Gettysburg Victory Chronicle by New York Herald Reporter
The New York Herald recounts its first to publish the Gettysburg victory on that Sunday in 1863. It details the reporter’s perilous post battle journey from Taneytown to York and Baltimore, censorship hurdles, and the unprecedented lead time that allowed the Herald to print exhaustive extras before rivals. The piece credits decisive timing, executive judgment, and the reporter’s persistence.
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Herald
New York
Brooklyn
Lee
Gettysburg
Herald Establishment
Pennsylvania
Army of the Potomac
Uly
Pickett
Potomac
Longstreet
Aniv E. Sickles
Taneytown
Picketts
Col. Fry
Birney
Virginia
Frederick City
Baltimore
Washington
Northern Central
York
Stuart
Goodby
Ark
Monumental City
American Telegraph Office
Ling
Washinape
Newark
Speed
Beltmore
War Department
Heral
Baltamore
Victoy
Tribune
Times, World
Meade
The House Beautiful at Muskrat Corners Cottages
A collection of reader remarks on renting a Queen Anne cottage for summer at Muskrat Corners. Objections include shade, proximity to road or hotel, size, lawn, stables, train noise, and lack of country charm. Many seek quiet, easier upkeep, or closer access to services.
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Muskrat Corners
Amet
Roche
Chuck Centre
Shanghai
Codebuck
Mickey and the Goat on Cooney Island Moonlit Night
In a June moonlit Cooney Island night a billy goat escapes from a yard fence to graze the meadow while Mickey Finn lies awake inside the shanty. A gang of robbers arrives, but the goat returns home in a tin muzzle as the dawn breaks and the spell lifts.
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Ernest Jerrold
New York
Cooney Island
Jack Doolan
Mrs Murphy
Old Point Road
St. Mary's
Mickey Finn
Stamey
Lee
Seana
Billy
Billy-Coat
St. Mary’s
Mickey
Mike
Mr. Finn
Biddy
Mrs. Finn
Snrely
Gsaus
Didn't Catch His Meaning on a Hot Day Car Scene
A deaf passenger on an Allen Street car miscommunicates with a short fat man who insists it is a hot day. The small man raises his voice, the deaf man asks for repetition, and other riders snicker as tension builds while both pursue the same point about the heat.
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Allen Street
Moudiste Dressmaker Debate Opens Family Talk
Mrs Sinkerson reads a sign on a red brick house as Matilda explains that Moudiste means dressmaker. The mother questions the name while recalling two bail dresses from last week and debating proper wording.
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Merchant Traveller
To Ensure Quick Delivery
Johnny claims he did not go to the post office but used the letter box in front of his uncle’s house so the letter would arrive sooner. His mother questions how delivery could be faster without the post office visit.
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Johnny
Mamma
Mr. Bowser
Dice Used to Raise Funds for Bibles at St Ives Church
In Tunbridge Wells a parish church once held an annual lottery like dice game inside the church to raise money for Bibles from an old trust. The eccentric donor directed the orchard rents go to Bible purchases and the Bibles be offered by dice during Whit services.
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Tunbridge Wells
Eng
St. Ives
Vicar Leads 200 Year Old Bible Dice Ceremony
Tuesday evening prayer ended as the vicar addressed the congregation about the solemn ritual. A table with a white cloth displayed as about six boys and girls named themselves, casting dice in three throws each to win Bibles, ending with a hymn and benediction.
The Egg Dance by Louis Rousselet
A detailed description of the egg dance performance with a corseted dancer balancing a willow wheel on her head and eggs in thread nooses. She spins rapidly creating a halo of eggs around her head while the audience inspects the eggs for authenticity. The timing must be precise. one misstep ends the act and the eggs are eventually removed and shown alive.
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Louis Rousselet
Queen Victoria's fifty eyes keep watch on modesty
A Youth's Companion feature recounts Queen Victoria’s keen reading of character and modesty. She reportedly detests flirtation and can detect it quickly, even from the back of a carriage. A royal anecdote shows her correcting a young princess by retrieving a dropped handkerchief, underscoring discipline and prudence.
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England
Saida
Princess Royal
Alice
What Not to Say Press Card
Advice on tactful talk for women. The piece warns against compliments and remarks that reveal weight, aging, or fashion judgments. It urges praising how a person looks rather than noting changes or implying comparison to past appearances. It emphasizes sensitivity and respectful speaking.
When to Sit and When to Set
A collection of humorous and fragmentary snippets from the Christian Union and the Binghamton Republican. One anecdote jokes about sitting or setting objects and people, another features a mother asking a child about a slate drawing of a cat that resembles a tree. The text mirrors 19th century newspaper style with stray garbled phrases.
