The Unlucky Nashville Fails to Evade Union Blockade
Detroit Free Press recounts the Nashville privateer’s doomed fate in Savannah. The Confederate ship, converted from an English steamer, faced constant blockader vigilance, torpedo dangers, and a daring Montauk assault that set her ablaze and exploded the moment the Federal ironclad delivered decisive blows. The dramatic demise ended months of perilous racing through the river and a costly gamble for the Confederacy.
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Detroit Free Press
Atlanta
Montauk
Confederacy
Nashville
Savannah
Ogecheee
Fort McAllister
Dupont
Washington
Galing
Worden
Ouse
Modern Letter Writing in the Telegraph Age
Harper's essay defends enduring value of letter writing amid cheap postage and instant communications. It contrasts brisk modern notes with Addisonian manners, notes old anxieties about sealing wax and courtesies, and argues that fine letters persist in eminent correspondences like Emerson and Carlyle.
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Piercie Shafton
Emerson and
Carlyle
Brize fighters and barber clash over hard work and glory
A German barber near the Cooper Institute comments on brize fighters and the brutal life of pugilists. He recalls legends like Sullivan and Ryan, notes the praise and risks, and recounts clashes with a deceitful parber and a dying father’s promise.
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Tft
Cooper Institute
Bretty Hart
Dot
Gwick Dember
Alretty
Mace
Sullivan
Ryan
Capurna
Fife
Odey
Ehail
A Prudent Maiden
A short dramatic sketch in a quizzical dialogue about a maiden who weighs a poor suitor. The exchange explores whether she will marry for love or practicality as she evaluates the young man and the notion of a good provider. The piece ends noting her discretion and intent to test self-control.
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Joe
Gylerien
Egypt
Mme
Noel
Bynger
Vidocq
James A. Garfield
George Leybourne
George
Wilson
John.a. Stevens
Peck
Fond du Lac
Flour Not Flowers From Dean Stanley's Charity
A London founder's charity provides flowers in pots with care instructions to the poor, praised by Peech's Sun for quiet aid. The piece contrasts flowers with bread for London’s needy, noting some elites favor cosmetic gifts over essentials. Dean Stanley is commended for his good deeds.
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Dean Stanley
London
Peech
America
Amazing Canajonaire travel trunk invention
A model travellers trunk by a Canadian genius stands upright with a door like lid. It features many drawers and a top drawer that slides out to form a writing desk. A twist converts the desk into a toilet area for shaving, likely to intrigue commercial travellers.
Vidocq the detective and the rise of a famed thief
Francois Jules Vidocq, born Arras July 23 1775, rose from a baker’s son to Paris detective famed for catching burglars by disguises and bold undercover work. His career spanned galleys, highwaymen, and covert operations, culminating in a controversial early retirement and a later life in business and literature.
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Arras
Damiens
Maximilian Robespierre
Franois
Jules Vidocq
Vidocq
Ostend
South Sea
M. Henri
Secret Police
Paris
Rue St. Claude
Hussan
Miss Stagg Observes Child Rearing Practices in India
A missionary observer recalls Macom guiding her to see khooki babies. She describes newborns smeared with mustard and placed under the sun to dry, with oiling and scant clothing. The narrator intercedes as a child’s welfare concerns arise amid local customs in Bengal.
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Miss Stagg
India
Macom
Khooki
Women as Photographers in a City Studio Tale
A photographer explains women rarely handle camera work due to nerves and patience. A studio employed a skilled woman who captured a baby's first portrait. the mother later rejected the result as hideous, declaring it did not resemble her child, which led the photographer to abandon that line of work.
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Operaor
A Chinese Ledger Of Deeds And Consequences
A discussion of Li Ching Tsung keeping a moral ledger with debits for faults such as arguing with brothers and harming one's wife family and smoking opium, and credits for benevolence like burying a friend, nursing a sick mother, and encouraging meritorious works. The piece notes European views on the relative values of these deeds.
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Obhinaman
Scarborough
Li-Ching Tsung
Europe
A Texas Bride of Tender Years
In Ash Creek settlement E T Maddox wed Miss Joha Wayley at the county judge’s office after a marriage license was initially refused for the bride’s youth. Her father and sisters vouched that she would be 15 next month, prompting the ceremony with Rev G W Swotford officiating. Judge Parham criticized the union as the marriage of a baby.
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Texas
Lhilleboro Mirror
E. T. Maddox
Joha Wayley
Court House
Ash Creek
Indue Parham
Fiarrison
Mr. Priddy
G. W. Swotford
Parham
Five Generations in One Family Seen in San Francisco
The San Francisco Chronicle notes a remarkable five generations living within a few blocks. The ages span 71, 66, 88, 21, and 6 months, with meeting at Mrs. B. E. Arnold’s Valencia Street home. The great-grandmothers resemble sisters, often mistaken for one another.
