Gettysburg Climax Describes Terrific Day of Fighting
Detroit Free Press chronicles the third day of Gettysburg as Meade defends Cemetery Ridge and Lee launches a massive assault. The narrative details artillery with 230 guns, Pickett’s Virginians charging and the heavy casualties on both sides as the Confederate center and left falter before retreating.
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Thomas
Tuomas
Cemetery Ridge
Lee
Ewmetteburg Road
Pickett
Kemper
Garnett
Armistead
Wilcox
Pettigrew
Heth
Beatrice as a Baby Name Sparks Editorial Room Banter
A Chicago Tribune scene shows a young woman's question about naming a baby begetting humorous advice from editors. They discuss Beatrice Perkins, Sweetheart, Darling, and Cecil with playful commentary while a horse reporter codes the banter into the office chatter and sports metaphors.
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Chicago Tribune
Beatrice
Rarus
Ards
Miriam
Carita
Maud S
Beatrice Perkins
Belle of
Perkinsville
Kentucky
Sweetheart
California
Cecil
Flying Machines And The Rise Of Mechanical Aerial Acts
A New York Sun piece traces the evolution of aerial performances from traditional trapeze acts to mechanized wonders. It details Signor Farini and collaborators' innovations including Lulu and Zazel, rubber-spring cannons, catapults, serial dancers, and suspended apparatus, noting patents, gear, and the dangers involved.
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W. L. Hoot
Hunt
Signor
G. A. Farini
London
Alhambra
Samuel Walgatt
Ennio Farini
Farini
Farin
Afraid of an Audience in Laughing Hall Tales
The account recalls Robert J. Burdette at Chickering Hall paralyzing stage fright before a lecture. He seeks familiar faces, compares nerves to a jailer, and recalls Beecher and Tilton anecdotes while Wendell Phillips and others offer reassurance as the crowd settles.
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LW. A. Crofut
Robert J. Burdette
Chickering Hall
Gerny
Beecher
Gough
Bem
Theodore Tilton
Bardette
Wendell Phillips
Hegan
Bet Ends In Fainting Fit With Fatal Kiss Record
At a Kelkheim party a youth bet $50 he and his fiance could kiss 10 000 times in ten hours with half hour refreshment breaks. After hour one they had 2000 kisses, then 3000 by hour three before cramps and fainting forced rest. The effort led to the mutual dissolution of the engagement.
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Ewell
Liocum
Slocum
Birney
Geary
Sixth Corps
Lee
Leon
Gettysburg
Hooker
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Meade
Manassas
Rapidan
Lim
Faripi
Zazel
Royal Aquarium
London
Kelkheim
Germany
Free Press
Sandwich
Detroit
Buffalo
Alberstburg
Solomons Island currency uses shells and teeth as money
Inhabitants employ a necimal system where cocoanuts are the unit. Circulating media include white and red shell beads, dogs teeth and porpoise teeth. Exchange rates link strings of money to cocoanuis and tobacco, forming a hierarchy up to a good-quality wife.
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Solomon Islands
Peter Francisco Revolutionary Giant Described in Virginia Journal
A Virginia journal recounts Peter Francisco a six foot one inch, 290 pound warrior famed for his strength and a five foot blade. He joined the American army at sixteen and fought at Brandywine Monmouth Stony Point Cowpens Camden Guilford Court House and other battles under General Green. He reportedly could lift a 1100 pound cannon and wield a sword five feet long with deadly ease.
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Peter Francisco
Virginia
Buckingham
Amereio Revolutionary Army
Stony Point
Gibbon
Brandywine
Monmouth
Green
Cowpens
Camden
Guilford Court House
Remarkable Feats Impress Kentucky Legislator Audience
A Kentucky legislator displays extraordinary flexibility and balance, standing on one foot and touching a chandelier seven feet high, kicking an object eighteen inches above his head, and stretching in a near perpendicular posture. The crowd applauds as he performs with ease.
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Kentucky
Courier-Journal
Tve
Trials and Tribulations of the Item Hunter in Journalism
A humorous reminiscence by Luke Sharp on newspaper rivalry and the craft of reporting. The piece details editor battles, rival papers chasing scoops, and the odd anecdotes of chasing and publishing items, including a famous Windsor death by own action and the dynamics among Detroit reporters.
Maying and May Poems Do Not Quite Tie to Hats of Day
A collage of verse about May's beauty and renewal from poets and anonymous authors, interwoven with a brief humorous note: a Hackensack man invents a hat whose elastic gore changes size overnight, registering five and three-eighths at 10 pm and eight and nine-tenths by 5 am.
Idaho Pioneers Debate Education Amid Harsh Homesteads
A pioneer group laments lack of teachers in Idaho settlements. They describe remote one room schools high on hills, high salaries yet constant turnover. Tales include losses to grizzly attacks, Indian raids, and stage robberies. The punchline: the “ugliest” wife is the beloved schoolteacher.
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Idaho
Ohio
Desperate Men Live Outdoors in Snow Near Greenville
In Greenville California about sixty men dwell outside, sleeping on the snow with blankets or on poles over three feet of snow that is melting. With no work to do they pass time by playing cards smoking pipes and spinning yaras.
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Anon
Wood River Times
Greenville
Cal
Mormon Girls and Gentiles Debate Polygamy
A Proce Record note reports Mormon girls in Utah discussing polygamy, with one saying she prefers Gentiles' style of polygamy and would rather a lady have two husbands than a man have multiple wives. The remark highlights cultural tensions over plural marriage.
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Utah
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Detroit Free Press
Meare
Hill
Longstreet
Siocum
Bine
Gray
Cemetery Hill
Potomac
Meane
McClellan
Malvern Hill
Washington
Fredericksburg
Hencock
Hood
Pettizew
Hays
Reaty
Wooedruff
Armstead
Gibbons
Blue
Conners
Seminary Ridge
Nichbt
Nort
Gettysvurg
Liverpool
Marseilles
Eniie Farini
Paris
Lulu
Elise
India
Lola
Lula
Pane Baers
Sionor Farint
Signor Farini
Oldham
Manchester
George Conquest
Dando
Ak Gutsir
Signor Parioi
Wallack’s
Riba
Signor Farmi
Theerformer
United States
Canada
England
France
Australia
South Africa
Hodges
Burdette
Veecher
Titton
Phillips
the Press Gang
Luke Sharp
Bradlandh
Bradlaugh
Ner
Iitob
Fort Street
Ana
Biith
Smitkins
The
Post and Tribune
Woodward Avenue
Central Depot
Larned Street
Griswold
Jefferson Avenue
Brush Street
Switkins
MeJones
Evening News
Hamtramck
Windsor
Bb. Sombre
Mr. Sombre
Sombre
Post
Free Preas
Undertaker
Powers That Be
Kent
Jerry O'Donovan
E. L. Bullien
Bran
Jerry
Wight Haveen
Bullion
Patrick O’ Donovan
Hischief
Grosse Ile
News
Freeress
Dulis
Soomebody
Jevel
Leigh Hunt
James G. Percival
D. Urner
Anow
Maying
Faith
Rose Terry
Wright Land of Song
Barry Cornwall
Emily H. Miller
Hull
T. B. Aldrich
Haven
Ella Wheeler
Harvard Lampoon
Poetic Justice
Biynby Land
George Casper
Baby Land
I.e Virdie
Guines
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