Regular Army Life and Frontiers Duty Revealed
A Cleveland Leader excerpt details garrison life, pay, and routine on the frontier. It notes privates earn $13 monthly with deductions for the Soldiers' Home and court-martial forfeitures, explains barracks layout, officer promotions, and the largely West Point–less officer corps, then outlines daily duties from reveille to taps, discipline, and the lure of life after discharge as cowboys, ranchers, or land claim seekers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M
Partello
Cleveland
Washington
West Point
Hudson River Academy
Army
Cavalry
Imost
New York
Oregon
Coard
Secies
Neso
Patel
Iran
Wal
Levi
Tim
West
Mississippi
The
Republic
Different Kinds of Sleep in the Brooklyn Eagle
Burdette catalogs humorous sleep types in a Brooklyn Eagle piece. From siesta to slumber to insomnia and church nodding, he lampoons habits of actors teachers and workers with vivid, tongue in cheek definitions.
Kissing degrees and art in a provocative essay
A liberal education book essay extols kissing with biblical, literary, and dramatic references. It discusses Judas, Solomon, and Marlowe, contrasts tame with vigorous embraces, and outlines a sensuous, artistic kiss while praising the varied expressions of affection across characters and eras.
Kiss as a Delicate, All-Consuming Theme in Two Women
A provocative discussion on kissing between two women, exploring vivid physical and emotional reactions. The passage contrasts refined, deliberate kissing with perfunctory displays, lamenting superficiality and praising deep sentiment while questioning imagination and decorum.
Rush to the Elevated Train in a Dime Novel Scene
In a humorous 19th century moment from Puck two young ladies hurry toward a departing train. They strain for a last-minute ride, fear the rush, crave water, and debate waiting for the Browning Club. The spoof ends with them observing trains pass as they recover.
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Browning Club
Strange exchange over a suitor and fifty dollars
A terse dialogue between Baystate and Sheepranche questions a young man’s nerve in courting, noting the oddity of asking for a daughter’s hand while avoiding asking for money. The exchange hints at practical motives tied to Tim’s fifty dollars and parental approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burdette
Brooklyn Eagle
Old Baystate
Young Sheepranche
Tim
The Women in New York Weekly Quip
Mrs Minks accuses Mrs Winks of her husband flirting. Mrs Winks claims she warned him to reform to spur better treatment of Mrs Winks. The exchange plays on social pretenses and marital tensions within a gossip column tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Weekly
Fat in Five Minutes Pantomime Trick From Ravels
A New York World description of stage magic showing how a fat man pantomime grows from thin to giant, using tissue paper food, rubber clothes, and wind devices. It details the inflation, height tricks, and dangers, including a clown’s millstone gag and a steamship illusion with hidden traps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York World
Ravels
Anstant Elow
Tom
Slowa
Advice to a Young Man Be Patient and Endure
A Burdette quote from the Brooklyn Eagle urges patience for the young man as a virtue. It contrasts patient steadiness with the burdens of a restless world and praises quiet strength over glamorous ambition. Focusing on restraint, prudence, and steady action, it extols patience as a civic virtue for all.
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Burdette
Brooklyn Eagle
Son
How to Bore a Hole in a Pin
A New York World item explains a pin boring method using cork, a pinknife balance, and a needle in a cork to create a tiny hole. By balancing weights and rotating, sustained blows eventually pierce the pin. an alternative uses a cork and axis alignment with a perpendicular needle.
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New York World
Doctor and patient exchange on cold feet turns trip joke
A doctor asks if the patient is troubled by cold feet and the patient replies not now as he has left on a business trip. The brief exchange carries a humorous tone highlighting expectations versus action in a casual chat.
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UC Opel
Jay
Jacob
Isaac
Rachel
Jace
Teady
New York World
Detective luck and certainty in two cases from a live detective
A veteran detective reflects on luck shaping arrests in two cases. He recalls spotting a known Indiana murderer in Oberlin after a barber shop observation and choking him during a stand off. He also details a Bowling Green counterfeiting pursuit where a derailed train encounter yielded stolen bonds and jewels, closing with luck guiding justice.
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New York Sun
Oberlin
Peru
Ind
Chicago
Indiana
State Street
Raes
Nocley
Bowling Green
Ken
Kentucky
Pinkt
Tennessee
Tom
An Authority on Bonnets in the Fashion Journal
A reader, Miss Goodheart-Well, remarks that a man knows more about ladies hats than a woman and cites the Fashion Journal as the guide to the latest bonnets and styles. The fragment suggests a humorous clash over gender knowledge in fashion discourse.
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New York World
Miss Goodheart
Fashion Journal
Paris Drill Echoes As Tent City Learns Lessons
An unclear Paris notice references a tented center and a monetary fee for study privileges. The fragment suggests a briefing on a venue in Paris and a minor payment, with emphasis on access and learning.
Allegro and PensosO: A Rural Symphony of Labor Styles
A satirical pair of vignettes contrasts Allegro the cheerful, slow-working day laborer with Pens eroso the contract cutter. Allegro labouring with a sunbeam smile, generous speech, and thoughtful planning. Pens eroso rushing, grim, mouth shut, finishing quickly for pay, leaving jobs half done.
