Bringing Bad News: Herald’s Gettysburg Extra Beats Rivals
A first-hand account describes the New York Herald’s exclusive early report on the Chancellorsville campaign and Gettysburg battle. The writer details missing later word from the army, the stampede to publish an extra, and the Herald’s unparalleled speed with maps, diagrams, and a full casualty tally, while rivals remained silent.
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Gettysburg
Herald
Chancellorsville
Virginia
Grant
Army of the Potomac
James River
Rappahannock River
Fredericksburg
Hooker
Lee
Richmond
Sedgwick
Theth Corps
Bank’s Ford
Sedewick
Stonewall Jackson
New York
Falmouth
Acquia Creek
Snalies
Washington
Ashington
Stanton
War Department
Baltimore
Herald Office
Astor House
Indson
Owever
Smythe
Hudson
Getty
Gettys
Who Lost the Ten Dollars in El Paso Trick
A Texan man crosses the border for drinks using Mexican dollars. He cycles currencies across the line, drinking back and forth until he spends 10.05 in liquor and dies. The tale ends with the coroner’s verdict of delirium tremens and a lingering question: who lost the $10.00?
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Pittsburg
United States
Texas
Mexico
el Paso del Norte
Lexas
Wealthy man buys drink for tramp in barroom kindness
In a Washington Post vignette a well dressed man finds himself without cash but with conscience. He offers the price of a drink to a tramp, shares whiskey and ice water, then buys him crackers cheese and a herring. The two men depart together amid surprised remarks.
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Washington Post
Avenue
Isa
Fudge
Pete
Travis
The Way to Keep Cool
A Louisville Post excerpt presents a physician’s practical summer tips. He emphasizes light meals, minimal fluids, and sleeping in a cool bath before bed to lower temperature. Daytime advice includes light clothing, avoiding alcohol and greasy foods, and using an umbrella for shade. The guidance blends sleep, diet, and ventilation to endure heat.
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Louisville Post
Rest for the Weary at Dr Loudly's Vacation Note
In a Freespeech dialogue, Dr Lou dly receives a three months’ vacation from his church. The exchange notes the minister’s reputed weariness and his congregation’s reaction, framing the respite as a deserved rest rather than a disciplinary measure.
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Freespeech
Dr. Loudly
Fogg
Seamen’s Confession Aboard Texas Sittings Ship
A seasick passenger tells Captain he owes his love to the sea while admitting he has sacrificed nearly everything for it. The dialogue implies a tense exchange over dedication versus comfort at sea.
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Texas
Mr. Jones
Short Change Men and the Circus Fakir’s Clever Scam
A Chicago Mail tale exposes the long con of the circus short-change man. A nimble Irish fakir palm reads a $20 bill, returns $17 in mixed bills, and flips the ten into a hidden wad. He marks the victim with chalk, blocks future aid, and hints the loss by swapping a bill to deflect suspicion. Only a rare person rechecks the change, allowing the con to succeed.
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Chicago Mail
Mr. Herrmann
Akir
Perae
Brides in Rome Rehoboth Sunday Herald
A Roman woman marries at nightfall wearing a white robe symbolizing virgin purity with a woolen sash, hair in six plaits, a flame colored veil, and a fresh wreath of verbena, as described in the Sunday Herald.
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Rehoboth
Roman matron’s duty and symbols of virtue parade homeward
A fragment describes a wife honored as priestess guiding a procession. The Domiduca leads, torches light the street, with companions. A boy bears a basket containing wool, distaff, and spindle, highlighting the matron’s great responsibility to spin as a crown jewel of virtue alongside chastity and frugality.
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Una Domiduca
Republic
Eccentric feminine noses in the New York Herald
A humorous study extols the crooked nose as more fortunate in friendships and practical matters, praising its adaptability and decisiveness in crises while warning against straight noses for financial misjudgments. It strangely favors the pug nose as the safest, advising sons to seek such a partner.
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New York Herald
Tea Table
Mrs. Potter
Cleopatra
Whistler's regretful farewell on Lookout Mountain bridge rescue
In a Civil War tale, a blue uniformed whistler comforts a despondent regiment. During a Bridgeport crossing the pontoon bridge failed, sending many soldiers and prisoners into the water. Only a few were lost, including an Ohio boy and two prisoners. The whistle then offered a quiet tribute to the dead as survivors boarded the train.
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Chicago Inter-Ocean
Lookout Mountains
Bridgeport
Chattanooga
Reb
Yank
Mickey Finn Plays Hookey in a Summer Tale
A clipped narrative follows Mickey Finn on a hot July day in Cooney Island as he skips school, wanders the woods, contemplates confession, and endures a bumble bee sting. Tempted by nature, he learns the cost of truancy and finds forgiveness from his mother after revealing his misdeed.
