Butler Was Right Fort Fisher Bombardment and Defense Fate
An account recalls the December 1864 Fort Fisher assault by Porter and Butler. The ironclads pounded the sand fort for hours while garrisoned troops sheltered in bomb-proofs. Despite dramatic claims, no critical damage was done. Butler argued for immediate assault, while Porter and others noted the fort’s resilience.
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Fort Fisher
Cape Fear River
Butler
Porter
North Carolina
Sam
General Butler
King
Stiis
Fisher
Sind
Potaman
Washington
Ork
South Carolina
Weitzel
Rich cattle king and varied education tales in one piece
A compilation profiles eight individuals labeled A through H, detailing odd educational histories and career outcomes. From a self educated millionaire in cattle to a San Francisco contractor, a publisher’s clerk, a minister in poverty, and a Wall Street grinder, the piece contrasts schooling, thrift, hardship, and success with satirical tone.
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East Indies
Siberia
William the Fourth
William the Conqueror
New England
California
San Francisco
Stout
Western Railroad
On the Rail Prominent Figures Cast in Traveling Mirth
A Chicago to Philadelphia Pullman tale sketches famous travelers like Grant Wilde Ingersoll Spencer and Conkling. The conductor recalls their traits from vanity and airs to restlessness, ease, or quiet study aboard trains. Fishermen of humor rise amid wrecks and smoke.
Minister and stranger argue over grace and grub
A Western road station restaurant tale shows a minister praising grace as blessing for meals, while a rough patron mockingly tests the idea. The exchange pivots to a challenge about sanctifying food and securing wealth, ending with the stranger taking the dominee’s plate and warning of nearby beans for future bets.
Beards Taken Of and Registard By Isaac Fac Totum
Isaac Fac Totum advertises a versatile London shop offering barbering, wigs, schooling, blacksmithing, midwifery, shaving, teeth cleaning, powdering, grammar lessons, singing, horse shows, shoe making, corn removal, glistering, purging, dances, and wholesale and retail goods. Located at Number Twenty seven St John Street West Smithfield, he plies tobacconist services and various curiosities with claims of moral uplift and foreign tricks. He warns readers to beware of counterfeits and junior performers abroad.
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Isaac Fac-Totum
Barber
Periwig
Parish Clark
P. S
Isaac
Train Car Conductor Relieves Fearful Passenger
On a railway journey conductor John T. Raymond jokes with an anxious old lady about a worn axle. Raymond explains the risk is minimal while recalling his decades in railroading and his fame as an actor. Florence joins in the playful exchange.
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Chicago
Grant
Oscar Wilde
America
Ofussia
Spain
Germany
Perry Belmont
Kate Chase Sprague
Sprague
Weil
Belmont
Henry Ward Beecher
Governor Pattison
Congressman Hoar
Ben Butler
Gaillitzen
Alleghenies
Butler
Thomas
Patti
Aimee
Clara Louise Keiloge
Modjeska
Billy Florence
Raymond
Florence
John
Ynioad
Fade
Poipe
John T. Raymond
Frank Frayne
Concerning Hermits Solitude and the hermit lifestyle explored
A humorous Texas Siftings piece discusses solitude, contrasting the lure of seclusion with practical downsides. It muses on hermit life, nature, and the need for companionship, praising quiet reflection while joking about dependence on comforts and social interruptions.
Wildcat oil tale of Shannon well and guarded flow
In Forest county a veteran oil producer Shannon and partners drilled a wildcat on the Cooper tract. After weeks of secrecy and guards the Shannon well began to flow, delivering about fifty barrels a day as scouts tracked its progress by gas venting and tank levels while protecting the venture from market speculation.
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Olldom
New York Sun
Pennsylvania
New York
New York Stock Exchange
Allegheny County
West Virginia
Allegheny
Bradford
McKean County
Cattaraugus County
Warren and Forest
Venango
Butler
Clarion
Armstrong Counties
Allegheny Fields
Cherry Grove
Wildcat
Shannon
Last Leon
Anchor Oil
Hatever
Lkely
Cranberry Patch
Cooper Tract
Anchor Oil Company
Jamestown
Garfield
Forest County
P. M. Shannon
Sheffield
T. F. Melvin
A. B. Walker
Melvin
Walker
Mr. Shannon
Haight
Jessrs. Bayne and Fuller
Melvin, Walker, Shannon & Co
Not Guilty in Wiscon sin Stock Gambling Case
A church member accused of gambling in stocks was questioned by a deacon. The man admitted guilt for several stock trades and donations used to fund church needs. After a brief pause he was declared not guilty.
