Despatches Reach Nashville Amid Confederate Prowl
A Union captain and Company H of the 4th Michigan Cavalry rode despatches to General Negley in Nashville while under threat from Confederate horsemen near Slipup, Tennessee. After a perilous pursuit and a failed capture, the escort delivered crucial orders linking Crittenden in Gallatin to Negley in the city, signaling a broader reinforcement move.
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4Th Michigan Cavalry
Pe Federal
Nashville
Sipup
Tennessee
Crittenep
Kun
Michigan Cavalry
John Morgans
McCann
Comman
Crittenden
Gallatin
Negley
Lss
Porte
Columbia
How to coax them in sewing and domestic virtue
An elder tells a group of young girls that sewing and domestic skill boost marriage chances. He claims a needlework posture creates a homely aura that attracts men, urging girls to pursue practical domesticity while balancing social grace. He notes English ladies may be more domestic, but American women can excel at both.
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New York Star
Iris
Geop
General Rose Crans Establishes Headquarters in City
Fragmentary OCR notes indicate Gen. Rosecrans, who relieved Buell, moved into and set up headquarters in the city as preparations began for a famous battle near Boro.
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Gen. Rosecrans
Buell
Boro
Urfrees
A New England Romance From a Boston Gate
In Chicago Tribune prose a young man named Osgoodson confronts shattered plans and a promising future as a Boston setting frames his emotional struggle. Wardonia counsels restraint while maintaining the social duties that bind them, and Waldo nia resolves to continue his milk wagon work this summer.
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Chicago Tribune
Osgoodson
Boston
Waldonia
Eidolon
Wardonia
How to Make Big Bubbles
Thomas W. Chittenden describes a bubble solution recipe from July St Nicholas. Use white or mottled castile soap, weigh 60 grains per ounce of water, mix in a bottle three to four times the final amount, dissolve over 2 3 hours, add glycerine at half the solution volume, then rest and shake over a day, yielding large bubbles.
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Thomas W. Chittenden
St. Nicholas
Castile
A Woman's Creativity Luxury in Wealth Debate
In a Chicago Herald piece a group of moderate income women discuss their heart's luxury. Rather than jewels or carriages, they prize a maid who can manage every detail from boots to perfume, bathing, and hair combing, easing daily weariness. The women claim this preference represents all women's desires.
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Chicago Herald
Siow Progress of the Came
A society figure hosts a billiard lesson for a young lady. A family boy comments that the man is only holding the young woman’s hand, not playing, implying a lack of proper conduct and amusement in the scene.
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Nele
Miss
A Retort in Kind. Paris Colony Story Ends in Jest
An American in Paris passes a feisty social moment when a parvenu adds nee Montmorenci to a card sent to Mrs Jonathan Mith. A brusque fishman answers with a witty retort calling him Captain John Jones with a retroussé nose in a lighthearted duel of phrases.
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America
Paris
Jonathan Mith
Nee Montmorenci
John Jones
Counting-Out Rhymes and a World of Child Dialects
A survey of counting-out rhymes used by children in games like hide and seek and tag. It traces origins, variations across languages, and how these playful formulas mirror historicalLot traditions and heathen or sacred practices, noting hundreds of versions worldwide and urging further scholarly input.
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H. C. Bolton
London
Elliot Stock
Lonely Islands
Pacific Ocean
Davy
Navy
Southern speech quirks and dialect contrasts across regions
A discussion of Southern and Northern speech patterns, noting phrases like “O John” and “mighty,” regional vocabularies such as wagon bed vs box, and common grammatical mistakes. It contrasts dialect portrayals by writers and confirms distinctive regional speech forms in conversation.
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John
Webster
New England
Superstitions of the Hindooos in Daily Morning Routine
The Hindoo is described as an early riser with seasonally shifting wake times. He repeats Rama upon waking, usesNeem twig as a makeshift toothbrush, draws water from the well, dresses for the day, lights a hooka, and greets neighbors with Rama Rama. He avoids ill omens, fears crows and sneezes, and considers portents like gong signals and Brahman sighting as auspicious or not, sometimes retreating home to start again after a bad omen.
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Rama
How a Convict is Searched in Century Interview
In July Century, Captain Nikolin boasts of prison search methods. George Kennan concedes the craft is cunning. Nikolin recalls removing writing from a convict’s ear and mouth, and discovering poison hidden in a hollow tooth.
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George Kennan
Mr. Kennan
Nikolin
Shower Bath Gossip At New York Times Club
In the New York Tribune scene guests enjoy the shower baths as splashing nymphs fill a plunge pool. Laughter and gossip rise amid attendants circulating with water and iced drinks while conversations reveal a guest’s bold confession and a quick exit to be scrubbed.
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New York Tribune
I Will Not Accept It If No Salary Is Offered
A speaker at a political gathering asserts that true national service requires acceptance of a nomination when offered. He praises citizen duty over self and notes the office is unpaid, provoking disbelief from an admirer who insists on salary. The exchange underscores values of public service versus compensation.
Magnetic physician’s diagnosis stirs domestic quip
In a humorous vignette from the New York Sun, a husband teases his wife after she reports a physician’s verdict that she is a sick woman with an unsettled nervous system. He quips he could have warned her and saved money.
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New York Sun
Art of Divination Across Ancient Rome and Beyond
A compact survey traces natural and artificial divination from ancient Rome to medieval times. It describes Sortes Virgiliane and other methods, including alphabetic, Homeric, and Virgilian divination, with notes on notable figures and stories such as Socrates, King Charles I, and Abraham Cowley.