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Allegro
Penseroso
Pery
The Western Soldier Critic in Century Magazine
A piece on soldiers freely criticizing regimental and company officers, noting mostly sagacious judgments. It cites incidents of pomp, kindness, imitation, and a captain lecturing his men, only to be checked by a witty, roguish gesture from a Gruff comrade.
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Judas Iscariot
Century Magazine
Wincetone
Ishi Gaza
Jother
Gap
Bravest Who Never Lied and the Value of Practice
A fragmented reminiscence argues truthfulness as the bravest trait and condemns greed. It urges moral living and homegrown knowledge, warns against marrying below rank, and highlights the tongue as a political tool while urging self discipline and pursuit of genius over easy gains.
Hannah Confesses Loyalty as She Resigns Amid Ferryboat Suspicions
In a Detroit Free Press excerpt, Hannah explains she will quit after being asked about a ride with the narrator's husband on a ferryboat. She admits she cannot betray a promise to keep the tangent secret, prompting her resignation and tense revelation in the sitting room.
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Detroit
M. C. Gillington
A Long Ceremony Life
A brief scene centers on a man urging quick action with his girl as friends notice him bidding farewell for a game of billiards. The dialogue captures a light social moment likely from a column or vignette in a life section.
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Charlie
Paris Dress Obsession Sparks Bride to Be
A mother asks her daughter about the gravity of her upcoming marriage. The bride replies she fully understands and proudly asks if a dress from Paris will be worn, signaling excitement over a wedding attire choice.
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Paris
A Pair of Em Madame Purdette in Brooklyn Eagle
A fragment from the Brooklyn Eagle features a sad faced tramp and a patient housewife exchange. The tramp proclaims homelessness while the housewife responds with pity, illustrating a fleeting street vignette.
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Purdette
Brooklyn Eagle
The Errors of History and the Myths of Famous Says
A critical survey questions the certainty of historic facts and famous quotes. It cites Walpole Kingsley Napoleon and Dumas on history as fiction, notes conflicting eyewitness accounts of events from Ranke to Troy, and discusses Joan of Arc proofs and misattributed speeches by Talleyrand and others.
Artist Horace Vernet Travels by Rail with Unknown Ladies
The French painter Horace Vernet rode the Versailles to Paris railroad in the same compartment as two women who he had never met but who appeared to know him. They examined him closely and commented on his appearance and conduct during the journey.
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St. Louis Republic
Horace Vernet
Versailles
Paris
St. Joud
Vernet
Tya
Nelly Booth Simmons
Washington Post
Marjorie
Ned
Glove and Kiss Rhymes with Love in a Split Past
A poetic reminiscence traces rhymes of love and fate among a dainty glove memory, a kiss, andMount Desert set amid a romance arc. A rival enters, a broken heart results, and a tale of marriage and remorse unfolds, ending with a rustic bildungsromance image of Marjorie Muchmore.
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Regular Army
Boys In Blue
Geoffrey
Detroit Free Press
Arabia
Adam
Eve
Milton
Garden of Eden
Solomon
Christopher Marlowe
Dr. Faustus
Judas
Marlowe
Faustus
Janneh
Helen
Sahara
Puck
Tentre
Josh Billings
Philosophy
Everyboddy
Tunge
Buddy
Wimmin
Alwas
William Tell
Joan of Are
Lippincott
Robert Walpole
Charles Kingsley
Oxford
Napoleon
Dumas
Raleigh
Leopold von Ranke
von Ranke
Romulus
Tarquin
Lucretia
Brutus
Musius Scavola
Clelia
Tiber
Horatius
Coriolanus
Mother
Rome
Rerzes
Thermopyle
Troy
Homer
Diogenes
Sappho
Hodes
Portia
Caesar
Cesar
Philip
Alexander
Macedon
Cleopatra
Hannibal
Nero
Tiberius
Arthur
Charlemagne
Alfred
William Eiel
Anne
Richard III
Charles
Donibas
Louvre
Bartholomew
Clarence
Malingey
Richar
Pontefract
Castie
Abelard
Heloise
Joan of Arc
Rouen
Charles Monselet
Mercure
Joan
Yuan
Father Hiener
Sean
Joan T Aid
Etz
Boquelon
Des Armoyses
Everty
Gror
Antonio Foscarini
Tamone Round Tower
Newport
Ierin France
Mr. Hay
Wellington
Waterloo
Accene
Arel
Tee Aceworth
Yi Olland
St. Louis
Newsonyes
Bie Ores
Louis
Pitt
Walpole
Johnson
Horne Tooke
Leckford
Tt Phanceal
Talleyrand
Harel
Voltaire
Ange
Cato
Tom Hall
Mount Desert
Yeskylark
Kate Brownlee Sherwood
Belford's Magazine
Arthur Stevens
Chicago Inter-Ocean
Mary A.benson
Texas Siftings
Ant
Marjorie Muchmore
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