Pounding At Port Hudson Tenacious Siege Ends in Federal Victory
Port Hudson on the Mississippi bluff, once a siege fortress, falls after extended bombardment and costly assaults. Banks gains success after heavy naval and land fire, Gardner’s garrison abandons hope as Vicksburg’s surrender seals Port Hudson’s fate. Descriptions emphasize brutal fighting, casualties, and the endurance of Confederate troops under earthworks.
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Port Hudson
Mississippi
Vicksburg
Pemberton
Banks
Farragut
Gardner
Grant
Centre
Augur
Fort Hudson
S. Jn
Federal
Johnston
Taylor
M. Quad
The Wild Man of American Newsprint Tradition
A satirical piece traces the annual appearance of the wild man across states from Tennessee to Massachusetts. It wryly mocks chasing wild men, mentions the folly of capturing them, and notes the impossibility of museum sale while poking fun at cultural pretensions and tangled political tempests of the era.
A Good Place for a Nest in Burroughs Century Essay
John Burroughs in the September Century extols the bobolink for nest placement. He imagines building like the bobolink, in a bare meadow amid timothy and clover where concealment is minimal. The nest remains hidden unless precisely observed, making discovery rare.
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John Burroughs
Beyond Calculation In Speed Of Yachts And Boats
There is something beyond calculation in the speed of yachts. Two boats from the same model may be built exactly alike yet one is faster. The Mary Powell has stood as the swiftest on the Hudson for fifteen years and always beats exact copies. This shows that replication never guarantees equal performance or speed.
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John Roach
Mary Powell
Hudson River
Piazza of
St. Mark
Venetia
San Marco
Piazetta
Grand Canal
Byron
Venice
Saint Mark
Ischia
Earth
Bay
Naples
Europe
Tian
We Inn
The Hen But a Curious Case of the Modern Fowl
An essayist laments the common farmyard hen as an incurable idiot. The article mocks her daytime nerves and egg announcements, notes her strategic dust baths, and satirizes her evolution into a mechanical egg producing appliance. The cock is dismissed as a nuisance while the hen remains the central comic figure.
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Darwin
Ben
Very Nice Advice To Give From Home Journal
In the first hour after the ceremony, advise the bridegroom to pledge solemn vows of mutual honesty and restraint. Urge them to never keep secrets, to confess faults, and to guard the privacy of their married life from family and the world. The guidance emphasizes earnestness, open confessions, and unity in their household bond.
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Home Journal
Building a Quiet World for a Happy Marriage
The speaker urges couples to create a private, shared world to protect their union. By entering this vow together at every temptation, their souls will grow as one and sustain a happier marriage than many couples experience.
Stage Words The Specialized Language Behind Stagecraft
A stage carpenter explains the theater’s distinct vocabulary used by carpenters, prop men, actors, and others. The article lists terms for flats drops wings runs masking pieces box scenes sky borders rigging loft files paint bridge traps grooves entrances tormenters and more. It highlights the rich, technical jargon that defines the backstage world.
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New York
England
The Chickadee and Its Merry Heart Spirit
Bradford Torrey lauds the chickadee as a bird of cheerful resilience. He argues the species embodies enduring optimism, unwavering trust, and social loyalty, citing a observed home-like behavior and pairing fidelity that uplift spirits even amid hardship.
Wives Who Will Flirt Reconsider Society Etiquette
A discussion from the Argonaut condemns flirtation by neglected wives as harmful. It argues true wives avoid seeking male attention, prefer dignity in society, and warn that flirts harm themselves and other women by shaping men’s views and corrupting younger women.
Why Men Wear Corsets in Society and Fashion
The piece discusses male corset use among gentlemen for vanity health and eccentric reasons. It cites an elderly finance figure seeking grace as he grows fat, a tall society man seeking youthfulness and support, a middle aged man embracing oddity, and several younger men driven by vanity. It notes European influence and popularity in American cities.
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England
Curing Himself of the Opium Habit at Sand Bar
A stranger paid Frank Tuttle fifty cents to ferry him to a sand bar opposite Leavenworth yesterday morning. The man claimed to be an opium exiter and intends to stay on the bar until cured. He carried a loaded revolver and ammo, and arranged for food to be sent to him while he hopes to starve the habit.
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Leavenworth
Frank Tuttle
Italian Days in Naples and Venice Dreamscapes
A Naples correspondent recalls three vivid journeys through Italy and Venice. He describes Roman sights from Campo Vaccino to Ara Celi, a moonlit gondola night in Venice with Austrian guards, and a sailing voyage from Ischia to Naples, celebrating scenery, music, and an idealized outdoor life amid blue seas, old ruins, and golden lights.
