Rebel Troops in Camp at Guinea Station Winter Quarters
In the aftermath of Burnside’s Fredericksburg battles General Corse’s brigade settles near Guinea Station on the Richmond and Fredericksburg railroad. Soldiers build varied huts, endure monotony, drill, and duties while social life flourishes with poker, smoking, and a whiskey caper involving a Doctor’s hoarded spirit.
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Murray
Washington Republican
Burnside
Fredericksburg
Corse
Jackett
Guinea Station
Richmond & Fredericksburg
Eir
At the Circus Brings Tales From Mrs Geoghegan
Mrs Geoghegan recounts a lively circus visit to Mrs O Rourke with misadventures and humor. The tale covers crowd chaos a mistaken twin mix up a monkey show a rude dwarf a near fall from a trapeze and a smashed hat. The pair end the visit eager to leave and return home for supper.
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Loife
Phelan
Man on Fire Plug Smiles After Street Escapade
A somber man seated on a Barclay Street fire plug glares at his boots as an Italian organ grinder clatters past. A series of pranks, a beer saloon, and a street chase unfold with a laughing end as the man with the bung starter finally smiles.
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New York
Barclay Street
Broadway
Orman Grinder
Jin
Tuscany
Express
Hunting the Grizzly A Memoir of Tracking and Kill in Montana
Theodore Roosevelt recounts a grizzly hunt from the Big Horn region through southeastern Montana and northern Wyoming. He and Merrifield track a fresh bear, describe terrain from pine forests to canyons, and detail cautious stalking amid elk carcasses and quiet woods.
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Big Horn Mountains
Little Missouri
Little
Missouri
Black Hills
Fort Wingate
N. M
Montana
Wyoming
Merrifield
Big Horn Range
Indias
Ephraim
Grizzly Bear Kill Described In Close Quarters Tale
The account narrates a hunter's close encounter with a giant grizzly as he shoots the bear at point blank range. It details the animal’s size and fat condition, the hunter’s emotions, and notes on shooting technique and risks in dangerous game.
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California
THROES OF COMPOSITION How Creators Wrote Great Works
A survey of composers poets and writers noting quirks that sparked their genius. Auber wrote on horseback while Gluck loved open air and sunshine. Verdi read Shakespeare Goethe and Ossian. Goethe kept antique sculpture near his desk. Dumas surrounded by chaos and pets while he wrote.
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Philadelphia
Auber
Paris
Adam
Donizetti
Switzerland
Italy
Cimarosa
Sacchini
Sarti
Spontini
Meyerbeer
Salieri
Haydn
Gluck
Handel
Paesiello
Mehul
Mozart
Homer
Dante
Petrarch
Verdi
Shakespeare
Goethe
Schiller
Ossian
Victor
Jean Paul
Herr von Kleist
Father Wieland
Kotzebue
Sand
Sam
Burger
Leonore
Holderlin
Ferontaine
Matthison
Lamartine
Dumas
Alexander Dumas
Breezy Courtings from the Chicago Herald
A telegraph operator recalls wind powered journeys to his Nebraska station and a Sunday romance, joking about a sail car and wind directions. He mentions a second romance as winds shifted, delivering a humorous glimpse of prairie life and seaside-like travel by rail.
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Chicago Herald
Nebraska
Thad
A Chimpanzee Gentlelman at Table in Popular Science Memoir
A former owner recounts a highly educated chimpanzee who knew friends and guests, moved freely, and joined the family table. The animal expressed gratitude by drumming, explored drawers and trunks, feared darkness, and was trained to sip sweetened tea with rum from a cap. The account portrays the creature as more gentlemanly at table than some men.
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A. E. Brehm
Popular Science Monthly
Tal
Monkey
Bill Arp in Atlanta on Elevators and Domestic Rule
Bill Arp recalls visiting Atlanta and navigating new city life and its gadgets. He jokes about elevators, telephones, a waste basket seat, and a busy newsroom, then reflects on family dynamics, Mrs. Arp’s private “room,” and the balance of punishment and affection in raising children.
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Bill Arp
Atlanta Constitution
Atlanta
New York
Fitten
Constitution Office
Joe Harris
Joe
Harris
Howdy
Grady
Evan Howell
Evan
Joel Thompson
Judge Ezzard
Jack Neal
Mrs.Arp
Whipping a Boy Sparks Public Outcry in Silent Corridor
A pupil receives a stinging beating from a bugy whip, leaving circular marks on his leg. A passerby in a window watches a woman comfort the boy, applying ointment and candy, warning against harsh misdeeds. The speaker recalls childhood whippings and fears some family members have strayed.
