Sheridan in Shenandoah and the Winchester Campaign
A vivid recounting of the September 1864 Winchester clash. General Sheridan leads the blue racer against Jubal Early’s Confederate force, detailing the field, maneuvers, and the brutal, nightfall-driven end of the engagement as both sides endure heavy casualties and strategic losses. Sheridan’s leadership and the battle’s European-like conduct loom large with references to corps actions, terrain, and the demanding test of generals.
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Sheridan
Confederacy
Virginia
Grant
McGlellan
Meade
McDowell
Hooker Burnside
Pope
Jubal Early
Ohio
West Point
Stone River
Lome
Napoleon
Auserlitz
Neval
Eday
Winchester
Early
Theever
Ve. Custer
Farry
Wilson
Barlyaden
Phil Sheridan
Tole
L’ne
Appomattox
Custer
Varly
Wenchester
Fisher's Hill
Phi
Shenda
Portrait of Hong Kong street seamstresses by the curb
A letter observes Hong Kong street life, noting professional menders or sewing women who sit by curbstones and doorways with low stools and baskets of rags, sewing daily in public view. The writer recalls their appearance, describing them as elderly Chinese women with small feet.
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Bettys
Minerva
St. Louis
Water at meals and healthful effects debated
A British Medical Journal piece surveys opinions on drinking water with meals. It notes water may dilute digestion but could also wash away mucus and cleanse the stomach, aiding preparation for food. The article discusses premeal water benefits, the morning mucus buildup, and varying recommendations by Dr Leaf on water temperature.
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British Medical Journal
Willan Roberts
Leaf
A Quiet Neighborhood. (Arkansaw Traveler.)
Items from Sandy Fork Kentucky report many farm hardships and local incidents. Jeff Hawkins dies after being thrown from a colt while others suffer injuries from shootings and axe blows. Aunt Nancy Page celebrates eighty months, and many neighbors face illness, frost damage, and crop losses. Villagers note wild ducks, toting corn, and a quiet season amid injuries and deaths.
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Arkansaw Traveler
Sandy Fork
Jeff Hawkins
Dave Bates
Oliver Henderson
Nancy Page
Jim
Bennie Boyle
Mori Scroggins
Luke Brizentine
Becky Shaw
Susan Miller
Jen Bradley
Hackett Plummer
Mystery of the fence legend solved in Norristown tale
The Norristown Herald recalls a prank on Silas Nickleson’s fence. A crude message was hidden by notches and triangular inserts, then repaired neatly after a hurricane toppled the boards. The columnist notes Nickleson’s clever arrangement and invites further inquiry.
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Norristown
Silas Nickleson
Neighoborhood
Nickleson
Norristown Herald
Norristons Mors
Tapial
Bow Nickleson
Old Nickleson
Upward Eyes at a Philadelphia Tea Party
At an afternoon tea in Philadelphia, a young woman remained seated while others posed. The observer explains her “upward eyes” appear handsome when looked down upon but less so at eye level, so she sits to keep her gaze enhanced during conversations.
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Philadelphia
Things She Never Will Acknowledge
The item lists familiar feminine traits as things a lady will not admit to, noting laces tight shoes and long dressing times. It hints at secrecy and scandal without direct claims, suggesting playful social standards about women and reputation from a dated perspective.
Iown Tories and dinner dialogue between Mrs A and Mrs B
Dialogue style exchange shows Mrs A and Mrs B debating politics while discussing meals. Mrs A loathes Mrs B and asks about dinner. Mrs B boasts French cuisine including filet de bouf sale aux choug and haricots au lard, while Sramilinsed notes corned beef and pork and beans.
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Mrs. B
Harassed by Agents in Pottsville Vermont
A Vermont narrator recounts a day of aggressive sales visits by Corset, Mop, and etiquette pamphlet agents in Pottsville. A corset push, a mop salesman and a Garfield lithograph offer, plus a Social Etiquette book visit end with a comic brush of tallow on the floor and a hasty exit.
What is to be Done This Month in Anticipation of Spring
Vick's Magazine outlines early spring gardening tips. Shelter hot beds from winds and sow cabbage cauliflower celery lettuce radish and tomatoes. Prick out house-started seedlings. Sow low hot-bed seeds such as asters balsams and petunias. Prepare mats to shield beds at night. Air hot beds when sunny. Sow early peas and prep onion seed. Prune vines and fruit trees and ornamental trees. Shield greenhouse bedding plants from intense sun. Start roguing and repotting aging bedding plants. Begin gloxinias tuberoses and dahlias with cuttings for green wood propagation.
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Helen M. Winglow
American Magazine
New England
Pottsville
Johnson
John Allers
United States
Garfield
Mr. Garfield
Guiteau
St. Johnsbury
Vick’s
Amusing Blunders of Pupils Writing in English
A Toledo Blade excerpt reproduces letters from Japanese pupils learning English. The samples show grammar slips and naïve word choices about horses, payment, and travel, with a closing note of apology for poor handwriting.
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Toledo Blade
Japan
Theyll Get Over It Tid Bits
A humorous slice on married life shows a bride calling to her husband from a landing as he waits below. The piece notes affection in a well ordered home yet mocks the world’s reactions to light hearted romantic exchanges.
