The Wild Boy of Wallabee Haunts a Georgia Frontier
In 1868 rumors spread of a wild boy near Wallabee plantation once owned by the Verplank family. A series of sightings led to a midnight hunt by 200 locals, ending with Billy Raglan found dead in a pit and a skeletal child’s remains beside the boy’s trail, while the mysterious figure vanished. Old Andy Davis preserves the tale, while Raglan’s fate remains untold.
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Wallabee
Squire Gordon
Andy Davis
Andy
Wallahee
Billy Raglan
Billy
Children Birthdays Fun Shared by Simple Local Parties
Aippiars show how young children celebrate each other’s birthdays with small gatherings and homemade gifts. Guests greet hosts like adults, home crafted gifts are favored over store bought items, and a rustic charm marks the affairs. The article notes tasteful gatherings in well to do neighborhoods with gifts suited to a sweet tooth and fondness for nuts.
Four-Footed Jokers in a Tail of Cozy Rivalry
An observer recalls a playful cat Persia and terrier Skye plotting daily petty schemes for the rug. Skye tricks Persia with window chatter and rug theft while Persia counters with a bone feast ruse, ending with Skye reclaiming the rug after a nap and a gleeful bones ceremony.
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Persia
Skye
Jonah Drives The Fox Hunt Across The Bermuda Field
The chase unfolds on Turner Plantation with Miss Carter and Joe watching Jonah the hound as Old Sandy and a pack trail a red fox. Jonah distances the pack, follows a bold, looping course, and calls the others into a synchronized pursuit across fences, fields, and a stream.
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Jonah
Harbert
Joe
Miss Carter
Bermuda Field
Marie Joe
Bermuda
Sandy
Jon
Jin
Jonah the fox hunter saves the day and earns praise
Old Sandy and Jonah drive the fox to the pack as Miss Carter and Joe Maxwell ride close. Jonah darts the closing rush, the fox is caught, and Old Sandy’s brush is presented as the lad and Miss Carter ride home. A deserter, Mr Pruitt, is escorted by soldiers, and Joe agrees to relay word to his wife.
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Old Sandy
Jonah
Ola Sandy
Miss Carter
Joe Maxwell
Sandy
Joe
John Pruitt
Mr.Pruitt
Phanix
Mr. Pruitt
Yarberry
Hillsboro
Nelly Carter
Carter
Circle of Children Birthday Gifts Parade in Parlor
Guests arrive bearing flower pots for a boy birthday, gifts chosen to suit his tastes. The room fills with lilies, fuchsias, hyacinths, crocuses, tulips, and a rose geranium as children watch their plants mature for the evening. The party and presents bring joy to Jack and all in the house.
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Jack
Largest ever printed newspaper dazzles with giant 1859 edition
A fragment from The Paper World recounts the Illuminated Quadruple Constellation issued in New York on July 4 1859 by George Roberts. Planned at 28 000 copies the mastodon sheet measured 70 by 100 inches and weighed about 300 pounds per ream with 40 workers producing it over eight days.
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New York
George Roberts
James Buchanan
Edward Everett
Henry Ward
Beecher
N. P. Banks
Edwin Chapin
Horace Greeley
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Alexander von Humboldt
James Gordon Bennett
Brdock
Monongahela
Lspantics Igyisthan
New York ‘Sun
En Yimes
Herald
Wedding Rings for Men in Modern Society
A New York Sun essay argues men should wear wedding rings, noting historical practice and public interest. It cites German usage, Shakespeare, and Mme De Barrera’s plan for an etiquette of rings to signal engagement and marital status, suggesting broad social benefits and evolving fashion trends.
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New York Sun
Nicholas
Rosen
Shakespeare
Portia
Bassanio
Germany
Mme. de Barrera
Townsend's Letter Shows Lincoln Image and 1892 Hope
George Alfred Townsend chronicles a dinner with Senator Cullom of Illinois and recalls Lincoln’s influence on his career. The interview covers Lincoln’s character, patronage, Blaine’s tariff stance, Illinois politics, Grant, Logan, Douglas, Gresham, and a forecast of 1892 Republican prospects with Blaine or Sherman as potential nominee.
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Dick Yates
Erty
Yates
Grant
St. Louis
Lincoln
John A. Logan
Logan
Douglas
Illinois
Oddities from a 19th century miscellany in Millersville
A sprawling collection of curiosities and facts ranges from Francis Brady of Millersville to tobacco production in Lancaster County, alongside notes on Merrimac misnaming, paper quilts, lamp ignition with ice and potassium, shooting stars, optical limits, and vast engineering feats. The piece also surveys oceans, bees, ancient months, Hawaii, camel water storage, and European and Asian trivia, offering a kaleidoscope of science, history, and whimsy.
Peculiarities of Russian Winters
The St Louis Globe-Democrat notes a Russian winter pattern with mild early autumn weather giving way to a sudden 50 degree cold snap within 24 hours. Travelers and farmers have frozen to death or perished after blizzards trap them, with bodies buried under snow until spring. The piece compares this rapid shift to Dakota blizzards, emphasizing its extreme abruptness.
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St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Smoking Rooms Then and Now in Noble Society
A historical aside notes that twenty years ago smoking was less common and that a Prince of Wales once proposed a cigar after dinner but his host, now deceased, regretted the lack of a smoking room and suggested the stable as an impromptu area for those who wished to smoke.
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Ladies’ Aid Society
Joe
Deo
Mr. Deo
Dee
Joe Maxwell
Maxwell
Deometari
Herndon
Lincoln
Springfield
Kentucky
South
Eoria
Grangers
Stewart
Congress
Palmer
Lyman Trumbull
Illinois
Iowa
Blaine
Harrison
Conecess
McKinley
Ohio
Kentuck
Cumberland Valley
Elk Spring Valley
Peoria
Bloomington
Missouri
Mount Morris
Robert Hitt
Coness
John
John Rawns
Grant
Robert Lincoln
Garfield
Garfiel
Prince of Wales
Berlin Auctioneer Convicted Of Price Fixing Scam
A Berlin auctioneer was brought before the magistrates and convicted for forcing up bids at a mock auction. He bid as a ventriloquist along with other participants in the room to inflate prices.
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Berlin
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