Hood Versus Hood at Peach Tree Creek In 1864 Battle
The article recounts Hood's Confederate assault on Thomas at Peach Tree Creek near Atlanta during the 1864 siege. It describes Hood’s plan to swing right, the heavy Confederate assault, the stubborn Federal defense, and Hood’s costly failure despite bold tactics and intense fighting.
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Johnston
Pal
Sharman
Davis
Atlanta
Peach Tree Creek
Dalton
Peach Tree
Sheriesa
Laker
Eix
Hood
Sherwan
Atlante
Thomas
Theporte
Scnofield
Na McPhereen
Sherman
Resdipess
MacPherson
Decatur
Thomwas
Scuofield
McPhernon
Bragg
Stone River
Newton
Geary
Williams
Rosecrans
Hank
Mrage
Apd
Arive Thomas
Johnson
How the Mormon Family Attended Ogden Circus
The Laramie Boomerang recalls a Mormon town circus visit in Ogden Utah describing a vast, chaotic procession of wagons and families despite the heat. It notes the delay of a single large family, the high costs, and the unexpected revenue from admissions peanuts and the minstrel show.
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Laramie
John Robinson
Oguen
Ogden
Failures and Fortitude of a Californian Stage Star
A San Francisco church recounts a California lady who rose from domestic comfort to a Broadway stage. After her husband’s fall into failures, she supported the family, endured hardship, and earned acclaim through talent and perseverance, illustrating women's pluck and resolve amid social scrutiny.
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San Francisco
California
Wwe
Oscar Wilde Style Shown In Rural Folly
A puzzled farmer seeks the meaning of Oscar Wilde style after misreading antics on his farm. A city observer explains Wilde’s name as a joking label for outrageous behavior, prompting the man to hurry home to confront his wife and daughters at six miles per hour.
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Oscar Wilde
Oscar
Weing
Guargara
Oscar Wilae
The Clay Tobacco Pipe Trade in New Jersey Factory
A Sun reporter tours a New Jersey clay pipe factory detailing supply chains from Woodbridge pits to Baltimore and Quebec, the rise of domestic production, apprenticeship norms, and the manufacturing steps from ground clay to finished pipes with moulder, roller, and trimmer roles, plus proportions, wages, and evolving designs.
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Brooklyn
Baltimore
Detroit
Woodbridge
N. J
New York City
Union Hill
Newark
Providence
Cleveland
Syracuse
Rouse’s Point
Canada
Quebec
Montreal
Scotland
England
Great Britain
Maryland
Liverpool
New Yorks Sun
Wmy N. J
In the Bowery A Night at Atlantic Gardens and Bowery Scenes
A vivid Bowery travelogue describes Atlantic Garden music and German orchestral culture amid cheap fare and crowded shows. Readers observe the crowd, architecture, beer, pretzels, and staged elegance, then stroll home through a bright, festive street scene on a hot Sunday early morning.
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Atlantic Gardens
Bowery
Sunday Morning Dispatch
Corn Cob Pipe Craft and Try to Prevent Burnout
A描述 explains Emery wheel grinding to smooth cob exteriors and bore bits for bowls and reed stems. Some makers color cob pipes a meerschaum hue with a brushing acid. The corn cob pipe is touted as the world's sweetest, even surpassing Meribaum, but it often burns out on first lighting. Experiments aim to cure this defect.
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Detroit Free Press
Johnston
Chattahoochee
Sheran
Sherman
Almosy
Atlanta
Jotonsten—pot
Hir
Jong
Powhatan
Powhatan County
Baltimore
Why He Fainted
A Detroit Free Press piece recounts a dapper young man on a streetcar who faints after attempting to pass a counterfeit silver dollar to a lady passenger. The driver refuses the coin, exposing the ruse, and the man collapses, reviving only after most riders depart. The tale ends with a moral about true gentlemen and fair dealing.
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San Francisco Post
Foss
Calistoga
Detroit
Sue
How Lom In Your Destiny Trade Change
A Stockton street resident was wounded when a toy pistol burst early, leading to leg amputation to avert lockjaw. Days later he sought the undertaker he’d entrusted with the limb, insisting the flu lay buried in a bent position and must be dug up. The undertaker retorted, then the patient asked about his dog’s length.
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Stockton Street
Sailor Tattooist Hildebrandt Tells Life of Ink Masterpieces
In a city interview, Martin Hildebrandt of New York, rivaled by Stephen Lee of Philadelphia, explains tattooing with India ink, showing tools, methods, and famed works like Captain Decoursey. He notes tattoos are permanent, painful but lasting, and attracts a wide range of patrons from tradesmen to society men.
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Stephen Lee
Philadelphia
Martin Hildebrandt
New York
Oak Street
M. Hildebrandt
India
Mr. Hildebrandt
Weill
Harry Decoursey
Kew Gardens
London
Decoursey
Society
Free Masons
Odd Fellows
Amateur Burglar Tale in San Jose Garden Intrigue
In San Jose I chased a veiled Amie to a conservatory in a large house, confronted a local clerk in love with the sister, and helped an amateur burglar escape after locking him in. The burglar and I exchanged names, shared a drink, and departed after a moral lecture on crime. Amie warned she would explain if I fail.
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San Francisco
San Jose
Itran
Amie
Front Street
Caine
Arcades Ambo
Aurerais
Roederer
France
About the Eyes and Oddities of Human Character
A reflective piece on eye color and temperaments linking Norse, Southern, French, and Italian stereotypes to traits like cruelty wit and sentiment. It recounts anecdotes of standoffish exhibits of reptiles by Mr. Black of Hillsboro, a rattlesnake handler in New York, and a Flora Illinois man named Frank with asymmetric perspiration. It notes physicians and curiosity around unusual bodily quirks and warns against sensationalism.
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Anon
Swift
Thackeray
Dickens
Sancho Panza
San Francisco
Mr. Black
Hillsboro
Ark
Black
BE. W. Worth
Worth
Dr. Wainwright
Navy
Flora
Clay County
Ill
Foster
Sim Foster
Little
Wabash River
Clay City
Frank
Fragments of Wit and Verse on Fashion and Folly
A collage of humorous sketches and verse from a 19th century pages: Wilde’s advice on women’s dress, poems like I Wonder and The Unhappy, a tale of John Jacob Astor’s flute fortune, pronunciation quirks, travel trunks, parasols, and a Georgia frog story, all rendered in playful, old newspaper tone.
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John Jacob Astor
Leavenworth Street
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