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Walter
Sweetest
Lovey
Dearie
Birdie
Dearest
Winter job scam on doorstep snow shoveler
A Detroit Free Press anecdote tells of a man offering to shovel snow for next winter at two shillings, asking for a down payment. The housewife questions him, he claims no snow has fallen yet, and he vanishes when she leaves.
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Detroit
Astonished Gambler Defeated by Telegrapher Card Trick
In St Paul a night railroad operator and a local poker fan played a private game in a closed office. The operator, seeing the gambler's hand by telegraphing each card, won nearly every hand while the gambler bluffed with four Kings. The trick exposed a hidden advantage that spoiled the gambler's luck.
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St. Paul
Suror
A True Soldier True Soldier Obeys Orders Promptly
A True Soldier from the New York Sun depicts a colonel stressing discipline and obedience to superior orders. The scene shifts as the colonel is interrupted by his son announcing a mother's summons, ending with a courteous farewell.
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New York Sun
Fiji Mission Collection Announcement at Pulpit
A preacher from the pulpit announces that two collections will be taken on Sabbath morning for the Fiji mission. He notes that even sincere amens do not significantly affect the contribution and calls for united prayer.
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New York
Fiji
Pertinent Suggestion Ends Engagement Ring Help
A brief scene shows Mr. Smith aiding a woman with a glove as he trembles. She suggests removing her engagement ring to ease the task, and this proves to reduce his difficulty, revealing his nervous state and the awkwardness of the moment.
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New York Sun
Making Perfumes Prose and Poetry of the Perfumer’s Art
An 1880s Philadelphia Times piece surveys the Grasse perfume industry in southern France, detailing flower farming and perfume distillation from violets, jonquils, tuberoses, and roses. It notes seasonal harvesting, methods of pomade and oil extraction, distillation versus absorption processes, and envisions U.S. potential under suitable soil, climate, and import duties. The article cites Grasse as the world center, references French practices, and suggests the United States could compete in Texas, New Mexico, California, or Tennessee with proper facilities and expertise.
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Philadelphia Times
Paris
Tuilleries
Lyons
Grasse
Mediterranean
Cannes
France
California
Great Britain
United States
Laris
America
Jockey Club
Texas
New Mexico
Alifornia
Nice
Florida
Useful Yankee Notions of Watertown Inventors and Fortunes
Watertown resident John Hall built a fortune from toy pistols and toy banks he designed and patented, earning royalty income and selling his patent rights. The article highlights his dress form and other inventions, plus notes on Watertown inventor George Tainter and son Charles S. Tainter, with mention of graphophone patents and local innovation culture.
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Watertown
John Hall
Tainter
Globe
Hall
East Watertown
Newton
Watertown Arsenal
Mechanic’s Charitable Association
Faneuil Hall
Quincy
Boston
Riverside Place
Waertown
J. & E. Stevens & Co
Cromwell
J. & E. Stearns Company
Angie
Morse & White
Wire Workers
Ings
Atbpoga
George Tainter
W. J. Johnson
Charles 8. Tainter
Washington, D.C
Professor Bell
Bell Telephone Fame
C.8
Cambridge
Hel
Washington
John Eliot
Atatertown
Mankid
Bright Young Sters and Little Freds Sayings
A collection of light home anecdotes about children in a boarding stay and family life. Tales include a boy's gratitude for meals and another's humorous take on thanking God for finishing a stint of boarding. Additional sketches feature a child reciting a verse oddly, a feisty remembrance of a stern neighbor, and a trio of small acts showing moral lessons and mischief.
On Her Dignity and a Five Year Old Visitor
A Boston tale describes a five year old girl nicknamed Nettie who visits an adult speaker at a busy time. After questions and refusals to play, she asserts dignity, gathers her playthings, and leaves defiantly saying she will not stay longer. Dated Boston March 12, from Mrs Granger.
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Nettie
Episcopal Church
Boston
Nearer Relative and Baby Brother Reflections
A mother recounts six year old Mabel quoting Bible verses and pondering if baby Willie is pure in heart since he came from God. The child asks if God finished babies and sent them to doctors, and later tells her father she wants him to under-…
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Mabel
Willie
The Little Red Ribbon She Wore In Her Hair
A speaker recalls a bygone love, cherishing a faded ribbon worn in her hair. He contrasts battles won with personal devotion, noting how the ribbon’s memory rests in a pocket and locket, symbolizing lingering sorrow and enduring affection.
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Samuel Minturn Peck
Times-Democrat
Thas
The Wind Swept Wheat And A Faded Love Memory
A San Francisco notice of a dingy restaurant scene sparks memories of a wealthy dancer and her brood. The narrator recalls a platonic, constancy driven love, with lost opportunities and lingering fondness. Poem reflections on wind and wheat echo longing and time.
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San Francisco
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Mrs. Winkle
Bertie
Marm Winkle
Marshal C
Marshall
Custom House
Canada
Halifax
Grandma's
MN. B
Hawthorne Street
Salem
A. B
Fitchburg
Sacramento
Martin
Merchant Traveler
Mine
London World
Heaven
May Curtis
Mary Ainge DeVere
Phrenological Journal
Aleep
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