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San Francisco Chronicle
San Francisco
B. E. Arnold
Valencia Street
London Music Halls and the Stage Life of a London Visit
A San Francisco Chronicle correspondent surveys London music halls detailing the crowded scene. He notes 343 halls with vast nightly audiences, high salaries for acts, and pervasive waiters fees. The piece describes patrons, performances, and the raucous atmosphere, culminating in an evening at Cambridge Music Hall with a varied bill and lively audience reactions.
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London
San Francisco Chronicle
America
Toper
Brothers Gatti
Adelaide
Canterbury
Ryle
Oxford
Aquarium
South London
Cambridge
Liverpool Street
Metropolitan
Edgeware Road
San Francisco
Nellie Powers
McDermott
Watches and Magnetism A Chestnut Street Conversation
A watch maker and a stout man discuss magnetism in watches, arguing open faced designs are steadier than hunting cases, with claims on steel springs, thickness changes, and the social implications of watch design. The craftsman notes many watches are mass produced, outlines costs, and recalls a $400 pulse timing device in a signet ring.
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Chestnut Street
Sam
New Custer Death Theory from Old Northwest Trapper
An aged trapper and scout, living among Northwest tribes, claims Custer died in battle not by his own action and that the Sioux know little of the final events. He situates the fight near Goose Creek in 1876 with Crook and Merritt, notes Cody’s absence from the battlefield, and accuses Reno of cowardice. The survivor Curley provides no clarity, and the writer doubts any man truly knows how Custer died.
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Harry Evans
Skiff & Gaylord
Hole d'Alabam
Evans
Sisters Chapman
Custer
Miles City
Montana
Huntley
Northwest
William Cody
General Crook
Goose Creek
Cody
General Merritt
Platte River
Merritt
Terry
Rosebud
Powder River
States
Reno
Sharpshooter tale ends in a mule’s death at fort
The Virginia Enterprise reports at Fort Missoula Montana a decrepit mule was condemned and eighteen shots at sixty yards failed to kill it. The guard killed the animal with a pick as the garrison’s crack shots boasted of their exploits.
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Virginia
Fort Missoula
Montana
February born luck and the amethyst charm
A jumble of clipped miscellany notes items from the Abilene Gazette and Jersey City Journal. It mentions February birth luck and amethyst, a pastor declining extra pay, a bachelor’s Valentine buttons gift, and a comic exchange about husbands preferring wives to be ladies rather than angels.
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Jersey City Journal
Madame
Mr. Dusenberry
A Prudent Lover and the Poorly Placed Death Tale
A fragmentary humor column mixes verse and prose on love, social rank, and a fatal incident involving a father harming his daughter in a deranged misconstrual of affection. It lampoons blue blood pretensions and lampooning travel berths with morbid waiter observations.
The Judge and Youthful Follies in a Fragmented Verse
A fragmented lines piece recalls youth and mischief with images of frocks and coats, mill-pond wettings, fights, stolen fruit, a farmer and bulldog, plus a sailor’s first sickness. The tone is reflective, hinting at memory and loss of innocence without a clear narrative.
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Cizar
Famed St Louis Courtroom Brawl Draws Gavelless Roar
In St Louis a courtroom scene erupted as two lawyers clashed in a free for all. The fracas featured shouting, knocked upholstery, and a dry court that kept the officiating going as onlookers watched a chaotic but spectacle filled fight in the halls of justice.
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St. Louis
Wil
Segate
Remembrance and The Man With an Income and Nothing to Do
A fragmented reminiscence on distant love and nightingales contrasts with a satirical essay about a man with steady income but no purpose. The prose contrasts romantic yearning with social critique, arguing personal effort and labor yield true satisfaction rather than idle wealth.
For old times sake
A fragmentary verse piece extols enduring affection and friendship. The speaker cherishes memories and a soul bond that withstands worldly coldness, invoking old memories to awaken peace and loyal ties. The poem repeats the refrain For old times sake to emphasize longing.
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Brake
Upright Judge Rides Wild Night to Teetotal Turnaround
A Tehama County justice of the peace allegedly held a drunken binge with companions, led a mock court in denial of guilt, proposed a $20 fine, paid it, and afterward signed a pledge to become a strict teetotaler. The incident sparked local chatter while papers stayed silent.
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Chico
Red Blut
Theecord
Tehama
Tom and Jerry
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