The Battle of Fair Oaks in a Shower and Rear Battle
A Virginia brigade under Kemper during the Yorktown campaign endures a drenched night march toward Richmond. Amid heavy fire and muddied terrain at the redoubts near a field and wood pile, Kemper's men attempt a charge but withdraw after heavy losses. One friend dies of wounds, while the brigade secures a later capture of supplies from a barn packed with provisions.
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Murray
Washington Republican
Yorktown
Richmond
James L. Kemper
Seventeenth Virginia Infantry
Richmond Fair Grounds
Meral McClellan
Williamsburg
McClellan
After Action at Battle of 0 in 54 Day
The report recalls a days long clash where both sides exhausted their forces. Federals failed to break Johnston’s left wing and suffered heavy losses yet held ground until nightfall. Johnston was wounded but not defeated as troops withdrew with captured artillery.
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Johnston
Sullivan
Uncle Fred
Thad
Holts
Hector
Brooklyn Eagle
M. Dumas
Swinging the Flail in a Threshing Yard Dare
A first person comic sketch recounts attempting to handle a flail in a barn, facing its lethal unpredictability. The narrator compares the weapon to a living, dangerous force, endures brutal impacts, and ends with the flail’s decline as threshing advances replace it. Named figures include the narrator and Thad, with reference to Uncle Fred and Sandfather.
Successful Song Carpentering in Minstrelsy Trade
Philadelphia Times reports Frank Howard, a Thatcher Primrose West minstrel, writes songs for the team and earns $300 to $400 weekly from royalties. He crafts tunes with his colleagues after drafting lyrics then tests them publicly, selling later to publishers. Howard rose from church son to popular vocalist, with claims of paying $20 for words and music of a hit earlier, earning thousands.
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Philadelphia Times
Vaniti
Frank Howard
Thatcher
Primrose & West
Howard
Milt Barlow
Barlow
Arrow, Wilson, Primrose & West
Minstrel Company
Henry Talbot
Local girl exhibits oat straw hat with dyed feathers
A young girl from nearby appeared in the market on Saturday wearing a jaunty oat straw hat trimmed with chicken feathers dyed by pokeberry juice and blue writing fluid. Several observers praised the headgear as pretty and tasteful.
Infant Treated With Lard And Camphor Turns To Potato Crust
A city professional father, urged by friends, rubbed a newborn with lard and camphor for a supposed cure. He mixed lard with camphor and smeared the baby's feet, face, and neck. Next day the child developed a crust of cold mashed potatoes.
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Stittsburg
Sympathy for the Other Woman in Harper's Bazar
A quoted exchange portrays a wife lamenting her position and expressing she bears sympathy for the other woman. The speaker claims enduring hardship and questions if her husband will grant her a chance to leave or reconcile, framing a moral stance on forgiveness and martyrdom.
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Harper's Bazar
Why Women Want the Suffrage In Opera Clause
A San Francisco Chronicle playful note suggests women would vote for adding a clause to marriage vows promising to take a wife to every opera, especially Patti nights. The piece quips on suffrage by linking it to social duties and cultural outings in a lighthearted tone.
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San Francisco Chronicle
Gators and Deacon Miller Tales From a South Lake
Live Oax Florida March 1 reports a Fayetteville area elder recounting a lake filled with ninety six alligators. He narrates Ole Mose the giant gator and a boy Jake who survived a whiskey accident, while Deacon Miller’s drinking stories unfold at Folsom’s store with pranks on his ride home. The old man defends Miller as a steady man and recalls a drunken scene on a crabby bay mare landing him at his gate, a tale woven with humor and caution.
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Hamilton Jay
Philadelphia Times
Oax
Fla
Gators
Fayett
Lake Lafayette
Deekin Miller
Agin
Thar
Rhine
Ole Mose
Gator
Mose
Jake
Aliller
Folsom
Jess
Deekin
Hit
Fragmentary quote from old timey speech about horses and fodder
A partial dialect fragment describes a man named Jake dealing with a horse and stable, noting someone in Folsom has gone and hiccups appear as part of the dialogue. The text lacks clear context or complete facts to identify event, date, or participants beyond the names and places.