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Small Street News
Wisconsin
Smith
The Crown of England Diamonds and Pearls Valuation
The article lists an extensive diamond and pearl valuation for the Crown of England. It details stones including two large center diamonds, multiple crosses, fleur de lis diamonds, arches and crosses, with totals reaching about half a million dollars. It notes various clusters and settings and assigns specific prices to each element, reflecting a lavish jewelry appraisal.
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England
Albert Edward
Yankee Things in the South
In the Memphis Appeal a ribald contrast argues Southern affection for Yankees. The piece mocks anti Yankee fervor, listing pervasive Yankee made goods from buttons to blankets and tools, concluding the South favors Yankee industry and resources despite rhetoric.
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South
Memphis
Making Shot Tower Details and Melting Process
A tall brick shot tower rises 150 feet with a spiraling ascent for visitors while the interior view fades in darkness at the bottom. Furnaces at the top melt lead, which is poured into perforated pans, forming globules that fall into water. Large shots drop the full height. smaller ones fall half. Smaller shot expand in descent. larger ones contract. Mixing accuracy prevents strings of metal from forming.
Winter poetry and spring longing in BRIC-A-BRAC selections
A collage of verse and reflections on winter’s chill and spring’s promise. Poems by John Whittle, Thomas, and F. E. Durkee evoke frost, bloom, and renewal, comparing cold Nordic scenes with Italian light and pondering beauty’s persistence through death and renewal.
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John
Italy
M Thomas
F. E. Durkee
RK. H. Newell
Ah These Children A humorous misread prompts pause
A child inspects a picture of Mrs. T of Washington wearing a low necked party dress. The boy guesses who it is, saying fink, then concludes it is his mother when she takes a bath, revealing a playful misunderstanding.
The Boy Seeks Pleasure Then Returns to His Wife
A poem fragment depicts a boy longing for freedom and sensual pleasures, contrasted with a man who seeks heaven in the wife’s bosom. The lines evoke yearning, awakening, and a settled devotion within marriage.
Sample Serial Teaser From The Argonaut
A sultry dialogue unfolds between Gladys McMurphy and Bayard Fauntleroy Ferguson in a fragmentary romance from The Argonaut. The text hints at a winter motif and a promotional tease promising the Chicag Tribune for the series continuation.
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The
Argonaut
Gladdys McMurphy
Bayard Fauntleroy Ferguson
Palmer House
Winster
Chicag Tribune
The Philosopher's Fall and the Well Sunk Thought
A humor piece tells of a great philosopher who falls into a well while deep in thought. Rescued, he quips that it is better to have a single clear fact than confused broader ideas, leaving readers with a wry reflection on memory and clarity.
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Scineionati
The Angel with the Overcoat and a Nebraska Court Lesson
A Denver Tribune piece ponders belief in angels and recalls a tale of a truant angel visiting ages ago. Peck's Sun reports a Nebraska court case where a young couple sued a livery for damages after a horse and buggy crash caused by a kiss dispute. the court held the horse not liable.
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Denver Tribune
Peck
Sun
Nebraska
Sweet Rest Dear Rest Poem by Helen Ekin Starrett
A short poem by Helen Ekin Starrett praising rest and youthful pleasures. The speaker reflects on winters passing, the comfort of an easy chair by a lit fire, and urges children to seek joy while acknowledging the value of rest.
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Helen Ekin Starrett
German in Court Over Inlaw Rent Dispute
In the Eighth District Court a German man seeks eviction of his mother-in-law from his house amid mood troubles. Judge notes no legal process exists to evict a mother-in-law, leaving the man frustrated as the case ends without remedy.
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IR. K
New York Telegram
Eighth District Court
der Gourt House
Embroidery Work and Umbrella Carrying Observed in Oddities
The Baltimore Day discusses Her embroidery work as a playful metaphor and contrasts it with a humorous piece on umbrella carrying fashions. It notes varied umbrella grips and odd street behavior, advising the correct hold and praising women for curved-handle designs enabling easy access and style.
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Baltimore
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Susquehanna
Sangers
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Wall Street
Conkling
Oscar
Ingersoll
Spencer
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Roscoe Conklin
Blaine
United States
Herbert Spencer
Bob Ingersoll
Colonel Ingersoll
Folger
Frelinghuysen
Joseph Jefferson
Jefferson
Salvini
Lincoln
Crace
Texas
Polk
Tennessee
Solice
Firmeelf
Welkin
Janche
Burlington Hawkeye
Twenty-second Street
van Buren Street
Lincoln Park
Tunate
Oats
Orphan Asylum
New Bridge
LE. C. Sanford
Ton
Mon Ami
Lancelot
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