Ten Months of Torture in Libby Belle Isle and Andersonville
A Lewiston resident recalls ten months in Libby Prison Belle Isle and Andersonville. Captured June 24, 1864 near Petersburg he details starvation on one slice of corn bread daily, brutal confinement, vermin, forced marches, and near-impossible escape attempts, plus enduring bond of comradeship and survival.
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Lewiston
Libby
Belle Isle
Ander- Gourville
Gtson
Mercer
Rebs
Tetersburg
Petersburg
Amy
James River
Coral Caves Secrets of Ocean Coral Trade and Taming
A Philadelphia Telegraph interview recounts a coral collector’s methods from Florida to Italy. He describes tamed polyps, specimen values from $15 to $400, diving on reefs, and the labor of dredgers earning about twenty cents daily. He explains coral formation, varieties, uses, and fossil pieces from Catskill New York.
Remarkable historical diamond ring from Mogul treasury
London readers learn of a storied ring and oval enamelled table once in the Mogul treasury before the Delhi fall. The piece features a diamond centerpiece ringed by twelve varied stones, with red, green, blue, and yellow enamel on an Indian gold setting. Only about five diamonds are known to be cut or engraved, by a Persian artist bearing an interwoven two-word monogram invoking Ali.
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London Exchange
Bryce-Wright
Delhi
Hindostan
Ali
German Army Health Leads French Military in Vital Stats
The German War Office reports lower infirmary use 11 per 1000 vs 25 per 1000 in France and 1 percent days lost to illness for Germans versus 17 days for French soldiers. Mortality runs 5 per 1000 in Germany vs 9 per 1000 in France. No smallpox cases in Germany. France records 1087 cases and 4 deaths.
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German War Office
France
Germany
New Brooklyn church organ by Odell costs 6000
The First Baptist Church of Brooklyn unveils a two manual seven rank pneumatic organ by J A Odell at a cost of 6000 dollars. It sits behind the baptistry in a gallery with the keyboard ten feet from the pulpit and features a snare drum for orchestral pieces powered by water motors. The egg shaped church places organ and pulpit at the small end.
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First Baptist Church
Brooklyn
Tne
Indiana paymaster resigns over disbelief in hell or ghosts
An Indiana paymaster, charged with being an infidel, sent a resignation letter to the President stating he cannot believe in hell or ghosts. The move is reported in the Cincinnati Gazette.
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Indiana
Gwendolen and Menelaus in a Pequot Evening Romance
In a June evening scene on ancestral acres near Pequot avenue, Gwendolen Riordan hopes Menelaus McGuire will return. Girofle Mahaffey, heiress to a milk-route fortune, schemes to lure him from Gwendolen, who forgives him after a moment of doubt and longing.
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Menelaus
Gwendolen
Girefle
New London
Gwendolen Riordan
County Antrim
Pequot Avenue
Menelaus McGuire
Gireffe Muhaffy
Aphrodite Johnson
Giroffe
Girolle Mahaffey
Girofle
Typical Cosmopolitans Mistaking One Quarter of World
Pall Mall Gazette rips cosmopolitans who brag about one world quarter. It contrasts Anglo Indian pretensions to Asia with Western travelers worshipping local pomp. It mocks narrow views, travel bragging, and biases tied to India Europe and America in sharp social satire.
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Pall Mall Gazette
India
Suez Canal
Venice
Vienna
Great Britain
America
Regent Street
Avenue de Povera
Chicago
Nice
Spezzia
Frisco
Denver City
New Jersey
Europe
Simla
Naini Tal
Delmonico’s
Michigan Central
French Detectives and Parisian Police Secrets
The narrator recalls a Paris robbery of about 30 000 francs and how a discreet, secretive detective system in Paris recovered the valuables. A concierge is implicated, the theft traced through covert work, and the case resolves with five years penal servitude for the culprits and a near total cost of 100 francs. The piece contrasts French and English policing styles and hints at the social visibility of detectives.
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England
Europe
London
Paris
Prefecture de Police
Monsieur A
Monsieur B
Rue de Jerusalem
Underground River Sighting Reported in Idaho
Mere Green, riding between Indian Creek and Spake River, discovered a deep funnel shaped hole with a roaring tunnel of water beneath. The fissure measures about fifteen to twenty feet deep and ten to twelve feet wide at the rim, suggesting a possible underground river hidden below the ridge.
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Idaho Democrat
Mere Green
Idaho
Indian Creek
Spake River
Mete
Cana
An Inventor's Notions of Flying Machines in Brooklyn
The New York Sun quotes inventor Mr Cran dall in a Brooklyn workshop outlining a ten pound rawhide flying boat with fifteen foot wings of papier mache powered by electric engines. He envisions transparent wing shutters to reduce air resistance and pedals to steer, predicting practical flying machines on city rooftops within a century.
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New York Sun
Mr. Crandall
Brooklyn
New York
Southern Orange-Weapping Festivities Winnow Fun From North
A Chicago era piece describes rural North husking bees and apple-butter boilings contrasted with a Southern orange wrapping event. Workers twist tissue paper around oranges, banjo tunes set pace, and offered fruits include pineapples bananas and big oranges, highlighting regional celebratory foods and social dancing.
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Chicago News
Burning of the White Dog Ceremony Among Onondaga
The Onondaga hold a yearly rite ending with the burning of a white dog as a sacrifice to the air powers. A procession with the dog decked in paint and beads moves through a long room before the animal is brought to a fire outside the council houses and consigned to flames with tobacco offerings.
New Haven Gossip On Marriage And A Wee Visitor
A humorous aside about marriage lottery prizes and a borrowed baby girl. The speaker recalls a chaotic evening with the child crying loudly and the mother-moyed tone of New Haven life. The piece pokes fun at domestic life and signals a lighthearted slice of local society.
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New Haven
Jonesome
Fatest man in Aude dies weighing about 440 pounds
The fattest man in the Aude department of France, a 40 year old restaurateur from Romilly sur Seine, has died. He weighed about 440 pounds and his coffin could not pass through his door or enter the church, forcing undertakers to abandon efforts and leave the burden on the steps.
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Tere
Cavendish
Versailles
Paris
Gare St. Lazare
the Aude
France
Romilly Sur Seine
March winds and springtime verses unbound
A collage of poems and anecdotes from Harper's Weekly and various contributors celebrates March and the coming of spring. The piece interweaves verse excerpts about March storms, violets, and nature with light prose on love, travel, and culture, reflecting seasonal renewal.
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