Battle of Cedar Creek described with Sheridan rallying troops
The article narrates Sheridan's rapid response at Cedar Creek after learning of a morning disaster. It details his leadership turning the rout into a counterattack, the Sixth and Nineteenth Corps maneuvers, cavalry dash led by Lowell and Custer, and the final dusk arrival at camp after heavy fighting.
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Sheridan
Washington
Winchester
Cedar Creek
Mill Creek
Wright
Pita
Forry
Opequan
Fisher Hill
Mas 2
Vance
Rhendan Aebet
Moore
Newtown
Powell
Tarbert
Poe Uster
Jan
Bern
Sher- Emory
Emory
Ion
Gordon
Nineteeth Corns
R Hill
Sixth Corps
Lowell
Second Massachusetts Cavalry
Teckie
Custer
Sfront
Er Aden
In the Country Puck Scene Seeks Idle Rural Banter
Miss Featheredge and Mr Curtis converse in a light rural sketch filled with dew, cows, milkmaids, haymows, and ideal yeomen. The dialogue pokes gentle fun at provincial manners and farm life, ending with plans for a hayride as morning chatter turns toward daily chores.
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Philip H. Welch
Puck
Miss Featheredge
Mr. Curtis
Farmer Curtis
H'm
H’m
Price comparison in a shoemaker shop dialogue
A customer asks about shoe prices. The dealer quotes $6 for hand sewn pair and $5 for another. The dealer claims the $6 pair outwears three of the $5 pairs. The customer muses about a $12 French calf pair lasting a lifetime, remarking he is beyond fifty.
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Puck
Bridget Plans Cold Comforts At Home Alone
A character imagines frugal country comforts at home, ordering stale vegetables and salt pork and beans while sealing the house against the sun. The plan is to delay delivery and enjoy simple, improvised comforts without visiting the countryside.
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Bridget
A Sure Sign. Judge Merritt Quips on a Train View
In an elevated train scene Jack asks Merritt to glimpse a girl’s face who bets her back turned to them. Merritt dismisses the idea, saying she’s homely as sin, reasoning by her ability to stand up.
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Jack
Merritt
Sin
Thad Stevens
Ager
Brutus
Cassius
Mr. Barrett
Peole
Chance
Eerpenes
Fortunatus
Conbernis
McKellar
Bellamy
Birl
London
Tern
Charles Lamb
Newton
Kittie K
Boy Walks Five Hours For Silver Quarter Prize
A Detroit Free Press item notes a boy who resists walking a quarter mile to a store can be hired to walk five hours if the contest is marketed as a walking match and a silver quarter is posted as the prize. The quirky incentive reflects local youth behavior and prize culture of the era.
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Detroit Free Press
What Fashion Prescribes In Street Etiquette
A Baltimore American society note states that when a gentleman and lady walk together the lady should walk inside the gentleman, reflecting era etiquette. The item cites formal street manners as a guide to pairing with a gentleman.
Bloodthirsty remark from an old gossip item
A lurid, sensational line describes a vivid encounter with a young woman, portraying a crude, violent fantasy in a dated gossip column tone. The anecdote reflects era attitudes toward youth and danger, framed as provocative street chatter.
Life Goodyears Bear Story Drives Major to Despair
In a rainwashed mountain cabin tale from the New York Sun, Major Haight and a woodsman hear Life Goodyear recount a bear story that may be true or a long practiced lie. Life survives a trap and loses an arm and a leg, yet insists on the same tale, leaving the major doubting and fearing the man’s tale may end his own sanity.
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New York Sun
Little Creek
Major Haight
Big Oak Knob
Cordin
Lise
Goodyear
Jerry
Yun
B'Jievin
Deacon Slocum
Alluz
Life Goodyear
Lije
Ben Borned
Pertic
Sonny
Big NY Salaries Show Wealth Across Professions
A New York letter surveys earnings of leaders in finance, rail, press, religion, medicine, and law, noting presidents of Western Union and Central Railroad earn around 50,000 dollars annually, editors and ministers reach 20,000 to 40,000, with lawyers and jockeys also drawing heavy pay. it highlights John P. Ritter at the clearing house handling vast sums daily and outlines the scale of daily balances and government securities in circulation.
