Ocean Voyagers on the Atlantic Sea Notions and Odd Passengers
An American observer recounts a voyage to Europe filled with vivid portraits of passengers. A Roman Catholic priest reads devoutly in Rome, two Protestant missionaries drink and joke at meals, a Kentucky lady boasts of slaves, a Bostonian with a sharp tongue clashes with others, and a Hebrew New Orleans entrepreneur shines at poker. A mix of traders, clergymen, physicians, stockbrokers, and miners populate the voyage, with storms, engine troubles, and quirky episodes including a homoeopathic doctor and a printer smuggling fruit to deck children.
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New York Sun
Europe
Rome
Pope Leo
Adam
Kentucky
London
New York
Mark Twain
Havana
New Orleans
Germany
Crescent City
Atlantic
Colorado
Mississippi
Rocky Mountains
Leadville
Custom House
Captain Price
Alaska
Notable Invention Enables Telegraphing From Moving Trains
A Santa Barbara resident received a patent for a method to telegraph from a moving railroad car through two parallel wires suspended over the track. A battery at the origin and at the destination powers a circuit as wheels on the car ride along, keeping constant current and allowing in-motion communication for train crews and passengers, with safety advantages in preventing collisions.
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Santa Barbara
Cal
Messrs. Dewey & Co
Farmer confronting railroad surveyors at his barn
A crude old farmer near a railroad survey line confronts surveyors driving stakes through his barn premises. He warns them he has other work to do besides keeping the barn doors open for trains, voicing indignation at the intrusion.
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Stamford
The Tragic Life of a Village Belle in a City
In 1862 a suburban girl, once the village belle, and a factory worker’s son fall in love. The father’s refusal drives him to war where he dies at Gettysburg. The daughter endures forced marriage to a much older man, descends into Paris and London dissipation, and dies in New York after a life of scandal and ruin.
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Plaentieman
Gettysburg
Battmore
Paris
Randy
London
New York
Blackwell’s Island
Chicago Times
Castle Corcoran
Clytie
Sis
Rupert Gilhooley
Rupert
Amusing burglary tale at the First National Bank
A Gallipolis correspondent reports about a late night incident near 11 oclock when two well known gentlemen heard a burglarous racket from inside the First National Bank. They pressed a keyhole to confirm the noise and alerted others to the alarm.
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Gallipolis
First National Bank
Aii
Cricket on the Hearth Stalls Bank Raid Fandango
Police and citizens numbering about forty to fifty gathered armed with shotguns revolvers corn scythes and bricks to surround a bank a signal was given the door opened and the noise proved to be the song of the cricket on the hearth no burglars but a drunken crowd with revelry afterward
Miner crafts nine foot mine clock from wood scraps
James McGlynn, a coal miner in Wickesbarre Pennsylvania, spent nine years in a Hallenback mine workshop creating a nine foot high clock with a walnut case and 406 carved pieces. He built a homemade lathe, used broken saw tiles as parts, and added 63 moving figures depicting biblical and historical scenes including Molly Pitcher and the tenures of U.S. presidents.
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New York Times
Hallenback
Wickesbarre
Penn
James McGlynn
McGlynn
Times
Parrish
Molly Pitcher
Molly
United States
Thomas Jefferson
Satan
Peter
Christ
Brother Jasper's Convert Sun Moves Belief Prevails at Syracuse
Rev C A Johnson a Hamilton Ont colored preacher preached at Zion M E Church in Syracuse advocating John Jasper's sun movement theory. He attacked astronomy by asking how distance to the sun is known and cited biblical proofs from Malachi Joshua. Audience mostly agreed with his flat earth and sun motion views.
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New York Sun
C. A. Johnson
Hamiliton
Ont
Zion
Mr. Johnson
Malachi
Joshua
Rider on stag ends chase in hidden Hungarian tale
London Telegraph reports a Hungarian account of Karl Poros, a discharged hussar, riding a stag to death after vaulting onto its back amid a pack chase. The stag collapsed from exhaustion as Poros sat victorious on the carcass, a feat claimed as unprecedented in chase history. The piece notes the tale’s surprising origin outside America.
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London Telegraph
Mazeppa
Kaposzta Smogyerer
Karl Poros
Poros
America
Ambiguous Applicant Alleges Wealth After Legal Battles
A company style applicant arrived with five thousand dollars and spent two thousand on legal defense in murder cases. He has earned money and is now worth about five thousand. He killed two men, cleared in one case and likely to be cleared in the other. Habits are described as good and central character is sounded as stable.
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Australia
George Francis Train
Train
England
Tax Globe
Callac
Beile
Dahlgren
Hoe
Spee
Kilpatrick
Richmond
Dederals
Pat
Texas
San Antonio
Central Garden
Confederate Raids Almost Took Richmond Lifted by Kilpatrick and Dahlgren
A detailed account recalls Kilpatrick and Dahlgren’s 1864 cavalry raid toward Richmond. The plan aimed to free Libby Prison prisoners and strike the James River and Central railroad. Dahlgren's force fought a fierce retreat, sustaining heavy losses before being overrun near King and Queens counties.
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Detroit Free Press
Army of the Potomac
Kilpatrick
Custer
Dahlgren
Lee
Orange Court House
James City
Charlottesville
Orange & Alexandria
Stevensburg
Rapidan
Richmond
Famed violin crafted from pre flood wood found in Indiana
Harry P. Cain possesses a rare violin made with ante diluvian wood discovered when a mill race was dug through Daniel Bulla’s farm. The belly stems from ancient wood, the back and neck from Pennsylvania maple rafted down the Ohio, and it imitates Stradivarius in form. Two connoisseurs praised its tone, noting its rich, mellow quality unlike modern instruments.
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Noah
Richmond
Ind
Palladium
Harry P. Cain
Daniel Bulla
A. B. Clark
Cremona
Mexico
Clark
Stradivarius
Amati
Guarnerius
Geography Revised For Advanced Classes Defnitions
A satirical piece from the Detroit Free Press mocks geography questions by pairing quips about oceans, straits, latitude, and navies with political and social jabs. The dialogue lampoons British influence, American governance, shipping, imports, and exports, ending with a quiz about a gin-sling inventor.
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Detroit Free Press
Canada
New York
Liverpool
San Francisco
Russia
Spain
America
Peru
The Boy Who Can Do It All Says He Will Help
A Burlington Hawkeye feature humorously contrasts a boy’s exaggerated day of feats with real family tasks. It ends by praising that same versatile boy as a loyal friend in any weather.
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Burlington
The Weight of Cheek From the French
Two brazen youths share adjoining rooms and outwit a persistent clerk and repeated debt-collectors. When A's door is pounded B shouts from his room to ignore the knocking, claiming nobody is home. Later A emerges to confront visitors at B's door, completing a simple cunning ruse.
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Dun
Blind Georgia miner works without lamp in Alabama region
The Birmingham papers profile W. A. Graves, a blind miner from Georgia who digs coal efficiently without light. His room yields coal as clean as any and his son guides him in, while Graves loads cars, props the roof, and pushes them to the main track despite blindness.
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Birmingham
Ala
W. A. Graves
Georgia
Desdwood and the Wilde Man at Yale in a Frayed Page
A混ious collage from the San Francisco Post and other papers recalls witty editorics, poems, and comic vignettes. It narrates a vivid scene of a “Personal” column triumph, quirky portraits, and fragments of verse and domestic tableaux, mingled with stray anecdotes.
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San Francisco Post
Desdwood
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Sandy Hook
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Kanawha Canal
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Yale
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Harvard Herald
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Union Bocker Club
Ulster
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Eusie
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