Privateering Legacy of the Confederate Flag at Sea
The piece recounts the Confederate privateer era, praising Semmes and the Alabama in the January 11 1863 clash off Galveston against the Hatteras. It notes the Alabama's speed armament and bold battle tactics, detailing a near flawless Confederate victory and the Hatteras sinking within minutes with heavy casualties and minimal wounds on Alabama crew.
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Detroit Free Press
Jeff Davis
Abraham Linin
Semmes
Paul Jones
Assen Ae
Cherbourg
Alabama
Galveston
the Hatteras
Alabamma
Age
Hatteras
Vixen
Atteras
Bama
Leeward
Night with Alligators in a Desolate Florida Jungle
A Jacksonville Times reporter recalls a moonlit night in the Florida wilderness near Lakes Winder and Washington. Alligators roared and swarmed the camp at Bonnet Lake as whiskey hunters fled and a lone marine reporter faced the fearsome sounds and missing rifle in the dark.
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Florida
Jacksonville
Fia
Ipoe
Lakes Winder
Washington
Bonnet Lake
Big Cypress
St. John’s
Indian River
Walker Lund
Lake Washington
Turtle Mound
Winder
Billy McCullough
Harness
Lake Winder
Snake Snared by Spider in Easton Office
In Easton Maryland a one foot cowsucker snake entered Justice Robinson's basement office at the Masonic Temple. A spider wrapped the snake with webs forming a cord that pinned it to the sofa. Robinson freed and killed the snake, throwing it out of the office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Easton Star
Justice Robinson
Masonic Temple
Easton
Robinson
Rennell
Militia Recruit Encounters Generals at English Rail Station
A militia recruit confronts a high ranking officer at a southern England rail station during garrison duties in the Egyptian campaign. The exchange ends with the officer revealing his rank, leaving the recruit surprised by the authority and the implied discipline gap.
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England
Saste
The Enormous Size of London
The article notes London’s 1881 metropolitan area held 4,764,312 people, surpassing many European states. It compares London to Denmark, Greece, Montenegro, Portugal, Bulgaria, Sweden, Norway, and Switzerland, and laments that this vast capital remains practically without a government.
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London
Denmark
Greenland
Greece
Montenegro
Portugal
Azores
Madeira
Bervia
Bulgaria
Wolland
Sweden
Norway
Switzerland
A Queer Show Window and Nose Bleaching Profession
A reporter visits a New York street show window near Broadway where two cork legs move by clockwork and displays of noses eyes and joints attract crowds. An advertisement promises nose bleaching with mercuric preparations. the writer notes unfamiliarity with Professor Weighton and his curious trade in the city.
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Fourteenth Street
Broadway
New York
Miss B
Weighton
Professor Weighton
The Nose and Limb Renewal Trades Exposed
In a curious expose the professor Weighton demonstrates cosmetic grafts and substitutes. He details renewal of legs arms and noses using cork limbs wax replacements and flesh grafts while noting demand from both men and women for brows lashes and facial alterations.
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Miss B
Remarkable discovery near Madeira by British steamer Jesmond
Captain Robson reports sighting land about 200 miles west of Madeira. An island with volcanic coast, pumice, and no vegetation yielded ancient artifacts including bronze swords, carved heads, vases, a mummy in a stone case, and hieroglyphic inscriptions. He suspects volcanic origin and ties the land to the Atlantic ridge near Azores and Canaries.
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Chicago Tribune
Robson
Jesmond
New Orleans
Messina
Madeira
Atlantic
Itain Robson
Azores
Canaries
Rules in Physiognomy Show Cautious Reading of Faces
A satirical sketch lists odd rules about reading character from faces, praising caution in interpretation. It pokes fun at literal readings of features and notes absurdities in physiognomy, cosmetics, and stereotypes in a playful misdirection.
Cow adapts after leg amputation with wooden substitute
Mrs. Mary Gravely of Bucks county reports her cow lost the right front leg below the knee when struck by a railroad train. A vet sealed the arteries and dressed the wound. A neighbor cabinet maker fashioned a wooden attachment, the cow now hops with the improvised leg and shows good health.