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Solomon
Traveling for Pleasure in the Hair Trunk Era
A humorous reminiscence on old travel days when a man carried his wife's wardrobe and a trunk, contrasting mansions of baggage with modern impatience. It muses on trunks, wives, hotel clerks, and the social shift away from couples traveling together.
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Daniel
Solomon
Damascus
Ark
Peope
The Boy and the Hose, Detroit Free Press
A Detroit street scene unfolds as a colored ashes wagon halts at Woodward and High. A boy with a hose spouts water toward the old man’s horse, narrowly missing him as the hose misbehaves. The exchange ends with the officer amused and the man soaked, praising the hose prankster’s skill.
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Detroit Free Press
Woodward Avenue
High Street
Nis
Hidar
Ossifer
Diving after coral and stingaree mishap tale
A New York Sun feature recounts coral diving off the Keys, describing branch and rose coral beds, glass-bottom drift trips, and divers who harvest pieces for markets and seaside resorts. A near-fatal stingaree encounter disrupts the day as the divers narrate hazards, gear, and profits.
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Bob
Eer
A Boarder Offer Sparks Unlikely Streetcar Incident
A fussy woman delays boarding a street car and offers a boarder prospect with a rooms for rent, but refuses as her husband died. A man grabs her, shoves her, and slams her into a boy, creating a sudden physical clash on the car.
Arkansaw Traveler Captain Jasman and the draft
Captain Jasman, who owed a bill in a neighboring town, was drawn on through the bank. A collector presented a draft for $50, the first he had seen. He notes improvements in draft design since his youth and reflects on circus bills and payments.
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Arkansaw
Jasman
The Girl at the Front Gate Poem Fragment
A nostalgic St Louis Magazine piece about a beloved girl at the front gate. The narrator recalls peach-bloom cheeks, nectar lips, and star counting, noting a former lover's vow and a new gate with his own girl, ending with unfinished lines and memory.
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W. Scott Way
St. Louis
Gil
A Terrible Shock in Somerville Journal
A man sits in a shaded parlor awaiting news from a sick chamber as his mother-in-law lies at death's door, the scene describing a tense, somber moment in the family.
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Somerville Journal
Doctor Calms Youth as Tragic News Haunts Room
A young man begs for composure as an old doctor urges preparation for the worst. The scene darkens with a tense moment and a chilling hint of disaster implied by the shocked exclamation.
Quirky Verse Snippets and Market Snaps From Puck to Rehoboth
A collage of humorous poems and light notices from varied papers. Includes playful musings on names and fame, artistic bits about Sally and Sally’s wonder, a Parisian waiter joke, and a gag about an Irishman missing the sparrow with a musket, reflecting a sunlit era whimsy and local color.
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Rehoboth
Humorous Vignettes From The Washington Hatchet And Picayune
A miscued verse rides into a wry New Orleans note about a Connecticut deacon at a Rhode Island clam bake. The tale recalls a pious prayer after overindulgence ending with a jokey pledge to abstain, followed by a light punchline.
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P. S
New Orleans
From Afar poem excerpt by C W Coleman in Harper's June
A short lyrical meditation on distant love and longing. It portrays a mockingbird’s ecstatic song and the speaker’s yearning across distance. The speaker sends love to a friend in the North, recalling shared memories and hoping for reunion in the future.
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C. W. Coleman
Harper's
Advice To a Young Woman From Burdette in Brooklyn Eagle
A daughter is advised to evaluate a suitor's true readiness to provide and work. The piece warns that a man eager only to marry a housekeeper may be kept more cheaply in the workhouse than in her father's home, urging careful scrutiny of his ability to earn and contribute.
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Baby
Lincoln
Burdette
Brooklyn Eagle
Little Maid in Town and Seaside Dreams
A lyric musing on a sweet town girl leaving for a seaside cottage. The speaker imagines her summers near the shore, tennis near the cottage, and his own roaming city life in her absence while weather heats and joy of reunion lingers. Includes a regional dialect anecdote about hard times and changing housing in the countryside.
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Puck
Daisy
Hera
Charce
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