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Italy
Lombardy
Tuins
Dijon
Marseilles
Civita Vecebia
Campagna
Rome
St. Péter’s
Babirno
Piazza de Spagna
Ara Celi
Capitol
Campo Vacclno
Forum
Meta Sudante
Rosie
Lance Indana
Republic
Empire
Faustina
A Disappointed Tourist Describes Switchback Ride
Correspondent from Portland laments a miserable excursion at Mauch Chunk in Cameron sylvania. He details a terrifying ascent on a stationary engine of Switchback mountains and a perilous nine mile descent with a parasol blocking the view and fear of certain death amid steep drops and rattling trestles.
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Portland
Arcus
Mauch Chunk
Cameronsylvania
Pennsylvania
Smith River
Brooklyn
Fito
Maneh Chunk
Mount
Washington
A Knight Errant of Civil War Legend in Custer Portrait
A colorful reminiscence calls General C A Custer a fearless, flamboyant cavalry leader admired by Union troops. The author recalls battles at Opequan, Berryville, Winchester, and Darkesville, praising his courage, methods, and charm, while noting his love of horse, woman, and mint julep and his penchant for dramatic bravado.
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Cincinnati News-Journal
Rhine
Michigan
General C. A. Custer
Thunderbolt
Bunker Hill
Berryville
Charleston
Darkesville
Winchester
Virginia
Kentucky
Knight of the Round Table
American handwriting and its national character debated
Charles Dudley Warner surveys handwriting from clergymen clerks farmers lawyers and doctors across the country noting sprawling flourish and lack of neatness. He questions whether English and German scripts prove national traits and asks if Americans have lived up to the Declaration in their penmanship.
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Charles Dudley Warner
Harper's
Pumpkins Ripen Post Office Notice Riles Woman
Ohio woman receives a letter held for insufficient postage and replies with a sharp note. She writes that when pumpkins are ripe she will send a pumpkin with more brains than the man who made this ruling on postage.
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Post Office Department
Ohio
Leaves and Night Whimsy in August's Glare and a Toa d Pact
A fragmented verse piece portrays lovers in a park under ghostly light, with imagery of leaves and quiet summer nights. It then shifts to a quirky Iowa scene where a toad and a mosquito hawk converge in a flower bed at 6 o'clock to trade mosquitos in a surreal vignette.
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Benratha
Puck
Iowa
Kindjine-Wood
Old Dutch Honeysuckle and Summer Notes in Transit
A fragment from a Summer Resort Note describes nostalgic garden imagery with honeysuckle roses and heart’s ease. It closes with a depot scene and a family planning mailings about a Saratoga stay and the readiness of notices.
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Josh
Sean
Dea Beat
Saratoga
Life and Dust in the Battered Caravanserai
The fragment blends poetic musings on memory and decay with a rough frontier tableau. It recalls a burned-out town growing with migrants, a missing cashier, a preacher’s fall, corrupt officials, and social vice as a harsh, noisy ledger of unsettled life.
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Lomar Khayyam
Sultan
Womin
The Oldest Doll in the World in Britain Museum
A fragmentary verse piece describes a clay headed oldest doll displayed in Britain's museum Egyptology room. It recalls a mummy era toy, found among relics dating to the time of early pyramids, likened to waxen beauties of today.
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Eillie E. Barr
Britain
Great Museum
Night Reverie Ends In Bitter Longing For Love
Fragment from Silverton Herald reflects a mood of despair as a figure pines under a cold sky and decaying garden, while a separate San Juan district note laments gender imbalance and calls for Puritan beauties to marry westward, with a satirical tone.
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Orit
Silverton
Col
San Juan
New England
Providence
Fragments of a Love Letter Poem Card Note
A fragmentary verse note appears as a tiny card with a delicate, literary sentiment. It references lovers, secret letters, and ornate margins, ending with a modest self-description as a missive that can never be. The piece evokes romantic imagery and has a dated, ceremonial tone.
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Geurl
Learning to Unearn in a Family Saga of Hawkins
A Burlington Hawkeye fragment traces the Hawkins family across generations from a reluctant boy named Bode to Ambrose Hawkins returning to the farm in 1883. The elder’s lament, “forty years of college farming to unlurn,” contrasts with the boy’s drift toward practical work and learning a trade, amid a reshaping rural life and family ritual.
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Burlington Hawkeye
Ambrose Hawkins
Fathaw
Bern
Charles Francis Adams
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