Stonewall's nerve at Port Republic bridge clash
In June 1862 at Port Republic Jackson's command paused on the south bank while Shields loomed from the north. A swift Confederate counterattack recaptured the bridge, Jackson vanished and then returned to strike at Fremont, Milroy, and Premont, altering the valley fight and threatening McClellan's right flank in the Seven Days.
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Murray
Washington
McClellan
Jackson
Shenandoah Valley
Mapassas
Gordonsville
Charlottesville
Lynchburg
Staunton
Fremont
Richmond
Lee
Kernstown
Winchester
Banks
Strasburg
Lucanaconda
General Shields
McDowell
Shields
Martinsburg
Potomac
Maryland
Mecwvowell
Luray
Franklin
Front Royal
Fremont Bayiney
Jack- 80H
Shenandoah
Port Republic
Takig
J. McDowell Carrington
Kemper
Shiela
Carrol
Pogue
Rockbridge
Third
Virginia
Carroll
Premont
Milroy
Cross Keyes
Weir
Oight
Wallabout Greek a New York Factory Slang Unveiled
A New York Sun reporter visits a Williamsburgh factory where female workers chat in a slang he dubs Wallabout Greek. The girls explain that English words are spelled and vowel sounds spoken as in their tongue, with letters named by doubled sounds and inserted vowels. They claim many in local factories use this jargon, learned from life in the “Athens of America” near Greenbush.
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Sun
Williamsburgh
Wose
Boston
Athens
America
Hudson
Greenbush
Guy
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Esquimaux
Seasonable Thoughts On A Novel Subject Objections to North bole Life
Autumn arrives with harvest nearly done in Fremont Nebraska and the speaker muses on winter plans. He jokes about paying Cuba or seeking a polar sea voyage, contemplates poetry amid seasonal gloom, and weighs comfort against a harsh winter as he imagines picking a long path to write and endure the cold. The tone blends whimsy with reflections on open seas, polar fantasies, and practical tasks before winter.
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North Bole
Bill Nye
Denver
Fremont
Cuba
Polar
Esquimaux
North Yule
Indian Child Names Reflect West Fight Stoicism
An account notes an Indian woman hiding her daughter during a battle with U S troops, the child later found with a shattered arm but silent. It highlights native naming practices with examples like Isabella Two-Dogs and Maud Chief-Killer reflecting family names and cultural identifiers.
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St. Nicholas
Isabella Two-Dogs
Katy White-Lird
Maud Chief-Killer
Gertrude White- Cloud
Maggie American-Horse
Anna Laura Shooting-Cat
Aliee Lune-Bear
Hanne Lone-Welf
Stella Chasing-Haws
Ruth Big-Head
Redwood trees supply timber for Santa Rosa church
A county redwood furnished all timber for a large Santa Rosa Baptist Church, with a wood interior and sixty thousand shingles cut from the same tree. A nearby redwood cut about ten years earlier provided shingles requiring two men two years to finish before use.
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Santa Rosa
Baptist Church
Murphy’s
Fragmented prose on Victor Hugo obscurely quoted
The readable fragment cites Victor Hugo describing gods colors and a fragile jewel of a woman’s caress, then hints at a devil waking as a rosy finger fades. The text is incomplete, offering a literary fragment rather than a full narrative or clear event.
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Victor Hugo
Apa
Blue Lightnin Mule and Simon Coderman Legend
Milford era tale recalls Simon Coderman, the boss doctor, taming Blue Lightnin the mule. A hilltop sheep wagon chase ends with the mule cowed and meek, as Simon proves a clever handler and the township learns a legend of wit and grit.
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Simon
Simeon
Amun
Squire
Coderman
Superstitions About Babies and Births Across Cultures
The article surveys numerous beliefs about infants and childhood from Scotland Ireland and England to Africa and Europe. It notes fears of naming before baptism crying on baptism coin tosses and the idea that walking backwards or wearing trousers on a Friday brings bad luck. It also covers fairy changelings and customs around first exposure open-air rites tooth throwing and auspicious days for changes and birthdays.
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Frank H. Stauffer
Chicago
Scotland
James Napie
Shakespeare
Richard III
Bulwer
Fairy Land
James Hogg
Sweden
Switzerland
Herrick
England
Africa
Mind Strugegling to Triumph and Calf Taming Tales
A verbose Irish Farmers Gazette piece recounts the misadventures of training a calf to drink, including slips, milk-splashed chaos, and a stubborn beast. It shifts to a Philadelphia Times tale of catching and shipping a white whale, describing a harpoon launch, brutal seas, and the whaler’s frontier craft.
Man ready to wed widow vows to summon law
A Detroit man on Michigan Avenue tells police he is engaged to a widow and has faced multiple delays and misadventures, including a shotgun threat, a ride to the country, a blast in his boarding house, and a forced postponement. He now says he will marry tomorrow night and may seek police help if blocked.
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Pete
Uncle Pete
Salry
Sally
Larry
Arly
Wario
Irish Farmers’ Gazette
Detroit Free Press
Michigan Avenue
Deceiving a Trusting Wife
A San Francisco Chronicle humorous anecdote recounts a reforming husband who bets on his wife learning poker to curb his gambling. After a kitchen-table duel with beans and coffee beans as stakes he loses to four kings, while she hits four kings and finally scatters coffee beans around the house, ending with the husband humiliated.
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San Francisco Chronicle
Beau Repository
Cannister
The American Girl as She Is A London Truth sketch
A London Truth correspondent defends American girls against stereotypes. She is well bred, polite, and devout, with good English and modest manners. She is active, athletic, generous to poorer sisters, and valued by friends, with several admirers but no broken-hearted romance yet.
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London
The Dakotan Takes an Inning Lt Paul Herald
A rustic Dakota reminiscence features Lt Paul Herald boasting about growth under farm toil and oil exposure. He jokes about his boots wearing thin from soil, a weathered hatchet, a barn to shingle, and a faster pace of life as he rushes off to train.
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Paul Herald
Dakota
John
Gabriel
Val
Billy the Doggone
Buffalo Express
South
Bill
Sam
Verses and Wit from an Early Morning Page
An assortment of verse and quips graces the page with light lines and social musings. Notes include remarks on Sitting Bull and etymology, playful doggerel, and humorous exchanges. References span The Week, San Francisco Wasp, New York Graphic, and Washington Hatchet, reflecting a miscellany of witty, literary items.
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Stonewall
Quartermaster Harmon
Carrington
Harmon
Federsl
Dabney
Carripyvon
New York
iNew York Sun
Carlisle
California Redwoods
Pike
Simon Coderman
Milford
Philadelphia
Chucktown
Alluz
Beyent
Lost Crow Barrens
Pete Howy
Gander Ridge
Codermans
Hull
Peter
Tolks
Inter Jersey
Ao’ Laint
Blue
Si Morgan
Sunou
Blue Lightain
Dan
Beersheby
Helllfore
Agi
Philadelphia Times
Europe
Bie
Florida Reef
Treeckon
Igis
Brighton Aquarium
Lowell
Sitting Bull
Tatankahyotanka
San Francisco
God
Rondeau
Hilla Wheeler
New York Graphic
Sam Explains
Charles EK
Perkins
Pat
Rehoboth Sunday Herald
Misther Smith
Sol
Murther
Lridget
Childer
Sojer-Cap
Molly
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Chries
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