Punctuality The Best Policy In Pledges And Perils
A speaker extols punctuality as the best policy, recounting narrow escapes from accidents and dangers caused by delays. Anecdotes include narrowly dodging a falling coal cage, catching a train behind time, and avoiding a fatal confrontation by meeting deadlines. The talk links procrastination to violence and crime, ending with a grim tale of a man who was due to meet a thief but was delayed and hurt.
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Chicago
Anc
The Whale Tail and its Mighty Propulsory Power
The piece extols whale propulsion and the panniculus carnosus or fleshy rag, comparing its strength to elephants and ships. It explains breaching, sinking and rising, and notes human limits without fins, then shifts to a humorous Venezuela fleas piece describing how travelers endure constant scratching and discomfort from biting pests.
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Longman’s Magazine
Captain Scott
Royal Navy
Scott
A Maiden's Blush in Modern Society and Its Decline
Brooklyn Eagle surveys the fading habit of blushing among youths and girls. It argues against vanity and class stigma, noting that older social expectations and Western ideals push for paraded assurance rather than shy spontaneity. The piece contrasts French literary types with real behavior, tracing how youth shed bashfulness through education, society, and fashion. It cites Count of Monte Cristo as a rare blush moment and laments the dwindling native modesty.
New Wood Yard Buyer Charged By Old Hyson
In Brooklyn, Old Hyson seeks the name of a new man who opened a wood yard on Second Street and bought goods from them last Saturday. The office boy cannot recall the name, but reports the sign reads Lime and coal. Old Hyson then charges the bill to Lyman Cole.
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Burdette
Brooklyn Eagle
Second Street
Old Hyson
Hyson
Lyman Cole
Contests for the Eyes Proposed as Public Sport
The Detroit Free Press muses on eye health suggesting public contests to improve eyesight. Ideas include eye matches with prizes for distance and clarity, winking matches for eyelid strength, and government premiums for blue eyed babies to promote a preferred eye style.
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Detroit Free Press
Transforming science and the lure of new fashions
A fragment discusses speculative advances in science that could alter perception and identity, noting the Protean power of transformation. It hints at impending methods that may blur reality and fashion, suggesting a decently near future where social norms could shift as science evolves.
Michael Angelo The Great Sculptor From Rome to Florence
A brief humorous sketch profiles Michael Angelo Buonarroti noting early drawing in Florence, the David statue, a quarrel with Pope Julius II, the Sistine Chapel ceiling, and later life. It wryly comments on beauty, ambition, and the foibles of great artists across the ages.
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Scupist
Settignano
Florence
Michael Angelo Buonarroti
Mike
Michael
Angelo
Rome
Bacchus
David
Pope Julius
St. Peter's
Michael Angelo
Pope
Arno
Sistine Chapel
The Biccent Fish Vast Monster From Big Stone Lake
Graceville Minnesota report describes a thirteen ton fish hauled from Big Stone Lake near Ortonville last Sunday. The curious specimen froze water around it, left a fort-shaped imprint on its right side, and attracted hundreds who lined the ice as it was towed to shore.
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Graceville
Mion
Big Stone Lake
Ortonville
What the President Costs Washington Left by Deland Leader
The piece details that the President’s salary is 50 000 with an additional 36 064 for subordinates and clerks. It itemizes staff pay, incidental expenses, and extra demands totaling about 125 000 annually for the White House, then compares with other government spendings totaling over 130 000 000 across departments, noting some offices are nearly self supporting.
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Congress
White House
State Department
Treasury
War Department
Navy
Interior Department
Post Office Department
Agricultural Department
Attorney-General’s Office
Post Office
Patent, Office
The Cat-Meat Man Chorus on Cedar Street
A New York Sun item describes a daily 12 o'clock whistle that summons cats to doorways where an old man with baskets distributes chopped liver to the felines. Businesses along Cedar Street employ him to tend the cats, though on Sundays the cats manage alone.
