor
Porter
Parma
Vickshure
Davis
The Guitar Period A Critical Time in a Boy Life
A humorous critique of a boy's guitar fever at ages fourteen to fifteen. It traces the lure of romance, the dream of serenades, and the peril of becoming a music loving "dude." Parents must act early to curb the craze or risk lifelong social awkwardness and vanity.
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Peck
Sun
A Miner's Sunday at Camp Magnolia in Gold Country
A miner's Sunday describes camp life near Magnolia in the California foothills between 1865 and 1870. The routine centers on resting work, preparing for a trip to camp, and social rituals at the Magnolia bar where men drink, weigh gold dust, and trade news from the gulch. The piece contrasts quiet Sabbath reverie with hard frontier gaiety and memories of earlier days as the moon rises over the river and canyon.
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Prentice Mulford
San Francisco Chronicle
Justice of the Peace
California
Magnolia
Ameal
Belle Union
Court Exchange
Post and Express
Mount Vernon
Long Shortman
Jimmy McNeil
Sullivan
Sam Gedney
San Francisco
The Teacher as a Table Waiter in a Tribune Tale
A nostalgic reminiscence places Lizzie the teacher as a dining room server at a New York Tribune table. The narrator recalls early schooling and asks for beans and eggs, noting curls and playful memories. Lizzie answers with a mask of wit and a price quote, linking intelligence to labor output.
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New York Tribune
Lizzie
An Indian Maiden's Love at Santa Fe Exposition
A white exhibitor at Santa Fe recalls a longtime bond with an Apache maiden who left him a silver circlet. He vows to find her before leaving, believing she may be married and fearing the danger of denying her message or losing her forever.
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Santa Fe
Selow
D. H
A Good Word for the Smoker
A Cincinnati article extols the smoking car as popular and pleasant. Passengers seek seats there for easy politeness, lively company, music, and laughter, while avoiding crowding and spreading cheer aboard trains. The smoking car is praised as a longtime American travel institution that enriches rail journeys.
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Cincinnati Commercial Gazette
Eves
Marriage at Sea How St Louis Lovers Tie Wedding in Surf
Two St Louis lovers wed in the ocean with only a small wedding party present. A clergyman officiated as waves rose around them and Neptune playfully ducked the bride while guests watched from the white sand. The bride’s gown and milliner costs bring light humor to the seaside ceremony.
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St. Louis
Neptune
An Atmosphere of Bullets in the Valentine Neb
Omaha Bee correspondent describes the cowboy image in vivid terms. The home of the cowpuncher is depicted with a tall muscular figure in blue shirt and heavy pants, wearing a large white hat and a revolver belt. The piece portrays the pistol as a toy to be played with, a merciful instrument of power.
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Valentine Neb
Omaha Bee
Fusilade and Moonlit Serenades On Street
A night scene unfolds as a man fires a pistol at stray hats and the ground, scattering dirt on a tenderfoot. A stranger's stiff hat is knocked from its owner by the wind, an urchin snatches it, and twenty revolvers fire in the air. A bullet lies two inches from a loading store, fired “just for fun.”
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Louisiana
Port Hill
Ithin
Almos
Vicksburg
Porter
Fort Sumter
Cincinnati
Iekeburg
Apollo
Wall Street
Leander
Mount Joy
Dillersville
Swissfield
Gabriel
Poll Parrot and the Fashion in Pets for Spinster Homes
A Harper's Bazar essay defends older women who adore pets, arguing that love of parrots and other companions offers solace and social value when traditional family life is unavailable. The piece traces pet fashion from sailors to drawing rooms, praising parrots for cheer, conversation, and community role.
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Sailor
Harper’s Bazar
England
Copvay
Strand
Jack
Endor
Fairy Isles
Polly
Bridget
Proor
Temperate
Tropics
Arctic
What They Both Thought Newly Married Lovers Speak in Silence
A newly married couple faces a silent rift as the husband leaves for the train after a goodbye that echoes loneliness. He imagines Martha’s welcome, she doubts Hugh’s care, and both move through a spring day marked by unspoken longing and uncertain love.
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Royal Avenue
Martha
Bridget
Heigho
Hugh
Lsick
Impressions of Colorado as a Tourist Paradise
A florid travel sketch extols Colorado peaks deserts and canyons. It praises snow crowned summits dry pure air and healthful mountain waters as cures and wonders. The prose likens the landscape to fairy realms and a global sanitarium drawing sightseers natural lovers and explorers.
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Magi
Alps
Tyrol
Killarney
Como
Naples
Colorado
Rene Basin
The Day Coach Urges a Witty Train Portrait
A long digressive travel essay extols choosing the day coach over the Pullman for variety. It paints a vivid, humorous scene of passengers, from a domineering sunbonnet woman to a stoic conductor, whistle-scarred carmates, and a traveling pressman writing aboard.
New York Times Warns Sensitive Men Over Bathing Dress
The article warns that evolving female bathing dress increasingly hides figures and may drive men away from beaches. It traces a 19th century progression from full flannel outfits to sleeveless blouses and invisible trousers, predicting further changes could transform seaside life and force men inland.
Virginia’s Natural Bridge Eagle Patterned in Rock
Mr Charles Dudley Warner writes to the Hartford Courant describing a colossal eagle figure formed by rock discoloration at the highest spring of Natural Bridge Virginia The design resembles the U S coat of arms with head wings and claws and was noted by French engineers during the Revolutionary War as a sign of American success The figure appears ancient and a discolored patch beneath resembles a crouching lion
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Virginia
Charles Dudley Warner
Hartford Courant
A Ford Description
Sky Augusta a Georgia mountain appears like a prone Indian from a certain view and invites a florid description. As the sun set a conflagration seemed to burn Sky Augusta on a funeral pyre yet afterward the Indian figure remained unconsumed, bathed in rosy light.
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Sky Augusta
Georgia
Shallows Murmur and A Sweetheart's Solicitude Rise
A fragment from a 19th century column blends verse and prose observing ocean whispers and social foibles. It contrasts a St Louis fiancée fretting over a missing army officer with lighthearted asides on gardening fashion, parasols, and seasonal amusements. The tone is witty and reflective on manners.
Where Are the Men at the Beach and on the Rocks
A reflective piece on beach culture and the “human girl” stereotype contrasts idealized seaside fantasies with male behavior. It discusses expectations, flirtation, and social norms, noting how men drift toward mountain and sea escapes while women await proper conduct and wit.
Fragmented Verses and Fables from Morning Papers
A collage of meditative verse and a humorous Owl and Farmer tale. It contrasts memories of letters and keepsakes with a Detroit Free Press Owl pun tale, noting moral lessons about attachments and the value of nostalgic records.
Overworked Characters Suffer Lemon Oyster Banter
Cartoonish dialogue shows the Lemon, Oyster, and Slice of lemon peel lamenting endless duties at church socials oyster suppers and school events. Each laments fatigue from catering and lemonade tasks, seeking respite but pressed to continue with more upcoming obligations. The dialogue ends as they vow to press on with another round of work.
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Brim Street
Wesleyan
Aua Breckon Doraphy
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