Sheridan's Victory Over Early at Opequan in 1864
James L. Bowen recounts Massachusetts volunteers in the battle of Opequan September 1864. The Thirty-seventh Regiment led a decisive charge from a ravine, breaking Confederate lines, capturing prisoners and the Second Virginia flag, aided by Upton and Edwards, as Crook’s pressure widened the Union advance and culminated in a final victorious assault.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Times
James L. Bowen
Annals of the War
Massachusetts
Sixth Corps
Getty
Ricketts
Russell
Teo
Fifth Corps
I. Rodes
Gordon
Battie
Edwards
Thirty-seventh
Stevens
Fifth Maine
Montague
Aditeh
Virgini
J. A. Champney
Archibald Hopkins
Karney
Upton
Cobonel Montague
Crook
Ppion
Snsoomy
Colonel Mon
Tague
Rhode Island
The Intellectual Bean and Puritan Brain Food
An essay extols the calcareous bean as bone and brain food with humorous myth, tracing its Indian origins and a Puritan era reliance. It links bean diet to poetry, education, and social life, praising Boston baked beans and imagining bean bars as public intellectual boosters.
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Plymouth Rock
Poe
Lonstoft
Bens
Culehaw
Boston
New York
Haitimore
Proportionate Debt Reform Parable for a New Century
A Burdette piece counsels readers to clear debts promptly to spur a moral Millennium. It argues paying every cent owed, even to debtors perceived as rogues, will foster a culture of 100 percent payments and a healthier economy, warning of a bleak Canada without such reform.
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America
Canada
Detroit Free Press Readers Describe A Noisy Neighbor
A Detroit Free Press clipping depicts a domestic scene where a woman suspects a flirtatious neighbor across the street. Her husband George ponders the mystery of a distant watcher, while she laments the annoyance and longs for a private cottage.
French Detectives and the Paris Police Reform Advocate
A Paris correspondent reviews M. Mace, former head of the Paris detective service, and his illustrated critique of the force. He praises discipline, impartial methods, and reforms while detailing salaries, cases, and the challenges of graft, politics, and bureaucratic friction within the Paris police.
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Paris
San Francisco Chronicle
Honer
Havas
Tamsul
Tonquin
Mot d’Ordre
Aote
M. Mace
Mace
Going Home From Church in Days of Courting
A nostalgic reminiscence of old fashioned courting after church where boys chased girls, formed lines outside doors, and vied for the belle’s arm. The writer recalls sacking rivals, rivalries, and playful schemes to escort girls home, contrasting then and now.
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Bloomington
Sila
Jean
Lable
Loys
The Taming of Lions in Trust to Moral Influence
A London Field piece argues lions are tamed by morals and trainer judgment rather than red-hot irons. It notes cubs are easier, temper varies with age, and a trainer can judge safety by age two or three. Lions fear of man and the dangers of mixing sexes are discussed.
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London Field
Lous
Livingstone
Selous
Anderson
Hons
Burdette
Brooklyn Eagle
Elder Swan
Knapp
Raymond
Heaven
Paradise
The Beds of the German Peasantry in Ingleside
A description of rural sleeping arrangements in Ingleside, where the family uses wall niches as beds in outer walls of a barn end. The beds are straw and feather mattress niches with calico curtains, some with wooden doors, and the parlor bed kept for visitors within the gates.
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Ingleside
What We Know of the South Pole
The Brooklyn Eagle notes that no one has reached within seven to eight hundred miles of the South Pole. It describes icy barriers surpassing northern cold, unseen mountains with one venting volcanic flame, perpetual snow covering all land, no humans beyond fifty six degrees, no vegetation beyond fifty eight degrees except leeches, and no land quadrupeds beyond sixty six degrees.
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South Pole
Brooklyn
Eagle
Secrets Behind Robert Heller Second Sight Tricks Revealed
The New York Times piece details how Robert Heller and his assistant Miss Heller performed the illusion of second sight. It explains multiple methods including memory-based question series and hidden signals via Dale, a confederate, plus a book trick and a hat routine to misdirect the audience.
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New York Times
New York
Robert Heller
Heller
Hardee Heller
Miss Heller
Dundreary
Tyro
Brooklyn
Harry 8. Livingston
E. J. Date
Livingston
Sweet Charity
Old Hall
Twenty-Fourth Street
Madison Square Theatre
London
Ins Fair Assistant
Hermann
Houdin
Dale
Broadway
Harrigan & Hart's
Mr. Dale
Miss Heiler
Heiler
Rawlinson
Duce
Bod
Signs and Stock Schemes in Jim's Riches Tale
Jim tells a tall tale of signs predicting wealth and failed investments. He recalls speculating in livestock stock, losing most, selling hides, and a bogus bank plan led by a one-legged man, ending with comic misfortune and a claim of future riches through persistence and luck.
A Full Moon in His Room
An elderly bachelor, long a propriety icon, hosts a winter guest. A hidden stovepipe hole in the wall reveals a full moon lighting his room. The man, a devout Democrat, bets on an election then flees in fright crying he has “them” again and that he saw a full moon in his room.
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New York
Portland
Sam O
Charlie
Charley
Mode Letter Asking for a Friend's Picture
A Chicago card from 11,022 Michigan avenue requests a photograph of Mr Charles Clawhammer. The writer, Augustis Likeaidichs, signs as Tam Most Seecrets and asks for a spare picture to place on the mantlepiece to keep the children from falling into the fire.
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Chicago
Michigan Avenue
Charles
Augustus Likeaidichs
Charles Clawhammer
Trifles and verse snippets from a 19th century miscellany
A mosaic of short poems and humorous vignettes quoted from various sources like Burlington Free Press and Chicago Sun. It includes lines about love and marriage, school life, and playful exchanges, with commentary on social mores and everyday scenes.
Bide a Wee and Dinna Fret Verse Reflection
A short Scots verse urges patience through hardship. It notes dreary roads and weary days but promises a brighter morning. It reassures that clouds bear silver lining and the sun shines behind concealment, urging courage over tears and fret.
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Sheridan
Early
Shenandoah
Boys In Blue
Intellectual Bean
Detroit Free Press
George
San Francisco
Nell
Three Guardsmen
Alexander Dumas
Police de Surete
Gisquel Vicocq
Hiwnself
Eliles
Hhis
Yaris
Loug
Ims
Sehramm
We “Coney’s
Aredola
Witle
Ubud
Munce
Gras
Nes
Pel
Mme. Gras
Camesseasse
Quai de l’Hotel de Ville
Legerdemain
Jims Investments
Mark Twain
Jim
Ana
Agwyne
Gwyne
Bradish
Bob
Myse
MacDonald
Ife
Burlington Free Press
Kate L
Charles Henry Webb
Chicago Sun
Aleck
Alexander the Great
Church
John B. Tabb
Virginia
Neb
Enterprise
F. A. Phinney
Somerville Journal
The
New York Sun
Frank Dempster Sherman
Philadelphia
Harvard
Ruth
Banbury
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