Terrible Slaughter and Bold Assault at Wilderness Front
A detailed Civil War field report chronicles May 3 actions along the Rapidan and near Wilderness Tavern. Union Sixth Corps engages Lee’s forces with heavy casualties, fierce counterattacks, and night marches toward Pottsylvania, highlighting Hancock and Birney’s brigades, crucial crossings, and the brutal struggle for the Angle and adjacent trenches.
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James L. Bowen
Philadelphia Times
Rapidan
Germania Ford
Brandy Station
Wilderness Tavern
Hancock
Getty
Hayden
Church
Wadsworth
Fifth Corps
Plank Road
Birney
Hill
Cxnse
Longstreet
Stevenson
Huson
Ninth Corps
Adsworth
Mott
Treet
Perth
Wadworth
Brock Road
Eustis
Thirty-seventh
Geain
Wards
Sixth Corps
Shaler
Seymour
Sedgwick
Wright
Pottsylvania
Crawford
Mion
The Tranquil Passenger on Broadway Car
A stout woman with a tranquil face boards a Broadway car at Thirty fourth Street and studies Grace Church. She asks about Bleecker Street and the bank, distracts seventeen riders, and finally disembarks at the following car after a long inspection of the bank. The conductor jokes about transfers and safety.
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Thirtyfourth Street
Grace Church
Aman
Bleecker Street
Passehner
English guest's misadventure with hotel staff in Niagara
Sir R Gifford Snow of Essex, England, lodging at Delavan House, struggles with English terms and hotel jargon. A hall boy, Bell staff, and Roosevelt conjure up monitors and baggage, while others misinterpret words. Snow departs for Niagara after chaotic exchange and language snafu.
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Albany
R. Gifford Snow
Essex
Eng
Delavan House
Mr. Snow
Sam Thompson
Bell Boys
Sali
Sam
Mr. Hamlin
Sir K. G. 5
Niagara
Plants in the Ocean and the Strange Sea Weeds
Botanists classify seaweeds as alga with many forms from tiny particles to long fronds. The article describes red seaweed dulse, kelp derived soda, bladder wrack, and Lucky Minny's lines used for strong fishing lines. It recounts seaweed use in food, tobacco substitutes, rope production, and ecological impacts on coasts and islands.
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New York
Red Sea
Ritish Islands
Edinburgh
Orkneys
Orkney
Firth of Forth
Europe
Lucky Minny
Scotland
Terra del Fuego
Darwin
Falkland Islands
Alaskan
Alaska
Java
China
The Lime Kiln Club Sermon and Church Debate
Detroit Free Press reports a humorous scene at a Lime Kiln Club meeting where Brother Gardner relays a sermon by a white clergyman critiquing world wickedness and church growth. The gathering weighs liberty or death, a library skeleton proposal, and ends with song and departure as members joke about anatomy and blacksmithing.
First Use of Animal Food and Fire in Cooking
The article surveys the dawn of dining, tracing meat in diet from Abraham to Hebrews, Greco Roman cooking, and the spread of culinary art. It notes early raw eating, then roasting and stewing, the sausages’ origins, and how Charlemagne and chivalry spurred gastronomy, with rosewatered fish and spices widening tastes across Europe.
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Brooklyn Eagle
Adam
Isaac
Esau
Egypt
Patroclus
Achilles
Sicily
Athens
Rome
France
Charlemagne
Germany
Holland
Iet
The Beautiful Miss Smith at an Evening Party
A New York Sun note recounts an exchange where Dumley introduces himself to the so called Beautiful Miss Smith. She gently corrects him saying he is mistaken about the identity, noting the real Miss Smith being acclaimed by many.
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Achilles
Patroclus
Miss Smith
New York Sun
Dumley
Pelisson
Meland
Epiural
Latude
Marquis de Montespan
Versailles
Siberia
Cardinal Mazarin
Cardinal Richelieu
Alfieri
Cowper
Daisy bather spurs year round winter swimming zeal
In San Francisco Alta the bath man jokes about a woman who begins daily winter bathing to shed fat. He recalls other men quitting water on cold days, while she dives in, proving dedication and prompting him to note the potential boost to winter business.
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San Francisco Alta
Nothi
How Far Can One See
European discussion weighs the visibility distance of large earth objects. Accounts include Keizerspicht in Sumatra seen at 110 miles, Guy Merapi at 180 miles, Mont Blanc from Piz Muraun about 1100 miles, and other long-range sightings in Greenland, Marseilles, and the Himalayas.