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Foster Coate
New York
United States
Legion
Norvin Green
Western Union Telegraph Company
Chauncey M. Depew
New York Central Railroad
Ichard M. McCurdy
The
Mutual Life Insurance Company
John Hoey
Adams Expres Company
Henry B. Hyde
Equitable Lfe Insurance Company
George G. Williams
Chemical National Bank
Potts
Park Bank
Tappan
Gallatin National Bank
John Hall
Ireland
Ert Bonner
Ledger
Dubin
America
Morgan Dix
Trinity Church Corporation
William M. Taylor
Broadway Tabernacle
Charles II
Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church
Parkhurst
Madison Square Church
Cyrus W. Field
Paxton
Goukl
Robert Collier
Stone
Journal of Commerce
Associated Press
Brooklyn
Charles A. Dana
Sun
Whitelaw Reid
Tribune
D. O. Mills
George H. Hepworth
Herald
James Gordon Bennett
Julius Shambers
Charles R. Miller
New York Times
John ©. Reid
the Pape
Harold Frederic
London
John A. Cockerill
World
George W. Turner
George William Curtis
Harper's Weekly
Staten Island
Howells Ig
Harper's Magazine
Charles Dudley Warner
Richard Watson Gilder
Century Magazine
Fordyce Barker
AL. Mis
J.T. Metcalf
L. A.ayre
John . Sullivan
A. Jacobi
Ie R. Agenae
George P. Shrady
Herman Knapp
Bob Ingersoll
Oe Conkling
Joseph H. Choate
Senator Evarts
McLaughlin
Dwyers
Isaac Murphy
John P. Ritter
Ritter
Beware the Dox Motto Sparks Cautious Reading
A quip reinterprets a famous sign asserting that what is read should prompt action. The line suggests readers must act on information, not merely observe. The remark reframes warning signs as calls to immediate response, not passive reading.
Luck and superstition in gambling fortune and signs
A Chicago Tribune piece explores belief in luck and numbers among gamblers. It recounts tales of lucky mice, hats, and clothes, and rhymes about cauls, burns, hearing, and pins. It notes educated readers share superstitions, from counting seeds to tossing shoes, with anecdotes about fortune, luck numbers, and policy shop lore.
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Chicago Tribune
Shorty
Jeff Hawkins
Pat Sheedy
Gopperfield
Bocomer
The Silver Girdle Fashion Fad Debated
The article ridicules a new fashion the silver girdle worn outside garments to alter the waist line. It discusses social reactions among young men, practical drawbacks, and odd accessories noted to hang from the girdle, while noting its potential advantages for lifting a wearer.
Unpleasant Chestnuts Tid-Bha and Musing Snippets
A compact collage of quoted dialogue and witty vignettes from a periodical page. Fragments feature characters named Smythe De Browne Jenkins and Magruder, with social banter about funds, engagements, letters, and a milliner’s bill, all presented in a brisk, conversational tone.
Squaw Horsebreakers Triumph in Potent Ride
Ambrose Smith of Big Spring offered $5 to vaqueros to ride his untrained broncho. They refused as risky. Two squaws accepted $2.50 to ride. They haltered the horse, led it away, and soon both sat on its back guiding it along, surpassing professional horsebreakers.
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Inyo
Ambrose Smith
Big Spring
Woman flees house after angry incident in Detroit
Pedestrians witness a servant girl burst from a Columbia Street home with a trunk and belongings after an argument. A pedler asks what happened as she mutters of reddening her face while picking berries, and she throws a can which she dodges.
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Detroit
Comaha World Cartoon Snapshot of Two Wives
A humorous dialogue features two young wives Clara and another discussing appearances. One mocks aging, the other practices wrinkles. The exchange hints at social expectations and a husband’s preference for youth, with a playful jab about bonnet attire and age perception.
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Clara
John
Art critic reviews Paris paintings at the Academy of Design
In New York World notes a visitor’s tour through the Academy of Design exhibits. The critic highlights Durand’s Ann When in Champagne, Pissarro’s works, and MaximiLian scenes, praising light, color, and painterly technique while critiquing composition and imposture methods.
Andts sameness lies in this love poem and tale
Fragmented prose and verse recount a speaker's shift from stern arbiter of fate to a humbled observer. It blends a nostalgic view of past power over others with a romantic vignette in a June tennis scene. The poem coats doubt with longing as the speaker contemplates love and loss. Grorce D. Thomas
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Love
Grorce D. Thomas
Keely Motor Vision Tricks The Era Of Power
A verse laden reminiscence blends Keely’s imagined motor with cosmic scale compared to a romance tale. The speaker pleads for funds to finish a device that could whirl equinoxes and shake the galaxy, while a separate lyric probes a past love seen again on a stair.
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Strasburg
Iire Fu
Finn
Frank M. Flynn
Lynn
Boston Glose
Curtis
Felier
Featheredge
Farmer C Curtis
Arrtis
Eimiry
Parmer Curtis
Ao Curtis
Kittle Creek
New York Herald
B. C
Mr. Smythe
Charles
Jenkins
Alfred
Mamma
Bill Nye
New York World
Academy of Design
Paris
Mr. McDougall
Charles Durand
Champagne
Camille Pisgaro
M. Pissaro
Academy
Ra’son Mining
Elie Ite Caretuhy
Rembrandt
Mr. Pissaro
Hag
Maximilian” Y Edouardez
Nica Troppa
Maxiimilian
Previs de Chavannes
Chavannes
Shesman
Newark Bay
Aly
Giverny
France
Diana
Corps de Ballet
Nye
W. Crates
Inter-Ocean
Francia
Salem
Rose
Merry
Lamom
Tiatrus
Mr. Keely
Keely
St. Nicholas
Symium Cinereum
Nycetas
Minerva
Richfield
Heaven
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