Reminiscences of War and a Cadet General at Bull Run
A Philadelphia Press recounts a dying soldier who believes he will die on his sister's drowning anniversary, detailing a vision of his mother and sister and his own death as a dedication to family. It also narrates John Meigs directing troops at Bull Run after lacking generals, then a nurse’s tale of wartime letters comfort and loss shared by Mary Livermore and a Michigan widow.
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Jessie
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Beck
Gwollen
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Sister
Motier Fr
Bull Run
John Migs
Meigs
West Point
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Mathewson
California
New York
Centreville
Young Meigs
Shenandoah Valley
Mary A. Liversiore
Michigan
Albion
Michigan Volunteers
Overton
Menpuls
Tenn
John
Annie
The Emperor's Dream told by the German ruler
A London Society dream tale recounts a German emperor’s vision at Karlsbad. He receives a china cup at the Kur spring every morning from a charming girl, but one day a man offers the cup. The emperor drinks, finds no burning poison, and remarks the dream improved his state rather than harmed him.
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London Society
Kur Spring
Karlsbad
Wiliam
Risbud
Gautier The Cat And The Parrot Fable Ends In Insight
Gautier, the French writer, described a cat that slept on his bed at night and rode the chair arm by day. A friend left a parrot in his care while away, the bird sat homesick on its stand as the cat watched. Gautier pondered the scene and understood the parrot’s longing.
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Gautier
Gauter
It must be a green chicken in a tense kitchen scene
A narrator witnesses a cat eyeing a parrot while a girl and the bird tense for breakfast. The cat crouches, the parrot defends its perch, then the cat bolts under the bed as the girl insists on a green chicken for breakfast.
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Aurrot
Gwatier
Jack
Ted
Origin of Hoodlum Etymology in San Francisco
A San Francisco Examiner writer claims the term hoodlum originated locally in San Francisco as Hoodoolums from the Washington Street crowd, who added lum to words and adopted a hoodoo form of speech. The piece traces the term to a 19th century gang and notes its evolution into a broader, less respectable label with a distinct shabby uniform.
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San Francisco Examiner
San Francisco
Washington Street
Happy Valley
Sydney
California Street
Congress
Lloyd Tevis
Voodoo Society
Buser
Signor Rossi's Duel Ends With Unexpected Honor
The London Globe reports Signor Rossi, amid a disturbance during Hamlet, accepted a duel with a challenger. They met at Rossi's hotel where a pistol shot grazed a shoulder before the magistrate intervened. The judge condemned the act yet gave Rossi a ring, praising his performance and noting his later duties in Milan.
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London Globe
Rossi
Hamlet
Casala
Signor Rossi
Milan
Juge de Paix
Powdered Philanthropist Delivers Cold Ash Advice
A Detroit Free Press anecdote recounts a man aiding a woman struggling with windblown ashes on Clifford Street. He demonstrates how to tilt and drop ashes away from the face, then jokes that wind direction is unpredictable. Police later examine the incident and send the man home.
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Detroit Free Press
Clifford Street
Only Private
Milton Chronicle recounts Dave Walker, a Civil War veteran who, while in Richmond, overheard a boasting ex-colonel at the St James Hotel. When asked about rank, Dave replies he held no position, but laments being the sole private survivor he has ever seen since the war.
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Milton Chronicle
Dave Walker
Lee
Dave
Richmond
St. James
Honeymoon Couple Hunts Rabbits For Bacon Savings
An Oconee County newlywed couple spent their honeymoon week in sport capturing 120 rabbits. They salted the meat for future meals and plan to skip buying bacon next summer, signaling a frugal, if unusual, start to married life.
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Ceortia
Atlanta Constitution
Oconee County
Up in a Balloon Lands in Pine Trees at Nevada City
An 1880s San Francisco ascent ends in a dramatic crash among Sierra pines. After losing ballast and air, the balloon basket crashes into pine tops, gas escapes, and the crew survives by clinging to branches. Rescued by Chinese miners and neighbors, they are aided for two days before mules and wagons reach Nevada City.
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Sierras
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Reno
Francisco
Beer for the Bear at Castle Park in Hot Springs
A Philadelphia Times recounts a bear and wrestling show at Castle Park Hot Springs Arkansas. The big black bear drinks beer offered by a wrestler named Dan in a rough staged bout amid a crowd of about a hundred spectators. The bear shows strength, then Dan is defeated in a violent clash.
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Darky
His Ruling Passion
A West bound traveler shows a chunk of mortar supposedly from the Great Pyramid of Egypt. A wary man suspects mining stock schemes and resists, doubting the artifact’s claim as a genuine mineral sample. The exchange ends with skepticism about selling such a relic.
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Chicago Hern‘a
Great Pyramid
Egypt
Cheops
Bulwer Reforms After Gambling Night Reflections
Early morning Bulwer returns to his hotel after a night at a gambling house where he won large sums. He sees a sinister, haggard reflection in a mirror, realizing the vile excitement has corrupted him. He resolves to never gamble again, regardless of circumstance.
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Bulwer
Perdition
Lincoln Died a Believer A Speed Reminiscence
Joshua Speed recalls Abraham Lincoln's evolving faith, noting Lincoln's early skepticism and cautious reserve toward religion. Speed recounts a night when Lincoln, reading the Bible by a window, advised balancing reason with faith to find happiness and moral strength before his death.