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Cooney Island
Micky Finn
Murray Street
Lindsey
Hudson River
Mickey
Mike
Ben
Braksy
Bumble Bee
Booke
Four Men Can Lift the Eiffel Tower Article
Harper's Bazar describes the Eiffel Tower rising between the Trocadero dome and exhibition cupola within a park of waterfalls and hills. The structure soars over 980 feet with three platforms at 180 370 and 860 feet, a 120 foot pinnacle hosting a powerful electric light, and a base arch giving a light mesh appearance. Despite using 6404 tons of material the weight is distributed to the ground so it could be lifted by four average men Save for the last sentence beyond the strict facts.
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Harper's Bazar
Pauses Heard As Clock Fails In Yonker Home
Yonker's Gazette reports a hallway clock stopping, prompting a quip from Pa about not setting an example for Adolphus. The brief dialogue underscores domestic routine and humor in the Yonker household.
Winnie and Walter in Wisbeach Woods Whimsical Wanderings
A playful Old Scrap Book passage follows Winnie and Walter as they yearn for warm weather and wander Wisbeach woods. Winnie, wise and watchful, comforts Walter through weariness while weaving wreaths and recalling Willie, Winston, and Willie’s wagons in a whimsical, alliterative seaside vignette.
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Walter
Winifred
Woodlands
Winnie
Willie
Wisbeach
Wisbeach Woods
Wisbheach
Winston
Winnnie
Alter
Wini
Widow Outsmarts Dapper Masher In City Walk
A Tacoma suburb widow, age about fifty, lured a flirtatious young man into carrying her heavy market basket for a 15 block walk. The prank ended with the man fainting from exertion as the widow and family laughed at his embarrassment. The incident drew laughs and the man reportedly took medicine to recover.
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Tacoma Globe
Ninthstreet
St. Helen's Avenue
Egypt
The Girls are Sly. San Francisco Chronicle
A prose piece on how a woman signals feelings by how she holds a man's arm, noting differences in confidence, affection, and subtle physical cues. It argues arm grip reveals emotion, though some claims about waist fit seem farfetched.
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San Francisco Chronicle
A Good Ways Around
An officer asks a drunk man in Grand Circus Park to go home. The man grumbles he must travel far, claiming he already walked 50 miles to cover two city blocks as he continues around the city.
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Detroit
A Load Off His Mind
A humorous exchange unfolds over plans and reassurance as a couple contemplates marriage and continues their buggy rides, with relief expressed at the hopeful direction of their conversation.
Porridge and Rashly Exchange Cautious Remarks
A fragment from the Richmond Dispatch features Mr. Porridge and Miss Rashly in a tense exchange. Miss Rashly expresses astonishment and apologizes, while Mr. Porridge offers a cautious remark about prior actions unknown to her.
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Richmond Dispatch
Mr. Porridge
Crank in Love on the Canoe Capsize Near Bar Harbor
Marley H. Pike stages a playful scene at Pack Place Bar Harbor where Maud Lovell and Harry Spooner travel in a wobbly canoe. Maud fears a spill while Harry pursues a proposal amid wobbling waters and mock danger. The pair flirt, improvise, and inch toward shore as tension and affection rise.
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Marley H. Pike
Bar Harbor
Maud Lovell
Harry Spooner
Maud
Harry
Two Magnet Classes and Their Use in Making Magnets
The piece explains two magnet types electro magnets and permanent magnets. It describes constructing an electromagnet with a soft iron horseshoe and copper wire windings to lift metal when powered, and shows how a steel horseshoe can become a permanent magnet. It also notes a lead pencil coil can magnetize a needle.
Supper Table Riddle on Census Law and Age
A Cincinnati tale with a husband and wife debating census rules. The clerk demanded the ace of each family and the husband claims to have said the wife was 24 to spare her. The wife, hearing doves, sighs that the law must be respected, in a humorous exchange about age and legality.
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Cincinnati Commercial Gazette
Law
John Henry
Custom of confining girls in cages in New Britain
United States Consul Griffin reports a remarkable New Britain custom where girls are confined in palm twig cages inside houses from age 2 or 3 until they reach marriage age. The practice is said to be secular, observed by residents, with cages built into homes under a Wesleyan mission established by Rev. George Brown in 1876.
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Pitesburg
United States
Griffin
Sydney
New Britain
Wallace
George Brown
Queen of summer girls and July images in verse
A lyrical collage of feminine praise and rural July scenes. The text juxtaposes a lady described in ornate attire with seasonal agrarian imagery and poetic fragments about twilight dreams and harvest rhythms, weaving fashion, nature, and longing through classical verse.
Two Invitations.
Madeline Bridges invites Helen to a social season with fashion advice and flirtatious warnings about dress. The letter hints at color contrasts, wealthy seaside settings, and a pair of friends planning outings with their men away camping at Wildwood Glen, urging Frank and Jack to join.
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Madeline S. Bridges
Judge
May
Helen
Jack
Wildwood Glen
Frank
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Maca
Stease
Eocless
Minna
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Que
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Breeze
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