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Marcos Lane
Chicago Globe
Prometheus
Ahriman
Wen
Cato
Plutarch
Tibullus
Whon
Roger
Socrates
Brutus
Patroclus
Fate
Latona
Apollo
Phars
Aubray
Coartes I
Charles I
Caersbrook
London
Charles
Wales
Paris
Abraham Cowley
Wayten
Mr. Cowley
Ighness Baer
Cowley
Virgil
Superstitions and Abracadabra Across Centuries
An old account cites a 16th century English physician claiming to heal 200 in a year by hanging Abracadabra about the necks and other quack methods. Similar Swedish beliefs hinge on gendered word forms like Anamzaptas and Anamzapta. An 11th century extract shows magic words used during a fit. The piece argues such practices reflect ancestors' credulity and contrast with modern reason.
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Sweden
Simeon Sykes Sells Silver While Sally Slater Schemes
In Detroit Free Press lore a silver-seller named Simeon Sykes travels south with a satchel of silverware. Sally Slater watches, suspects theft, and a comic struggle unfolds amid seductive syllables and sudden safeguards. After turmoil, Sally yields, seasons pass, and Simeon continues selling silver to fund subsistence as secessionists settle south.
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Detroit Free Press
Simeon Sykes
Simeon
Sally Slater
Sally
Sawyer
Imeon
Simeon Atare
Meon
Sim
Sona
Umbrella Thief Humiliated on Train in Utica Scene
A gentleman recounts a humorous incident on a train where a would be thief seized an umbrella, sat with the owner’s friend, and failed to hide his act. The owner confronted him, the thief returned the umbrella, and passengers applauded leaving the car in laughter.
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Utica
Apieeis Ept
Etty
Nori
Sebrella
Fellea Closs
Nothing is Not Polite. Balloon story from Alabama circus
A balloon from a Montgomery circus drifted eight to ten miles and landed in a field where enslaved workers plowed. A sickly old negro, trapped by a quick landing, faced judgment and a chance to greet the divine with a polite bow, asking about his father while addressing Mars Jesus.
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Atlanta Constitution
Montgomery
Heaven and Earth
Darkey
Mars
Jesus
Too Much for the Baby in Louisville Courier-Journal
A garbled excerpt from the Louisville Courier-Journal features a comical monologue about a visitor insisting on using English and requesting polite address toward a baby. The fragment hints at language study delay and social prejudice.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Almost Equals It
A clipped exchange from Terre Haute Express features a playful dialogue about indecision, with a humorous jackass between two haystacks quip and banter about a persistent porter who presses onward as the whistle nears.
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Terre Haute Express
A Paying Teller's Crime and Moral Lesson
A bank clerk John Smith, earning $45 a month, secretly steals $250,000 but tricks directors by returning the money after a staged confession. He then explains the bank should value trust over salaries, persuades a bond not to prosecute, and offers to resign while the directors appoint his successor as he takes a two week vacation.
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Pittsburg Times
Scribner'’s Magazine
John Smith
Dean
Rot of
Smith
Ato
Lye
Detroit Free Press Fragment on Character and Knees
A fragmented Detroit Free Press snippet argues that a man’s knees reflect character, noting an unimpeachable index unless injured or restricted, reflecting older editorial style and a focus on body as moral measure.
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Detroit Free Press
The Gait as a Mirror of Character and Nerve
A speaker argues that leg movement reveals inner traits. A strong walk signals a strong character while a dragging, leaden gait signals weakness. He contends that observing legs during action or rest often yields an accurate picture of a person’s soul and nerve.
Fragmented Verse Fragments and War Echoes in Aged Columns
A collage of poem fragments and war reminiscences threads together snippets of sentiment and memory. The pieces reference a Walter Learned portrait, Esther and fate, Marie and bustle, a noble Injun, marching with the boys, and a romantic dream, all recalling past eras and personal longing.
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Dick McCann
Jim
Siow
Indianapolis Journal
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Ine
Ann
Icy
Fallicy
Nicholas
Queever
Quaver
Knaver
Sunckelum
Stanckelum
Jerico
Back
Bevin
Chiloe
Scotland
Aberdeen
Eewery
Twacry
Luckery
Layven
Halaba
Crackery
Veen
Pan
Musky
Dan
Feetelam
Fadelam
Charles G. Leland
Ikkert
Akairl
You Kairan
Fillisin
Fallisin
Nicholas J'N
Kin
Kart
Stint
Stam
Buck
Keney
Ene
Tene
Mone
Mei
Pastor
Lone
Bone
Strel
Fune
Herke
Germany
Cornwall
Kena
Meena
Mona
Mite
Basca
Lora
Bascalora
Pisky Larry
Barcelona
Pennsylvania
Butler
Luscalona
Firmouth
Coutny
England
Japan
Italy
France
Syria
Turkey
Greece
Bolton
Smithsonian Institution
Washington, D. A
The
American Patriot
Texas Siftings
George Ent
Cherise
Welwood
Oxford
Lord Falkland
Evander
Pallas
Dryden
Serenus
nAuUne Wana
Simon Short
Canada
Wilkins
Een
Walter
Rose
Charles & Greene
Esther
Rose Hawthorne Lathrop
Marie
Verdare Gay
Harn
Denver City
M. B. Duffie
Philadelphia
Clamourie
Samuel Minturn Peck
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