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Lincoln
Joshua Speed
Soluleres
Weil
Litigation at Chipps Flat Ends in Moonlight Triangle Duel
In Chipps Flat Sierra County thirty years ago a land dispute between mining companies led to a justice of the peace trial with a jury of twelve miners. A drunken spectacle followed as Judge McMillan drew a revolver and fled. the jurors dispersed, agreeing to divide the ground. Later, three gamblers staged a moonlit triangular duel, firing in a circle with five shots each and leaving no injuries.
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Chipps’ Flat
Sierra County
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McMillan
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Langton’s Express and
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Paul Capneras
Snow Pot
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Ora
Sud
Virginia City
Justice McMillan
Moonleft
Bishop Remarks On A Long Sermon At Chester
A London Saturday Review anecdote recounts the retiring Bishop of Chester listening to a dean sermon in the cathedral. The sermon drew mixed judgments as “high” or “low,” and the bishop’s verdict was simply that it felt “rather long.”
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Chester
Cat read letters claim in Philadelphia tale
A Philadelphia Call anecdote tells of a cat named Pussy who supposedly reads letters. A woman accepts a test by presenting a sealed envelope addressed to Miss Pussy Marlboro street City. The scene aims to prove the cat can recognize incoming mail.
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Philadelphia
Miss Pussy
Marlboro Street
City
Miss Pussy Opens Letter With Catnip Feat
A narrator recalls posting a letter for Miss Pussy and visiting a friend. The servant brings letters, and Pussy the cat eagerly pawes at her envelope. She tears it open and devours the contents, revealing a comical scene of feline anticipation and appetite.
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Miss Pussy
Wes
Deacon Sapp Names Actors Easy Hotel Guests in Ink
The Indianapolis Sentinel recounts Deacon Sapp’s chats about actors as hotel guests. He praises Lawrence Barrett for quiet requests, Joe Jefferson for unobtrusiveness, John McCullough for friendliness, and Nat Goodwin and John T. Raymond for lively room moods. He notes Emma Abbott’s quarrels over room placement and Lydia Thompson’s pleasant dining, with other stars also described.
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Indianapolis Sentinel
Deacon Sapp
Neal’s Ark
Bell Boys
Lawrence Barrett
Joe Jefferson
Rip
Mr. Jefferson
John McCullough
Charley Carney
Denison
Sapp
St Louis
Edwin Adams
Warner
Southern
Adams
Nat Goodwin
John T. Raymond
Raymond
June Emmett
Sol. Smith Russell
Emma Abbott
Clara Louise Kellogg
Christie Nilsson
Maggie Mitchel
Fannie Davenport
Lydia Thompson
Lyain
How Rain Drops Reach Us
The article explains rain formation as larger drops fall faster than smaller ones and collide to form bigger drops that sweep up smaller drops. It notes clouds can be rainless, and rain may evaporate before reaching ground. Rain powers geological change, dissolving rocks and shaping soils, and rainfall varies with geography, oceans, and mountains.
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Osborne Reynolds
Atlantic
Pacific
British Isles
India
Norway
North
South America
New Zealand
Africa
Asia
The Hottest Spot on Earth and Submarine Springs
One of the world’s hottest regions lies along the Persian Gulf where virtually no rain falls. Bahrin relies on abundant submarine springs at the sea bottom, collected by divers using a goat skin bag and a stone weight to draw fresh water up to the boat. The springs are believed to originate in the green hills of Osman, 500 to 600 miles away.
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Bahrin
Boaardl
Osman
Dr Holmes Visits Harvard Boys in Chicago Tribune Piece
The famed Oliver Wendell Holmes, though retired from teaching, remains a beloved figure at Harvard Medical School. Monthly visits to the Back Bay spark laughter and applause as the eighty five year old autocrat shares memories, avoiding formal discourse and instead trading friendly reminiscences with the students.
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Harvard Boys
Boston Letter
Chicago Tribune
Oliver Wendell Holmes
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Ami
Remarkable Mosaic Discovery At Nunes Palace
A mosaic over 150 square feet shows a Roman emperor on a throne with a female figure, two men one leading a lion and a wild boar, and a helmeted warrior. Described as the richest mosaic found in Europe, valued at likely over 1,000,000 francs. the owner sold the house for under £2000 before public transfer plans emerged.
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Eclectic Magazine
Nunes
St. James Gazette
Europe
Ioeal
Fragmented Clippings Of Quotations And Verses From A Page
A collage of humorous verse snippets and anecdotes from a newspaper page. It includes proverbs, misheard phrases, social observations, light verse about Betty’s dimples and Lily Langtry, a poem about missing a loved one, and a lawyer's maiden speech in a Morgantown court that ends with a cordial prompt to proceed.
Azaleas and the Whitest White Imagery
Poem fragment extols azaleas as the purest white, likening them to snow and light. The verse descriptions conjure a flawless, silent whiteness equated with Eve’s paradise and a child’s gaze into God. Abstract meditation on purity, silence, and ethereal whiteness pervades.
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Harriet M’ewen Kimball
Paradise
Popular Sones Written by Wise Musicians Tale
A magazine anecdote collection outlines how famous composers found inspiration from odd moments. Beethoven, Abt, Claribel, Sullivan, and Guglielmo are depicted as converting misadventures into tunes like Wait till the clouds roll by and When the leaves begin to turn.
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Musical Herald
Beethoven
Franz Abt
Guglielmo
Sullivan
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