First Test of the Iron Clads at Fort McAllister
A detailed 1863 Savannah defense account describes the March assault on Fort McAllister. The Passaic and other ironclads faced sand walls and heavy mortars, with three hours of bombardment yielding no Confederate casualties and minimal material damage. The fort repaired overnight and the fleet withdrew, proving the sand fortress endured.
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Orsit
Sherman
Dupont
Passaic
Patapsco
Montauk
Nahant
Savannah
McAllister
Don
Shc
Raleigh as Bucaneer and Colonizer in El Dorado Quest
The essay reviews Sir Walter Raleigh as a link between buccaneers and colonizers, noting England’s naval rise after 1588 allowed northern American settlement. It recounts Raleigh’s Guiana voyage seeking El Dorado, tales of Ewaiponima people, and speculative wonders, while praising his vision for colonization and urging Elizabeth I to pursue it.
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Sir Walter Raleigh
CT. W. Higginson
Harper's Magazine
Cabots
Raleigh
England
South America
North America
Philip II
Spain
New World
Walter Raleigh
Job Hartop
Bermudas
Smerman
John Hawkins
Canaries
Henry Hawkes
Mexico
Guiana
Cilia
Peru
el Dorado
Milton
Montezuma
Cuzco
Atabalipa
Geryon
Orinoco
Caspian Sea
Ewaiponima
Fencing Master Senac and His Noted Pupil Network
A New York reporter visits Professor Senac’s fencing room at Booths Theatre. The master charms with philosophy on heart strikes and skill, naming politicians, actors, and society figures who study swordplay. Notable pupils include Congressman Perry Belmont, actors Salvini and Hopper, and many actresses from major theatres. The piece blends vivid fencing scenes with portraits of patrons, showing fencing as a refined, social art across classes.
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New York
Booth
Senac
Professor Senac
Albany
Perry Belmont
Jim Bennett
Newport
Bennett
Salvini
Henry Bristol
Hoston
de Wolf Hopper
F. Drew
Harrigan and Hall
Fifth Avenue Theatre
F. C. Bangs
Carrano
Coville Beckwith
Dr. Adams
Frank Markoe
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Georgina Flax
Clara Belden
Broncroff
West
Delmonico’s
Kate Sutro
Stage Struck: Letters From Theatres Reveal Theatrical Cranks
Hourly, New York theatres receive numerous stage-struck letters from rich young people and amateurs seeking openings. Managers report crowds of applicants, many posing as aristocrats or lacking real talent, with some spending fortunes or concealing identities to join touring companies.
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iNew York Morning Journal
Brown
Journal
John McCulloughs
Clara Morrises
Fifth Avenue
Daly's
Gardiner
Mimosa Dramatic Club
Amaranth
Brooklyn
Madison Square
Simonds & Brown
Huckleberry Patches
West
Brutus
Ingo
Frene
Backus
Mr. Backus
Masonic Mystery: Pike to Leave Rare MSS to Charleston Library
General Albert Pike plans to turn his priceless bound manuscript on Masonry over to the Masonic Library in Charleston after his death. The volume, about thirty years old, is unread by anyone but the author and features silver locks on its covers. Pike is also translating the Rig Veda from Sanskrit and hopes to complete the ten books if he lives long enough.
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McAllister
Washington
Albert Pike
Masonic Library
Charleston
Pike
Khorsbad
Pliny
Caius Marius
Trajan
Severus
England
Normandy
Matthew Paris
Stowe
Masoe
A Modern Sir Walter Raleigh column quoted in New York Tribune
A vivid streetcar anecdote describes a woman stepping into a large mud puddle at a corner. A man from the car, wearing No 10 shoes, boldly stomps in the mud and says There, ma am, step on that. The vignette ends with a wry note that there will be a heaven for men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sir Walter Raleigh
New York Tribune
A Mother's Touch. i Frank Moore excerpted tale
A Rhode Island battery lieutenant near Mechanicsville sustained a shattered right foot from a shell fragment. After a grueling ambulance ride and weeklong journey to Washington, he endured amputation and telegraphed home that all was well. His mother, reading reports of the wound, remained unaware of his condition.
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Frank Moore
Mechanicsville
Rhode Island
Washington
The Old Wife and the Cedar Shade of Heaven
An elderly couple near death share a final vigil as the wife remembers their long life of toil faith and prayer. She slips into a peaceful dream of renewed youth while the husband foresees their separation after seventy years together. A quiet reflection on marriage mortality and eternal reunion.
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Janet
M Theo
God
John
Charlie
Israel
Flags and emblems through ancient banners and standards
Harper's Magazine traces the origin and purpose of flags and ensigns from ancient Egypt to Roman and Persian standards, detailing how colors, symbols, and animal figures signified tribes, armies, and nations. It notes religious rites, royal sanctity, and later European practice, including English dedication of new colors and papal consecration ceremonies.