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Wilkesbarre
Mary Gravely
Baily’s Cross Roads
Bucks County
Penn
Alon
Crab Handicaps At Dieppe Spur Coastal Fun
French sportsmen at Dieppe and Trouville have devised crab handicaps as a new pastime. Crabs are weighed and the heavier ones start behind lighter rivals by inches over a 22 yard course. Owners place bets as crabs crawl toward the sea, with the first to reach the post winning swee stakes. The event lasts about a quarter hour and draws a lively ring of bettors.
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St. James
Normandy
Dieppe
Trouville
Growth of Denison Texas Told by Lone Tree Landmark
The article chronicles rapid Denison development after a settler placed a marker on a lone prairie tree on September 10 1872 to designate the new town center. It notes Denison’s population at 7909 inhabitants and cites the tree as a pivotal starting point for Main Street.
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Texas
Denison
The Woman's Paradise and the Paris Bazaar Web
Theodore Child surveys Zola’s Au Bonheur des Dames and the rise of massive Paris bazaars like the Bon Marche. He analyzes how stores target women, recruit male clerks, and profit from luxury while policing thefts and returns, noting pervasive advertising and social impact.
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Theodore Child
New York Sun
Paris
M. Zola
Europe
Asia
Spider
Zola
Board Room
Louvre
Place Clichy
Pygmalion
France
Gavarni
Croquet Quandary in a Dry Goods Store Tale
A humorous Chicago Tribune piece depicts a dispute between Charily and his chum over croquet rules as a horse editor mediates. The dialogue blends a quirky West Side setting with absurd advice about disguises and elevators, ending on a mock moral about unresolved quarrels.
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Charily
Chicago Tribune
Cholly
Horse Reporter
Warning to Leave prompts violence in postwar tale
In Charleston a veteran recounts a warning to leave the state after the war. He describes facing a Ku Klux Klan threat, a confrontation with a man who fired buckshot from fifty feet, and years of harassment from his adversary’s family. The widow awaits a suitor and potential political retribution lingers.
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Detroit Free Press
Charleston
Cave
Ian
Nevada Bridal Tour Ends With Rustic Wedding Tale
A Nevada tale tells of Uncle Bailey's niece marrying in a plank-house. The couple then travels in a wood wagon to Saint's Rest on the Glenbrook road for lodging and a bridal tower in a barn, with the old man sleeping on a pie in the tavern. They depart next morning in good spirits.
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Nevada
Carson
Bailey
Saint’s Rest
Glenbrook Road
Daisy and Verse Fragments From a 19th Century Page
A miscellaneous poetry and prose collage with verses by Rennell Redd Samuel Duffield and James Whitcomb Riley. The page mixes lyric fragments humorous quips and a satirical tale about a baby valuation and a Penn quotation reflecting colonial barter.
You Have Stepped On My Foot in a June Morning
A lyrical morning scene unfolds with a murmuring zephyr and rosy dawn as Gwendolen Mahaffy gently tells Pericles Perkins misidentifying a horse as the source of a hurt foot. The conversation hints at a playful dispute over blame amid pastoral imagery and a charming rural setting.
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Chicago Tribune
Gwendolen Mahaffy
Pericles Perkins
Atroki
Norman Tha
Two yards of earth and the potter's field lament
A column blends poetry on graves and moral themes with a note from the Laramie Boomerang about a New York Post correspondent claiming codfish inhabit submarine table lands. The piece mocks grandiose phrases while describing codfish breathing, eating sea cherries, and visiting sea forests in a humorous interlude.
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Edgar L. Paxton
Laramie
New York Post
United States
Classic Maids of Boston Stir Amid Frizzy Winds
Poem-like verse extols Boston women as wild-eyed beauties with unconfined tresses. It mocks their hair as styled by artful twists and bangs that frizz in the New England breeze, noting the nightly re-tying of the locks with a hint of nostalgia for Athens and Theresa.
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Chicago Tribune
Lord Byron
Cadiz
Byron
Boston
Athens
Theresa
New England
Rail brakemen pronouncing stations on a railroad
A humorous slice of railroad life details brakemen on the Ulster and Delaware and Central roads mispronouncing station names. Passengers react with amusement as the crew calls out each stop in exaggerated styles and the train continues its course.
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Kipsie
Dobbs’ Ferry
Dobbses Ferry
Garrisons
Ulster & Delaware Road
Brooks’ Crossing
Brooksses Crossing
Central Road
Rome
Nd Fou
Zeta
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