After Bull Run An Aeronaut's Escaped Balloon Adventure
A Confederate account recalls post Bull Run operations along the Washington line. Longstreet’s brigade at Fairfax Court House, picket duty from Annandale to Mason's Hill, and skirmish tensions near Munson's Hill. A captive balloon over the Federal positions attracts fire, while Johnston shifts to winter quarters and Longstreet marches toward Falls Church in a broader withdrawal plan.
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Murray
Washington
J. E. Johnston
Jefferson Davis
Bull Run
National
Centreville
Longstreet
Fairfax Court House
Napoleon
Eagstreet
Fairfax
Annandale
Alexandria Pike
Munson
Falls Church
South
Rfax Court House
Andentegang
Washington Artillery
Munson’s Hill
Febrey’s Farm
Mason's Hill
McClellan
Chain Bridge
Potomac
Lowe
Johnston
Ireville
Chainbridge
Lewinsville
Lewins
Inventive Geniuses Parade Women's Patents in 70 Year Note
A playful roundup cites a year with seventy patents granted to women and sketches many farcical inventions. Items include a bedpost indicator for male intrusions, a mouse exterminator, a scandal-quick telephone, and other time-saving gadgets.
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Patent Office
Missouri
Nancy Jane Stebbins
Hairytown
N. J
Suffering Society of
New Jersey
Sapphira Coon
Smilerville
Mary Ann Duzenberry
Skowhegan
Prudence Cumback
Doddsville
McGoozler
Peewee
Ore
Clementina Baggshott
Gooseville
Retreat at Centreville Ends Longstreet’s Bold Flank
Confederate forces under Longstreet attacked near Lewinsville but were repulsed as Union artillery opened fire from a six gun battery. The Federals held positions. Longstreet’s attempt stalled, and the pickets withdrew the next night allowing the Confederates to march to winter quarters at Centreville without a further clash after Bull Run.
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Lewinsville
Longstreet
Centreville
Bull Run
Marvellous Work of the Unfettered Sign Painter Explores Signs
A Burdette piece in the Brooklyn Eagle muses on signboards and punctuation. It contrasts German and American sign styles and recalls two memorable signs in St John New Brunswick and Chester Pennsylvania, sparking a reflection on scriptural wit.
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Burdette
Brooklyn Eagle
John Smith
Jonn
Qouye
Benjamin. G. North
St. John
New Brunswick
Fim
Chester
Penn
Cain
Brother
Cain and
Abel
Zola's Rain in Paris Nimble Hunger Exploited
Extract from Emile Zola's last novel depicts a hungry man roaming Paris in a rain soaked night. He longs for food as pawn shops close and a soldier eats canned eel behind lace curtains. The drama centers on hunger honesty and desperation amid a city in drizzle.
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Emile Zola
Paris
Handkerchief Flirtation Ridiculed In Canon City
A Canon City Mercury item mocks a young man seen at a bank corner last Monday before noon, describing a clumsy handkerchief flirtation act. It jokes the display would drive a girl to despair and advises private practice behind the hog backs to avoid future public exhibitions.
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Canon City Mercury
Hell
Woman Visits Grocery. Minister Gift Question Sparks Moment
A woman in a grocery store asks the grocer what she should buy for their minister as a group gift. She struggles to decide, saying she will simply take a pound of whatever, noting that it makes no difference. The scene captures a plain, everyday exchange from Arkansaw Traveller.
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Arkansaw
Paul Globe
Seven Bears Roasting Up Goslin Hill Wildly
The Old Settler recounts Nate Tunkelbun and Bets on wooden-shoe bob sleds pulled by seven drunken bears robbing a dance and returning with a jug in a wild Goslin Hill yarn. The tale ends with Nate and Bill tracking the bears to their cabin and sharing a jubilant, if improbable, victory.