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Rehoboth Sunday Herald
Europe
Emil Metzger
Keizerspicht
Sumatra
Guy Merapi
Java
Piz Muraun
Dissentis
Hill
Mont Blanc
Adams Bathes a Mule's Feet in Hot Water
Pittsburg Dispatch reports Mr Archibald Adams a Brownsville road area teamster had a curious morning trying to bathe a mule’s rear hoofs in hot water. He read a farmer’s column praising hoof washing and treated his new mules to a spa like soak, the animals calmly awaiting the procedure.
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Adams
Pittsburg
Archibald Adams
Brownsville
Mr. Adams
The Patchwork Quilt Patchwork in Brooklyn Eagle Style
Burdette recalls the old fashion patchwork quilt grandma makes as a warm, grandhearted comforter not a weighty family relic. The piece satirizes empty quilt myths while praising a generous, 98 year old grandma who sews without machines or the Bible altered.
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Burdette
Brooklyn Eagle
Funnyman
Unny
Grandma
Susan
Grandpa
A Slow Boy in Texan Siftings
A German school teacher struggles with arithmetic as Fritz the pupil dodges math problems with comic refusals. The dialogue shows miscommunications, a hungry perspective on gifts, and the weary humor of rural schooling. The teacher finally ends the lesson by sending the class out to play.
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Fritz
Reacher Sanpoee
The Mirthful Rant On Tobacco Habits And Defense
An odd monologue celebrates tobacco use as an economical habit and self defense. The speaker jokes about smoking cigars to keep moths away, to preserve life, and to face danger, joking that a rattlesnake would die from oil drops on the tongue. The piece ends with a macabre pun about cannibals dreaming of a wrong prescription.
Texas Sittings Revealed in Domestic Quirk
A young wife tends to a scientist husband dismissed as busy with abstract work. Neighbors note he handles most home duties. A visitor learns the couple’s routine with the husband heard in the kitchen asking what to do after grinding coffee.
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Texas
A Sensible Tramp at Morning Prayers
A tramp seeks aid at a minister's back door just as the family begins prayers. The minister invites him to join the devotions, offering a meal. The tramp accepts with grit, saying a man battered by life deserves a square meal.
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New York Sun
Yan
Domestic Banter Echoes in 19th Century Columns
A fragmentary, tongue in cheek domestic scene unfolds in Cincinnati with lines about a mother and child asking if Rebecca will attend a party and questions over wardrobe. The text references Max in Buffalo Express and Rebecca in a playful voice, plus a note on a preserved wife from the Chicago Ledger.
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Max
Buffalo Express
Cincinnati
Rebecca
de Barty
Illustrated Cranks and Animal Companions in History
Curious portraits of philosophers, emperors, artists, and scholars who kept or delighted in animals. From Goethe and Rembrandt to Charlemagne and Tasso, the piece recounts personal pets and beloved creatures that accompanied famed figures across eras and arts.
Help for the Future Sensible Advice for Youths
A column urges youths to keep scrapbooks of places and people, with photos and notes, arguing such records will aid future journalists. It cites habits like memorizing verses, foreign phrases, and daily gifts to children, praising simple home joys to prevent overwork and nervous illness, and ends with a Valdosta Times anecdote about an old hunter trapping a deer.
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Pepy
Madame de Remusat
Frederick Robertson
Benjamin Franklin
Virginia
Delcamp
Hunter ties deer rope to tree then misses on shot
A hunter tells his wife he will claim killing a deer. He ties a rope to the deer's horns and to a tree, loads a rifle, and aims. The shot blows dust from the rope and the deer remains unfettered as the bullet splits the rope.
Fragmented Verse Snippets and Wit Across Columns
A patchwork of poems and humorous vignettes from various periodicals. Notable lines evoke childhood longing, nature imagery, and light satire on journalism and social scenes, with quips about a judge, a sneezing riddle, and a playful couple at a gate.
Fifer of the Elfin Men Recita on Harvest Fields
A poem reflecting a fife playing among elfin figures across farm fields from late summer to frost, noting dawn and dusk sessions, hidden lodgings among daisies and leaves, and a resilient refrain that persists through August heat to winter stillness.
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Daisy
The One Cray Hair and Other Verses Mixed
A collection of humorous verse and short anecdotes mixed with a light rail tale. The piece blends Walter Savage Landor style lines with playful quips about hats and money. A Detroit Free Press dog story ends the snippet with a humorous street exchange about a biting canine.
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Walter Savage Lander
Solomon
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