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Joseph
Mordecai
Hippodrome
Domitian
Agamemnon
Richard Coeur de Lion
Philip Augustus
Athens
Corinth
Sicyon
Diodorus
Israel
Reuben
Ephrain
Dan
Mexico
Ulster
Prescott
Jacob
Judah
Ezekiel
Aben Ezra
Pacific
South Seas
Spain
England
Bede
St. Augustine
Britain
Sthelbert
Bertha
A Lay Lecture on the Verb to Lie in Use
A discussion notes the peril of the verb lie and lay, cites modern misuses like money laying at Interest, and contrasts correct forms with lay and laid. It argues the test is whether the verb can take a substantive as object, explaining transitive versus intransitive use.
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Wilmington
Chicago Tribune
Plug Whiskey and Prohibition Patter from Cairo Distiller
A Cairo distiller claims a process to solidify whiskey into a chewable plug that can be soaked in water for an instant drink. The inventor jokes that such a product would end saloons and render Prohibition obsolete, imagining pills for beer as the next millennium shift.
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Cairo
Alan
How Women Can Become Graceful
A columnist contends that grace in women correlates with cigarette use, noting Spanish and Russian ladies as paragons of grace who smoke. The piece implies female elegance aligns with smoking, while offering limited commentary on women of the Orient.
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Baltimore
Orient
BRIC A BRAC On the Safe Side
A humorous note from A. E. Watrous and a Denver Tribune fable about editors and misfortune. The piece contrasts caution in marriage with jokes about appetite, a dog stealing meal, and robbers taking a watch and cash. The editor ends with gratitude for his remaining appetite.
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Denver Tribune
Creation of Woman And The Crooked Bone Allegory
A reflective verse describes how God created woman from Adam not from his head or feet but from near his heart, and placed a crooked bone beneath the arm to symbolize the need for protection and the inherent flaws in woman. The piece frames marital dynamics through a mythic, humorous lens.
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Adam
Bridegroom to Compose Next March After Morning Run
In Milwaukee Sun style the wedding march is cited as the bridegroom’s composition. It imagines a second march after odd midnight routines, a doctor chase, and streetcar gaps, with changes in attire and scent, ending with the suggestion he will reveal marriage again upon composing another march.
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Milwaukee
You lucky dog in childhood love in a poem
An admonitory lyric imagining a boy cherished in childhood arms and the speaker’s envy as the girl grows into a maiden and the narrator contemplates aging. The verse contrasts fleeting youth with future loneliness and the uncertain constancy of affection.
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Anon
Tam
A Modest Maiden's Reasonable Request
An Austin young man has pressed a young lady for months and she has rejected him. He proclaims he will do her every wish. She then asks him to try to induce her mother, a widow, to marry him, noting her mother may be less particular about a match.
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Backus
Harry Hill
Madison Square Garden
Saratoga
Boston
Bunker Hill Monument
Harriet Webb
Hamlet
Virginius
Lady Macbeth
Macbeth
Mrs. Morse
Texas Siftings
Austin
Through the Snow. A Toronto Globe poem of love and mercy
A narrator waits for his beloved through a winter landscape. The poem hopes for a merciful meeting as the snow falls on the poor's doorstep. The speaker imagines the lady’s blue eyes, a warm smile, and the comfort of love that can defy the cold.
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Toronto Globe
A Stingy Husband Considers Arsenic Over Long Lunatic Detention
A wife notes a sane woman released after three years from an asylum. The husband reveals he would rather poison her than pay weekly costs to keep her confined, comparing financial economy to marital control. The exchange ends with the wife dismissing his stingy view and returning to her paper.
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Detroit Free Press
Ava
Salad for the Conceited
Satirical verse from the Taunton Gazette warns against self importance and belief the world runs on one man. It ribaldly notes Adams abundance, modern Eve, and the folly of claiming a lifelong destined place, urging readers to value merit over inherited status and avoid ego.
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Taunton Gazette
Adam
Adams
Peebie
To Spank or Not Spank A Father's Dilemma
Burlington Hawkeye discusses parental discipline debating whether corporal punishment helps or harms. It cites a North Carolina case where a five year old burned down the house after being spanked, warning hasty parents to consider the consequences.
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Burlington Hawkeye
North Carolina
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Admiral DuPont
Fort McAllister
Fort Sumter
Ossabaw Sound
Fort cAllister
Keokuk
Sumter
Elizabeth
Spayne
Ezzabeta Cassipuna
Agile
Juliet
Lindley Murray
Harper’s Magazine
Carlyle
Egypt
Solomon
Jehovah
Assyria
Quintus Cintius
Persepolis
Persia
Zalunk
Mars
Minerva
Marius
Livy
Wiate
Layard
Nineveh
Canterbury
Isle of
Thanet
Elijah
Burford
Oxfordshire
Wessex
Ethelbald
Mercia
Edmund the Martyr
Edward the Confessor
Westminster’ Abbey
William
Church of England
A. E. Watrous
Him
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