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Nate Tankelbun
Nate
Pilgrim Slifer
Nate Tunkelbun
Squire
Goslin Hill
Hull
Bill Flint
Hell's Bottom
Betsey
Ol’ Patehen
Goslin
Bill Fimnt
Greenlan
Goslin’ Hill
Sile
Hell’s Bottom
Bobs
Bill
Jem
Nate Jist
Bradder Gardner Dispenses Advice to Youths About to Marry
The Lime Kiln Club hosts Bradder Skinner, a 23 year old, as he receives cautions from the president on marriage. The speaker warns marriage demands love with practical support, warns against marrying for wealth or vanity, stresses daily bread and shared burden, and urges careful choice, savings, and long term commitment.
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Bradder Gardner
Detroit Free Press
Bradder
Skinner
Paradise Hall
Brother Skinner
Bradder Skinner
Mary
Barber
Dean
Making it Hot for Warde in Boston
The San Francisco Chronicle recounts a hot night for actor Fred Warde in a Boston benefit. He performed in Richard II the armor and makeup melting as pranks chilled him, then rested in a tent while fellow performers plotted mischief.
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Warde
San Francisco Chronicle
Fred Warde
Boston
Strange Parcels by Mail in Blackwood’s Magazine
A satirical note on freely franked government letters recalls odd items sent by foreign office messengers. It cites items such as hounds for the King of the Romans and servants or livestock, describing how forged signatures allowed large packages to pass.
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Foreign Office
Chrichton
Arctic Night Wholly Frigid and Windward Tale of 1880
A narrative recounts a sledge journey across the Arctic toward Hudson's Bay during a bitter spell in 1880. It describes 71 below zero temperatures, calm winds, Esquiman interactions, ice science, and the curious effects of extreme cold on snow, ice, and human endurance.
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Frederick Schwatka
New York Times
Arctic
Buck
Great Fish River
Hudson’s Bay
Hudson's Bay
Fortabe
Esquimans
Far
Northwest
Esquiman
Kinnepetoo Esquimau
Reanimans
Ananias
Esquimaan
Character in Hair and the Philography Claim
A Chicago barber discusses philography the science of reading character from hair. He links temper and with hair texture and growth, cites Oscar Wilde, notes curly hair signals vivacity, and claims refined minds have fine hair while harsh hair marks cold amiability. He warns memory lapses and lateness align with lighter beards.
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Paris
Oscar Wilde
Post Office Romances The Royal Mail
A gentleman fears two letters were misdelivered and told his prospects depend on getting them back due to plans to save two competing mercantile houses. A young lady seeks return of letters after accepting a wrong marriage proposal. A betrothed daughter learns the manufacture firm is insolvent, but the rumor proves false. the family pleads to retrieve the fatal letter, yet the rule allows no exception.
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Royal Mail
A Dog With a Conscience
A shye terrier shows conscience over a leftover cutlet. The owner notices nothing as the dog refrains from stealing, places the cutlet at his master’s feet, and quietly displays shame. The master then rewards the dog with the treat.
Jealous husband shoots professor of roller skating
A husband in Ohio fired at a roller skating professor, hitting him in the head. Doctors left the bullet in place and plugged the wound with a cork. the professor is said to be recovering and remains as knowledgeable as before.
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Burdette
Brooklyn Eagle
Ohio
Erin
Convicts' Signal Mail and Telegraph System Emerges
A Philadelphia Times report details how solitary prisoners secretly communicate via water pipes and walls, using Morse like alphabets and telegraph tricks. Inventor Jack Canter and other inmates devised schemes to relay news, escape plans, and prison movements across corridors and even between penitentiaries.
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Philadelphia Times
Eastern
Solitaire
Jack Canter
United States
South Carolina
Paris
New York
New York City
Morse
Ervey
Ai Cave
Chief Foleys Strange Courier Dog Guards Fire Alarms
Milwaukee story recounts a black dog that races ahead of Chief Foley’s horse to every tire alarm. The animal, believed to belong to a saloonkeeper on East Water street, faithfully appears on the platform at patrol dispatch times and returns with the fire crews, baffling the chief who once thought to shoot it.