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Cedar Street
A One or Act Tragedy
Pittsburg Chronicle presents a fragmented diagram with errant footnotes and sketches. The scene centers on a girl’s house and a fence as key props, with a jog and a young man shown moments before a catastrophe. The captioned pieces invite interpretation beyond the visible text.
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Pittsburg Chronicle
Courtship in Persia a Veiled Marriage Ceremony
A St James Gazette account describes Persian arranged marriages led by brokers and priests. Women remain veiled behind curtains while men confer, with a formal contract outlining the bride’s separate estate. The scene ends with a secretive legally binding wedding and a separate feast for genders.
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Hassan
Houssein
Achmet
Nissa
Moollah
Mahommet
The Church Steeple in History
The Quiver notes coastal churches used steeples as beacons before lighthouses. At Happisburg Norfolk a tall steeple shows worn steps from constant summit visits. Steeples now carry vanes weathercocks and flag staffs. rare ancient fireplaces appear on first floors with flues to the top.
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Happisburg
Norfolk
Desolate Living Quarters Amid Noise and Isolation
A fragment describes recluses dwelling in harsh, ruined gaps with walls full of holes. The scene mentions the howling blast surrounding the surroundings and a turret staircase’s perpetual whistling. The sense of loneliness amid uproar suggests conditions that trigger madness.
Donkey Toy Comes to Life in Sunlit Childs Play
A playful vignette titled The Donkey in Babyland portrays a donkey standing in the sun. Its ears twitch, eyes close, and a childlike imagination unfolds as the toy seems to surprise and delight children with a sudden crack of its voice.
Apple Blossoms and Violet Time Verses in The Princetonian
A collage of poetic snippets from The Princetonian and other periodicals features Frank Dempster Sherman’s Apple Blossoms and Ernest W. Shurtleff verse Twas Violet Time, with brief mock quotation and literary commentary. Snodkins cites President Eliot on baseball’s ancient roots and a short, reflective note about romantic vows across time.
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Snodkins
Eliot
Cyrus the Great
Atogia
Violet
Ernest W. Shurtleff
Charming Lucy in Harvard Lampoon Sleighing Parody
A humorous Harvard Lampoon piece features two speakers trading lines about Miss Lucy, then a sleighing scene where a couple enjoys moonlight and snow until a boy on a sled behind them accidently breaks the moment with a cheeky yelp. The dialogue moves from flirtatious to comic interruption.
Faiths Confidence and a Curious Rabbit Metaphor
A Fall River Advance item muses on faith as a bold confidence. The piece wields a playful, oblique metaphor about a stewed rabbit from a cheap eatery, imagining its fate in snow clad fields and a back fence as a meditation on belief.
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Fall River
Jeannette Eyes the Yeddot Banner in Meadow Walk
A poet recalls a richly patterned banner once in Yeddot now in Jeannette's hands. The piece features arabesques, dragons, and maidens in red and green, kissed by memory as the speaker longs to see it again.
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Jeannette
The Italians and a Rural Mother Voice Every Year
A Norristown Herald piece critiques cultural stereotypes and laments ongoing social decline. It uses pastoral imagery to depict maternity and aging, noting cycles of loss each year, including failed ventures, romantic disappointments, and financial strain. The verse contrasts voice and silence, lampooning social pretenses while pondering time’s wear.
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Norristown Herald
How He Prodded the Professor and a Pie Plot
A student challenges a geology professor over a strange globule from a gooseberry pie, prompting a humorous exchange about the post-pliocene era. The piece pivots to a verse fragment from Puck's Annual, describing flirtation and the illusion of praise in a boyish tone.
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Newman
A Sight to Make the Angels Weep
The Concord editor criticizes the office boy who rushes to fetch an errand, illustrating a hungry human soul in pursuit of the unattainable in a Somerville Journal piece.
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Somerville Journal
Concord Philosophers
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Muser
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Sandfather
Carlisle Herald
Cracker
Deacon Miller
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Chicago Inter-Ocean
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Count of
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St. James
So-an-so
Yusuf
Bebe
Peo le
Houssei
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Jack
Tom P. Morgan
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Transfiguration
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