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Binghamton
Nellie
Kitty
The Fair Sex Across Three Epochs Of Love
The piece muses on women and passion, noting friends or foes in women, and asking where the man fits in. It claims men kill their passions, not themselves, and compares love to poison and drink. It divides a woman's life into dreaming, experiencing, and regretting love.
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Oman
John Amelia Allen A Two-Headed Village Oddity Near Shattersburg
A Virginia region's eighteen year oddity, John Amelia Allen, a two headed youth from a farmer family near Shattersburg, WV, is described in lurid detail. The piece chronicles their daily life, conflicts, clothing, schooling, romance, and social folly as the heads share one body. The narrative notes their quarrels, church seating, and the impact of a recent bustle on John's morale, foreshadowing an eventual departure from home.
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William G. Eggleston
New York Mercury
John Amelia Allen
Jack Allen
Shattersburg
W. Va
Farmville
Sugarville
Keysville
Chickentown
Joan Amelia
Mr. Allen
John
Amelia
John Amelia
Bethlehem Church
Theoung Lady
Joan
Amela
Ohn
Amelia John
Attersburg
Allen
Williny
Peter Parley
Jenn
Johns
A Saint of Fashion Sees Gate Open To A Tailor Made Girl
A dialogue unfolds at the gates of heaven where Saint Peter questions a fashionably rich applicant about her life. She confesses charity fair draughts and unpaid seamstresses, recalls church notes, and admits to romance with a duke before finally being admitted as the gate opens wider for the next aspirant.
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St. Peter
The
Four Hundred
Shad
Modern Society
Nowers
T. Peter
H’m
Peter
J. Peter
Divorce in Five Countries Highlights Varied Traditions
A Toronto Mail piece surveys divorce customs across five nations. Turkoman wives face divorce if orders are not followed with a return. Siberian splits arise from minor domestic provocations like tearing a cap. Siam allows first wife to divorce but not be sold, with child rights favoring her. Moors may divorce if no male heir, while Arctic men abandon home and do not return for days.
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Siberia
Siam
Arctic
Human Feet Were Made to Waltz
An exploration of feet movement to music, arguing waltzing is natural for humans and even ostriches. The piece describes how music compels dancing and notes the infectious nature of the waltz across beings, from infancy onward.
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Cope
Side Whiskers and Selfishness
A St Louis Globe-Democrat opinion piece asserts men with side whiskers are cold blooded and selfish. The author recounts a store conversation, noting acquaintances with side whiskers as examples and recounting a friend calling a man “cold-blooded” in a business letter.
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St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Distance Lends Enchantment on Mt Vesuvius Poem Reading
Aspiring poet requests to read a new poem on Mt Vesuvius with permission from a literary editor who approves the reading location but warns against reading it elsewhere lest the fighting editor be summoned. The exchange frames a playful control of venue and editorial boundaries.
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Mt. Vesuvius
Goodfellows Mistake in Society Entrance
In this New York Weekly item a dialogue between two clubmen reveals how Goodfellow struggles to enter society after society learns of his desire. The exchange hints at social barriers and reputational concerns affecting his acceptance.
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Goodfellow
New York Weekly
Bowser Family Farm Holiday Ends in City Escape
Mr Bowser drags his wife and child to a country farm for a summer idyll. The plan backfires as drought, pests, ruined fencing, a sickly horse, and a stubborn cow thwart efforts. They endure heat, insects, broken wells, and a sour mood before returning to the city and facing a divorce dispute.
Gen Pryor Meets A Reporter In England
In a London hotel Gen. Pryor recalls trying to reach British editors to share his views on Irish patriots. A dilapidated man slips into his room and, bowing, proclaims I believe while claiming to be a reporter’s girl and asking questions.
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New York Sun
Gen. Pryor
England
Gen
Pryor
The King's Diary July Fourteen 1789 Revered Crowm
A collage of verse and prose notes from 1789 centered on Louis XVI and Paris. Writings touch on royal doubt, Bastille siege pressures, innocence in peril, and shifting power, interwoven with elegiac lyrics about love, fate, and social ascent. Public and private voices mix in a fragmentary historical mosaic.
Genteel it is to have soft hands and more ends
A Manchester Times caption quotes a poem railing at genteel culture and double standards. It mocks the idea that genteel status excuses labor, thrift, thrift, and responsibility while condemning toil and practical work. The verse contrasts refined pretensions with honest living.
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Manchester Times
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Qowear
Jane
John W. Chadwick
Rien
Hugh Capet
Mere
Paris
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Cap-A
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N. Y
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Fortune’s Hill
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Amarita
Samuel Minturn Peck
Atlanta Constitution
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