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Milwaukee
Milwaukee Sentinel
Broadway
Foley
Buffalo Street
East Water Street
Garfield Avenue
Twelfth Street
Food Menu Slave Procession in The Raid Scene
The Raid signals a train of slaves bearing the dinner who lay dishes on the ground. The menu lists baskets of bread dates oranges figs bananas and eggs as the first course, with further items hinted and described in spare, archaic diction.
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Revue Des Deux Mondes
Banquet Menu Described With Numerous Dishes
The text lists many dishes including chicken, roasted gazelle, mutton sausages, saffron flavored beef, fricassee, artichokes, and gazelle pies. It mentions 200 chickens prepared for the banquet and musicians who sang, played flute, and beat tambourines during the meal, with beverages such as tea and mint beverages.
Fragments of Verse and Nonsense Linger in Page Notes
A condensed reader item collects short humorous lines and quips from various periodical references. It mentions phrases about the devil and dues, lightning discovered after marriage, a question about an epistle, and a light conundrum comparing a son of toil to a ton of soil.
Five Little White Heads and Other Poems
A short antique verse fragment about five white heads emerging from soil fearing becoming mushrooms. It contrasts night dew with sun heat, ending in shriveled toadstools. The piece includes a note about Walter Learned and St Nicholas, plus a brief quip on harmony and marble games.
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Walter
St. Nicholas
Lily poem by June St Nicolas reflected in river night
Alice B Wood narrates a quiet scene of lilies, rivers, and stars shaping drifting thoughts. The verse contrasts a swift river with a tranquil sea journey, imagining white ships and sea winds guiding fancies across shore to shore beneath a silent sky.
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Alice B. Wood
St. Nicholas
Man claims religion costs half a cent per citizen
Somerville Journal notes a skeptic refutes the estimate, recounting Schoenpenstedt’s year of churchgoing. He paid his contribution box, with only two old suspender buttons and a tin tobacco tag as cost, challenging the notion of a free ride for faith.
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Somerville Journal
United States
Schoenpenstedt
A Woman’s Home Decoration Misadventure Fails
A humorous verse depicts a woman decorating her home who battles obstacles as she attempts to saw a board. She balances knee on the plank, uses a chair for support, and perseveres despite miscuts and a ruined chair. The effort ends with the board an inch too short for the task.
Miss Jenkins Delights Audience In San Francisco
In San Francisco a performance drew long, eager applause as Miss Jenkins played. A bystander commented on the charm of her piece and wondered aloud about the exact work, joking that it might be something by Opus. The exchange captured the lively atmosphere of the concert.
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San Francisco
San Francisco Chronicle
Queen of Roses and Snow Veiled Defiance in a Thrush Kiss
A lyrical scene unfolds as a speaker asserts defiance against a queenly figure, she implores him to stay, and a thrush above witnesses the kiss, while the branch rustles and all falls softly into hush. The verses weave contrast between royal pride and human boldness.
He Was Perfectly Reckless. Merchant Traveller at Club
In a Queen City Club anecdote Clarence Fitz gudgeon describes a street encounter with five hoodlums. He fled up the steps and waved his umbrella as they shouted mockery, avoiding violence and escaping unharmed. The tale blends bravado with comic fear while capturing urban bravura.
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Clarence Fitzgudgeon
Queen City Club Baferie
Captain Johnson
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William
Meon
Welldigger
Sterns
Zola
Apoalle
Realism
Arkansaw Traveller
Mott
Sam Hill
Benson
Sugarlip Benson
Sugar-lip Benson
Ben
Liv Benson
Sol
Rollin’ Pins
Christopher
the Lime Kiln Club
Blackwood's Magazine
Chicago
Chicago News
Delaware
Morocco
Fall River Advance
Franksin
J. M. Matthews
Indianapolis Journal
Chicago Ledger
Ano
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