Whiskey or incapacity in the Stone River clash hailed as a masterful Union win
The Detroit Press profiles Rosecrans's Stone River battle, debating causes of the hard fought defense. It lauds McCook, Breckenridge, and Bragg, praises Rosecrans’s nerve, and notes how Hazen and Rousseau held the line while Confederates pressed in vain. The piece calls the battle one of the war’s best matched and remains wary of whiskey and missteps.
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Detroit
McCook
Rousseau
Rosecrans
Johnson
Hazen
Indiana
Illinois
Sixth
Ohio
Jean
Kentucky
Sueteey
Breckenridge
Bragg
Cala de Sac
Pope
Second Bull Run
Hooker
Jackson
Miles
Harper's Ne
Stone River
Hascall
Aga Sixth Obiseana
Hovslers
Loomis
Guenther
Cedars
Shoemaker
Thirteenth
Michigan
Bradley
Bine
Rousecrans
Rosvcrans
Hell
Brags
Oes
Dodo species described in a lively natural history sketch
In a Detroit Free Press excerpt a professor humorously defines several “Dodo” types. He cites the soft headed youth who wields a loaded gun, the careless arsenic using woman, and broader social types. The talk closes with a provoked promise to witness living specimens at a future outing.
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Detroit Free Press
How The Girl of the Period Got Ahead of the Drummer
A comic tale aboard a train ends with a drummer shaken by a flirtatious passenger. She tries to coax him with jokes, offers tea, and even a shawl, but he refuses. The story notes she finally claims the seat is encaged for the season at a drummer convention.
Reading Men Plan First Free Travel Race Across the West
Two Reading born men, George Stranser and William Reea, have trained for ten years as free travelers. They will start from Harrisburg to reach a distant Western point, with $100 prize to the faster at Milwaukee or Salt Lake. They insist on no money, no passes, and affidavit proof of arrival.
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New York Sun
Harrisburg
Penn
Reading
United States
Milwaukee
Salt Lake
West
George Stranser
William Reea
Maine
Mexico
Florida
Vancouver
Isiand
Canada
St. Lawrence
Harrisbore
Ili
Mobile
New Orleans
New York
California
Lebanon Valley
An Interesting Fact in Heredity from Maryland Family
In Mechanicstown Clarion style, a Lewis town Maryland family story is told by a physician. A quarrel between father and mother ends with a child born eight to ten months later who never speaks to his father. The son says he has no impulse to speak and bears no ill will, though they work together daily and the father talks but receives no reply.
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Louisville & Nashville
Mechanicstown
Lewistown
Dog Grieves Fallen Soldier in Pittsboro Headline Tale
In Pittsboro North Carolina during the late war Samuel C Hackney died in service after a year away. On his return home his coffin lip was opened for a final view and his dog a pointer mourned deeply. The dog, recognizing his master, followed the grave and lay on it after burial starving himself until death, buried at the foot of the grave.
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Pittsboro
Samuel C. Hackney
N.C
Comedic Trial Testimony From a Confederate Colonel
A New York murder trial features a wry Alabama witness, a former Confederate colonel now aligned with Republicans. He admits to three killings across war, saloon, and a deputy marshal incident, each followed by swift acquittals. The court and audience react with laughter at his plain, unembarrassed recounting.
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New York
Alabama
Eoen
United States
Utah
Salt Lake
Strange Welsh Betrothal and Cruel Roast Meat Tale
In Wales miners find a preserved body of a young man in an old pit. An aged fiancée kisses him and recalls a sixty year betrothal, believing him faithful. In Austria a jealous husband tortures his wife by larding meat, tearing and piercing her while neighbors later find her.
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Washington Republican
Wales
Reichenberger Vageblatt
Parta
Simone
Long Branch Goddess of Ocean Avenue A Day at the Seaside
A New York Times correspondent chronicles a Long Branch morning and evening, detailing a goddess of the Branch, her family, and the social pageantry. The piece contrasts leisurely breakfasts, a bustling dining hall, and outfits of the wealthy with humorous insider commentary on family dynamics and hotel life.
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New York Times
Mamma
Gardens, Gossips, and Grim News From A Town Page
A jumble of vignettes and verse from a period page, describing light fare and lighter jests alongside troubling notes about a Long Island clergy member accused of arson and church clashes. The miscellany mixes poems, humorous anecdotes, and a Rome snake-bite tale with reflections on civilization’s impact on Indigenous peoples and familiar old friends.
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Chicago
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Nees
Pa Las
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Anon
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Long Island
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New Haven Register
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